Ben Blast

This month, I'm trying to take things slow. Well, slower than 

they have been lately. My goals for this month are 

1. plan my show in loose sketches. 

2. make my friend her wedding gift

    (she's getting married the first weekend of March).

3. finish tweaking my website.

4. start planning/drawing/painting an oil painting for charity.

Last month Brother Science shot a video for my brother's good friend Ben.

I think the video turned out great for the very tiny budget (gas money) we had. In person, Ben is really sweet and soft spoken. However, the minute he steppedin front of the camera, he became this whole other person. It was pretty inspiring to watch. Anyway, enjoy!

Website launched!

I'm finally finished. My website took a little longer 
then I expected, but I'm so glad it's over (for the most part).
My friend Esau Rosales (the guy who takes most of the 
Dulce de Leche/Killsonic photographs) guided me through,
but I did 90% of the flash and photoshop work. I'm excited because 
that meansI can update everything myself! woohoo! I still have a bit more 
work to do (some of the larger images in the Gallery are fuzzy), 
I just need to take a break from computer work for a few days.
you can check it out if you want by clicking here. 

The Gallery was the most labor intensive part of the entire process.

Twigovi in technicolor

After putting my website design on hold and painting (nearly nonstop)
for the past week, I've finally finished this painting! Whoohoo!
I still might add a few very small details in my spare time, but for the most
part, I'm done. I'm trying to get into this show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery
in Los Angeles. Wish me luck!

Shop Update!

I finally updated my shop.

They're all original paintings, but I plan on adding prints 

sometime in the near future. If you see something you like,

and can't afford the original, email me and we can work

something out. Here are a few of the originals I added.

just a little peek...

As I told you last week, I've been working on re-designing my website.
Mostly on my own, which is really fun, but terribly time consuming.
Here is a little peek at my progress. The screen shots are sketches, 
for the most part. I'm still learning Flash...

Arctic snowfall

José has been learning to make digital environments 

using a program called Maya. This is one of the first ones he created.

This was also his first time working with the green screen. Enjoy.

To see more, click here.

Hello again

December was kind of rough for me, but I'm back!
I've been working on a few things here and there, but have skipped 
out on the 10+ hours of painting everyday. Things around here might 
still be a bit quite for the next couple of weeks because I'm 
re-designing my website from scratch and updating my store with 
some of the unsold paintings from my solo show. 

Here is a little peek at some things I've been working on lately.

My brother's friend Ben is coming out with a single and he asked me to

make an image for it. I like how it came out. It reminds me of the Grinch :) 

 I started painting this one for a juried art show in Hollywood. 

A bit progress, The deadline for submission is at the end of January.

I drew this logo for Brother Science last night. It was based on a design 

José made years ago. I created the text, refined the design,

and added some of my own personal embellishments. I really love this logo. 

Like a lot.  

and the winner of my December giveaway is...

Congrats Kyle! I will be sending you your prize sometime in the next few weeks. 

Hopefully sooner, but no promises.