https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5727930/01%20Karmageddon.m4a https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5727930/03.%20Nova%20Bossa%20LTD%20-%20Live%20To%20Tell.mp3 https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5727930/My%20recording%20%234.wav

Stop Blowing the Dande-lions

Based on a poem I wrote a month ago. I will keep the poem private except for this part:
"debes recordar que son unos dientes y del animal más hermoso en esta tierra."

JA JA: The Dream

Twitter post:

QuinTor: "I dreamed with kites taking over a city sky, these kites where big letters: Ja Ja"

28 Oct.

This dream was beautiful. So beautiful that got stuck in my head all day with its yellow creamy skies, dirty buildings and uneven silhouette that resembled a little like Cali and those blue kites made of funky fonts going up slowly in the sky. "Ja Ja" kites; was that a laugh or a smile? I felt a rush of happiness and serenity while dreaming this.
Three hours after waking up I got awesome news and I decided to draw it. Maybe I'll put it in a big canvas later. 

Poster design

Schoolwork in Poster design class. I had fun doing these. The yellow one was inspired by my sister.

Before/After

I'm trying to change the character to make it more appealing. 

Sketchbook #?

This is my Sketchbook (April-Sept 2010)

Still Quieten

I wanted to create a new portrait series continuing the tradition I started in 2008 with the series called "Despite"

This is the most personal work I've ever created this year. Somehow, all the people here have been influential in my life. Each person in these portraits I've loved or still love with all my heart. There's some people I stopped drawing due to lack of touch or lost of feelings ( not including Montaña ). Like I said, it's very personal.
I enjoyed the time I drew each one.


Total of 15 people, 23 sketches and 11 finals.These are the 11 finals.

Portrait series 
"Still Quieten"
(August - September) 2010
Digital Illustration.
Made in Adobe Illustrator. 





Sis





Ma.Mar







Sa'







Laudish







Bch







T.Tee







Hefa





Capito





Kiddo



I have to make a side note here.
I've been drawing Nattie Gone since 2005 and I find a special interest in the images I make of this character. I made two Nattie Gones the same week and both are so different. I love both, but the strokes and colors are different and it seriously made me think:

How is my stroke?
Is it fluid? organized? sketchy?
How are my colors?
strong? contrast?
Should I even worry about this?
I thinking about it because the consistency here is way off.


Nattie Gone



Nattie Gone (different)








By the way... Am I the only one that find this amusing? I love to do this! acitvate all the anchor points :)

New Animation (screen capture)

I'm working on a new animation. This is just a screen capture of the first few seconds. I don't have a title for it yet.

Sexual Transmutation

Picasso said that for him sexuality and art were the same thing, leading us to believe that he made love as he made art
Sexual Transmutation according to Wikipedia:

“Is the attempt among some religious traditions to transform sexual energy into creativity, thereby facilitating a mystical awakening.”

Transmutation is the act of transferring sexual chemistry into a more creative environment (art, poetry, music etc) Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires.

Can I channel that powerful desire into a blank canvas again?

  

My goal is I’m not going to have any sexual activity with another person or myself until December of 2010. 

Due to many reasons:

1. I have to forget the fact that sex is the maximum component of a relationship.

3. Spiritual insight.

4. This one I’ll never share.

5. The main reason is creativity. 

I've been researching about creativity because I’ve been lost for a while now. And if it takes to give up sexual pleasure to pursue creativity, well, I will.If this works, great. If it doesn't work, oh well.

It’s been a month and it has been really hard. But at the end, it doesn’t feel bad. I’ve felt surprising energy levels the past 2 weeks and that feels great. Still working on that creativity issue. I never knew I had so many urges.

I wonder if there are other artists doing the same thing.

I wonder how many people practice this concept.

By the way, there's a lot of information about this concept. Some which I don't agree. 

Corazón Guerrero Rastafari

Lalalala ♪

What is a workplace/studio?

Self-portrait 2006

Ilford print. Kodak BW.

I’ve had magnificent workplaces in the past. I just didn’t have the habit of taking pictures of them. I only took pictures of this studio which lasted from 2005 - 2007

The workplace is the place where I can feel. Where I can hide beneath secrets ready to be explored. Is the place where I can burst smiles and tears. Silence governs and music shakes my chest. The workplace is where I have my private meetings, is where I dress, undress and where I like to undress the loved ones, and all over again. My workplace has this ceiling which it may thinks is a sky because I stare at it and I look beyond looking for stars and whatnot. The walls are my favorite museum with prints of loved artists, favorite musicians, and admired politicians. It has dim lights (sexy lights) , white lights (work lights).This place protects my acrylics, markers, color pencils, brushes, tapes, 4 cameras, inks, more paint, all kinds of paper, cardboards and fabric. My workplace has art history books, lowbrow magazines, and taschen collections. It is the place where I wake up to write stuff at 3am.  Simba is definitely the king, among other toys like a terracotta Chinese soldier, the walking nigiri and the gay octopus.  The workplace is where I make my bright future. It is the only place that hears and sees all the stories I want to create. It is the only place that doesn’t deserve my weird smoking habits. It is the place that can witness my imagination running wild while I draw, paint, illustrate, sketch and edit wearing only my new lion king panties and socks.

I don’t have a room. I have a studio.

I love to see pictures of other studios. I recommend taking a look at this artists’ workplaces

chuv1

bradwilde

michaelshapcott

timtownsend

diablo2003

eattoast

skottieyoung

stalk

manuelino

parathymie

I'm currently redecorating my studio. I'll submit a picture soon. 

Recogiendo Tiburones Azules

Creo que es la continuación de "It Was a Blue Shark" 

Recogiendo sentimientos, deseos, sonrisas, etc.
Todito donde mejor se sienta.

Recogiendo Tiburones Azules

6pm “Jugos Sin Azucar”

El atardecer simbolizaba el comienzo de mi final del día. Los ventarrones de las 6pm me avisaban que pronto la podía ver. Me ubicaba en su ventana, donde le resumía mi día mientras tomaba de sus jugos sin azúcar. Donde con sus besos descansaba mis ojos, donde me envolvía en su cuello para derramar suspiros de tranquilidad y felicidad. 

School Work Graphic Design 7th semester

Illustration Midterm
Based on the movie "I Shot Andy Warhol" goo.gl/OpYP






Aztec Myth. Precolombian Design midterm.






Signage design midterm.

A gift for comunidadcali.blogspot.com/
feel free to use.




A gift for comunidadcali.blogspot.com/
feel free to use.




Screen-printing midterm
See the whole process here
Based on Valerie Solanas' SCUM Manifesto goo.gl/5ABI

Go! Bebida de Guarapo en lata

Proyecto final en la clase de Diseño de Empaques con Carolina Vesga.

Diseñadores IvanDark, Marcos Hirsh, QuinTor