Sketches from my visit to the American Museum of Natural History - August 2016

Happy Birthday Nathalie - Happy Birthday Card With Messy Bear Eating Cake

My lady turned twenty three today. This is what I made her.

Birthday Bear Gouache on Paper 2011

That bear is such a jerk.

Sacrificial Rituals Resumed

Took a break from these images...had the time today to work on them, so I finished 3.

High Priest sacrifices yet another virgin.

The victim is drained of her blood. Her spirit rises.

The followers watch in utter fascination of the victim's spirit.

The gods demand sacrifice!

What are you up to lately? Attempting Industrial Design School

I got laid off from my job on January 31st 2011. I'm not too upset about it, though, in fact, I'm very happy it happened. I now have time to work on a new portfolio gear towards industrial design. My new plan would be to get myself into Pratt's masters program and land a REAL job utilizing my talents.

The following is all the stuff I've been working on lately for the portfolio:

 It's been a long process. I won't even bother putting up all the reference I went through to get ideas for this robot of mine. I really wish my sketches looked nicer and on better paper, but I feel way more comfortable drawing on scrap paper. This piece is definitely coming together though, and I'm excited to tackle the creation of this robot. I'll probably begin next week on constructing the prototype. I have way more drawings to do, but lord knows I have the time to do it all, and that's the beauty of it.

The Mystery of the Park

I have always been fascinated by Forest Park at night. Growing up in the small town of Richmond Hill, Queens I would see all sorts of stuff. On many occasion as a child I would see figures in the dark on the playground. Naturally as a kid I always asked my parents what possibly could be going on at the playground so late at night. Everytime I asked my parents the question the answer was always the same:

"Teenagers."

I think I'm finally going to take up the project that I've been wanting to do since college.

Norman Rockwell became a famous illustrator for portraying the all American family. He captured the essence of good values, strong male figures such as fathers, soldiers, athletes, soft loving women such as mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, and a humorous take on not so loving women and their incompetent husbands, and of course your All-American wholesome kids.

Imagine if Rockwell were still living and captured the America we live in today. I think it would be hilarious. Black kids, spanish kids, ghetto white boys, emo kids, hipsters, spoiled children, teenagers getting their first car, texting, sexting, internet junkies, video game addicts, people smoking pot, coke heads, strippers, mafia, gang bangers, politicians and their scandals, abusive fathers, struggling single mothers, dysfunctional families, divorce, muggings, economical hardships, teenagers in a world of shit, rape, drugs...just to name a few subject matters non-existent in Rockwell's work.

I want to be the anti-Rockwell.

So this is a color sketch for my first painting in the series of America's youth.

Teenagers at the Park: Drinking, Making-Out, and Up to No Good.

Sometimes I miss being a teen....eh, not really.

Fashion Institute of Technology's School Paper - W27 - Cover Illustration

Ice Skating Frustrations Digital 2008

This image was created for FIT's newspaper, W27. It was the cover for their January 2008 issue, which was winter themed. I went for cute, since ladies love cute, and FIT is 90% female.