...and we are but threads

Pics executed under the steadfast mindfulness of Charlie Lopez and Liz from Axis Photography
And modeled by Chris and Isaac Scissorhands

...the universe is an intricate tapestry

Pics executed under the unyielding perspicacity of Joshua Araujo of San Pedro Tattoo
And modeled by rock-star Aaron Vigil

...01.07.2013

Jimi Hendrix
"Little Wing"
"Angel"


Elliott Smith
"Trouble"
"You Make It Seem Like Nothing"


Johnny Cash
"Flesh and Blood"
"If You Could Read My Mind"


The Avett Brothers
"The Ballad of Love and Hate"
"Find My Love"


Queen
"All Dead, All Dead"
"Spread Your Wings"


 Radiohead
 "High and Dry"
 "Fake Plastic Trees"


Led Zeppelin
"Bron-Yr-Aur"
"Going to California"

...shrek 4 crew jacket

This is a few years old, but it was really fun.
They gave me the opportunity to design the Shrek Forever After: The Final Chapter crew jacket, modeled by this Final Layout artist extraordinaire.

Here are some early concepts.

For the final crest, we ended up riffing off of a piece of artwork that was cut from the final film, designed by the Amazing Griselda Sastrawinata .

I love doing this kind of stuff.

...stay gold

always

...the croods

Here was my submission for the Croods Layout t-shirt...I lost.

BUT on a lighter note, DWA is finally releasing material for the film, which is great because now people know the movie I'd been working on for about two and a half years.
You cannot miss this. It's gonna be epic!
March 22, 2013

The Croods Trailer

...korea town

I've never been deer hunting, but they say that when hunting deer, to be successful one must not attempt to walk quietly.
The deer can sense when your actions are contrived and thus are immediately clued in that something is amiss.

Walking home at 4 in the morning in Korea Town, it was best to walk in the middle of the street.
Admittedly, you're a little more visible but the advantage of no one being able to sneak up on you outweighed the disadvantage of vulnerability.

I lived in border territory between MS13 and some other gangs, so corners were constantly being tagged and re-tagged in an attempt to expand boundaries.
Walking home at 4 in the morning in Korea Town, the trick was to ride the fine line between a threat and a victim.
You had to exude the negative ramifications of potential hostile engagement.
That is to say, if anyone was going to mess with you, they had to know that they'd absolutely regret it.

My apartment was over a century old.
During my 13 month residency, I never saw a single living soul, but I always heard signs of human life.
At first, I suspected I might be the only one living there.
Then, on the 13th month, I realized that this was a time vortex, a threshold in which many time dimensions existed at once but all mixed up.
I'm sure I too was just another voice in someone's dimension long ago or yet to come.