Everybody has been hyping Flash forward, so I’m finally getting caught up thanks to hulu. One thing I have to give thumbs up to, is John Cho. He’s gone from Harold to Sulu and now Gabrielle Union’s fiance (forgot his name). Good stuff… to the producers/writers of Flash forward for breaking the Asian male stereotype.  Not since ROMEO MUST DIE have we seen this kind of pairing…. you remember the last scene… Aaliyah puts her hand on JetLi’s face and asks if he’s Ok, then she just goes in for a hug… I know what you were thinking OH MAN I HOPE HE KISSES HER, BUT I’M NOT GOING TO WATCH. Oh well, where Jet Li failed Harold prevails.

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If you missed the TABI TABI PO show at 1AM gallery, here’s a bidjo of the opening.

I had the opportunity to submit some work, thanks to James Ganyan. I did a Kapre and Tikbalang. If you’re in SF go check and see all the talented artists. oh and go buy my piece because I’m donating my cut to the victims of the typhoon.

animated flyer by DYNO

it’s that serious, huh?!

both images go well together and  just slap you in the face… ouch…

Disney and Dali – Destino
In 1946, surrealist Salvador Dali formed an unlikely friendship with Walt Disney and they spent a short time collaborating on a short film called Destino. Unfortunately, only 18 seconds of Destino were ever shot, but in 1999, Roy Disney reconstructed the entire short using computer rendering and hand-drawn imagery based on the original sketches and storyboards.

sampled from fankult
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i know i’ve been on this anti computer kick lately but after seeing this video
i had the urge to draw dali… i know you’re thinking c’mon man dali is one of those
artists everyone says they love… (kinda like ” oh you listen to bob? … let me guess you only have the legend cd” haha)
so here… dali got me back together again with adobe. damn you salvador.

Tabi Tabi Po is a group exhibition that explores the rich and colorful creatures of Filipino Folklore through Urban Contemporary art, featuring artists who are either Filipino or have Filipino ancestry. The Kapre, Manananggal, Dwende, Tikbalang, and Aswang will be some of the creatures that will be brought to life in this exhibit. This exhibit will explore the cultural significance of Filipino folklore and the migration of native Filipino tradition, from its rural origins to the urban cities of Metro Manila, and across the Pacific: the San Francisco bay area, the streets of Los Angeles, and to the beaches of Hawaii, to name a few. Tabi Tabi Po will be a multi-media installation, incorporating sound, structures, murals, indigenous craftwork and, of course, original 2-d art.

niiiiice

I’ve been trying to stay away from adobe products and using the rapidograph pens lately. Remember letting an album play over and over on repeat just because you were lazy to switch CDs and didn’t mind hearing it again… I did that with deltron 3030 the other night from 11 to 4:30am. “… trash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus”

144 is the square of 12

ready to take flight and welcome fall… the time for inspiration to marinate.

Trying to clean up the studio… the man cave. good thing it’s completely separate from the house… or my wife would try cleaning it up. hehe kidding ( she reads this )

Cleaning up the studio I found this old drawing I did back in highschool, of Bob… it must be over 15 years old. Good thing I did because it acted as a catalyst for motivization (Leroy Smith) I went out to the artstore and bought me some charcoal pencils to get the elbows dirty.

trying to draw again… I’ve found out that I don’t have much patience in my old age… I blame adobe, apple, tv, internet, microwave dinners, father time, and most of all myself. hah! Sometimes it’s good to get back to paper and pencil, it’s just way to convenient to have that cntrl-z. What I’d really like is to get back and huff on that aerosol… it’s been so long that I’ve never even used montana or belton. I’ll save this topic for another post. I guess summer isn’t the only one trying to hold on… hahah

To close this out here’s Iron Jonny and my godson Indie Jacob.

Got to visit Aaron and Paulie at the headquarters/toy museum in San Pedro… where I was schooled on the whole vinyl toy game, video arcade building and soup plantation eating techniques.

new angry woebot vinyl coming soon…