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I
opened this espresso bar when I was 20 on my summer break from UCLA. I
haven't made it back to class yet but I had three years of fun, harsh
learning, love and met some amazing people.
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These
are a few examples of my photo restoration talents. |
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The
owners of Highland Grounds (Now 'The
Dive') are my La mom and dad. They were loving enough to let me
paint the front of their restaurant. |
Ok
one of my first Photoshop things, but I had to duct tape a
camera to a tree in the middle of the southern Alabama forest. Then
set the 'timer' and run across a 15' stream (naked),climb a tree, and
be a fairy relaxing and basking in the sun
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After
I had painted Highland Grounds, The Black crowes commissioned me to paint
backdrops for their Amorica tour. There must have been some confusion.
I haven't seen them used. |
This
is a tshirt print I made in conjunction with someone who worked and surfed
the Seaside Bananna Garden. The only other bananna farm in The states
located in California.
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The
Gospel Music Events came into my life when my best friend Brian introduced
me to Frank Badami.
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Learning
is a choice. I was bored one day and this started flying out of
my head. It began as a pencile (#2) scribble and then I had the idea to
scan it so I could use photoshop to upgrade to a #4 and got carried away.
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My
friend/neighbor and I created this T-shirt. It was her Idea, and Chad
Crowe gave us permission to use his Amazing caricatures. |
This
an instalment My neighbor Sandy and I created in memory of Mel Blanc for
El dia del muerte at the Hollywood Forever cemetery. We won 2nd Place. |
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This
project was fun for me because the photographs of the models didn't have
any particular month of the calendar assigned to them, so I had the freedom
to choose based on their poses and locations. Each pic at least 50% Adobe
something or other. |
We
were making Posters and tshirts for the anniversary of James deans death.
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A
Birthdday card I keep revamping for different people. |
This
is a sketch I charcoaled from one of Billy Joels album covers. I skipped
High school for two days to finsh it, but in my defense it's poster size.
That's alot of charcoal. |
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This
is a faux album cover designed for a joke on how songs and images from our
past affect us years later. |
A
rendition of a friend at Burning Man |
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Our
Land lord cut down these huge ancient trees at our building which really
pissed me off, so being the tree hugger I am, I asked Jan Sweiterman to
photo me naked on the fresh stump. |
My
Brother used to have an alter ego called Scary the clown. Scary knew
Yoko too. |
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I
was asked to creat an invitation for a theme party, Guess the theme.
It has something to do with gambling in Vegas. |
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Awww
just the wonderful world of penciled art, the big kid Crayon. |
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All
mine from scratch to finish And a classic example of people not knowing
what they want. These are only the half I liked from a batch of an
everchanging mind which was not mine. |
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Hey!
My mom sends me a picture of her cat, and I went with it. The red eye is
intentional. |
I
was asked to make a Tarot card for a deck and I chose three of swords. Echo
fades into the landscape after losing her love Narcissus to his own reflection.
That's the short version. |
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My
friend in the pic gave me permission to play with this photo that her photographer
friend gave her permission to give to me. I really loved the photo
and needed to show her what I saw in my head. Oh, she wasn't drinking or
drooling. |
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So
I answered an ad on craig's list to turn this woman into a "Bewitched"
like character, but more detailed and with an edge. She didn't like
how I saw her. |
 These
are early cut and paste Photoshop projects I created merely for learning,
but I really like them. They remind of a time in my life when things were
JUST AS HARD AS THEY ARE NOW! |
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