Overmapped Opening

i was at the somarts last thursday. it was the opening of our exhibit 'overmapped.' i was surprised at the turnout. i didn't expect it to be such a good show. there were more than 25 of us in the exhibit. they hanged the artworks in the main gallery which was huge. i was happy to see four of miro's ninongs and ninangs specially angela silva whom i haven't met again in 2 years. she gave miro very nice childrens books. thank you ninang angela.



here's a utube video about the exhibit. i didn't expect also to have a special mention by rico reyes (our curator) on this video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krKAu-tivrc

the show is on until april 25 so you can still check it out. see my earlier post. here are some more pictures...

Cow Palace Tattoo Expo

March 29 to April 1 2007

At the previous tattoo convention (pomona, ca), I was asked to draw ‘rodriguez’ in graffiti style by a guy whose last name ofcourse was rodriguez. He liked the drawing and took it. I always make copies of what I do for my portfolio.

I was on my table at this convention drawing something when I heard a customer looking for graffiti style drawings. So I took out the ‘rodriguez’ drawing and showed it to him but he didn’t like it so I just left the drawing lying on the table.

I was really surprised when a big bulky guy came up rushing to my table exclaiming that’s exactly what he was looking for. Is your name rodriguez I asked. He said yes and the style I did was exactly what he wants except for some additional tribals extending to his arm. I was happy because this drawing made money twice and the second one I only had to adjust a small bit. He came back the next day to have the tat done.

This tattoo expo set a record for me. On Saturday, I started drawing at 11am and was only able to rest at 5pm. 6 hours non stop of custom drawings. There were a lot more after my rest. I was really satisfied because the customers loved all the drawings I did. Whew!

These drawings I did based on the clients’ descriptions. Here they are…