sales pitch

remember when you used to get a real gift for christmas? sure there was always

something lame mixed in, but for the most part you were a kid and adults knew well enough that kids like toys. but now look you're all grown up and you're into all this weird shit. no one in your family understands that music, clothes, movies, art, or video games you're into, so now

 they just give you an envelope. they've come to the conclusion: why give you something you're just going to regift anyway, in fact why even deal with the stampedes at walmart or dickheads at the mall? just slip the kid a fin, buy him off. so you have some cash to spend but you still can't leave the house because the streets are full of jackasses who should either be in school or at work. now what? well lucky for you i use my family like guinea pigs. every year i print up a bunch of shirts and beanies with new designs. if my cool relatives like it: great. if my square relatives look at puzzled: perfect, it's a keeper! so here we are in the perfect position to help each other. check out some of the samples below if you see something you like get back to me. i have other colors of garments and all sizes. the shirt is a girls cut, but i also have regular 

ones too.

bring it back at the art ark

my wall
thanks to abraham menor for the photo

on the corner

friday i'll have some pieces in campbell

mega group shows and an upcoming art night

two shows going on this weekend

 you can play where's waldo and find my name on these first two flyers

and next week is art night again at empire seven

this month's theme: dogs

friday

saturday

the following thursday

monsters from art night

tons of teeth

terribly gross green nipple monster

art night: monster theme

if you like drawing monsters bring your art materials and join us at empire seven studios

thursday nov. 19th 7-10pm 

525 n 7th st. san jose, ca

also come watch monsters being created and walk away with original art at an affordable price

bird

video of certified participants from abraham menor

Certified Participants from KeepitSoiled on Vimeo.

halloween party pics

triumph

details of halloween mural

zombie attack!!!

half and half face with ivan(skull)

halloween mural

happy halloween!

come to the party to see the whole mural in person.

october 31st 9pm-2am

525 n. 7th san jose

empire seven studios

cat sketch

the one in back is mine. the little guy up front is his cousin.

halloween party

come to the party/closing reception of certified participants, pick up bought work, enjoy live music, see the new murals painted, come in costume, last chance to get work from the show.

chewie

this one's for colin

pieces from art night

zombie snack

teeth wad

scary harry

gentle green giant

parking and no parking

i painted this sign for hung liu's studio

a block print about being the worlds worst parker(not me by the way, i can parallel and everything). i think they may still have some of these at giant robot

monotype

                              this                                becomes                       this

quick watercolor

Furious George!!!

drawings from art nights at empire seven wed/sat 6-9pm

certified participants gallery

to see all the work from the show go to:

http://empiresevenstudios.com/gallery

another painting on another vehicle

joe morishige's car

i painted this on a summer weekend in 2008. i think it started out as either a black or charcoal nissan sentra. now it's a cartoon car. 

senses mural (with details)

the best basketball game ever!!!

when i'm not making things i play video games. lately it's been street fighter iv, mariokart, bomberman, and fight night. i really can't stand first person shooters, or guitar hero, and button mashing games like god of war make me feel stupid for playing. i really really hate playing sport games: madden/mlb/nhl/and nba 2k whatever they're all shit. for one they take too much time to play, they also seem like they're for nerdy stat head fantasy playing sport fans, and the look of the games creep me out in a bad way. so much attention is paid to making the players look like moving wax replicas of themselves, and not enough time spent on gameplay or fun factor. i don't want a game that somehow makes kobe look creepier and faker than he already is, just give me a game that has some character and fluid control. give me a game like konami's run and gun.

 i used to spend tons of hours and quarters on this game. it came out the same time as nba jams, but was a hundred times better. the alley oops, playing the passing lanes, jordan-like double clutches, blocking dunks, the perspective and gameplay was the best for any basketball game i've ever played. the only things it lacked was a pass out of a jump-shot and an nba license, which doesn't really seem that important since the teams and players closely resemble  the nba teams of 1993. and, i mean nba jams didn't even have jordan and hangtime didn't have shaq, but run and gun did. the sg for chicago was unstoppable, the pg was paxson, c:perdue, sf:pippen, pf:grant. orlando had shaq. but the team i used to always win the championship with was oakland. the pg was like tim hardaway, and the sf was like mullin, the sg was probably supposed to be sarunas marciulionis. konami also made a run and gun 2 that had a better alley oop, crossovers, and a spin move, but the first was still better. if anyone has either game(or knows of an arcade with it) i challenge you to a game, or you could play on my team and win the championship. 

                                              before                    and                  after

 another illustration from the summer

here's a few photos of my painting process

painted car

i painted this over the summer. the theme was kaboombox

1. additions to the front walls

2. fernando's wall is getting crazier

3. wei's photos. i stretched them and painted her name. she couldn't make it out.

4. roan's wall is nearly completed

5. pete's wall

6. some sort of super hero or villain, i haven't decided yet

7. joe's section with mine on the right
8. joe to likes to dance while he paints, and wear jumpsuits