the imperial dance.

This is based off Matisse's Dance, painted with gouache.

merry christmas.

I saw this outside my apartment and had to steal it.

still life.

There's a goblin mask, a grenade, some of the skeleton keys that I collect, goat horns, and a wooden snake. Done with ink and crow tip pen.

goya's saturn.

One of my first major attempts at painting this semester. Hopefully you can't tell which is mine and which is the original.

we all wear masks, metaphorically speaking.

Gouache.

Watercolor and Prismacolor.

A pair of masks I quickly painted for my rendering class. They both turned out better than I had hoped.

pushing up daisies.

This was just something that I did a few months back. I had never used pastel before and wanted to get a little exposure in it. It's nothing amazing I suppose, but it represents a first attempt with a foreign medium.

this tastes like piss..

"Provocative and brash in its willingness not to be polite of politically correct."

this is a t-shirt that i designed and painted for my illustration class. we had to come up with a fictional brewery/alcoholic beverage and create an image to complement. there's a lot of shit beer that tastes like piss, in my opinion, and so my concept came pretty naturally. i especially love goblins, and i found amusement out of the idea of their urine being alcoholic (my original design included a circle of goblins pissing into each others mouths, in drunken delight)





as for the name of the brewery, i may have been inspired by this..

lame video, terrible music, cool band name..

bump.

I guess it's been a while since I last update this site with some art.
It's part of a larger piece. It's also a crappy cell phone picture, forgive me.

landscape.

a work in progress.

-update.nov16-
I guess it's finished.

domino - fashionSPARK 2010

"Whether the models were strutting to remixes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ upbeat “Heads Will Roll” or taking it down a notch to The Rat People’s “Shane Domino...”"- indyweek.com

For 3 years now, my sister [Jessica Domino] has participated in an annual fashion show in Raleigh, NC, and every time she has asked me to record a song for her spot. Each song I've written has gotten consistently better, and I'm actually fairly proud of the one I recorded this year. It's a little rough in a couple areas, and probably could use a bit more mastering/rerecording. For now, the song remains untitled. (too bad Indyweek didn't get the memo)

You can also download the song in mp3 format by clicking the following link..
-download-

dimetrodon

my quickly done submission for a small student organized dinosaur themed art show on campus.
excuse the crap photo, =/

more eureka.

of my worship...

"when you get into one of these groups, there's only a couple of ways you can get out. one, is death; the other, is mental institutions."

Cthulhu Fhtagn

While in Eureka, my uncle showed me his process of creating stone sculptures. These are the result..

1 of 3

3 of 3

"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."

deer.

There's something so fascinating about rotting carcasses..

in my travels..

Humboldt Bay.

Route 101.

Creek.

Ferndale.

Eureka.

see ya.

So, I've just taken a bus and train to Napa, where I met up with my uncle. I'll be staying with him for a few weeks to do some work and to get away from Los Angeles.

the sun in braids.

I made another recording.

solar flare.

fuck it..

..let's get some pizza.

recording.

Not too long ago, I recorded and put together a music track. Take from it what you will.

untitled.

Alternatively, you can download the file using the following link.
-download-

Valentino's Pizza - Review

Anyone who knows me personally knows that I have an incredible soft spot for pizza. And why not? In a lot of ways, it's the quintessential meal. It has all of the major food groups; grain, dairy, meat, veggies, grease(!), and fruit (if you're one of the disgusting few who actually enjoy such toppings as pineapple). And you don't need any silverware to eat it. Anyway, I just wanted to share some of my thoughts on a pizza restaurant I had tried for the first time tonight.

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Let me start by setting up the scenario. I had just gotten hungry when I realized that it was getting passed 9pm. At this point, most of my food options were taken from me, but I remembered that some pizza places stay open until 10 or 11 at night. I didn't feel like being ripped off by Dominoes or Pizza Hut, and none of my usual pizza stops were open this late. I figured Little Caesar's (ugh) would be an easy and cheap choice, so I started driving around looking for one. In a short while I became lost, and during that time I stumbled upon a restaurant named Valentino's. Not really feeling up to driving around any further, I decided I'd just give this place a shot.


Before I talk about the pizza itself, I wanted to discuss my impressions of the restaurant itself. It was a quaint little place, barely noticeable. In fact, I'm certain if I hadn't been looking for Little Caesar's I likely would have never discovered its existence. The inside was simple enough, just an order/checkout counter and behind it the kitchen. There were no tables, only a broken pacman machine and one of the 25¢ vendor thingamjigs. I got a super ball.

[Unfortunately, I've already lost it.]

The smell of the restaurant reminded me that of a bathroom. Not that it reeked of urine or feces, but it had a strange lemon scent to it. I suppose that could be attributed to the fellow mopping the floor nearby, but it still gave off a pretty bad impression as I waited for my pizza to cook.


For $5 ($5.75 total), I thought this place was at least worth trying. I opted for a regular cheese, as I figured it was the least likely that could be fucked up. The pizza as a whole was decently sized. What they called a large was most definitely a medium at other places, but I'll allow them this one Immediately, when I got back in my car, I grabbed a slice and took a bite (notice one is missing in my photos). I quickly learned what a mistake this was as scorching hot cheese dripped down my lip, burning both my chin and mouth. I understand that a pizza is meant to be hot right when it is removed from the oven, but holy shit, they cook their pizza's hot.

When I arrived back at my apartment I started to engorge. The pizza had a fairly appealing sent, and there were no raised bubbles of cheese anywhere to be found (I fucking despise those). Upsetingly enough, when I grabbed a slice, much of the cheese had melted to the rest of the pizz and was pulled off the slice I had just chosen to devour. After having to do some fancy work with my fingers, I finally got a slice together and took a bite.

I wasn't sure what to make of the pizza at first. I had to wait a few more bites before I really started becoming acquainted with the taste. The sauce had an unusual flavor, I couldn't really make out what it tasted like. It seemed slightly fake, or that it was taken from some sort of can, or at the very least not made at the restaurant itself. I did like that there was enough sauce put into the pizza that it was not the least bit dry. At times, I would taste the dough and I found that to be a bit distracting. The cheese tasted pretty good, however, slightly spicy in certain parts. The slices as a whole had a pretty good texture to them. They weren't too thin, nor were they too thick.

The pizza was rather greasy, thoough I'm not usually one to complain about such things (it is pizza after all). Surprisingly enough, I was unable to finish it, which is a little odd considering I typically eat whole pizzas roughly its size. Oh well, I have some leftovers, and perhaps some further material to review upon (how it tastes the day after).


All in all, my feelings for this pizza joint are mixed. On one hand, I was fairly disappointed. Not that I was expected much, and trust me, my expectations were pretty low, but I was kind of hoping it would be one of those surprise places that are located in random and sketchy areas. The cheese was pretty good, but the sauce was a little funky. I'm definitely glad I decided to go here than Little Caesar's, but I can think of so many restaurants that make far superior pizza. But I suppose, given the time that I was looking for dinner, and the price, I can't really complain too much. Still, I don't think I'd recommend this place to anyone, nor eat there again any time soon.

tl;dr version:
- The restaurant smelled like a bathroom
+ The pizza had a nice texture and consistency
- The sauce taste a little weird.
+ I got a super ball!
- I lost it.
- The pizza was pretty greasy.
+ Probably better than Little Caesar's.
- But not by much.

Rating: 2/5

Valentinos Pizza
2340 East PCH
Long Beach, CA
90804


PS: I should have found a better way to spend my time.

I really wish I wasn't up this early..

laser blaster, zap zap.

This is a gun I made for my 3D Art class last semester. I'm not sure 100% what the material was, but it was carved out of a block of thick foam. I then incorporated outside elements (bottle caps, wire, bendy straws, and christmas lights!) to give it more variation in design. Lastly, I spray painted the bulk of the gun with metallic gold and flat bronze paint, with mixed results. Though it left an interesting texture that worked out in the end, it wasn't necessarily what I originally envisioned, but I suppose time constraints disallowed further experimentation.

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some issues

My computer has been bugging up, may be on hold for a bit.

come get some.

I made a Duke Nukem.

jack and the beanstalk.

These illustrations are quite old.

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ceramics.

Some ceramic pieces.

Beer Stein

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drawings.

Apparition
Charcoal
25x19

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Charcoal
19x25

the devil is among us.

This is a title redesign I made for my typography class. The assignment was to take a movie or television show's logo, and improve upon it. Naturally, I decided to work with one of my favorite movies, Dead Alive (or Braindead, if you prefer.)


I never did like the original text used for the title, the green with purple-ish outline hardly represents the movie in all its bloody brilliance. My rendition, I feel, works much better. The idea behind it was to balance the relationships of the words "dead" and "alive" so that they reflect the horror and comedic aspects of the film.

A higher resolution file can be viewed
-here-

fuck yeah.