Saturday, August 23, 2008

Nebula 4 Postcard



Yet another post. For some this is not new because i distributed a few a month ago. This is a Nebula 4 postcard since the original creation of the image back in May. A few posts back. I've updated the version and got them printed out which turned out pretty great. They serve as my business card sometimes.

Calendar 2009 Coming Soon!


Well, I've been busy refining ideas and today i also wanted to offer a sneak peak at the 2009 Calendar that I'm attempting to finish and release before the year is over. I wanted to combine two ideas, calendar's and poster's without creating the sometimes unnecessary space of four rows to represent a month and seven boxes to the days of week, instead i created a row of numbers to represent the days of the month. I created rounded yellow rectangles to represent the weekends and the important holidays would be highlighted by a dominant color found in the image that would represent an important holiday of the month. In this case Valentines Day. Hope everyone enjoys it and i'll post its release here at my blog.

A Weekend Before School



Its been a while since my last posting. what can i say? I've been busy with school. Its been a good weekend up to now, it started with various performances from the San Francisco Outside Lands (Music & Arts Festival) among them was Radiohead, The Black Keys, and Cold War Kids which i could listen from the comfort of my own home.

Today I want to present a re-design i did for an existing brochure at SFSU Cesar Chavez Student Center. The brochure was re-design for the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center. This project was meant to demonstrate my grasp and understanding of design elements and the principals of design for a job interview at CCSC.

I wanted to improve and simplify the existing design that would demonstrate the goals and values of CCSC. It would speak about the man who it was named after, Richard Oakes and still represent the goals and values of CCSC. I felt the color and text layout of the brochure were obstructing. The information wasn't easy to find. The text would disappear in low light areas.

The choices i made were to connect Richard Oakes to CCSC. First, the color choices were to limit the amount of colors used. Colors that would represent Richard Oakes and CCSC. I used Red and Blue. Red, associated with courage, the courage it took Richard Oakes to occupy Alcatraz Island. Blue associated with calm and peaceful. The text was edited down to be less repetitive and easier to find information needed.

It was a good practice project to work on and think about design choices.

This is the existing design for the Richard Oakes Multicultural Center. (Inside)(Outside)

Friday, June 27, 2008

Almost the last day




Its almost the last day of work, I start doodling like their is no tomorrow. I hope i finish my school work.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

I Was Born Today



Its yet another year. Its my birthday once again. I wanted to thank my mom for giving life.

I'm not the most productive person on a everyday basis but on this day i managed to create an image that identifies and symbolizes Nebula 4's mission as a designer and artist. "Thinking outside the box," a philosophy i have adopted to distinguish my work from the millions of artists found around the world. Not to constrain the work by any kind of boundaries but to tear through from its limitations like trees breaking through paved streets.

I like trees. I would look good on a T-shirt

In a yearly ritual of my birthday, the film i choose this year was Iron Man. What can i say about it? I recommend it. I must admit, i was a partial Iron Man fan because its references to Black Sabbath's song Iron Man. This film made me love comics all over again.



A sneak preview of the new upcoming toy I've been working on, nebula 4.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Greenhouse ( Casa Verde )


The first poster for the family band known as Greenhouse (Casa Verde). Green house is a Salinas based Indie bansd made of Netsirk(Bass), Nebula 4(Guitar), Chikis(Drums), and our brother Enano(violin).

Morning Spy



The purpose for creating this poster was a remembrance of good times. Its for one of the band members(Allison Goffman) of Morning Spy a indie pop band. The place of performance and date are fictitious but check out their music. Great music.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Urban Action






Its been some long months. This year i did some design work for the Urban Studies Program at San Fransico State University. I worked on some Advertisement for the Journal they publish called Urban Action. Urban Action is a collection of essays, poems, photos, and postcards showcasing urban related affairs or issues from around the world and published by students, alumni and faculty s and ended finishing the work on the Urban Action Manual.

Monday, March 10, 2008

The New Seven Deadly Sins

The Original Deadly 7

  1. Pride
  2. Wrath
  3. Lust
  4. Gluttony
  5. Envy
  6. Sloth
  7. Greed

21st Century Sinning

  1. Genetic Modification
  2. Experimenting on Humans
  3. Polluting the Environment
  4. Causing Social Injustice
  5. Causing Poverty
  6. Becoming Obscenely Wealthy
  7. Taking Drugs
Link on the daily green

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Remember RIO


A year ago my first mp3 player died. I then upgraded to an ipod. This is a design i did in his memory for the hours of Classic Rock, Reggae, and Mozart he provided.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

A look at the past: Yojimbo Poster



A several months ago i had taken a graphic design class at the SFSU downtown campus which really helped a lot. I was able to understand why i made the choices i made and be able to talk and prove to people why the design worked.

The first assignment we had was a poster design. The instructor asked us to think about our favorite film, yeah i know, its hard to choose a favorite film. I eventually settled on Yojimbo (1961) an Akira Kuroswa black and white film. In the following week he asked us to make a poster using only one font and one size(see Figure 1). He also asked us to think of the theme of the film and incoporate in the design. It was difficult challenge to design with a limited resources but managed to design to the films theme. A wandering samurai arrives at a chaotic village and is responsible for its bloody demise.

The third assignment for the class was to change the font size, add shapes, and color(see Figure 2). The design started to tell a story of the two opposing gangs in the village. The use of red for the baldly drawn squares was to symbolize the chaotic blood bath that ensued after Yojimbo's arrival. The slash between the two squares with the name of the film Yojimbo was to show that Yojimbo stood between the two gangs with no alliance to any of them.

The forth assignment was to add imagery to the design(see Figure 3, bottom left). The imagery i choose was a Japanese crest to show the consumer that they are not watching a hollywooed blockbuster but a Japanese film.

Assignment four being the end of the poster design the instructor asked us to choose once again a medium other than a poster that our design would work on, i choose apparel(see Figure 3, bottom right). After the foundations for the poster design are set then its transfer to other mediums is not to difficult.

I have finally returned to the university temporally to finish my degree in Design and Industry at San Francisco State University.


Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The Journey is Over



Great news today. I can finally rock to legends of rock on the Wii. I was skeptical that i would ever come back from its dark journey to Activision but as the long day came to an end, Guitar Hero III for the Wii stood in the dark hole of my mailbox, offering its friendship once again with its restored Dolby digital surround sound.

I'm happy Guitar Hero III is back in my Nintendo collection once again.

Monday, March 3, 2008

It refuses to die



I few years ago i created The Idiot Motel productions as a publishing company for upcoming artists of all genres. It was meant to be a community of artists and a way to publish their work but because its negative connotation, i had to pursue other possible names. I still refuse to let it walk into the night. I still keep this marketing postcard for a reminder that one of these days it will rise among all odds.

The Road Home

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It was a good weekend at my moms house, lots of pictures, plenty of food, and relaxing for once. The one thing i love about photography even more than black and white shots from my 50mm SLR is night shots. On the road home i took out the Sony digital camera and clicked away sporadically out of the car window. Check some of the pictures at Flickr. I still prefer my SLR for night shots but a digital camera comes in hand every so often.

Monday, February 25, 2008

Wonder Con



Its yet another year at Wonder Con. Comics, comics and more comics. People of all ages showed up at San Francisco's Moscone Ctr. to talk comics or speak with the stars of their beloved comics or upcoming comic creators. A sub culture of kids, young adults and a growing population of adults. It was a great event like every year.











































It was good day and it turned on me in a matter of seconds.


Monday, February 11, 2008

An academic seminar on a broad field of study



The first assignment i had a week ago for DAI 370 Colloquium was to write about our journey from the point of birth to our present day, basically first days of class. The cover design i designed was a look on life as strings of particles whom intertwine with multitudes of different people along your life time. Each making a significant change in your life other just cross your path until they cross again in your later years.