Thanks for the support! Were looking forward to 2009!!

Here is the new logo I designed for Embassy Skateboards.

It’s owned and operated by Texas Skate Legend John “TEX” Gibson and Rocker Lee Leal (Planet Shock, Contortion Session, Bark Hard etal).

More to come…

We got the Wall-E DVD and got a coupon for a free tree seedling. We received it yesterday so today we went out to plant it!

Little Buddy also got some radish seeds from school and we planted those today. There hard to see but he’s pointing to them. The milkweed is from the Monarch Butterfly Farm!

As I was rummaging through the family library, I came across this diagram which looks mighty similar to my design.

Here’s a pic from the HFM X-Mas Party. As usual, there was much Kung-Fu treachery! An impossible task I know, but if you can name all of the people and the weapons used in this photo, you will win a special gift!

Fresh out of the camera!! Here’s the JESTER Family.

I did this logo for a comic book entitled THORNE written by Russ Tinkess. It’s about a vampire.

Here is a photoshop version I was playing around with.

The client wanted a Dove, the Texas flag and the letters JDRE. Other than that, I was free to do whatever I wanted. I sketched the dove outline and the rest took shape.

This was a logo for a new Wine Bar in Houston. The owner didn’t want a specific style but liked the Art Deco and Nouveau look. He does metalwork and will make the sign out of steel.

Here’s my initial sketch:

I illustrated the box to look like a house. The cardboard box represents the homeless and the house shape represents the shelter. I wanted the logo to be simple and iconic.

Here’s my initial sketch:

Here are the final pics of my DCTO Custom.

Here is what the original toy doll looked like.

Dacosta! a.k.a CHOCOLATE SOOP and the Japanese American National Museum have assembled the first custom toy show held in a museum. 45+ artists have customized his DCTO (Dreams Come True Object) Jibun Project, a futuristic version of the traditional Daruma toy. The theme of the show is “Dreams to Dreams” and is based on the poem of the same title which speaks to childhood dreams, possibilities and looking to the future.

The finished art pieces will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum from December 1, 2008 through January 4, 2009. Pieces will be available for sale through the Museum Store.

*Opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 6th, 2008

The show will lead up to Oshogatsu weekend (a significant celebration in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo area). there will be educational and entertaining programs that tell the significance of Daruma and other cultural icons for the New Year.

This is a design for the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame Associateion (IKTHOF)

These are from my first figure drawing class.

These next 3 were done while in the Army in 1987

3 Color (Red, Blue,Yellow) Stippling

Lance Mountain actually signed this for me.
I kind of felt like a Kook asking him but I think I was a Kook back then.

This one is a ripoff of the Eiji Yoshikawa, Musashi book from 1995.

These were done in 1979.

I did these in the late 80’s

I sketched most of these in class around 1983 because it was more interesting than my teachers.

One of my sons teachers friends brought his telescopes to my son’s school playground last night and we checked out the moon.

I put my cellphone camera up to the lens and took these.