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BTS : 2016 SD City Beat Comic-Con Cover

July 26, 2016
Behind the Scenes, comics, Cover Art, Design, Illustration, SD City Beat
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This is the full response I sent to SD City Beat for “On the Cover.”

Madness. Anyone who’s been down to Comic-Con knows it first hand. I want you to feel the crowds, the visual overload, the fantastic claustrophobia that you get when you take a photo down there where everyone strikes a pose and tries to squeeze in…

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Messages from the Past : Earth Day Postcard (April 18, 1991)

April 18, 2016
Deeohz, Earth Day, Illustration

I was looking thru some old albums and found this postcard that my brother wrote to himself on this day (April 18) in 1991. It looks like an Earth Day card from elementary school. The rendering is pretty meticulous with the borders and vertical stroke coloring. You can see his framing composition at an early stage – foreground rock for depth, centered sunset, reflection over the water. Geezus, Rolando. You were on some other stuff back then.

Read his letter to himself from himself below…
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