Let's try this from home.

4 months ago I purchase clamps for silk screening from McLogan's in Downtown LA. So this past Saturday I went to Ikea and purchased this great little table for 40 bucks. Home Depot and Ace Hardware helped with the rest:

Lampshade w/socket
250w Heat Lamp Bulb
4 1/4" inch screws w/ Phillips Head
Water Based Laquer

Lacquer for the table, didn't want it to ruin quickly so I'm coating two times for protection. Four screws to bolt to the table itself for sturdiness. Home Depot did not have the lamp I needed so I suggest I Ace Hardware.

Final Crit

Today was the last day for my printmaking class at LBCC. We had an open crit with everyone talking about their prints, difficulties with printing and all of the fixes they went thru to make the prints as successful as possible. I've had a great time in the class and can't wait to take the class again next semester. I have also started to purchase equipment so that I can start printing at home. I have purchased some canvas bags, paper bags and shirts so I will be able to show you my results in the near future.

Came across this display in the quad area of the art department and check out theses shoe mockups made from tape and different pieces of plastic. I had to take a closer look and see all the detail to create theses shoes. Very impressive. STAY DIRTY!

Printmaking Slideshow v.2

A few more pics are showed here but I will update with more this Monday when we do crit. LATE!

Printmaking Slideshow v.1

So here is a slideshow of some of work that me and my fellow classmates have been working on for this past semester at LBCC. Will add another slideshow at the end of the class with all finished work. ENJOY!

Only two more weeks...

of my printmaking class at LBCC. I can not believe it has gone so fast. Here are some pictures of some of the great work going on in my class at the current moment. This is one of Damien's (classate) prints. Helped him with the blend and he's done the rest. I'll post more tomorrow. Thanks.

It's coming together!

Today I was working on the 4th layer of color for this piece. The last layer, the master, will be placed and it will tie the rest of the colors all together. I had a rough go at this print job and really thought out the process and all the mistakes I made will hopefully not be an issue in the coming months.

This print was done by one of my fellow students. i like the blend, came out really clean. Hopefully My piece comes out the same.

Latest Printmaking update.

As the class comes to a close we have a two more projects til the end of the class. I am currently working on a four color print and it's been a real learning curve to what I already know about press separation to silk-screen seperation. I'm starting with a base blend of two colors and then working in some different shapes into the background and well this is what coming from that.

What I should have done was print the yellow first then my other background color then the blend. I believe I would have had a blend problem since I am going it for the first time but it gives me something to work towards. Making mistake after mistake is still giving me the two things: Knowledge and experience. With time this will no longer be an issue.

Grey Matter Collection Fall '09 - Winter '10

More from my printmaking class.

This morning while in my Prinmaking class I noticed this young ladies work. Don't know her name but I'll get it so I can give her some credit. Looking at it just made me laugh and well it's great, love the color and it's says that she is a sweet cupcake.

Leaving class I also came across this great painting. It's a picture of a dog but I love the brush strokes on it and how well it's done. I'm finding some very talented artists at LBCC and hope to find more. Enjoy!

BRAIN Storming!

I've been collaborating with Robert G. for some time now and we have been coming up with some new ideas for the next shirt we would like to work on together, here's a sneak peak, literally!

Oh yeah, we are taking it there. This is what happens when you have a white board and infinite time. Stay Dirty!

End of October...

Well it's almost the end of October and my Print Making class is moving right along. D.V. Clothing's stint at The Foothill Art Gallery is up this month but we hope to be back in the Summer of 2010 in that same location with more shows and opportunities to meet more great people.

At our webstore we are featuring a new item, iPhone skins. We are calling them Dirty Skins and they feature work from Leo Quijano II and or course me! This round of skins will feature photography work from both Leo and I. Here is a glimpse of our newest version, Gina.

In the coming months I will be collaborating with Kwasi B. from Rebel Sciences on some new shirt designs. So be on the look out for that next venture, it's going to be killer! Thanks again for listening to me rant. STAY DIRTY!

Printmaking Class

My latest project from my printmaking class was a self-portrait in one color done with photo emulsion. I had drawn some lines and configured it with some photos Leo Quijano took of me at the HOC from the photobooths. Her is my first attempt in printing with this technique.



To be honest I did not like the way this project turned out. I had a few problems and they can easily be fixed. First problem was the emulsion, I did not let it cure as good as I should have. Second problem was the mesh size should be higher for greater detail. With theses solutions I should be able to move forward in perfecting my technique.

I'm looking forward already to next year with a new campaign for D.V. Clothing. Will get back to you with more details in the coming months. Stay Dirty!

I've started this printmaking class at LBCC and man it's been great! I've met allot of great artists and have really learned a great deal of printmaking as an art then just silkscreening some shirts. It's been a great creative process and just can't wait to see how far I can take it. Definitely working on a series of posters all done in this process.

Also...if you have not been there visit our new webstore, dvclothing.bigcartel.com.

What's he building in there?

I have been working on some iPhone and Macbook mockups to pitch at Gelaskins. Here is a glance at what I've been working on and I'll keep you posted on what comes of it. Leave comments and tell me what you think. Any criticism or approvals would be great. STAY DIRTY!

October 2nd & 3rd new exhibit opening at The Foothill Art Gallery. Through My Eyes - New Work by Jordan Eismont. This is Jordan's first exhibit at The Foothill. Free refreshments and no cover charge.

This Saturday September 12th D.V. Clothing will have a booth at the Inaugural Latino Parade & Festival. With special event prices for clothing, artwork and photos. This event will be open from 4pm - 10pm. One day only.

Last but no least, Dirty Dodge is now available for purchase at our store. Get yours today. STAY DIRTY!

New Digs for D.V. Clothing

Well this month has been pretty great so far. We launched a new site with BigCartel with a fresh new look for D.V. Clothing. With more options for us we will be putting up allot of more merchandise for sale then just shirts. Since we run an art gallery, The Foothill, we have decided to make some artwork available for purchase on our new site. So here is the link to our new site, dvclothing.bigcartel.com. This site is not yet finalized. This is just a tiny taste of what's to come.

This coming Saturday Sept. 12th D.V. Clothing will have a booth available at the Inaugural Long Beach Latino Parade & Festival. Open from 4pm - 10pm we will be at Booth #12. We will have event pricing only for our apparel and artwork. STAY DIRTY!

HOC was a great thing this month.

I had the priviledge of photographing the Hollywood Outdoor Cinema in Silverlake this past month and it was great. Networked with allot of folks, made some new friends and maybe even some more options to my resume. It's been a great month!

Here's a pic of that Leo took of me at the event. Also, I'm wearing the new shirt we just printed from our Fall '09 Dirty Vato Collection. It will be available to purchase on Sept. 1st at our website, www.dvclothing.com.

Dirty Dodge is on the Press

So I get a call from the printer in regards to Dirty Dodge that we are printing. It's just a normal press check to see if I'm satisfied witht he position of the shirts and to make any corrections. So far I have to say, thumbs up! Shirt will hopefully be on sale Sept 1st. STAY DIRTY!

Next month is looking great...

D.V. Clothing will hopefully be at, cross your fingers, at the Long Beach Latin American Parade & Festival this Sept. 12 as a vendor for the inaugural event. We also have another art exhibit coming up with more details coming to our website soon with some great artists, Kwasi Boyd-Bouldin of Rebel Sciences and Jordan Eismont. Check back with this blog or our website for theses events coming up in September.

My work this month has given me the opportunity to work with the Hollywood Outdoor Cinema. A summer filled fun of outdoor screening of movies with about two hundred film-enthusiast at a really obscure place, a parking lot in Silverlake area of Los Angeles. I've been photographing this event for about a month and it's been great. Meeting great people and eating some spectacular food. The last screening is this weekend with the movie "GOONIES." Check out the HOC's website, http://hollywoodoutdoorcinema.com/, for more details.

Also, this coming September we are printing our next batch of shirts from our Fall 2009 collection. We will be printing periodically through the end of 2009. Become a Fan on our Facebook Page and tell us what you think, we love to hear from our fans to help us determine which shirt to print next. Our first shirt to be printed from our Fall 2009 will be, DIRTY TRUCK. Here's a sneak peak. STAY DIRTY!

Just finished this 25second short of our the new designs I've been tirelessly working on with the help of Robert Gutierrez and the beat by DJ Theorist. Hope you enjoy, and STAY DIRTY!

Video for new shirts for our line Grey Matter.

Have I been neglecting my blog?

Yes I have, but for great reason. I have been working tirelessly on scheduling art exhibits at our flag store, The Foothill. I've also been working on my photography. Digging in the vaults and storage for old stuff and also adding in some new stuff from the recent events I have been attending and just daily stuff I photograph. And not to mention, designing like crazy. Just finished a new one for our DIRTY VATO line with some help from Robert Gutierrez. Here's a glimpse of it.

DIRTY RIVIERIA...click on this link.

Well I hope not to neglect you again blog cause you help keep me sane. Also just visit www.dvclothing.com to see what we are doing cause, that's where I'll be at. STAY DIRTY!!!

P.S.

Just a lil insight, on our Facebook and Myspace pages you can see all the new designs for GREY MATTER and DIRTY VATO lines.

Getting UP at The Foothill

Well we are putting on another show at our flag-store The Foothill Art Gallery in Signal Hill. Artists Jesse Garcia, Francisco Lopez and Julio Villagomez will be featured in this new exhbit. The opening reception is this July 10-11 from 7-10pm. For more info on directions to our website, www.dvclothing.com. Hope all can make it and help support theses young artists. We always have great cheese and cheap wine. So come on out and mingle, network and look at some art. STAY DIRTY!

New Red DVC Buttons

So I ordered some new buttons for DVC and well to be honest I like the first ones I did but the lettering was too light. So I made a different design and really like it. The red just pops and the rest is great. Hey I love it, who's going to tell me any different. Hope you like.

Lebowski at The Foothill

I designed a flyer for the event that we are putting together at The Foothill this Saturday. We will be having more movie nights through out the year so if you can make it come on down and enjoy! STAY DIRTY!!

Janine Marie blogs about The Foothill

Well we have the first review of our flagstore The Foothill. Talented blogger Janine Marie of Art + Culture. Hope that if your reading this blog that you are excited for us as we are about the review. I've posted a excerpt of the review here, to read more go to http://www.artandculture.com/feature/713 with the title, Signal Hill Has Some New Innovative: The Foothills. Thanks again and STAY DIRTY!

The Foothills a small gallery space that doubles as the flagship store for Dirty Vato Clothing, held it's first gallery show this month. The space itself houses two rooms. The first room has glass windows from top to bottom assisting in building curiosity from by passers. Nicely presented to the outside world in a luscious wall display. Two emerging artist coated these walls with ravenousness imagery from top to bottom. The two artist featured in the space are native to California, Erwin Recinos & Leo Quijano II. Their images dance together on the walls, creating a dialogue.

Dirty Truck

I need some help with this design. Just finished up this artwork about 2 hrs ago but I'm having a hard to naming it. Currently I'm calling it Dirty Truck but I know that's not the name I want. So if you have any ideas what to name it and I like it, that's what I'll call it. Thanks again and I hope you like what i I have created. STAY DIRTY!!

Personas for Firefox | Dirty Persona

Personas for Firefox | Dirty Persona

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New sticker designed by Robert Gutierrez.

So my good friend of the fam Robert offered his skills and came up with sick design. Love it! We are going to be making some stickers soon so stayed tuned for that. STAY DIRTY!

We did it again!!!

That's right, we re-opened the exhibit from this past May 1st and added some dates. May 29-30th from 7pm to 11pm both nights. I am very excited to also announce that The Foothill is also the new flag store of D.V. Clothing. This is big and great news for the progression of our clothing line. Not only will be selling clothing from this store but also hosting future exhibits for new and unknown artists in the L.A. area. So please keep up with this blog and our website for announcements of future exhibits, sales and shirt releases all at THE FOOTHILL. STAY DIRTY!!!!!


Edit:

We added this video as well. Here's the link, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAU2d6h5eq0. Enjoy!

Submitted Design to ReflectionShirts

I submitted this design to Reflection Shirts. http://www.reflectionshirts.com/ to rate this design. Thanks!

DVC Buttons

So as I was getting ready this morning I receive a ring at the doorbell. WHO COULD IT BE? Well there is was in a lil bag with my name and to my surprise it was the buttons I ordered a fews weeks ago. So here they are and hope that you like them as much as I do. Just a side note if you do order any t-shirts from our website, you will receive a free DVC button with your purchase. STAY DIRTY!!!!

Photos from The Foothill.

LWell I must I was surprised with the turn out from this past Art Exhibit. It was my first and I could not be more excited with how it turned out. Lot's of family and friends that are like family. Everyone was just impressed on how little time we had to promote and put together this show. I would like to thank EVERYONE that showed to help support us and to keep Leo and I's passion for art.

Here are a few photos of the exhibit. It's still hanging now and will mostly be up for some time. We are working on a few things and well just keep checking back on this blog our on the D.V. Clothing website for more updates.

Dirty Persona

Who doesn't enjoy Mozilla Firefox! It has to be by far the best browser out there. Now they even made it more enjoyable with Persona. Personalizing your web browser just made Firefox that much more enjoyable. It's really easy to do and the only limit is your imagination. Great going Mozilla just another app that really makes the web even more personal. If you are interested in getting your own DIRTY PERSONA, hit me up! STAY DIRTY!!

Here is a screen shot of my current browser.

The Foothill
Featuring: Leo Quijano & Erwin Recinos
of Grey Matter Clothing
2023 E 19th St, Signal Hill, CA 90755
Friday May 1st, 2009
Opening Time 7pm-12am
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Two intensely different styles of imagery, brought together through the simple means of brotherhood, conveying a defiant glare at every-day life, fashion, and giving an all around "fuck you" to the style that has been force-fed to you by the mainstream media and people who give themselves the generic and self-gratifying title of "authority"...

Artist Robert Gutierrez colab with D.V.C!

Have had a great time coming up with some new designs and working with local artist Robert Gutierrez. I've put some drawings on paper and passed them off to Robert for the finishing touches. Check them out.


The first is a concept heart that I sketched out and Robert moved with stylizing it. It's not anatomically correct but it looks great. This is just concept, final will be coming soon.




The second concept art is what i would call EYECLOPS. I sketched out the hand and Robert moved on with the other graphics. Overall it's a sweet piece and is pretty much finalized. A few things but nothing major.

I'm also working on Dirty Mariachi's, DVC pills and some new lettering. Don't worry we are hard at work and hope to get theses designs finalized and ready to purchase in the near future. Keep checking for updates and remember to STAY DIRTY!!!!!

Lanyards.....Really!

Well after doing some research for promo items for D.V. Clothing I came across lanyards. You know those necklace like keychains that folks wear at the gym. Well we are getting them made and here is your first look at it. STAY DIRTY!!!!

New D.V. Clothing logo by Graham Phisher.

It's been some time since my last post but I am happy to share with you all a new design for D.V. Clothing by modern designer Graham Phisher. We approached Graham about designing a new logo for us because of his extensive work and creativity. To check out more his work go to, http://www.grahamphisher.com/designs/.

















D.V. Clothing is taking a new turn this year, so keep checking our site for updates regarding artists collaborations in the near future. STAY DIRTY!