Character 166 - Picture me cruisin

 

Here's a new self portrait for the new year. I pictured myself cruisin in a futuristic go-kart! One that hovers. Happy new year to you and yours. Trying to keep rollin with the changes. Every few years I do a new one to keep my website, blog, etc fresh. You'll see this new image on all the tings.

Dig this? Here's a previous self portrait I did in 2019 . Here's another one from 2015.

A few close ups...

The previous character before this was Mama Peng

Old backyard photo

 

Here's a photo from 2001ish in my brother Plinio's backyard, pre fatherhood. This is me. 

Here's another photo from 2016 or 17.

Purple 16'

 

Franklin made this beautiful sweatshirt. This was before bebe girl was born, after getting married. And after the Furqan trailer dropped. Taken by my wife :)

here's another shot from the Pueblo Nuevo Days

New self portrait!

 

Happy 2021 folks. I'm excited to share this new self portrait with you and ready to bob and weave in the new year. As I do most years I'll be using this for my branding on my social media and sites. Want to see past painted self portraits? See below. This one was painted in gouache.

2017

2014

Look out for a post about branding images and business cards soon.

Photo of me (Pueblo Nuevo)

This is an old photo of me taken by Bounce from the Pueblo Nuevo days. Pueblo Nuevo was a gallery and community space founded by Miguel Perez , Diana Negrin, and Plinio Hernandez in Berkeley California around the mid 2000s. This photo and others like it were promotional photos meant to spread the word about the gallery which featured many different artists who were established and just starting out.

Check out this old video from Emory Douglas' show, which I helped install along with the gallery founders.

Ain't No New Thing - Emory Douglas Teaser from Pueblo Nuevo Gallery on Vimeo.

Photo: New Profile pic!

Happy new year! Check it out! New profile photo taken by the wonderful Kristen Murakoshi. She's a local Bay Area based photographer who specializes in portraits, family shoots, events, and weddings. She's currently offering a special deal for couples. See more HERE!

Character 146 - Self Portrait 2019 + new branding

Hey, I've done a few self portraits over the past five years. Here's a new new one, which You'll be seeing a lot more of. 

Here's a painterly one

Here's a teen version, similar to this one

Also, I just updated my website, blog, and other social media with this new image and typography. Check it out.

2017 Self portrait (new blog look)

It's been awhile since I posted a new self-portrait. Here is the latest for 2017. Today, this song by Siaira Shawn is giving me life. You can see some of my last self portraits here:
2015
2014
2013

Character 96- Me again

Me as a pre teen

Self Portrait 2014

Haven't done a serious portrait of myself in a long while. This was surprisingly fun! Energy!! Figured I do these portraits for kids all the time on wood, why not do my own.

Dig this? check out this self portrait w/ gouache in 2021

Character 44- Me! (New Blog look)

Whaddaya think? New look! The inspiration for this guy comes from an old photo my mom or grandma took when I was a kid. We had just come back from a fair and I had a spear (no, really!) and face paint. It was taken at my grandma's house in San Francisco. I can't find the picture so I decided to draw it from what I remember and add some cool wings. Que chevere, no?

Think i'll use this for awhile til I get bored of it. Updated a few tings here, look around....