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Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2069125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-80234057708570195732023-09-04T13:29:00.000-07:002023-09-04T13:29:15.080-07:00Thank you! Transitioning to Robdontstop.com<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtUry9LUgj4PXig8FSJnbSJXg3vaIwKHQI7NFKb5TAmwyfPEuWZdpcM8xzh7Cb2PuiCGqZaNWeWhAvaO_1L2fK1kZMEKSQ7UP8oJf8Fvt-8cShsoHLCahHLeRG9lz-UvH8oEMEJYo7t-AluLuNQGAD7_dKmPcHIXPKFNJgj8Ny6_M2Fdav8NUgrkvJRk/s2308/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%201.23.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1820" data-original-width="2308" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtUry9LUgj4PXig8FSJnbSJXg3vaIwKHQI7NFKb5TAmwyfPEuWZdpcM8xzh7Cb2PuiCGqZaNWeWhAvaO_1L2fK1kZMEKSQ7UP8oJf8Fvt-8cShsoHLCahHLeRG9lz-UvH8oEMEJYo7t-AluLuNQGAD7_dKmPcHIXPKFNJgj8Ny6_M2Fdav8NUgrkvJRk/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-09-04%20at%201.23.06%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey fam, I am transitioning out of this blog. It has been a nice run from 2007 to 2023-thats 16 years of blogging. Hella appreciate you all for viewing, sharing, commenting, etc. I am not deleting the blog for now, but you can find all the old post and more new stuff on my new blog at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://Robdontstop.com/blog">Robdontstop.com/blog</a></b></h2><div><br /></div><div>If you don't do blogs sign up for <a href="https://work.robdontstop.com/" target="_blank">my newsletter </a>or follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robert_tres/">Instagram.</a></div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-85592011687004441782023-07-25T11:25:00.004-07:002023-07-25T11:25:26.412-07:00My new book "Fresh Juice/ Jugo Fresco" is out! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ72dOgKNtXNCd7mlGdIiLUCgzrKKY_xjBUWCy6bFgPdFrY_uD2lwbFISalwN0deM4hU3GV8gtAs7tv9p9NZdwEzM0Mpb1CiTDhwDdHwd1Jq6L3RRiNfEfohpobgWotST_0GeOx__q99ZIoiq_gBKvhYmfzJyjmdmUtskzYhnURHBTy6J1Rs5Udt5P5Q/s1440/362679502_10160037756514272_6461218566911022256_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZ72dOgKNtXNCd7mlGdIiLUCgzrKKY_xjBUWCy6bFgPdFrY_uD2lwbFISalwN0deM4hU3GV8gtAs7tv9p9NZdwEzM0Mpb1CiTDhwDdHwd1Jq6L3RRiNfEfohpobgWotST_0GeOx__q99ZIoiq_gBKvhYmfzJyjmdmUtskzYhnURHBTy6J1Rs5Udt5P5Q/s320/362679502_10160037756514272_6461218566911022256_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Photo by Maya Gonzalez of me reading at the book release for Fresh Juice/ Jugo Fresco in Oakland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvtKPW8fxONCMfGvDDlSpIfJhrH9jR0Bw-1jHUilt2YRCDBY67rcn2IimGh-RFLe7PY5qLbiMeyeLvHDvxpooPJBtodWr8XMj5k5IQ_kQxmFtCAFs6PGGDMNUFYAeJ0YUEd24fS7ReeNL-OFG2S4qyto7uTeE5JrWzzAS_4dOiZFyeVkFVB6X9ySFDV8/s475/FreshJuice_duo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="296" data-original-width="475" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvtKPW8fxONCMfGvDDlSpIfJhrH9jR0Bw-1jHUilt2YRCDBY67rcn2IimGh-RFLe7PY5qLbiMeyeLvHDvxpooPJBtodWr8XMj5k5IQ_kQxmFtCAFs6PGGDMNUFYAeJ0YUEd24fS7ReeNL-OFG2S4qyto7uTeE5JrWzzAS_4dOiZFyeVkFVB6X9ySFDV8/s320/FreshJuice_duo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fam the day has come. After over a decade in the making this story is out there. I started working on this story back in 2008, put it down, and came back to it in 2018. Request it at your local public library, school, doctor's office, and cop it for your home. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>Shout out to editor <b>Laura Atkins</b> who first helped me get it ready for pitch, <b>Cheryl Klein</b> and <b>Kandace Coston</b> at Lee & Low Books, art director <b>Chad Beckerman</b>, <b>Lee and Low</b> Staff, my agent <b>Marietta Zacker </b>and all of you who've helped to share the story.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.leeandlow.com/books/fresh-juice" target="_blank">LINK TO PURCHASE A COPY.</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Fam, I'm going to be phasing this blog out in favor of a new one on my site. <a href="http://Robdontstop.com">Robdontstop.com</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-48780215176955251362023-07-19T15:18:00.004-07:002023-07-19T15:18:40.300-07:00Erica Buddington is so DOPE<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b7u_zYyaI8o" width="320" youtube-src-id="b7u_zYyaI8o"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7u_zYyaI8o&ab_channel=TheNuggetPodcast" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I first came across <b>Erica Buddington </b>through the many Black history videos she was doing on YouTube. As an artist who does Black, AAPI, and Women's history art I was immediately juiced to see how she was offering so much knowledge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6_nXUJr_lds" width="320" youtube-src-id="6_nXUJr_lds"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nXUJr_lds&ab_channel=NatashaS.Alford" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <b>Classroom Rebel podcast</b> interview is dope and here is another interview she did w/ The Grio's Natasha S. Alford. Ok, follow <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ericabuddington/?hl=en" target="_blank">Erica here on IG</a> and her company <a href="http://www.langstonleague.com/" target="_blank">Langston League</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this interview w/ educator and Ethnic Studies advocate <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/02/llag-radio-art-nelson-concordia.html" target="_blank">Art Nelson Concordia</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-33271292375535326102023-07-17T14:17:00.003-07:002023-07-17T14:19:35.590-07:00What is Pimp Culture? Podcast w/ Madlines, Ryan Nicole, & Coco Peila<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OU6ko1Qb97o" width="320" youtube-src-id="OU6ko1Qb97o"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU6ko1Qb97o&ab_channel=KQEDArts" target="_blank">Link to watch</a></div><br /><p></p>DOPE conversation by MC's <b>MADLines, Ryan Nicole</b>, and <b>Coco Peila</b> talking about #pimpculture #misogny #hiphop and divisions within the Black community. Soooooo necessary coming from the Bay and Oakland specifically where we ll grew up with so much pimp culture which is a direct product of capitalism and passing on oppression. I've seen, heard, or experienced all three of these sisters perform and rock and they are not only super on point, but just dope artists. <div><br /></div><div><b>Dig this?</b> Check out their websites: <a href="https://www.madlinesinfo.com/" target="_blank">MADlines,</a> <a href="https://www.msryannicole.com/home" target="_blank">Ryan Nicole, </a>and <a href="https://www.cocopeila.com/" target="_blank">Coco Peila</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-35205515564379014102023-07-15T22:08:00.005-07:002023-07-17T13:24:56.291-07:00"Fresh Juice" bk release at Chapter 510 - July 22nd<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGev7m8wHW8YmJd3bQClrKOqHUXestEjOi4irbgXGQWKwWqvX2eMfc43oIp4GcTLsBuaT_U-seSLzUFmvc9mAgxNPpp94Wv0jipIy3TPO6MjcRpQjutq1eC8nV0YjbxHd9x8x7t63shkuIiUjV3--svLbKYUfIpZqmUCPM4VXY7AtfKrYY4cLMxL0a8k/s1080/TIFF%20%20ROB%20BOOK%20RELEASE.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaGev7m8wHW8YmJd3bQClrKOqHUXestEjOi4irbgXGQWKwWqvX2eMfc43oIp4GcTLsBuaT_U-seSLzUFmvc9mAgxNPpp94Wv0jipIy3TPO6MjcRpQjutq1eC8nV0YjbxHd9x8x7t63shkuIiUjV3--svLbKYUfIpZqmUCPM4VXY7AtfKrYY4cLMxL0a8k/s320/TIFF%20%20ROB%20BOOK%20RELEASE.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hey fam, my new book is coming out in a matter of weeks. If you're in the Bay Area I invite you to come to the book release where I'll read the book alongside local author <b>DeMareon Gipson</b>. DeMareon wrote a book called "Annalise's Cough". Come get a copy of my book and DeMareon's, and visit the incredible organization that is <b>Chapter 510</b> who've helped me grow as an artist and storyteller. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Also, the first 50 people there will be able to get a free cup of healthy juice made by Oakland's own</b> <a href="http://www.oaklandisjuiced.com/" target=""></a><b>"Super Juiced".</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.chapter510.org/events/chapter-510-childrens-storytelling-series-rob" target="_blank">MORE INFO</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_pftRIuKkJ0ZsTSc_z1kg_Pi1xpntzy26AamE55yVclUVPIi6TeWINyY5qNPamwuQjr_Xu7XxPRMpsQrqu3iJBM3khj3GaHXj1dXTEmhz9BWk2EOHPKMb6JR4G_aYI5aaJmMzOIlZvY4izb-7NInXP-ZQw9ZD_NfM8B-rsMC2-ZyQkUp7fo6oWve2Qg/s1800/ROB%20BOOK%20RELEASE.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI_pftRIuKkJ0ZsTSc_z1kg_Pi1xpntzy26AamE55yVclUVPIi6TeWINyY5qNPamwuQjr_Xu7XxPRMpsQrqu3iJBM3khj3GaHXj1dXTEmhz9BWk2EOHPKMb6JR4G_aYI5aaJmMzOIlZvY4izb-7NInXP-ZQw9ZD_NfM8B-rsMC2-ZyQkUp7fo6oWve2Qg/s320/ROB%20BOOK%20RELEASE.png" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out these photos from the 2016 book opening for <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2016/07/furqans-first-flat-top-update-8-photos.html" target="_blank">"Furqan's First Flat Top"</a></div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-82973423736601601962023-07-12T11:00:00.002-07:002023-07-12T11:00:20.017-07:00Amy Sherald - Everyday Icons<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pIQNtqfLT-4" width="320" youtube-src-id="pIQNtqfLT-4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I really love seeing art processes and its great to see Amy get her props and some time to just work. I remember seeing her work via the Black Contemporary Art Tumblr and was super excited to see her be chosen for the Obama portrait. Go Amy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this? </b>Check out this video about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cal2e9B61ks&ab_channel=Art21" target="_blank">Hank Willis Thomas</a> or my last <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/06/inspiration-board-43.html" target="_blank">inspiration board</a>.</div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-27853339479275059662023-07-06T00:08:00.000-07:002023-07-06T00:08:06.980-07:00Character 170 - Sensei Fatima<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hA54xM2ij1P6oOp9cwo6hBMmmtH9C7dGDRnt-NFoYAKv6oUteAMDUUQ9HJEIqNzADE4zChpYHXJhqQDNFWqOPK6GGGZG8VrvEayuyMJ-lONMCiPAumgoWqeXdikAijmB4LmzEjOWuIQdhHmXV0TjLU1L6F6pkCJnxpfVe_Ce1W2H86bBZ50kI4lUGpU/s2400/Sensei_Fatima_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1hA54xM2ij1P6oOp9cwo6hBMmmtH9C7dGDRnt-NFoYAKv6oUteAMDUUQ9HJEIqNzADE4zChpYHXJhqQDNFWqOPK6GGGZG8VrvEayuyMJ-lONMCiPAumgoWqeXdikAijmB4LmzEjOWuIQdhHmXV0TjLU1L6F6pkCJnxpfVe_Ce1W2H86bBZ50kI4lUGpU/s320/Sensei_Fatima_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did a symmetry sketch of this young lady a few weeks back and decided to redraw her in photoshop. She reminds me of a young Lady Sensei. Anyway, fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this? </b>Check out my <b><a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/04/character-collage-2020-2022.html" target="_blank">"Collage of Characters 2020-2022"</a></b></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-20034937703372870032023-07-05T11:33:00.004-07:002023-07-05T11:35:38.495-07:00Linafornia - Beatmaker and composer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kagtc9Dmd6U" width="320" youtube-src-id="kagtc9Dmd6U"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kagtc9Dmd6U&t=442s&ab_channel=Linafornia" target="_blank">link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Been loving the work of <b>Linafornia</b> for a few years before I even knew who she was. This is a live set she did w/ an MC, but her work is amazing on its own. The Belizean LA raised musician is on her way!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Follow her work on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/linafornia/?hl=en" target="_blank">IG</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l3QAzYqaTjo" width="320" youtube-src-id="l3QAzYqaTjo"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QAzYqaTjo&ab_channel=Linafornia-Topic" target="_blank">Linafornia- Wet</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out the last <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/06/inspiration-board-43.html" target="_blank">inspiration board.</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-52336807939930570182023-07-02T11:13:00.003-07:002023-07-02T11:13:38.093-07:00Akonadi statement on Affirmative Action <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidg42_iyC8ks70D5G7GFdZXS2hv6zffs5pg6_VFhzL2EKl9Coe3x5AIccdNRDS1w2p0SV8dgaO2-0dSKX2VgLyR-7ZbpECXxgECiZIMQ_q2g1vMATnHKjfNrQ7S7X-ik5ThkdTb52SsEuD0y4KIroRWkhIRo2wL2Xt_SmO9qw5LQ6JiIw1OmOL6vN54yw/s2602/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-02%20at%2011.02.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2602" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidg42_iyC8ks70D5G7GFdZXS2hv6zffs5pg6_VFhzL2EKl9Coe3x5AIccdNRDS1w2p0SV8dgaO2-0dSKX2VgLyR-7ZbpECXxgECiZIMQ_q2g1vMATnHKjfNrQ7S7X-ik5ThkdTb52SsEuD0y4KIroRWkhIRo2wL2Xt_SmO9qw5LQ6JiIw1OmOL6vN54yw/s320/Screen%20Shot%202023-07-02%20at%2011.02.12%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a very short yet powerful statement on the latest ruling striking down affirmative action in the United States by the Supreme Court. Akonadi is an organization founded on philanthropy and racial justice. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://akonadi.org/affirmative-action-reversal-is-a-call-to-action-for-racial-justice-philanthropy/" target="_blank"><b>ARTICLE LINK</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In 2013 I illustrated a poster for racial justice and still believe that if the majority of working people do not know the true history of how racism (white supremacy) has affected every single aspect of American society including law, food, healhcare, transportation, housing, and yes public and higher education. This latest ruling acts as if hundreds of years of exclusion in higher education has been made equal by a few decades of partial inclusion. This is not true. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2013/02/akonadi-poster-ethnic-studies-now.html" target="_blank">poster I illustrated for the Akonadi Foundation </a>in 2013</div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-45780746611191448712023-06-21T21:28:00.004-07:002023-06-21T21:28:25.286-07:00Sierra Health Foundation - Theory of Change<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw_O_-uWP38j0SBA8FSNCxbro8BPES8w5qHnFApOM85K_JrS_ENCAvz9UOUVUCNnr3OUfEC2LAxvLu-mryp67cpl_g7UBl7SAK0-XclfazmKNfcZclaMlEVKzF67SgtOmayl-lUS33GVJR3hxNGdP1uJl91nVZ4eFcrfeKyd61mJSPk1FmHRcbMH06-c/s1368/unnamed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1031" data-original-width="1368" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicw_O_-uWP38j0SBA8FSNCxbro8BPES8w5qHnFApOM85K_JrS_ENCAvz9UOUVUCNnr3OUfEC2LAxvLu-mryp67cpl_g7UBl7SAK0-XclfazmKNfcZclaMlEVKzF67SgtOmayl-lUS33GVJR3hxNGdP1uJl91nVZ4eFcrfeKyd61mJSPk1FmHRcbMH06-c/s320/unnamed.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Finished this illustration for the <a href="https://www.sierrahealth.org/" target="_blank">"Sierra Health Foundation"</a> as a joint collaboration with Design Action who did the layout and design. Each round of the artwork involved feedback from Design Action and the client.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Here's some process:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbuBeUt9j_Ux-NJYTbAIBQu993kTZbOAeI29ysWmgMNsFOP9yssBC1l0VP1lm7lW5FOzIIDSw5jmAe5oX3Betuaz894eJvgiobid0CtJlnAHaAIOp4mP8THnJgvDQsAhpK4JfsXbvle6aq7ZVnR5qBywc01lYMaawW6i1SBIxT8ceWoRMw1kylvfEWtA/s964/Rough_thumb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="964" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibbuBeUt9j_Ux-NJYTbAIBQu993kTZbOAeI29ysWmgMNsFOP9yssBC1l0VP1lm7lW5FOzIIDSw5jmAe5oX3Betuaz894eJvgiobid0CtJlnAHaAIOp4mP8THnJgvDQsAhpK4JfsXbvle6aq7ZVnR5qBywc01lYMaawW6i1SBIxT8ceWoRMw1kylvfEWtA/s320/Rough_thumb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thumbnail</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ydOmN50ShBl_Sqdb2nYU5n1cCW-2xiyFSJxSP98j2OfDAr5-yGLsTFy2-ffaUwTPJ4WqGKO7lFfxPMjxJroZs5l3VsKOhwjFWUYlQdpwXTS4sCrxxCFwTY_Q8IjuJEUosgfa2oiVGhSCPibqVfX8K_g4TW7xvlHKBZq0zmdaNPbIeouCTfpZTuPsEJc/s3060/Sketch_layout1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3060" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ydOmN50ShBl_Sqdb2nYU5n1cCW-2xiyFSJxSP98j2OfDAr5-yGLsTFy2-ffaUwTPJ4WqGKO7lFfxPMjxJroZs5l3VsKOhwjFWUYlQdpwXTS4sCrxxCFwTY_Q8IjuJEUosgfa2oiVGhSCPibqVfX8K_g4TW7xvlHKBZq0zmdaNPbIeouCTfpZTuPsEJc/s320/Sketch_layout1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rough sketch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfAHs3CZb7iCzh_Oh9RLbRYabQ5GNtZzcqWy_MFYWYzdD70ihoATJrlg9LYZG8UnMUQjM1ELbXWAqKANn4-vaAY_d7YDeUhTa0eWYK75a1c4ESSNGrArnpc3DrzdRemAysxzpRHJi8929BoQYS0T-PKlgJRHc8WVUeLreh18aeyKlN9BT35AK0qPoUxk/s3060/Sketch_layout2_notext.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="3060" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTfAHs3CZb7iCzh_Oh9RLbRYabQ5GNtZzcqWy_MFYWYzdD70ihoATJrlg9LYZG8UnMUQjM1ELbXWAqKANn4-vaAY_d7YDeUhTa0eWYK75a1c4ESSNGrArnpc3DrzdRemAysxzpRHJi8929BoQYS0T-PKlgJRHc8WVUeLreh18aeyKlN9BT35AK0qPoUxk/s320/Sketch_layout2_notext.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rough sketch 2</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDrdhyHj2X9pdapx2pt9-c8mEShPvbC3iFv9CBHKMF0lWnH1YIOdShTd4EaelvW2Q--xOA1VUm1t7OQLVvgcJ2Hq7up6mlxURHxumJ-9lMctx7dINfIIh2ealiHpJFKK5-zyeNPPBAuzvjDbN8YYTAdB_QZD8iFADrx1Gai5jL9aynIuGgBxPU1J0N9s/s4800/Sketch_color_3_titles_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="4800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyDrdhyHj2X9pdapx2pt9-c8mEShPvbC3iFv9CBHKMF0lWnH1YIOdShTd4EaelvW2Q--xOA1VUm1t7OQLVvgcJ2Hq7up6mlxURHxumJ-9lMctx7dINfIIh2ealiHpJFKK5-zyeNPPBAuzvjDbN8YYTAdB_QZD8iFADrx1Gai5jL9aynIuGgBxPU1J0N9s/s320/Sketch_color_3_titles_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Color version</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithSyTFZ9K8AoA2NowraeRl5BLHC9aLflIJtSGss6cA7fp2m4BdwWj5GJplFGkCmMi_wLTb5_3QgGZKdvex3zQVYGBwx2Be4dZVghU7mOweoV64FBLnBiMek7yKs7zQOkew8Xx_7IDh4xFXq6v7qirVvhxpytxu5CcAatPXfy8HFYN27hW8MVjqXojU8E/s4800/Sketch_color_3_multicolor_NoText2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3600" data-original-width="4800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithSyTFZ9K8AoA2NowraeRl5BLHC9aLflIJtSGss6cA7fp2m4BdwWj5GJplFGkCmMi_wLTb5_3QgGZKdvex3zQVYGBwx2Be4dZVghU7mOweoV64FBLnBiMek7yKs7zQOkew8Xx_7IDh4xFXq6v7qirVvhxpytxu5CcAatPXfy8HFYN27hW8MVjqXojU8E/s320/Sketch_color_3_multicolor_NoText2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final version before text was added</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's all she wrote. If you know of any young students trying to get started in illustration share <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1485780469/15-tips-for-beginning-illustrators?click_key=7c70e9d25aa2b9db0bbfa718852aedc9d85dba78%3A1485780469&click_sum=ef73f070&ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">this pdf</a> with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this? </b>Check out this illustration for <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/04/illustration-for-in-dance-magazine.html" target="_blank">"In Dance Magazine"</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-29195239225262591472023-06-19T23:51:00.002-07:002023-06-24T22:45:57.070-07:00Stuff I've Been Listening to 24 - Synths please<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yz1kvk9qeWI" width="320" youtube-src-id="yz1kvk9qeWI"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Loose Ends</b> (UK) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz1kvk9qeWI&ab_channel=1980tunes" target="_blank">Hanging on a string</a> 1984</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always loved Loose Ends and this classic track from them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Welcome welcome. Here is a new post with some of my favorite synths, mostly across soul, jazz, funk, hip hop, and rock. I didn't always know that I loved synths, I just like good music. But after hearing some chatter about synths in general and some of the machines created to make the sounds, I thought I'd share some of my favorites, not the best synths ever. This is totally subjective. Enjoy.</div><br /><p></p>
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1292878410/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/track=2914556891/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 470px; width: 350px;"><a href="https://littledragon.bandcamp.com/album/little-dragon">Little Dragon by Little Dragon</a></iframe><div><b>Little Dragon</b> (Sweden) - <a href="https://littledragon.bandcamp.com/track/place-to-belong" target="_blank">A Place to belong </a>(2007)</div><div>This is the first Little Dragon song I heard from my boy Miguel. Fonky.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UbpSV3gBRfk" width="320" youtube-src-id="UbpSV3gBRfk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>We Are King </b>(Minneapolis/LA) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbpSV3gBRfk&ab_channel=weareKINGworldwide" target="_blank">The Greatest</a> (2015)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Agggh, one of the illest soul groups of recent to write and produce w/ synths!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z4mBofZvLW4" width="320" youtube-src-id="Z4mBofZvLW4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Squarepusher</b> (UK) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mBofZvLW4&ab_channel=Squarepusher-Topic" target="_blank">Plaistow Flex Out</a> (2001)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Was turned on to Squarepusher by my homie and drummer Valentino </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0wOOlwXLgA" width="320" youtube-src-id="G0wOOlwXLgA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Pink Floyd</b> (UK) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0wOOlwXLgA&ab_channel=PinkFloyd" target="_blank">On the Run</a> (1973)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Always loved this Pink Floyd album! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vQSI-rUUYqA" width="320" youtube-src-id="vQSI-rUUYqA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Kool & The Gang</b> (Jersey City) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQSI-rUUYqA&ab_channel=Kool%26TheGang-Topic" target="_blank">Summer Madness</a> (1974)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Classic joint from a classic jazz, rock, soul band.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b>What is this?</b> <div>This series is called "Stuff I've been listening to" and this is my place to share music that I listen to while I work, process, decompress, and live life. Some of it is new, some old. But I'm always listening. I share in the hopes that you will find something that inspires you. Please share with a fellow music lover.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0yu3rehry94" width="320" youtube-src-id="0yu3rehry94"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Satoshi & Makoto</b> (Japan) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yu3rehry94&ab_channel=Satoshi%26Makoto-Topic" target="_blank">Crepuscule Leger</a> (2017)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New! Don't know much about these cats, but I dig it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YrDkeTASeUM" width="320" youtube-src-id="YrDkeTASeUM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Jneiro Jarel</b> (Philadelphia) - <a href="https://youtu.be/YrDkeTASeUM" target="_blank">Soul Starr </a>(2005)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Discovered Jeniro aka Dr Who Dat? at the record store and became an instant fan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-SDWFvsN2lw" width="320" youtube-src-id="-SDWFvsN2lw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Björk</b> (Iceland) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SDWFvsN2lw&ab_channel=CabbagePatchBaby" target="_blank">Hyperballad </a>(1995)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Heard Bjork through one of my best friends in the 90s and was blown away</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rHcdpDjfwCU" width="320" youtube-src-id="rHcdpDjfwCU"></iframe></div><b>Zion I</b> w/ Mikos da Gawd (Oakland) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHcdpDjfwCU&ab_channel=zionitv">Saving Souls</a> (2016)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">RIP Zumbi, this is one of countless synth flavored Zion I songs<br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Did you miss the last installment of this series? </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">Stuff I've been listening to 23: <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-23-more-jazz.html" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">More Jazz</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: helvetica;">Stuff I've been listening to 22</span>: <b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: helvetica;"><i><a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/10/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-22.html" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Instrumentals</a></i></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="font-style: italic;">Stuff Ive been listening to 21:<b> <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/06/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-21-raps.html" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Raps</a></b></p><p style="font-style: italic;">Stuff Ive been listening to 17:<b> <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2021/01/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-16.html" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Soul</a></b></p><p style="font-style: italic;">Stuff Ive been listening to 19: <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2021/11/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-19-uk.html" style="color: #34af53; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">UK Artists</a></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kbEMRy-c71U" width="320" youtube-src-id="kbEMRy-c71U"></iframe></div><b>Sexual Harrassment </b>(Midwest US) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbEMRy-c71U&ab_channel=FrancoisForceFunk">I need a freak</a> (1983)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">House party track tried and true. First heard it as a child.<br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aTa29r4A3Sw" width="320" youtube-src-id="aTa29r4A3Sw"></iframe></div><b>Chaka Khan</b> (Chicago) - <a href="https://youtu.be/aTa29r4A3Sw">What Cha Gonna do for Me?</a> (1981)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Radio classic on kiss fm in the Bay<br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wfd819w15Mg" width="320" youtube-src-id="Wfd819w15Mg"></iframe></div><b>Marcos Valle</b> (Brazil) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wfd819w15Mg&ab_channel=MarcosValle-Topic">Naō Tem Nada Naō </a>(1973)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Found this cut via Madlib!<br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fOoCnK5Jza4" width="320" youtube-src-id="fOoCnK5Jza4"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Kraftwerk</b> (Germany) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOoCnK5Jza4&ab_channel=Kraftwerk-Topic" target="_blank">Numbers</a> (1981)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These cats are German, but this is straight up electro classic hip hop material. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, one last one fam....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ha2OcL_0gtM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Ha2OcL_0gtM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein</b> (Austin) - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha2OcL_0gtM&ab_channel=KyleDixon%26MichaelStein-Topic" target="_blank">Kids </a>(2016)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Discovered the guys through the Stranger Things soundtrack which was both old and new, simple, yet amazing! Reminds me of 80s movies and that was the point! Keep listening to new and old music. There are tons of great artists still coming out with music. If you're not sure where to look, check out your local DJ, playlists, mixes, and your local independent radio stations......</div></div></div>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-7597753577507500582023-06-19T21:42:00.002-07:002023-06-19T21:42:19.093-07:00What's in my bag? Amoeba Series<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLxdtUAM3ww" width="320" youtube-src-id="BLxdtUAM3ww"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLxdtUAM3ww&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Video link</a></div><p></p><p>Ok, so I grew up going to record stores. Rasputins, Leopolds, Tower, Virgin, The Warehouse, and Amoeba is and was my favorite. In high school I used to walk from Berkeley high at lunch and use my lunch money to buy 99c or $5 hip hop records. I loved and still love getting new records, spending time with them, and just listening. </p><p><br /></p><p>I love this episode with Santigold! This <b>"What's In My Bag?"</b> series is old, but I love how they keep reinventing it by interviewing new and older artists. Case in point, have you listened to any of these episodes like:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PtKKxdR37o&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Kaytranada</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITC2Bas_sU8&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Yuna </a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2PFFZ2V_1I&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Big Boi </a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuSbDoqnh-w&list=PLjtg-TKQBIhsEl4tlXv9y7043BoRdXa7g&index=49&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">The Internet</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDFz9kQ1JHY&list=PLjtg-TKQBIhspY3SUgFQenYeytZZfS0T8&index=36&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Little Dragon</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ougRazwDjCo&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Karriem Riggins/ DJ Jrocc (Beatjunkies)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB37fh2p8k4&list=PLjtg-TKQBIhvbuubzcUq26_28YVh9FWNg&index=1&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Kamasi Washington</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIQU5WJ-xks&list=PLjtg-TKQBIhsEl4tlXv9y7043BoRdXa7g&index=51&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Ibeyi</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19GGOoROPMw&list=PLjtg-TKQBIhusnSLi4m0eH5vw_tZL_A75&index=26&ab_channel=Amoeba" target="_blank">Thundercat</a></p><p><b>Dig this?</b> Peep the last post I did about <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-23-more-jazz.html" target="_blank">Jazz-Stuff I've been listening to</a></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-1972332318367717942023-06-14T15:50:00.001-07:002023-06-14T15:50:15.035-07:00Inspiration board 43<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM89Rs-ygG56qDo_pWlXjIn0qdc-ruED5STm4EYKDNSOgXWKYtvHh5HiDFi3HEAJ3jIHF5KhHy7sVuj2jFWXgLpZVqEUxIco8tAYB4ic2btIDwIh5aOlqVy9r6FWSASTZuox2u1atdEo2F20hmzicqi2eBMAhrGroL9741yRKZmM1V18ME0pgwSxy/s4800/Inspiration_board43.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4800" data-original-width="4800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfM89Rs-ygG56qDo_pWlXjIn0qdc-ruED5STm4EYKDNSOgXWKYtvHh5HiDFi3HEAJ3jIHF5KhHy7sVuj2jFWXgLpZVqEUxIco8tAYB4ic2btIDwIh5aOlqVy9r6FWSASTZuox2u1atdEo2F20hmzicqi2eBMAhrGroL9741yRKZmM1V18ME0pgwSxy/s320/Inspiration_board43.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hey fam, I hope you're well. It has been a rough one for me lately but trying to hold on to it. Check out some of these things that have been dope to me recently. Keep going.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Starting from top to bottom, left to right:</b></p><p>1. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvnCGXirLk&ab_channel=ThePro%27sCloset" target="_blank">Major Taylor Iron Riders </a>-video by The Pro's Closet (Cycling/Fitness)</p><p>2. <b><a href="https://www.oneofthejohns.com/odessa" target="_blank">Odessa</a></b>- Middle grade graphic novel by Jonathan Hill (book)</p><p>3. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y9WKfxCkEY&ab_channel=KCET" target="_blank">Giant Robot</a>- Doc about an AAPI magazine/store (film)</p><p>4. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC844OnP5pM&ab_channel=MonicaMartinVEVO" target="_blank"><b>Monica Martin</b></a>- Vocalist, songwriter from the midwest (music)</p><p>5. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLnFb7jrLnE&ab_channel=BigCrownRecords" target="_blank">El Michel's Affair x Black Thought</a>- I'm still somehow (music)</p><p>6. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOYF2HatbFI&ab_channel=HBO" target="_blank">1000% Me</a></b>- Doc about being mixed by W. Kamau Bell (film)</p><p>7. Art of <a href="https://camkendell.com/" target="_blank">Cam Kendell </a>from Fart Quest (art)</p><p>8. <b><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/masakawa/hidari-making-a-feature-length-stop-motion-samurai-film" target="_blank">Hidari</a></b>- Stop motion animated samurai (stop mo animation)</p><p>9. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVgjS98OsU&ab_channel=Vox" target="_blank">The Nakba</a>- Educational video about the Nakba in Palestine (history)</p><p>10. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-2GBTBVyKY&ab_channel=WaltDisneyStudios" target="_blank">Chang Can Dunk</a></b>- Narrative film about personal goals (film)</p><p>11. <a href="http://www.simonandmoose.com/" target="_blank">Cymone Wilder</a><b>- </b>is an incredible lettering artist (lettering)</p><p>12. <b><a href="https://www.ryanandrews.com/" target="_blank">This Was Our Pact</a></b>- All ages graphic novel by Ryan Andrews (book)</p><p>13. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0E4YkDwLzA&ab_channel=DisneyChannel" target="_blank">Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur</a>- Animated show based on comic (tv)</p><p>14. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFXpK3xKocc&ab_channel=EndeaOwens-Topic" target="_blank">Endea Owens</a></b> - Where the Nubians Grow (music)</p><p>15. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdKzUbAiswE&ab_channel=Pixar" target="_blank">Turning Red</a>- Animated film by Pixar (animation)</p><p>16. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLtkt8BonwM&ab_channel=Max" target="_blank">The Last of Us</a></b>- Post apocalyptic tv show based on video game (tv)</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #422f00; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><b>Did you miss the previous inspiration board?</b> Here it is, plus a few more<b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><b><a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/inspiration-board-42.html" target="_blank">Inspiration board 42</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #685e5e; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><b><a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/08/inspiration-board-41.html" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #674ea7;">Inspiration board 41</span></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #422f00; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><b><a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/03/inspiration-board-40.html" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Inspiration board 40</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #422f00; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #422f00; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>What's this?</b> This inspiration board is one of the ways I stay inspired and sane through all of life's trials, and tribulations, work, etc. I've been making inspiration boards full of films, books, music, events, people, artists, movements, and more for over a decade. Do you have an inspiration board? Please share in the comments.</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #422f00; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>Who am I?</b> My name is Rob Liu-Trujillo and I'm an artist working in kid lit, public art, and other disciplines. Go to <a href="http://robdontstop.com/" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">my website</a>, or follow me on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/robert_tres/" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">IG</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mrroberttrujillo" style="color: #34af53; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. You can also cop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1277028287/art-of-rob-130-pgs-of-art?click_key=d5278ad69bd9d0703aac712b4d0f920f66c92a57%3A1277028287&click_sum=f7bf0750&ref=shop_home_feat_4" target="_blank">my first art book here</a>.</span></div>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-28780803162144755232023-06-12T13:05:00.005-07:002023-06-12T15:49:12.402-07:00Children's Portrait 75 - Stella <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaBTbNbJi6rZU3S97v68n_BzmBAaKcWM51kvyjOD0iiaG2XSNi9wre_jm7I9C1nCvWXj-ixatvUbH3RsgEiDCYwDnhVLa8592JayXvBybslvEZpfJPbiLBl1fty6ezOj9rSUneKZ1PV5JXjcILbauRHbNOA1HkTgVjB-CJrPEr3bd6NUuoll12TvZ/s1920/Stella%20painting.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGaBTbNbJi6rZU3S97v68n_BzmBAaKcWM51kvyjOD0iiaG2XSNi9wre_jm7I9C1nCvWXj-ixatvUbH3RsgEiDCYwDnhVLa8592JayXvBybslvEZpfJPbiLBl1fty6ezOj9rSUneKZ1PV5JXjcILbauRHbNOA1HkTgVjB-CJrPEr3bd6NUuoll12TvZ/s320/Stella%20painting.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a new portrait of Stella, commissioned by her Mama Sarah. And they have a cool tradition where the young ladies in her family take a photo with the exact same dress on when they get to be 5 or 6 years old. This is her sister's portrait <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2018/06/childrens-portrait-49-eva.html" target="_blank"><b>Eva</b></a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8lDiUg12UF6AR0_lUoYVgkx2NS0Kz3PEZtsqJhc6ERWhjFoVKICOUK3zXhi9lm7FE1yOtF_qfIYcIT6XMYRYZcBah3jd1lx8a3tuL816LKiR3c1qgP3GXfuCDg2JsWr7UAMOEtyXqPkQb1x1EnhI46dMfkLLf_TCY9mkioTpcK3V20NMUgV3wGiJ/s4032/70804483540__E8BE0C06-E4BD-4708-9439-DFA985B56145.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8lDiUg12UF6AR0_lUoYVgkx2NS0Kz3PEZtsqJhc6ERWhjFoVKICOUK3zXhi9lm7FE1yOtF_qfIYcIT6XMYRYZcBah3jd1lx8a3tuL816LKiR3c1qgP3GXfuCDg2JsWr7UAMOEtyXqPkQb1x1EnhI46dMfkLLf_TCY9mkioTpcK3V20NMUgV3wGiJ/s320/70804483540__E8BE0C06-E4BD-4708-9439-DFA985B56145.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>What is this?</b> Wow, we're at number 75! I've been doing these portraits for about 10 years. Not rushing, taking my time, etc. But through family, friends, and community I have been able to keep making these gifts. I paint these by hand, each one unique from photo reference provided by parents, caregivers, grandparents, aunties, uncles, etc. If you'd like to commission a portrait of a kid or a family <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/128576948/childrens-portraits-hand-painted?click_key=dabf31cdb905b31ed5b8903cee0012c56a2f6ee5%3A128576948&click_sum=dde41a58&ref=shop_home_feat_1&frs=1" target="_blank">go here</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5sVqHwJq0k1SwBIY5sWWesHSVKFw_T_aOdVF00F5rFFggabbxRur8FQVhSHXlCSGW67Co3B-UsatMH59YXEf-1t5k7TEXjsWWuG1YC-nX5g7rS13Dt0Vg_C7tzihqhjjoAeSeautKnadrcaUohlYHZR-wYV8QEdol0PWq14vMwOQJl4ESqDFzaNI/s3540/Stella+painting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3540" data-original-width="2604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5sVqHwJq0k1SwBIY5sWWesHSVKFw_T_aOdVF00F5rFFggabbxRur8FQVhSHXlCSGW67Co3B-UsatMH59YXEf-1t5k7TEXjsWWuG1YC-nX5g7rS13Dt0Vg_C7tzihqhjjoAeSeautKnadrcaUohlYHZR-wYV8QEdol0PWq14vMwOQJl4ESqDFzaNI/s320/Stella+painting.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this? </b>Check out this <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/05/childrens-portrait-collage-5-2020-2022.html" target="_blank">collage of children's portraits</a>.</div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-2150371190060503212023-05-31T13:07:00.003-07:002023-05-31T13:11:17.083-07:00Chinese pioneers in Reggae, Ska, and Rock Steady<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZXS-6mcM9PQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZXS-6mcM9PQ"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/ZXS-6mcM9PQ" target="_blank">Video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wow, the more you know. I LOVED listening to this video and it just goes to show there is so many stories yet to be told. I did not know that VP Records stood for Vincent and Patricia-two Jamaicans who were ethnically Asian and mixed! Wow. This video talks about several Chinese pioneers in Jamaican music and who consider themselves "Jamaican", that's it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SoonBZtt8hY" width="320" youtube-src-id="SoonBZtt8hY"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoonBZtt8hY&ab_channel=NowThisNews" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check out this video that expands on Patricia Chin, co founder of <b>VP Records</b> who are known world wide for distributing reggae and dancehall music.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this doc about <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/giant-robot-documentary.html" target="_blank">Giant Robot Magazine</a>!</div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-46840850767023277792023-05-30T16:27:00.008-07:002023-05-30T16:30:46.852-07:00Sometimes it gets shelved 6- Worker's union<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYU8xNS6Ib6ORgTJ3QHWgcZzZNHniiaM_JnuCoBxcy63bqOBJOdcNJllGQeRZuCR2ecS5MbgEtzYIVve1cvUDnevTr3c_ZhlIH3OiRMK6UCyvwCQknha0-6TmcyyBkPCrk41AReL9KmcBeRRvN5lWwHIDVzIzmFRJdkokQ5Jbe2bv5AFVS9dlMzzMl/s5100/color_finish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="5100" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYU8xNS6Ib6ORgTJ3QHWgcZzZNHniiaM_JnuCoBxcy63bqOBJOdcNJllGQeRZuCR2ecS5MbgEtzYIVve1cvUDnevTr3c_ZhlIH3OiRMK6UCyvwCQknha0-6TmcyyBkPCrk41AReL9KmcBeRRvN5lWwHIDVzIzmFRJdkokQ5Jbe2bv5AFVS9dlMzzMl/s320/color_finish.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sup fam, been a while since I shared one of these. Its a shelved illustration for a west coast teacher's union. For some reason this didn't quite make the cut but we got almost to the end so I thought I'd share. Check out some of the process. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACp4akVcUTTeCHQsLDPy3NCdPNtLFvOm-VDM5wPG4IQZw9ykq3Y4upgwDD0NpFg-ebQfbhmPJ6aW0y-yGBTColRt0tAkOFYur7Ts_EuB4usYYV7A-gqs8pftPDTI3EIe3M014fOqMB4lNq_fWogUFcuXv1dDoNEwHAX32iXVVoSU4H2-Lp7n0tZ5q/s2360/Rough_Sketches2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2360" data-original-width="1920" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhACp4akVcUTTeCHQsLDPy3NCdPNtLFvOm-VDM5wPG4IQZw9ykq3Y4upgwDD0NpFg-ebQfbhmPJ6aW0y-yGBTColRt0tAkOFYur7Ts_EuB4usYYV7A-gqs8pftPDTI3EIe3M014fOqMB4lNq_fWogUFcuXv1dDoNEwHAX32iXVVoSU4H2-Lp7n0tZ5q/s320/Rough_Sketches2.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">roughs</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44gqMVs9Eb4XhU8F8tWL-IBFDcYbiBVGuY86MXmsQ5HoemOGWKcCfCgEc6M6h2zh51f6MK3Ea792r-wx-mqTD-Go1rfrKYEbukA0HGzQFzSE0mm1ilTpFjOi2KaFfpf9FVZhv8rYN6CDBj1vHf3HQi5NuLFkCZ9hF-UgzDw5XVeeNhDou6UCBHrBr/s5100/Rough_Sketches3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="5100" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44gqMVs9Eb4XhU8F8tWL-IBFDcYbiBVGuY86MXmsQ5HoemOGWKcCfCgEc6M6h2zh51f6MK3Ea792r-wx-mqTD-Go1rfrKYEbukA0HGzQFzSE0mm1ilTpFjOi2KaFfpf9FVZhv8rYN6CDBj1vHf3HQi5NuLFkCZ9hF-UgzDw5XVeeNhDou6UCBHrBr/s320/Rough_Sketches3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Linework</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_J6SmUNd-KOiiBP5RtvVWIieiwKbl-o1g7wdMA5OxQ4pjLeFlKoXXPlQKLDI8FtxrkGGpYMCRbRk7erMlWolpONJZmsXOmi6eDp5aHvQZIrai98F76I0F4_xYhC4-mhWSgOw9EhAoQdLU7GzM2bIsmU3Lx82Yjg68pOhhcLegOBCWzldUdEkYqSE/s1440/color_Sketches.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1116" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_J6SmUNd-KOiiBP5RtvVWIieiwKbl-o1g7wdMA5OxQ4pjLeFlKoXXPlQKLDI8FtxrkGGpYMCRbRk7erMlWolpONJZmsXOmi6eDp5aHvQZIrai98F76I0F4_xYhC4-mhWSgOw9EhAoQdLU7GzM2bIsmU3Lx82Yjg68pOhhcLegOBCWzldUdEkYqSE/s320/color_Sketches.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Color sketches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>What is this? </b>There are projects I work on as a freelance artist that never see the light of day. I mean , its possible that they get used but I think more often than not the organization or company is trying to do their best and sometimes it doesn't work. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX8_NessfL5lmCxBs73ETaSePX8EyNSSpfhNNz0H1e_CZcDQx3rAagh1v1luDGAqMQ4INgcqGnFT8h-TWuxl7QVxvIZ6CIx3F52WvY4yMuy5cLs1OwNkUovvgeFXpXsKITPkQLmC_C__WTzDKfdMz3r66I5UIgy-bQ-wgXrfw1SE1gHjbqHT6WMl3/s5100/color_finish.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="5100" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKX8_NessfL5lmCxBs73ETaSePX8EyNSSpfhNNz0H1e_CZcDQx3rAagh1v1luDGAqMQ4INgcqGnFT8h-TWuxl7QVxvIZ6CIx3F52WvY4yMuy5cLs1OwNkUovvgeFXpXsKITPkQLmC_C__WTzDKfdMz3r66I5UIgy-bQ-wgXrfw1SE1gHjbqHT6WMl3/s320/color_finish.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Final</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this piece about <a href="https://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2019/04/sometimes-it-gets-shelved-5-migration.html" target="_blank">Migration</a> from a few years back</div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-79992944747350758462023-05-30T15:11:00.004-07:002023-05-30T15:11:58.787-07:00Leo Espinosa (illustrator) - Video demo<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HjnkDswDQ60" width="320" youtube-src-id="HjnkDswDQ60"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjnkDswDQ60&ab_channel=SocietyofIllustrators" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Leo is a fantastic illustrator and in this video with the Society of Illustrators he talks about some of his process for illustrating "The World Belonged to US" written by Jacqueline Woodson.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out my last<a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/inspiration-board-42.html" target="_blank"> inspiration board</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-41343785954647023772023-05-22T10:41:00.004-07:002023-05-26T17:02:55.874-07:00I'll be at Carnaval SF (May 27-28)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJUcecvXksy6udQZR_I5GhFubxcZ57H4Uv2FdolYyZrDbRiuYErySCdVrABCZU7bG0_fKJbLfyMuajdCdum-BaDAgR7HCCiH17_Dr-DOGDHjeN8u8DqpcBeU_sAD586RmlA3H148YsXnrbEBzQsCmyjC9CDPuZ6Vsd8MxI343zSHtw5BssjYcI9UM/s1701/1683434178396.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1701" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJUcecvXksy6udQZR_I5GhFubxcZ57H4Uv2FdolYyZrDbRiuYErySCdVrABCZU7bG0_fKJbLfyMuajdCdum-BaDAgR7HCCiH17_Dr-DOGDHjeN8u8DqpcBeU_sAD586RmlA3H148YsXnrbEBzQsCmyjC9CDPuZ6Vsd8MxI343zSHtw5BssjYcI9UM/s320/1683434178396.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sup with it fam. If you've never been to it, Carnaval SF is a 45 year old event celebrating a multicultural heritage that is deep in the Bay of Indigenous, African, and Latino roots. There is drumming, live music performances, delicious food, lots of people of all ages, lowriders, art vendors, and a huge parade through the historic Mission District. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>For more information</b> please visit their website: <a href="https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/">https://carnavalsanfrancisco.org/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn17RuVi0cqNVm3uiNa7eT3xr_CelZTkn188hvUsW0wXIxgSPVOtuj5F5eahT1SNPhyN0FIoScWKL1HSlLZb-INmsBah62OlDU3HueeikNwc27IjZ0cfiGBZelOYOvBo_FVzGsULE69fL3LF1C_eTv_4Wb6tHi-Z43URUwO_tz-TNiyaw9MnSfJX5/s1294/348251130_570238618552283_3630650296291577598_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1294" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPn17RuVi0cqNVm3uiNa7eT3xr_CelZTkn188hvUsW0wXIxgSPVOtuj5F5eahT1SNPhyN0FIoScWKL1HSlLZb-INmsBah62OlDU3HueeikNwc27IjZ0cfiGBZelOYOvBo_FVzGsULE69fL3LF1C_eTv_4Wb6tHi-Z43URUwO_tz-TNiyaw9MnSfJX5/s320/348251130_570238618552283_3630650296291577598_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>I'll be tabling there this year on Harrison street between 19th and 20th</b>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Come by and say hello. Here are some videos to give you the flavor of the two day event. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uXmERGFDwHA" width="320" youtube-src-id="uXmERGFDwHA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXmERGFDwHA&ab_channel=NBCBayArea" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tzo5IsBg7LM" width="320" youtube-src-id="Tzo5IsBg7LM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzo5IsBg7LM&ab_channel=KPIX%7CCBSNEWSBAYAREA" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this? </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WShq_qJUwDM&t=2194s&ab_channel=waajidsvideo" target="_blank">Malcolm X Jazz Fest</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-78011065469475755282023-05-19T10:46:00.006-07:002023-05-19T10:48:01.638-07:00PDF- 15 Tips from 15 years as a freelance illustrator<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp1ZF1RJliCxxKJMof3p2nlknMpOLvWnrkjpaEcVdAIoi9lKRS98PC4p_uBH2teClUJBiAlNEQ8ljrfcuWlDrGJxSdcFnnvA1xJ9ciff9uEO-IOVwnGVIVF8LQrt0aXKzbWaHxeIynbb1WKhKMgIfScpA4xYPzW4BagKpKuX-OqcUwKPCmA7BskvB/s3238/Title_rectangle_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2196" data-original-width="3238" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOp1ZF1RJliCxxKJMof3p2nlknMpOLvWnrkjpaEcVdAIoi9lKRS98PC4p_uBH2teClUJBiAlNEQ8ljrfcuWlDrGJxSdcFnnvA1xJ9ciff9uEO-IOVwnGVIVF8LQrt0aXKzbWaHxeIynbb1WKhKMgIfScpA4xYPzW4BagKpKuX-OqcUwKPCmA7BskvB/s320/Title_rectangle_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Check it out, this is a pdf with 15 tips that I've learned from, failed at, or screwed up on as a freelance illustrator. I started making art as a kid drawing for fun, doing graffiti, and then going to college to study and changing my major 3 times. After the second major change and becoming a dad I officially began freelancing, accepting money for my art and let me tell you it has been a bumpy road. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Feel free to cop this for a young student who wishes to be a freelance artist who works for themself. I wrote the words, did the illustrations, and my lovely wife Joy did the design/layout for it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1485780469/15-tips-for-beginning-illustrators?click_key=41d86b13cf73ae1fd5cda0dc10b9f14478b298a6%3A1485780469&click_sum=5587d17f&ref=shop_home_active_1" target="_blank">COP THE PDF HERE</a></b></h3><div><br /></div><div><b>Is this useful?</b> Check out this post about why I still use <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/05/freelance-chronicles-8-six-reasons-why.html" target="_blank"><b>business cards</b></a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-81486652951517586662023-05-18T21:52:00.003-07:002023-05-18T21:52:46.659-07:00Major Taylor Iron Riders<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iMvnCGXirLk" width="320" youtube-src-id="iMvnCGXirLk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMvnCGXirLk&ab_channel=ThePro%27sCloset" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thoroughly enjoyed watching this and learning about the <b>Major Taylor Iron Riders</b>. I did this illustration of the original <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/02/black-is-beautiful-2022-l-tourers.html" target="_blank">L&M Riders</a>. As a former kid who loved riding and who has gotten back on in the past two years I'm really excited about riding again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this piece about <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/10/rip-tony-coleman-hard-knock-radio.html" target="_blank">Tony Coleman</a> (Bikes 4 Life) and this <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2022/06/mini-comic-2-ride-again.html" target="_blank">mini comic</a> about bmx riding</div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-25600461377961144592023-05-15T10:02:00.001-07:002023-05-15T10:04:31.045-07:00The Nakba- historical video by Vox<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rGVgjS98OsU" width="320" youtube-src-id="rGVgjS98OsU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/rGVgjS98OsU" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the most strategic things those in power do to shape public opinion is to control the narrative, They do this by omitting, blocking, and often erasing the history of the oppressed peoples. This video shows what has been left out of most history books and discussions of freedom when it comes to Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel. It is not anti-semetic to discuss the true history of how this state came to be through the British and the United States involvement and support. It <i>is</i> anti-semetic however to deny that the Jewish people were not persecuted and murdered during WW2! History is powerful yall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://youtu.be/rGVgjS98OsU" target="_blank"><b>Please watch and share</b></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdGcej-6D0&ab_channel=AJ%2B" target="_blank">this video of how apartheid works today </a>in occupied Palestine aka Israel. </div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-9434624744092420042023-05-12T20:33:00.009-07:002023-05-12T20:39:43.936-07:00Freelance Chronicles 8 - Five reasons why I still use business cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93tgDEpIll5E4VKoRRB49V-N0o0zE7NkgHC-pFO-3DV5DTufTkiT-69BPlEALUuvkicb49TPt_Ydum36ubjGiCA5z9MKe_M9T0Ibyr2Xa-qsK4B3gD3Bt-4Zk78u_S6skUax6tisYz4qGbsjU4FRYgRXwhYLmcbPGKEtK1d_i9s8ulsWmQ4mYPCxL/s4032/cards_front2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93tgDEpIll5E4VKoRRB49V-N0o0zE7NkgHC-pFO-3DV5DTufTkiT-69BPlEALUuvkicb49TPt_Ydum36ubjGiCA5z9MKe_M9T0Ibyr2Xa-qsK4B3gD3Bt-4Zk78u_S6skUax6tisYz4qGbsjU4FRYgRXwhYLmcbPGKEtK1d_i9s8ulsWmQ4mYPCxL/s320/cards_front2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Business cards by Robert Liu-Trujillo</div><p>Ok so I have been making business cards with my name, phone number, email, image, and services offered for about 15 years now. How old tech of me right? I get it, there are apps where you can just send someone your contact info, airdrop it, text it, or refer them to your IG I get it. But here are a few reasons why I still keep a business card for introductions. Note: I didn't have a business card during the start of the pandemic because, well I was in the house :/</p><p>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="giphy-embed" frameborder="0" height="454" src="https://giphy.com/embed/vvWhQsVAFkyisScAsM" width="480"></iframe></p><p>Hasan Minhaj <a href="https://giphy.com/gifs/scrolling-scroll-hasan-minhaj-vvWhQsVAFkyisScAsM">via GIPHY</a></p>
1. <b>No phone:</b><p></p><p>You forgot your phone at home, it got broken, or you lost it. Damn. Sucks, you can tell the person you're talking to your name or write it and your number or email on a napkin but a card might be handy. I've definitely had this happen before.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWe81HRSckY0LE_UMjuY1KK5O7i7bOlvfuUvfiTOZPsHjVXmHd8osrnfHbV4B0iaQgM6Iop9Mgsbn2R0ntUxTyEYEioIANvB3ZUJXhR6FV_o7hZUfiL_ib8QpELzu2oP0AFEoCSrBNkJ5M10eg6iHHNo-EQ7O0m_3knWH8fIAcF7ls4swd9FGBcuDV/s700/Ek9PtG-X0AMYXts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="700" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWe81HRSckY0LE_UMjuY1KK5O7i7bOlvfuUvfiTOZPsHjVXmHd8osrnfHbV4B0iaQgM6Iop9Mgsbn2R0ntUxTyEYEioIANvB3ZUJXhR6FV_o7hZUfiL_ib8QpELzu2oP0AFEoCSrBNkJ5M10eg6iHHNo-EQ7O0m_3knWH8fIAcF7ls4swd9FGBcuDV/s320/Ek9PtG-X0AMYXts.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brazilian singer Anitta </div><b><br /></b><p></p><p><b>2. Phone battery died: </b></p><p>Have you ever missed a crucial opportunity to show someone your work, get their info, or exchange info but your phone battery died? Try keeping a business card as a back up :) If you had a great conversation, they will want to talk to you again fam. People fake good work, and some put on a good show, but it's harder to fake good vibes or energy. Or you can have them wait while you recharge your phone....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy85KIp4vo7PqAtCTqUwE2-v30zLGfn-CcA56wpZhXby1Q4Uoje3y7eXSS-htfnmpkU9G7FA3o1jppJwqPqTyYWv6FyD-GhSdRqQvq55IFQdIznh-HVM6eh-77NWxW8vZFWpW9VimKviqUca3HuVGDiTPD7WRAZspB5e8zkpRBb1jU4f0J-tpgmm5/s364/91e.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="364" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIy85KIp4vo7PqAtCTqUwE2-v30zLGfn-CcA56wpZhXby1Q4Uoje3y7eXSS-htfnmpkU9G7FA3o1jppJwqPqTyYWv6FyD-GhSdRqQvq55IFQdIznh-HVM6eh-77NWxW8vZFWpW9VimKviqUca3HuVGDiTPD7WRAZspB5e8zkpRBb1jU4f0J-tpgmm5/s320/91e.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The one and only Prince </div><p><b>3. Getting away from social media:</b></p><p>I've been on social media for almost 20 years and I have referred people to my (fill in the blank) but I'm getting kind of tired of it honestly. There are some great artists out there using it to the max but I don't want it to become my life. And it started to feel like that a few years ago. These companies found ways to make us addicted and that is not healthy, for me. You?</p><p>Also, from experience, I know that these apps come and go. For a few years they're hot, and then people are on to the next thing. And if you're an artist with a smaller but dedicated following you have to build your audience again. So I still use it, but I keep my distance. If you want to step back a bit from social media I think that a curated website, blog, or page is a great place to refer folks to via biz card.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UZcFY1n8RHItdIcEGwziiZfPPQN2J6ILzpNncePLd9DdFLhQLNBm1wr6L_XqPm4xJrw8ySztHQMue8M71caBQMSID33kdzFxsvDxX7eV5nEz3LcIYaQzUMPdQKvPdQsQuXa4eeqaIzoW6OvvNAvTWZVglgC_a5nVY_aAnMYCBCJJlPYx9hUt5SYL/s268/giphy.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="268" data-original-width="268" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UZcFY1n8RHItdIcEGwziiZfPPQN2J6ILzpNncePLd9DdFLhQLNBm1wr6L_XqPm4xJrw8ySztHQMue8M71caBQMSID33kdzFxsvDxX7eV5nEz3LcIYaQzUMPdQKvPdQsQuXa4eeqaIzoW6OvvNAvTWZVglgC_a5nVY_aAnMYCBCJJlPYx9hUt5SYL/s1600/giphy.gif" width="268" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tessa Thompson</div><p><b>4. Leave them impressed:</b></p><p>Ok, if designed properly with your information, a sample of your art on it, and a print quality that speaks to your esthetic your business card can leave the person holding wanting more. If I get a well made business card that communicates your taste by seeing it and/or touching it I'm going to remember you. It could be done with letterpress, with metal, or a bright color. The point is, leave the holder with a taste of how dope you are.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXAg4F1kFbd56PteHYOcrSEaO1WXSYTM0HpTJUg6fhKMLGj3X7ShnEzmwTaLQ8t_tkL7v3MvQImyGIQZebviVdNcLQjl9GvvWfwelkhnKQtr9QCxDkLEf8-_NwVDjmM9UkPhEob4uT-OXiisMyXasVWBl08Wyk4VL724uFwcaiIcNo1LU67s6aC7q/s1080/attachment-tyler-the-creator-xxl-magazine-new-photo-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1080" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXAg4F1kFbd56PteHYOcrSEaO1WXSYTM0HpTJUg6fhKMLGj3X7ShnEzmwTaLQ8t_tkL7v3MvQImyGIQZebviVdNcLQjl9GvvWfwelkhnKQtr9QCxDkLEf8-_NwVDjmM9UkPhEob4uT-OXiisMyXasVWBl08Wyk4VL724uFwcaiIcNo1LU67s6aC7q/s320/attachment-tyler-the-creator-xxl-magazine-new-photo-1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tyler the Creator shot by Cam Hicks</div><p><br /></p><p><b>5. Control the narrative:</b></p><p>On your card you can provide the basics like your number, email, etc. But, you can also provide them with coordinates to a location. Weird, right? You can put a QR code on it that when read sends them to a song. You could just have a link to a video. There are lots of ways you can control how the holder interacts with or gets to know you and your work. A well crafted and updated website featuring a portfolio of your work is still a tried and true way to do this. Just saying, show them your true self in <i>your way</i>.... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iTQkpZpjZWZ6Cg77FxcCGAU7duhfP4EVMhCpiiGCNyljoWWfqtBS3mj5xtaDn0ZhSv2trWmoV_pdJIy1siXoejsymZwDmU9JxNoZ35SuVGBF_qGQ7xjAaen1SxTz2pnAjOVNh2TGwDTeIIfWSYhgPlsKPxmZn3GEV6ikBaQMLjYJcJD4P0ulBDR5/s4032/Cards_back.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4iTQkpZpjZWZ6Cg77FxcCGAU7duhfP4EVMhCpiiGCNyljoWWfqtBS3mj5xtaDn0ZhSv2trWmoV_pdJIy1siXoejsymZwDmU9JxNoZ35SuVGBF_qGQ7xjAaen1SxTz2pnAjOVNh2TGwDTeIIfWSYhgPlsKPxmZn3GEV6ikBaQMLjYJcJD4P0ulBDR5/s320/Cards_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Back of the business card (w/o my ph number :)</div><p><br /></p><p><b>Dig this?</b> Check out my post about how I got <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2021/06/freelance-chronicles-7-1000-sales-on.html" target="_blank"><b>1000 sales on Etsy</b></a> as an illustrator/author who makes merch!</p><p><b>Who dis? What's this?</b> Hi, my name is Rob and I'm an artist/author from Northern California. Oakland to be specific. I have been working as a freelance artist for over 15 years. I've picked up a few tips on the way and <a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/search/label/freelance%20chronicles" target="_blank">"Freelance Chronicles"</a> is one of the ways I share. Was this helpful? Please share and cop something from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtOfRobertTrujillo?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">my shop</a>. Adios. </p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-53143275399892857332023-05-11T20:19:00.003-07:002023-05-11T20:19:43.073-07:00Malcolm X Jazz Fest- May 20th in Oakland, CA<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWTYtk_5tmXC8xGy35x7ZkTmX7uC2J_qOn-ZLClWgij9SVkn5L-16Wf1iWIaotAQGFPo2v787kvEwkYHjvaAP9-mk6hruXEVXpJVdMadFCNZugoq3C4YO5wAC8f1y3AfsJMtE3hGpNU4nHW3Px-pHLABKQQhGUsNTfYQHFPKqyXO9WEO_4WOKnJAE/s640/MXJAF2023-Poster%20mini.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWTYtk_5tmXC8xGy35x7ZkTmX7uC2J_qOn-ZLClWgij9SVkn5L-16Wf1iWIaotAQGFPo2v787kvEwkYHjvaAP9-mk6hruXEVXpJVdMadFCNZugoq3C4YO5wAC8f1y3AfsJMtE3hGpNU4nHW3Px-pHLABKQQhGUsNTfYQHFPKqyXO9WEO_4WOKnJAE/s320/MXJAF2023-Poster%20mini.png" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eyy, the Malcolm x Jazz Fest is upon us again y'all. If you're in the Bay come through to this. Bring your family, love, good energy, and good vibes. Flyer design by my wifey and art by Dime and Tarika Lewis.</div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="https://www.eastsideartsalliance.org/" target="_blank">LINK FOR MORE INFO</a></b></h3><div>I've been going to this event for 15+ years both as an attendee and as a vendor. Check out the activities.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qVIUoQEr0KrAnJDDEZLMpNdo_yD9g706RDPwGuMPxZF_IXaLwKNEXyGWCV3Fw69Nc5PdVZ5LLdLhzaqi6o4TokeJe2-md8FRKEYBxWtq21g5a4YK6NQa3B4sjFPyibc_FOPnO8-9FElz_EX7XK0lDPwEK7iWkAgk8g2xWvt3B-6wlxBaugEQtOmw/s1280/MXJAF2023%20flyer_back%20copy.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2qVIUoQEr0KrAnJDDEZLMpNdo_yD9g706RDPwGuMPxZF_IXaLwKNEXyGWCV3Fw69Nc5PdVZ5LLdLhzaqi6o4TokeJe2-md8FRKEYBxWtq21g5a4YK6NQa3B4sjFPyibc_FOPnO8-9FElz_EX7XK0lDPwEK7iWkAgk8g2xWvt3B-6wlxBaugEQtOmw/s320/MXJAF2023%20flyer_back%20copy.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out this video from a few years back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DhBuVcGS9bw" width="320" youtube-src-id="DhBuVcGS9bw"></iframe></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-62259686446393019762023-05-10T21:51:00.003-07:002023-05-11T21:26:25.111-07:00El Michel's Affair + Black Thought- I'm Still Somehow<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OLnFb7jrLnE" width="320" youtube-src-id="OLnFb7jrLnE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://youtu.be/OLnFb7jrLnE" target="_blank">video link</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Prolly had this joint on repeat for the last week at least. The slow melancholy nature had me nodding.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out the last Stuff I've Been Listening To-<a href="http://investigateconversateillustrate.blogspot.com/2023/01/stuff-ive-been-listening-to-23-more-jazz.html" target="_blank">JAZZ</a></div><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8706133564920198734.post-34321898538113164692023-05-08T19:35:00.001-07:002023-05-08T19:35:03.195-07:00Palestine will be free - US Campaign for Palestinian Rights<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBXOLe5fUHH7H3T5uN2PpLd0hW_eLstCE2hnLMGW1ValiN_0WQKIMv6_2qYcilpi0-EZdRyfH6AV760xi1WVBjuR1x5iUxYQGZBksLviCdB-NN96uSSnIa6oLo9vCr19ut-txO1Ts3xv0fl5ASt2hb-ZHM8NhkRIE1xoG2hFtL3_tb9xaV7yVuBI_/s3300/_%20Nakba%2075%20Action%20Poster%20-%20PDF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijBXOLe5fUHH7H3T5uN2PpLd0hW_eLstCE2hnLMGW1ValiN_0WQKIMv6_2qYcilpi0-EZdRyfH6AV760xi1WVBjuR1x5iUxYQGZBksLviCdB-NN96uSSnIa6oLo9vCr19ut-txO1Ts3xv0fl5ASt2hb-ZHM8NhkRIE1xoG2hFtL3_tb9xaV7yVuBI_/s320/_%20Nakba%2075%20Action%20Poster%20-%20PDF.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is a dope poster to commemorate the 75th anniversary of <b>the "Nakba"</b> in occupied Palestine. If you support the freedom and determination of the Palestinian People please tell your local representative to stop arming Israel! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://cpr.org/a/endmilitaryfunding?contactdata=dyZo8MZi3RT6h9QFFu3GL+ehYdd4E03Tba3clrK9p0TvDGh+umy8mux0SO0FWpghg9WKfjnCsp0U%2f9wkaP3oPqVYQ6M8Ol%2fGfD2+SeeUBObdLrqq5t+egif6kaxqZS86%2fVRGqBILP6nHP7n%2fhblm1eoUmFcjFBlZduFF5n1iNLjODD6mM2U1VihNJtLUjIELDTrDBkveFqQYJ2orRWMSENih3hSFWRw1nZ+996xSWek%3d&emci=54af1cc7-d5ed-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=6743017b-eced-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&ceid=5896431" target="_blank">LINK</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dig this?</b> Check out the Art of illustrator <a href="https://raneemhijazi.carrd.co/" target="_blank">Raneem Hijazi</a> who did the above poster, some</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">background on <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2017/5/23/the-nakba-did-not-start-or-end-in-1948" target="_blank">"The Nakba"</a>,</div><br /><p></p>Robert Trujillo/Treshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02691505380589347455noreply@blogger.com0