Day: June 12, 2009

9th Anniversary

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9th AnniversaryToday marks nine incredible years of love, lovin’ and everything in between. When we met I had just turned 20 and Mariela was 19 years old; we were both students at CCSF. Now we’re both 29 year olds navigating life as professionals in fields that we both feel passionate about. *Whew* the times they are a changin’! As Nelly Furtado once said, my love grows deeper every day.

To commemorate the occasion I created the above graphic. I’ve also been experimenting with animated gifs recently in Photoshop. The images below represent my first baby steps in making my own animated gifs. They’re labors of love that will give you seizures if you stare at them too long. Enjoy!

marielaheadsanim01

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Peace (and love),

Rio

Comics of Anniversaries Past

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To mark every anniversary Mariela and I have had, I usually make some sort of graphic work for Mariela to commemorate the occasion. To be honest, each of those graphics from anniversaries past have fallen into the category of “old work” that makes me cringe when I look back at them. I’m really happy with my recent work but now my art from the recent past is not holding up like it once did.

Regardless of how I feel about my graphic work I am still really proud of the various comics I’ve done to commemorate our love. Below are a few highlights from the last two years

A tribute to our love (and Pinky & The Brain)
A tribute to our love (and Pinky & The Brain) Click to see full size
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Be awesome to each other,

Rio

Ask a Chola at the Chicana/o Biennial

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The opening reception of MACLA’s Chicana/o Biennial was a great success.Thanks to all my peoples who made it out. To see my photos from the event click here.

Once again the info on the show is…

2009 Chicana/o Biennial

Exhibition: June 5 – August 8, 2009

Address:
510 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113

tel: (408) 998-2783
fax: (408) 998-2817

Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays & Thursdays 12 noon —7pm
Fridays & Saturdays 12 noon—5pm

There’s an artist talk that I’ll be a part of on Friday, August 7th at 7:oopm. Hope to see you all there.

Peace,

Rio