Rio Yañez

Today the one and only Mayra Ramirez and I gathered at the studio of artist Cynthia Tom. This weekend Mayra and I will be having our annual Day of the Dead photoshoot and Cynthia was kind enough to lend us some dresses for it. We met and Mayra tried on all sorts of looks in preparation; below are some favorites.

Peace,

Rio

We’re less than two months out from his 69th birthday but the old man is still kickin’!

Peace,

Rio

I’m creating some graphics for my friend Ruben Gonzalez’ film. Here is the first of many to come. For more information see: http://www.indiegogo.com/OSCAR-1#team

Peace,

Rio

For the last two weeks I have been furiously working on the final project for my Flash animation class. Here are some elements of the project that I have been fond of and stand on their own. From top to bottom we have composer Akira Ifukube, my favorite movie monster of all time: Gigan, and Mayra Ramirez in a movement sequence.

Peace,

Rio

I’m in summer school right now studying Flash. It’s my first time working in the program and the gif above and video below represent my first completed animation.

More to come soon!

Peace,

Rio

I’m really proud to announce that Sarah and I continued our creative (and romantic) partnership by having a photoshoot with the Bay Area’s own Las Bomberas de la Bahia. I’ve written about how great the Bomberas are before and I was so excited to work with them creatively again. Photos from our shoot will be posted soon.

Until then here’s a video I shot of Las Bomberas performing live on 24th and York in the Mission. It was an impromptu performance and I was thrilled to capture it with my humble iPhone. Enjoy!

Hella Bomba photos coming soon!

Peace,

Rio