Riza G

I'VE MOVED!!!

2011-07-07T00:08:00.000-07:00

http://rizag.tumblr.com

WIP

2011-06-10T15:13:00.001-07:00

Here's some work in progress on the Nicki Minaj candle, I think I need to add some more design elements around Nicki. Hopefully it will be done soon and then ready to sell.
This one is inspired by Saint Martin de Porres, he could communicate with animals.

2011-05-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

Portrait of my favorite drag queen ever...Detox!
Sorry Nina Flowers, but you're a close second.

F21 Test

2011-05-10T19:10:00.001-07:00

2011-04-28T23:29:00.000-07:00

just a peek.
that's all I'm allowed.

2011-03-30T23:00:00.000-07:00

2011-03-23T23:09:00.000-07:00

Nicki Minaj pattern. I fucking love it! If I could skate I would totally rock this board.

2011-03-03T23:59:00.000-08:00

2011-02-18T18:57:00.000-08:00

Got the opportunity to decorate a vinylmation however I wanted, I think it came out pretty fierce. A designer on my team made the pimp coat.

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2011-02-17T18:28:00.000-08:00

I was asked to design a mural of Mickey made completely out of Post-it notes for an event at DCP. I was really excited about this project, since I've never done anything like this before. In a couple of days people will be able to take any of the Post-it notes from the wall and draw whatever they like so hopefully I can get a shot of the mural with all of the doodles added on.
The mural measures 8x16 ft.

2011-02-02T23:53:00.001-08:00

Card I made for my valentine. Inspired by one of her favorite songs by Electric Six.

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2011-01-27T12:44:00.000-08:00

I wanted to practice making patterns since my job requires me to have this skill. It's definitely not something that comes naturally to me, so I'm starting off with some easy toss prints.

2011-01-25T22:25:00.000-08:00

Final Gaga. Check back for more fierce divas to come.

WIP

2011-01-23T14:51:00.000-08:00

This is my work in progress for a little personal project I'm working on right now. I've had this idea of creating religious candles with my favorite divas depicted as roman catholic saints for a long time now. My friend has a birthday coming up and she absolutely loves Gaga so I think this will be the perfect gift. Im going to be doing Cher, Britney, Nicki Minaj, and probably Robyn for my roomie Cisco. Watch out!!!

2011-01-06T11:38:00.000-08:00

Linda Kim is a fellow intern/friend at Disney Consumer Products with me and I absolutely adore her work, she's super talented.

Check out her blog and website!

2011-01-05T01:11:00.000-08:00

for Rocio ♥

2010-12-28T23:18:00.000-08:00

T shirt designs I'm working on for Chambers.

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2010-12-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

2010-11-11T21:41:00.000-08:00

Preliminary logo design I was working on for MFG.
Definitely needs a lot of work but I think its headed in a good direction.

2010-10-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

Im totally getting this book. has a ton of sick metal logos AND Cher logos!...its meant to be.

and the book included Sahara Hotnights. love it.

Sketchbook Boredom #10

2010-10-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

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2010-10-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

2010-10-14T22:22:00.000-07:00

first phase of a logo Im working on for MFG. letters definitely need to be cleaned up and some symmetry needs to be thrown up in here.

http://www.danceism.com/

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2010-10-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

trying to work on a logo, its hard to design something I don't grow tired of looking at after awhile.

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2010-07-22T13:06:00.000-07:00

I made this scorpion out of wire freshman year of college and I found it as I was cleaning out my room. Spray painted it pink. Now its awesome and worthy of display.

And here's a little sketch.

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2010-07-21T16:19:00.001-07:00

Since I'll be moving across the country shortly my mother is more than eager to turn my old room into a guest bedroom. I had to take some pictures to remember it in all of it's glory. I have to say though any mother that lets their kid paint retarded flames in halloween colors on their walls is pretty B.A. And yes that is indeed a giant framed picture of Cher (everyone knows I have an unhealthy obsession.)

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2010-07-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

I'm realizing how spoiled I was at Ringling. I'm kind of limited on what I can do without a scanner or Illustrator, thank god my mom got me a nice Canon xsi to take decent pictures of my work. I'm dying to scan bitch and the dog in to turn it into a clean vector.

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2010-07-17T07:32:00.000-07:00

tight sketch I'm working on.

2010-07-14T15:44:00.000-07:00

holy taco.

ONLINE STORE

2010-07-13T15:52:00.000-07:00

I went and got myself an etsy account, now hopefully I can sell some shit.

2010-07-11T21:54:00.000-07:00

Photo by Jonathan Waiter

Sketchbook Boredom #9

2010-07-06T13:54:00.001-07:00

I really hate not owning a scanner.

2010-05-21T10:08:00.000-07:00

Since I have so much more time on my hands since graduating I finally bejeweled the crown on this illustration like I originally wanted.

2010-05-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

Sticker/Logo designs I made for my senior thesis show, the roller derby team I created is the Bashionistas \m/

Thesis

2010-05-11T18:14:00.000-07:00

Senior Show

2010-05-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

My senior show went great. I can't believe it's all over! Now its time to be an adult and face the real world....

2010-04-26T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hair product I created/designed a label for sophomore yr, It's old but I still love it.

Senior Show Stickers

2010-04-25T21:41:00.000-07:00

Stickers I've made for my senior show of some of my favorite pieces from this year. Hopefully people will like them :)

2010-04-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

I was never happy with the wine labels I had to redesign for Adv Computer Illustration last year so I decided to redo it again, definitely happy with it now.

2010-04-05T23:57:00.000-07:00

The top is my final version, and the bottom is a variation.

*Pin Up artwork created by other artists**

2010-04-03T22:53:00.000-07:00

http://blog.zoveck.com/

I really wish I spoke spanish right now...FML

More Thesis Preview

2010-04-03T18:40:00.001-07:00

2010-03-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a poster/ad that I'm working on for my independent study with Hodges. I decided to design my version of the Hola Mexico Film Festival. This is a work in progress so I know that there are plenty of things to fix and I'm sure Hodges will point out all of them to me. I'll post the final soon.

2010-03-28T01:41:00.000-07:00

So this is suppose to be painted in 3 weeks, its almost 4ft long...who knows what will happen, not much sleep that's for sure.

Thesis Preview!

2010-03-16T11:14:00.002-07:00

A little sneak peek of some of the pieces I've been working out for thesis. Way more to do!

2010-03-02T18:58:00.000-08:00

Here's a "logo" I created for a custom embroidery company that is geared towards bikers. It was fun trying to make objects that are usually associated with femininity look tough enough for bikers to find appealing.

2010-02-07T22:20:00.000-08:00

Iron Legion.... all will be revealed at my senior show.

2010-01-31T19:31:00.000-08:00

Im working out these tight sketches for my thesis. The bottom is going to be a poster for a bout. I wanna show it to some of the Sarasota Roller girls, see what they think of my fictional team names.

2010-01-29T13:20:00.000-08:00

I seriously need to stop screwing around with things like this and work on thesis! fml...

2010-01-29T00:06:00.000-08:00

2010-01-25T21:32:00.000-08:00

A tight sketch I'm working on for my independent study with Hodges. I decided to do another circus poster to go along with my alligator woman, Im really having fun drawing Sunny with a beard.

Sketchbook Boredom #8

2010-01-25T12:04:00.001-08:00

2010-01-21T22:54:00.000-08:00

Just messing around in Illustrator with a thesis idea.

2010-01-14T14:31:00.000-08:00

A few reference photos I took at Thunder By The Bay for senior thesis. Im gettin excited!

Sketchbook Boredom #7

2009-12-16T19:53:00.001-08:00

2009-12-16T19:34:00.000-08:00

Portrait of Gaahl, former lead singer of the black metal band Gorgoroth. He's a pretty sick dude. My final is the top one, I originally wanted to do it completely traditionally but I ran out of time and gradients are just so easy to do in Photoshop that I couldn't resist.

Here's a little documentary about him, it's pretty interesting.

http://www.vbs.tv/watch/music-world/true-norwegian-black-metal

2009-12-16T19:08:00.000-08:00

My last storyboard/animatic for my storyboarding class. I got to know Premiere a lot better this time around, I can't wait to experiment with it more. There are things I want to fix, maybe ill get around to it this winter break.... Anyways I really enjoyed making this so I hope you enjoy it too :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S54Qc55078w

2009-11-23T23:06:00.000-08:00

This was my first storyboard assignment that we had to turn into an animatic with sound. It was my first time using Premiere, so I didn't really know what I was doing but it was pretty fun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHoGbIPIVZE

2009-11-23T11:35:00.000-08:00

Storyboard in process, and yes I am aware that I broke the 180 degree rule...im workin on it.

2009-11-20T16:09:00.000-08:00

My senior portrait...thats right dont hate!

2009-11-17T11:54:00.000-08:00

I like this illustration so much better without the parents. This is my final as far as I'm concerned :)

Sketchbook Boredom #6

2009-11-12T22:56:00.000-08:00

2009-11-07T17:40:00.000-08:00

This church is suppose to be the gateway between the spirit world and the living world for my second story board assignment.

2009-10-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

Here is the final piece for the Zombie show at Oddity. It's one of the quickest illustrations I've ever done and one of the ones I'm most satisfied with. I still want to bejewel the crown, I'll post a picture of it once its blinged out.

2009-10-27T15:47:00.000-07:00

Two main characters for my new story board assignment. Its a story that revolves around Dia de los Muertos. The living world will be depicted in black and white and the spirit world will be in vibrant color, these are the two versions of them in either world. I decided the boys name is Juan, still deciding on the girl...

2009-10-22T09:57:00.000-07:00

Tight sketch for the Zombie show at Oddity tattoo shop. I got inspired by Zombieland.

2009-10-13T11:35:00.000-07:00

I kind of got burnt out on this assignment I had trouble with the layout of everything. There are things to be fixed but I probably won't revisit this one for awhile.

I had a hard time picking the color scheme. I was trying to mix the feeling of pop art and an old horror movie poster, color wise it was a little challenging .

Sketchbook Boredom #5

2009-10-13T11:33:00.000-07:00

2009-10-06T17:55:00.001-07:00

Character design I did for the story that I am currently story boarding for class. Once it is done with alllll its revisions we'll turn it into an anamatic and ill be posting them :D

2009-10-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

Decided to not change the color of her hair because I like it white...it reminds me of Storm!

2009-09-28T15:42:00.000-07:00

First assignment for Illustration, we had to create an Illustration based of some sort of experience. I went to Jungle Gardens and drew some alligators and decided to do a circus poster of the Alligator Woman. I have a lot of changes to make, changing hair color, adding her other arm (I guess people like having two arms), woman's expression, etc....any other suggestions I'd love to hear them :]

2009-09-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

2009-09-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

Don't ask, I was bored....and avoiding homework.

2009-09-16T23:27:00.000-07:00

Everyone should watch this: A) its the best cartoon on Nickelodeon. B) Season 2 is hiiiilarious!

2009-09-16T20:16:00.001-07:00

2009-09-09T11:36:00.000-07:00

These are just 5 thumbnails of the key moment in a story we read for Storyboarding class.

2009-08-25T12:41:00.001-07:00

These are about half of the cards I made.....it was a looooong night.

2009-08-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

These pictures aren't very good, life without a scanner sucks. The star means it sold :D I guess Im not the only one that thinks pugs are cute.....

Sketchbook Boredom #4

2009-08-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

2009-05-01T08:07:00.001-07:00

2009-04-27T16:58:00.000-07:00

Tight sketch of my final for Computer Illustration...I'm feelin it.

Sketchbook Boredom #3

2009-04-24T05:43:00.000-07:00

Sketchbook page that I'm gonna turn into an illustration for Adv. Computer Ill. Im gonna change up the composition and add some more rappers.

2009-04-20T21:11:00.000-07:00

Best of Ringling show was this past friday , my painting of the cholos got in so that was fun :)

2009-04-20T19:04:00.001-07:00

Spot illustration for any book of our choice. I found this book at goodwill that was titled "A Year in Music 1979," so of course I took the opportunity to draw Rick James.

2009-04-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

2009-04-08T19:58:00.001-07:00

Opinion editorial for New York Times titled "No More Hummer Nation." Basically the article is about how as Americans we seem to think bigger is better but now that the economy is in decline we need to change the way we think and how we spend our money. (Hint: the silhouette makes up America.)

2009-03-29T17:59:00.001-07:00

2009-03-25T08:23:00.001-07:00

This is what you do when you cant sleep!....and you're not doing homework.

Sketchbook Boredom #2

2009-03-20T07:47:00.000-07:00

2009-03-06T08:12:00.000-08:00

I'm pretty much done with this piece because all I can think about is spring break, maybe if I get bored I'll do a variation with inked line work instead of just pencil but we'll see...I think the beach will take up most of my time :/

Old Sketchbook Dump

2009-02-27T13:33:00.000-08:00

2009-02-27T13:29:00.001-08:00

2009-02-27T06:51:00.000-08:00

I have to do another self promotional piece. I've always wanted to do a piece about Santa Muerte which is a saint that isn't recognized by the catholic church, but still has a strong cult following in Latin America. Followers bring this saint things like cigars, cigarettes, tequila, flowers, candy, candles and water. I still have to work out this thumbnail and bust out the final before spring break...fun times.

Sketchbook Boredom #1

2009-02-16T07:42:00.001-08:00

I've been watching the 1960's movie Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! a lot lately...

This is for lex and ricky:)

2009-01-25T10:35:00.001-08:00

Did this at the end of sophomore year but never completed it, finally stopped slacking and finished it.

2009-01-24T17:03:00.000-08:00

2009-01-24T16:55:00.000-08:00

The greatest musical group of all time....we'll they were to me when I was 9. Anyways I'm not done with it I'm gonna really do this one up and add rainbows and diamonds and maybe I'll through some glitter on it if I feel like. Basically I just want to make it the most obnoxious thing ever. Plus I really need to redo baby she looks busted.

I had to illustrate a poem titled "Ape," about a man whose wife serves him monkey for dinner every night and he's sick of eating it. Definitely a concept I would never come up with so it was pretty fun.

2009-01-24T16:47:00.000-08:00

I had to take two paintings by an artist, merge them together however we want, and add or change the clothing to the figures. I went with Caravaggio.

emaster copy - Sean Cheetham. Obviously mine doesn't do his justice.

I have trouble finishing paintings...

2008-12-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

Our first assignment for Computer Illustration was to do a portrait in Illustrator. I decided to do the great ashley retardre. I think I made her look pretty fierce.