Cien Illustrated

A Dahlia For Dahlia

2011-04-26T23:06:00.000-07:00

Finished this up these acrylic Dahlias over the holiday. I completely forgot that I had painted these but thankfully took photos with the trusty phone to document the magical painting process.

2011-04-13T12:16:00.000-07:00

Been a long time coming but I have a few new illustrations and designs to post.

Xmas Grüv 2010

2010-12-08T22:59:00.001-08:00

Every time I throw a Christmas party I'm always scrambling to find some music that will keep my guests in the spirit but also something that's a little unexpected. This year I've compiled all my faves into two playlists so that I can share with friends and family wherever they might be. So "casa de onsurez" proudly presents Xmas Grüv Parts 1 & 2. 50 songs that should either get your toes tapping, head bobbing or your drink dranking. Feliz Navidad and cheers to a great year.

Before I Forget

2010-11-10T16:30:00.000-08:00

Sending my best wishes to our troops overseas. I miss drawing more often, I need to get on it.

Cap Full

2010-05-12T17:47:00.000-07:00

It's Alive!!

2010-05-05T11:21:00.000-07:00

Some drawings for my friends at The Center SouthLA.

Bob Sponge Round Squish

2010-03-30T17:28:00.001-07:00

I Art LA

2010-03-21T17:20:00.000-07:00

Just a quick thought sketch on a project for "I Art LA" coming soon to a South Central near you.

The Chris Creep

2010-03-16T12:59:00.000-07:00

Butcher Block

2010-03-12T15:24:00.000-08:00

'emember Me?

2010-02-25T16:54:00.000-08:00

Ja Ja Bear With A Ciggie

2010-01-12T17:04:00.000-08:00

Since we last spoke...

2010-01-04T15:43:00.000-08:00

These were for my boy Jason's site: www.jasonsleftbrain.com

These are for my boy Zaggy's new book: Mind Your Beeswax.

Did this for stuff at work.

Work Clothes

2010-01-04T15:29:00.000-08:00

No more brakes.

2009-10-05T10:07:00.000-07:00

Two for the price of Juan...

2009-08-28T18:13:00.000-07:00

Thinking of thought.

2009-08-25T12:36:00.000-07:00

No time to finish, just sketch!

2009-08-12T16:58:00.000-07:00

Just a few things sitting in my sketchbook...

2009-08-04T15:34:00.000-07:00

Frydae

2009-07-10T14:19:00.000-07:00

A couple posts back I showed a digitized version of this. This is the markered-up version along with some fresh sketches. Heat it up.

Chump On Dope

2009-07-09T23:42:00.000-07:00

I believe that one of these days I'll be the one responsible for getting Jess to quit smoking. May I emphasize just the ONE of these days.

June Cramming

2009-06-28T20:18:00.000-07:00

This is for my new top secret project that no one can know about ever. In fact this blog will self destruct after this gets seen more than 5 times. Which means I'm pretty much safe. Whew.

I'm A Magic Fan

2009-06-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

It's nice to know I helped the Lakers win the '09 Finals. Perhaps the "kOBEY" shirt was too fancy last year and thus upset the basketball gods. Thanks to the help of my homies over at Detroing Sprinkles, this year it was all about keeping it true to the "real" Magic. Hopefully my sports shirt hobby will continue into other sports. How can I rock the Dodgers or the Angels... hell, maybe even the Clips?

Staying inspired during the lull...

2009-06-11T15:22:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you can't help but sit back and appreciate all the great art that's out there.

"A Kiss From Tokyo" Theatrical trailer from Stephane coedel on Vimeo.

Post-It Series Part Dos

2009-05-22T13:15:00.000-07:00

More from the world of mini post-it notes and wandering thoughts.

Cannes Young Lions

2009-05-20T17:39:00.000-07:00

Throwing this up for my boy Kevin and his campaign for Cannes Young Tigers and Bears competition or there abouts, here's the link to vote http://www.youtube.com/canneslions. Make it work young lion.

For my next trick.

2009-05-07T18:51:00.001-07:00

Mickey Muerte 2.0 lives. Funky fresh, black and blue. My submission to the Stoked Sessions LA show. 10 x 10 prints for sale should anyone ever desire one, just make me an offer I can't refuse.

Thunder The Sculpy Cloud (Unbaked)

2009-05-07T18:48:00.000-07:00

Carved and ready to bake. The little 3-D thunder cloud is ready to rumble.

Steeker Fun

2009-05-07T18:44:00.001-07:00

Always nice to find a new way to be "creative" actually I found some sticker sheets at my office and wondered how fun it would be to make a sticker of my own. Hand drawn! Woot.

Dp You <3 LA?

2009-04-27T15:30:00.000-07:00

Come one, come all to a little sumpin' sumpin' this weekend only in LA. Cheap art starting at $75 from the some the best of the best of the best. Music, booze, food, booze all for the low, low price of $15 bones online or $20 at the door. You know thats like one drink plus tip at most fancy art bars. And the best part? Yours truly will have 3 pieces of fine digitized artistry feartured.

Hope to see you there: 125 6th street@ S. Los Angeles St. More at stoked.org

Belmont Shore's Cover Boy

2009-04-23T16:28:00.000-07:00

For the second year in a row I braved the scorching streets of Belmont Shore to battle every other amateur artist in the neighborhood at the annual chalk contest. And for the second straight year, I didn't win a thing. No worries, because I managed to score page 5A of the much heralded journalistic juggernaut, the Grunion Gazette. They say any pub is good pub, and I can't help but agree.

60 Days Away

2009-04-06T17:56:00.000-07:00

There are months when the well has run dry and there are days that my cupeth overfloweth. I guess it just took some long nights at the holding pen to re-ignite the fire.

So here are a few diddies I've been toying with over the past several weeks to file away for a rainy day.

El Esuper Bowl Sunday

2009-01-21T23:27:00.000-08:00

Hey kids! Don't know who's playing in the Super Bowl XLIII? Me neither! But if you're in the LBC, y'all need to bring your fancy pants down to the Casa de Onsurez where the place will be cooler than any party you see in beer ads. I'll have the greatest commercials money can buy and the game that goes on in between on glorious H-H-H-H-D-D-D-D-D. Avoid getting into a fight with that big annoying drunk guy spilling his beer all over your girl. Show up when you want and leave when you're full on Claudia's internationally known Chili Cheese Hot Dog Tortas. Ugh!

Homemade hand-makins'

2009-01-15T22:39:00.001-08:00

In the spirit of the holidays the Missus and I decided to make something a little more personal. For my own reference, hand-drawn & carved stamps on handmade Egyptian papyrus.

For The Road

2009-01-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

Pre holiday scketches before I forget to archive. Cheers to meetings.

City of Angels

2008-10-24T11:58:00.001-07:00

Just some sketches gone right for my take on Los Angeles. Star gazers, star muchers and smog.

Digitized Drawings

2008-10-24T11:49:00.001-07:00

Old sketches turned vector.

Cock-a-doodle

2008-10-24T11:45:00.001-07:00

Its been so long.... Here's a doodle I converted into a bookmark. A proud moment of refection.

Vector El Diablita

2008-03-31T17:12:00.001-07:00

My sisters softball team shirt. Go Dirt Devils?

Blockhead Said

2008-03-26T12:14:00.001-07:00

Just a meeting sketch.

Dirt Devlin

2008-03-10T16:07:00.000-07:00

Sketch from the books.

I broke the internet...

2008-03-03T23:15:00.000-08:00

So after a month of tinkering around, my site at onsurez.com is up and running. It's my first real experience with coding CSS but I found it to be a million times easier than figuring out wonky HTML. It still needs some polishing but you get the idea of what I do from the flashy roll over images.

Golden Lotus Blossom

2008-03-03T23:09:00.001-08:00

Some paintings I worked on over the holiday as well. They were simple designs but I was content with the textures and the way the gold reflected off the red. Although I can't say the photos do them much justice, I was really proud of the results.

Cigar From Afar

2008-02-20T14:50:00.000-08:00

A painting that transpired from some sketches that I painted over the 2007-08 winter holiday. I guess I'm gonna call it Cigar From Afar.

For my own reference this bad lil' bear is headed to Miami. Let's see how long it lasts with all that humidity.

Sketch Downlaod

2008-01-29T18:50:00.000-08:00

Just thought I'd throw down a few sketches of the past few months. They're a little raw but just a couple things that've been jiggling in my head.

Getting My Rhythm Back

2007-09-17T17:41:00.000-07:00

La Regia

2007-08-17T16:50:00.000-07:00

The trip to Mexico yielded at least one sketch. I kinda wish I had done less drinking and more sketching. Thing is you don't need a flat surface or a pencil sharpener to drink.

View from hotel in Santiago.

Savoring the "flavors" of the motherland.

Side effects of the "flavors" of the motherland.

Fattening "flavors" of the motherland.

...and the hotel that didn't have working internet. Boo.

New Website

2007-08-13T17:18:00.000-07:00

So less sketches, more work. I've been working on a website for a local furniture company. Lots of awesome furniture, cutting edge style and I'm trying hard to capture it. Let me know what you think. Be honest, because I really want to make it look nice. Its a little clunky, and the photos aren't all uploaded but aside from that let me know if you'd like to see something more on the site. Thanks kiddos.

Monsterish Icons

2007-08-13T17:08:00.001-07:00

A few character illustrations that came up from some sketches.
Blah. Blah. Blah.

Taters to Turtles

2007-06-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

I found the little geometric shapes in seasoned potatoes intriguing, so why not paint them? Oddly enough the result turned out looking like a turtle shell ... go figure.

Mmm... greasy.

Oooh... sketches.

And so it began to look like a turtle shell.

Clau stealing my thunder.

6 holes and 3 bent nails later it's finally on the wall.

Time Tree

2007-06-14T16:58:00.001-07:00

House Mouse

2007-05-31T17:31:00.001-07:00

My Boss Sketch

2007-05-31T16:57:00.001-07:00

Curly & TaTew

2007-05-18T14:18:00.000-07:00

Tatooability?

2007-05-15T16:39:00.000-07:00

BatMan

2007-05-15T14:00:00.000-07:00

Strawblurry Sketch

2007-05-09T10:31:00.000-07:00

Monkey with no arms and a lizard with long legs

2007-05-03T17:29:00.000-07:00

Oldies but goodies

2007-04-25T13:25:00.000-07:00

I almost forgot about these but its nice to find old drawings here and again.

Phone Doodles

2007-04-24T17:53:00.000-07:00

It's not that I'm not drawing, it's that I'm not scanning. Blockheads have me intrigued right now so I'll keep 'em coming.

New Sketches

2007-04-09T16:21:00.000-07:00

Axe To Grind

2007-03-23T16:34:00.000-07:00

I drew on the cartons below earlier this week. I'm calling them "I like you."

Killing Time 2.0

2007-03-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

It needed a little more detail. I think it needs more background too. Lets just consider this a work in progress.

Killing Time

2007-03-21T14:14:00.000-07:00

Minute Monkey

2007-03-14T16:50:00.000-07:00

Beach Comber

2007-03-12T13:28:00.000-07:00

Put on the new wheels courtesy of J.R. and rolled to the beach for an afternoon stroll. Such a great feeling.

Monster of My Sketchbook

2007-03-09T17:00:00.000-08:00

In honor of that giant squid that was caught this week somewhere in the Antarctic.

The Black Mamba

2007-03-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

The latest addition to my family, a '66 Chevy Malibu/Chevelle SS. Reminiscent of my fathers (one I never saw) so I decided to continue the tradition. This little guy sits quietly in my garage but I take him out on those sweet sunny days since nothing really works other than the steering... and even that doesn't work too good.

Thanks to Junior, I've got me some better than donut wheels that were already strapped onto the lil' champ. If the sun pokes its head out this weekend I'll shoot a couple pics with the new spokes. I took these photos with my cell phone so they're just ok, but hopefully I'll show the progress as I get into it.

Givin' The Bird

2007-03-06T17:43:00.000-08:00

I had some more thoughts on this little bird. Figured clean a little around the rough edges and show the progress. This first picture has my vector line art tracing over the sketch.

This second shot has just the line art by itself. Shows the initial outlines. Looks cool but too skinny and mechanical.

Then the third image is the line art with adjusted stroke weights to make it look more like pen strokes. I'm gonna work on some color variations and backgrounds next.

Pahareetoh

2007-03-01T13:46:00.000-08:00

Sketchy Sketch

2007-02-27T15:06:00.000-08:00

Camels & I

2007-02-23T18:09:00.000-08:00

So my cubemate smokes... Well she quit over new years, but I had this gag of drawing on her cig packs when she wasn't looking. I gotta bunch more but these were summa my faves. And so word on the street is that Camel has "tattoo art" style packs and I was bummed out that my "sharpie" Camels will become obsolete after a few months. It was still fun while it lasted.

Yo Skully

2007-02-23T16:46:00.000-08:00

Catch Me If You Can

2007-02-23T16:44:00.000-08:00

Auchtapuss

2007-02-23T16:41:00.000-08:00

Pajarito Remixed

2007-02-23T16:38:00.000-08:00

A little diddy thats not as new but pretty tasty.

Sometimes We Act A'Foo

2007-02-23T16:31:00.000-08:00

Creamy

2007-02-23T16:28:00.000-08:00