Berry Artsy

I'M A REAL ARTIST MOMMY! LOOK! LOOK AT THE WALL!

2012-03-10T04:44:00.001-08:00

FOR THOSE OF YOU who missed the opening of ART this past Thusday, DON'T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A BUNCH becauuuse my work will be there for a week!

Displaying 3 pieces from my series I Am Not of This World, along with various other works.

I must say that the opening of ART was more than I expected! Great people, great music, great vibes, and GREAT ART! Much love to Addicted2Dope for asking me to be a part of this "dope" event.

This is the 1st time my work is actually on display at one location for an extended period of time. I'm just amazed at how God works. It's only my 3rd showing (in three months) and my work is on display in a DOPE clothing store at a PRIME location on Melrose! BLESSED! Anywho...I don't do anything. God does it all. Real talk. I just need ya'll to know that. :)

All in all...GO CHECK THE VISUALS!

Fellas, the store also has some crazy cool threads too. (Yes -___- I said "threads.")

Me and the force behind Addicted2Dope.

Evan.

One half of the group BEeF and also a part of the popular web-series U-Broke.

This is one dude making moooves. Check him.

There'll be more of us to come. I'm sure of it.

Come Check My Visuals

2012-03-08T13:09:00.000-08:00

Tonight's the night! Opening Night!

(Same Event as last post - Different Flyer)

Come thruuuuuuuu!

S dots the SPOT!

2012-03-06T17:22:00.005-08:00

THIS THURSDAY is the opening of ART, a showcase celebrating the thoughts and emotions of our prominent generation through three diverse, artistic mediums: photography, sculpture and painting.

The showcase will run for two weeks March 8-22nd displaying three artists each week. Come show love and support the new artists out there. Each artist will be selling their work as well.

See you OPENING NIGHT!

Thursday, March 8th

Revolutionary Minds
7711 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles
(Melrose/Spaulding)

8-11pm

I'm a real artist Mommy! Look! Look at the wall!

2012-02-13T16:20:00.000-08:00

SUCCESS!

2nd FEATURE THIS YEAR!

I showed my art at Phraseology in DTLA last week on the night of Art Walk February 9th.

I displayed my artwork as well as did some LIVE PAINTING!

This was my FIRST experience doing live painting so I was a TINY ITSY BITSY BIT nervous.

Thanks to my friends and the cool artistic atmosphere though...those nerves were gone.

I want to thank all of people that came thru and the new faces that I met at the event. I would also like to thank jewelry line Rachelle's Closet http://rachellescloset.com/ for having me be a part of the event. Shout out to Ms. Q Dixon too!

God is making major moves REALLY fast.

I am grateful and blessed. This is not my gift. This is God's gift.

Check back for more event info! There's definitely more to come.

Come See My Art!

2012-02-06T22:48:00.000-08:00

Come by!

There will be singers, poets, spoken word artists, painters and illustrators.

Artistic expression all the way around. This is a fundraising event for the spring/summer fashion show for the accesory line Rachelle's Closet. I hope to see you there.

Thursday, February 9th, 9pm - 2am

1200 S. Hope St. Suite 400, DTLA

$10 cover

CORRECTION: THIS A 21+ EVENT

Etch-A-Sketch

2012-02-01T20:08:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted anything in a good lil minute.

Right now I'm in Coffee Bean finishing up some design work.

(My fingers hurt. Don't tell anyone.)

I sketched this in my little black book as a way to relieve my artist's block.

It helped.

Guess who!

I'm a real artist Mommy! Look! Look at the wall!

2012-01-22T05:15:00.000-08:00

SUCCESS!

I was the FEATURED artist on Thursday, January 19th at Opulen Studio's monthly Movie Night + Art Installation event in DTLA! (Shout out to the people not pictured, who left a lil early. You are not forgotten. Love ya'll.)

The night was amazeballs aaall the way around. From my people to the art to the movie to the love to the dance battle at the end. Yes...there was a dance battle thing. -__- It ain't an Sdot spot if it ain't dropped like it's hot. (I'm a nerd. Don't judge me.) I'd like to thank everyone that came thru to show love. And to those of you who purchased my work...I'm sending you big, wet, sloppy, teddy bear XOXOs. If ya missed this faaab event, don't pee your pants, this is just the beginning. Definitely more to come. Big ups to Opulen Studios: http://opulenstudios.com/ + Lucratif Clothing http://lucratifstreet.com/ + my chick Shivaaaaaa. Thank you.

Oh and check out this article that the Lucratif Blog did on me!
http://getlucratif.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/janmovienight/
SMILIN' SO HARD I'M BEAMIN' SUNRAYS!!!

COME SEE MY ART at OPULEN STUDIOS!

2012-01-17T21:05:00.000-08:00

COME THRU!

There'll be Art Installation, a movie (The 5th Element), and an open bar!

Oh and bring some cash!

I'll be selling my pieces.

For those of you who have been following and enjoying my art, I'd love for you to come!

This is a huge moment for me and my art career.

God is good.

Joy to the World!

2012-01-16T15:05:00.000-08:00

Hi friends and strangers! I know it's been a lil minute since I've posted anything.
I hope you all have had a wonderful New Year! Be blessed my people! Be blessed.
Anywho, last month, the party girls and I (see last post) exchanged Secret Santa gifts with eachother.

We used Elfster (a website that sends us our Secret Santa recipient). I was lucky to get my good friend Joy! Because Joy is such a unique woman, I wanted to give her a one-of-a-kind gift. I usually create using Double Ds, aka: Dry & Digital Media buuuuuut because I wanted to change it up and give Joy something different, I used acrylic paint on canvas.

Korean girl, fluent in Spanish, Cali-bred with the coolest fashion and changing hairstyles who travels as much as Obama. That's Joy. I've never known Joy to be UNjoyful (yes...I said it) and because of that...I call this "Joy to the World." Below is a series of photos of the process from the sketches to the canvas to the paint. Enjoy.

Ugly Girls in Ugly Sweaters

2011-12-30T04:39:00.000-08:00

Sooo...every year me and my girls from high school throw a Christmas Party! This year was our 3rd Annual one and the theme was UGLY Christmas Sweaters! How cool, right?! I know...I know. We're cool. Anywaaaay, we all contributed in making this party nothing but memorable, from the food to the decorations to the games to the PEOPLE! :) As a gift to the girls (and our party guests) I decided to design a Christmas card! Take a look at it and let me know what you think. These girls are the bomb and I love them. The love has been here since high school. Awww I LOVE YOU LADIES!!! Thanks! The party was a SUCCESS! 'Til next year!

FINAL VERSION!

(Rough sketches below)

A Valid Point

2011-12-17T03:44:00.000-08:00

It's not my birthday, but still...a very valid point.

I call this one: Duh -_-

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-12-08T02:03:00.001-08:00

This is the product of stepping out into the universe.

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-01T00:22:00.001-08:00

GUESS WHAAAT! It's December, which means, time for eggnog and family and scarves and hot chocolate and parties and friends and ugly sweaters and mistletoe and snow and cuddling! I'm so excited!!! This time of year is so cozy and joyous it makes me all warm inside just thinking about it. I swear, if you were to catch me anywhere, more than anything, I'd probably be singing Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer at the top of my lungs.

At this time, I want to thank all of the people who have visited my blog and have taken something from my art. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for appreciating the gift that God gave me. I truly feel the love and support. God is OH SO good. He gets all the credit. I am merely a tool.

Sending blessings and love to you all.
Muah! xoxo

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-11-14T18:22:00.001-08:00

Look what I found! About a month ago, I hung out with an old friend of mine. I ended up doodling the drawing on the left on a random piece of paper that I found, just because. My friend, being the competitive man he is, was like, "Maaan...that ain't nothin'. I could do that." He then sketched the doodle you see on the right. I was like, "Dude. What the heck is that?" He tried to say somethin' like it's a villain or somethin'...idk. He's a weirdo. Ha!

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-11-11T23:11:00.000-08:00

The other day, I was given super powers. In addition to saving little old ladies from burning buildings and flying in the night sky under a full moon with my cape, I drew this.

Late Nights Late Bites

2011-11-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

I call this "Please Don't Tell."
Believe it or not, this is a self portrait.

Late Nights Late Bites

2011-10-21T01:21:00.001-07:00

Here's a piece I did about a year ago (inspired by yours truly).
I remember I stayed up all night that night watching Finding Nemo and drawing nonstop.

Late Nights Late Bites

2011-09-20T02:21:00.000-07:00

What we feel is what you see. "A Dancer's Plight."

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-09-20T01:29:00.000-07:00

I call this one "OneLineOneLook." While listening to one of my lovely Youtube playlists, I created this masterpiece without lifting my pen once, hence, OneLine. What do you feel?

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-07-28T09:06:00.001-07:00

Sketch of my girl Gabriella Gala, the creator of the non-profit organization Project Share Love. World-changer, choreographer, dancer, artist, and singer, this woman is definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-07-28T09:02:00.001-07:00

Some of my most recent doodles of people sitting at Starbucks, commuting on the Orange Line during the Los Angeles 405-freeway shut down (aka: Carmageddon), my best friend as a career woman in her brand new registered nurse cap, and a couple of other randoms.

HAPPY BIRRRFDAY!

2011-07-18T10:24:00.001-07:00

Happy Monday folks! Today is my BEST FRIEND Rahnesha's BIRTHDAY and I couldn't be more happier for her. This is us (in outfits that we actually wore out once before) just flyer. She is truly my ride or die and I love her. We stay fly-y-y-y! I can't wait for tonight! :)

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-07-13T09:47:00.000-07:00

I call this: Don't Kiss Me "Goodbye." Kiss Me "See You Soon."

This is for anyone who has had to unexpectedly let go of someone they care about.

Summa Summa Summa Time

2011-07-12T04:37:00.000-07:00

Here is poster #2 of my summer series. It's called "I'M BEAMIN'." This is a pen sketch I did of myself while on a looong car ride. Hope ya liiiiiikes.

I know I've been laggin' on the posts, but that's because my summer has been the most AWESOME of AWESOMES and I haven't really had a chance to sit down and update. I've been OUT! (Poster #3 comin' soon.)

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-06-13T20:16:00.001-07:00

A friend of mine had a Facebook picture up and his features just captured me and I HAD TO draw him. :) I don't usually draw men so I thought this would be nice practice. I go to school with this guy and he's also an amazing artist! Everyone, meet Alex.

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-06-09T12:53:00.001-07:00

Beware of the BOOB monster!

I don't know what goes on in my head.

Summa Summa Summa Time

2011-05-27T17:00:00.001-07:00

Here's my first summer-inspired poster! The name of this is KICK BACK COOL OFF. I'm thinkin' I'm going to make a series of these. This actually started out as a sketch I did of me crossin' my legs wearin' my lovely chucks. If you have any ideas for a poster that you'd like, let me know. I'm a creating machine.

Sculpture for Animation!

2011-04-23T18:17:00.000-07:00

Hello All

In my last post, I uploaded my sketch ideas for a mask assignment that I had in my Sculpture for Animation class. Since then, I've come up with a more finalized sketched version of what I really wanted my mask to look like.

The official assignment/Project #1 was to create a Meta-Me Mask. The objective was to think about yourself, your characteristics (not just physical), create the mask/face/head of the character that would highlight, amplify, negate, or eliminate your specific qualities, and to use and TRANSFORM any materials.

Below I've included my more recent sketch and brainstorm of ideas & THE ACTUAL MASK thingy. :)

My brain farted on that paper.

INTRODUCING...SWEET LIPS! She's LOUD, smart, expressive, sweet, likable, opinionated, stylish, and BOLD! SHE's ME! You either LOVE HER or you HATE HER!

Materials used:
16 Fruit Roll Ups

About 25 Mini Tootsie Rolls

6 pairs of socks

A Von Dutch hat, courtesy of Adam :)

Water bottle

Clear Wrap

Crazy & Cement Glue

Cardboard

Duct tape

Toothpicks

Recess Is Over

2011-04-09T19:34:00.001-07:00

Above is a sketch of a mirrored image of my face.

I'm taking a class called Sculpture for Animation and the 1st assignment is to construct a mask OUT OF ANYTHING! The mask is supposed to resemble a part of my personality so, I want to make the whole front part of the mask A HUGE MOUTH because (those of you who know me, know that) I ALWAYS HAVE A LOT TO SAY! Above are a couple of sketches of my ideas for the mask. Tell me what you think? Suggestions?

Princess Power

2011-04-09T18:54:00.000-07:00

I saw Tangled the other day and I LOVED IT! Here's a QUICK lil sketch I did of Rapunzel today!

If you haven't seen the movie GO SEE IT! I Red Boxed it the other day. $1-a-day movies. I love Red Box!!!

Name-tag!

2011-04-09T18:35:00.000-07:00

Ayo World Wide Web!!!

So it's been a lil minute since I've posted anything.

Life has been wild! In a nutshell, I did some traveling. I made my way over to the ATL for a lil bit for dance and now I'm BACK in Cali Cali. School's back on and poppin'! Happy happy! Soooo here's a post of a lil doodle I did of my name. :) The perfect welcome back post!

Refrigerator Work

2011-03-08T17:54:00.000-08:00

The grade sheet for my typography project.

We had to choose a font and create an enlarged design including 27 typeface anatomy terms.

The font I chose was Old Style Garamond.

Before our instructor graded it, we posted our grade sheets beside our projects and the class went around and graded each others' work, marking it with a 1-5. 1 being the worst. 5 being the best. Shout out to my peers who gave me the high scores :) Thank you!

(Click on Images to Enlarge)

S.DotBerry

Refrigerator Work

2011-03-08T17:08:00.000-08:00

CHECK IT OUT!

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Me and my partner-in-typography-crime MADE THIS HAPPEN!

We had to research a type designer and present our information in front of the class via Powerpoint. Our designer's name was David Carson.

We asked ourselves, "what would be better than a boring Powerpoint presentation?"

GETTING DAVID CARSON TO ACTUALLY COME IN TO CLASS FOR AN INTERVIEW!

Well...since we couldn't get him...the next best thing to that would be to ACT like David Carson,

SO that's what we did.

Carlos played the role of Mr. Carson and I was the interviewer.

HAHAHA! We got everyone GOOD!!!

S.DotBerry

Gesture Drawing Homework: The Many Faces

2011-03-01T20:53:00.000-08:00

So, I had to create 3 self-portraits.

(Click Image to Enlarge)

Do you have a favorite?

S.dotBerry

Recess is Over

2011-03-01T20:28:00.000-08:00

Here's what I did in my gesture drawing class today.

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S.dotBerry

UPDATE!

2011-02-28T19:25:00.001-08:00

Talk to me! Talk to me! Talk to me! Baybaaaaaay!

(If you know the movie Goofy Movie, then you know what part of the movie that's from.)

HEY YA'LL! Soooooo...I just wanted to let ya'll know that I'm currently developing the logo and banner for Berry Artsy. Can you say, "HOLLA!!!" Anywho, keep stalking my art :) and you shall see it soon! Oh and btw, I like the stalking. Don't be ashamed. I'm a blog-stalker myself...and PROOOUD of it.

Before I bounce, I'd like to thank those of you who've been checkin' on my blog regularly. Mucho love-o. I appreciate it. Really I do. I feel the love through these world wide web wavelengths EVERY TIME I get a FB "like" or Twitter "RT" or an actual comment ON THE BLOG itself! (Shout out to Dom & G-dawg for their comments so far). Make sure to officially "FOLLOW" the blog (if you have a Blogger or Gmail account). If you don't have one, create one. :)

Until Next Time...

S.dotBerry

Quarters Past

2011-02-28T18:57:00.000-08:00

On this Monday, I've also decided to post some work from my past quarters at Ai.

These first three pieces are from my first quarter at Ai in my Color Theory class.

These two pieces below are from the quarter that just passed - Quarter 2.

This is a self-portrait. :)

Much Love
S.dotBerry

Recess is Over

2011-02-28T18:39:00.000-08:00

Happy Monday my cyber-folk! I hope your weekend was a beautiful one (despite the rain and hail that my Cali people had to endure). Today I've decided to post drawings from the past 2 weeks of my gesture drawing class. We normally get a new model every week. The drawings below are of two models total. Check 'em! :)

S.dotBerry

Squeaky Clean

2011-02-23T15:00:00.001-08:00

'Ello Mates *In my Australian accent* Hope you're having a happy hump day.
Right now I'm in my character design class on break. I just got done presenting my 3 characters - The Cali Valley Girls (earlier post).
[SideNote: I have the same character design instructor as my gesture drawing class the day before. So, with that being said, I showed her my 3 drawings yesterday and she told me to clean up the line quality before today (when the homework was due). On an extreme note, she wanted more of "The Incredibles" cleanliness, less of "Ed, Edd n Eddy." Lol! Because I had already completed all 3 she required that I just clean one of them; the "Dom" character. She chose Dom because of the pose.]
Fast-forward to today's class, I presented all three characters (with the modified Dom character). Here's the new Dom:

I modified the design in Adobe Illustrator.
What do you think? The original OR the modified STYLIZED version? Thoughts? Thanks :)
xoxoS.dotBerry

Etch-a-Sketch

2011-02-22T15:03:00.000-08:00

Right now I'm at school on break in my gesture drawing class so, I thought, "hey! I have time! Let me go post something!" Now here I am.

Okay...so...last night, I was on my way back home from school around midnight. I normally whip out my sketch book as I'm commuting home since I have a 45-minute commute. As I was settling myself on the bus, there was a man on the bus with a guitar who asked me if I was an artist. I told him yes (of course). Then he asked if I'd be able to draw him. I told him that I'd draw him right then and there and for him to act natural. This is what I did:

He was a cool guy. Very cool chill personality. :) His name was Albert.

As he was getting off at his stop, I overheard him tell another commuter on the bus, "Music saved my life." :)

S.dotBerry

Character Design Homework

2011-02-21T22:54:00.000-08:00

Soooo tonight I worked on my Character Design homework!

I had to create three stylized characters.

I was inspired by my two girls: Angie Marie and Dom...aaand myself. :)

I initially thought that if I were to create a cartoon on us, it'd be called "The Valley Girls," since we are all "technically" valley girls. Then I thought that "Cali Girls" would be a cute name as well. Soooo I'm in between both names.

Which title do you like better? And what do you think about the designs?

Let me know your thoughts!

xoxo Muah! S.dotBerry

The Beginning of the "Berry Artsy" Road

2011-02-21T22:47:00.000-08:00

Greeting Everyone!

I've created this blog to document the progress, projects, ideas, and endeavours of my career as a Berry artsy student at The Art Institute of California. Currently, I am in my 3rd quarter and am studying Media Arts & Animation. You'll get everything from portfolio-worthy work to doodles and sketches that probably won't ever leave my sketchbook.

My plan is to push this blog to its highest capacity in hopes of showing the world my growth as an artist, student, and just a plain ol' person. Thank you for checkin' in and I wish you much insight. Not only am I doing this for me, I am doing this in hopes that my journey can be that seed of inspiration for someone out there. With that being said, buckle-up and get ready for the ride!!! It's going to be bumpy!

This is going to be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. Thank you for your interest. One love.

xoxoS.dotBerry