Friends with Benefits - Collaboration paintings

Thanks to Josh for making the collaboration paintings all nice and cropped. Stole these from his blog. Original pics by Lemara. Hit up the jump for more paintings.

More paintings here

RUSKO AT WEBSTER HALL, NYC

Rusko is rocking my tee from Methods NYC while he performed at Webster Hall last weekend. Crazy how he picked my design out of the stock pile of shirts Methods has to offer. So excited that he picked mine and all the kids in the crowd were checking that shit out. Check out the rest of the fliks and videos from the event on the  Methods NYC Blog.

Transformers War for Cybertron

I LOVE that they used the old sounds from the G1 Cartoon and also that raspy voice for the intro. Classic G1 cartoon feel to the whole thing with bigger explosions and better animation. Also, noticed that Cybertron itself is a transformer, one scene when Optimus was riding to stop Starscream, the planet looked like it was transforming new roads. I am super stoked to see this come out. They haven't made a quality Transformer game ever! That ps2 game was ok cuz you could transform at will, but the game play got really old. I heard this 1 you can transform at will and you can also be a flying decepticon. That's gonna freakin rule! oh and 2 story modes 1 for Autobot and 1 for Decepticons. Obviously im gonna beat the Decepticons story line first.

Friends with Benefits video from opening night

I love the new HBO series "How to make in America". The intro song by Aloe Blacc is so appropriate and very contagious once you hear it. I had to do my own rendition and sync it to the pictures from the opening night. The series really inspires you to get your hustle on and go after your dream. I know its just a show, but it really hits home. The struggles getting to your goal just makes it getting there feels so much better. Thank you Lemara and Landon for providing the pics.


The Sticky Bandits presents "Friends With Benefits" from Frost215 on Vimeo.

The bodega

I set up a new store over at bigcartel for my prints. Killadelphia poster is now available for purchase!

THE SHOP KEEPS GROWING

New items are being added from the show every day! Be sure to check the blog and the store regularly to be the first to get your hands on the original art work.

Thank you for the sticker pack purchases, we are running extremely low. Don't wait, get yours now!

FWB shop now open!

Hey guys the FWB shop is open for business. We got the show print up for sale and the official sticker packs from the show. It's selling like hotcakes!

We have very limited quantities left on the sticker packs so order now before you miss out!

check the blog or direct to the store

Friends with Benefits show a huge success!

We lay out the all of the canvases on the floor before we hang to see the colors and how each piece interacts with one another once they are close. 

The main wall

Setting up

This is one of the fun and stressful time of the show. Laying a show out has always been a fun and stressful process. You always want to WOW the audience and also tell a story with the paintings. I love when you  capture their attention and they move on and then when they come back they appreciate something new that they missed. With 50+ canvases things got a lil hectic laying this show out.  Thanks to all the people who showed up and supported us. If you have any pictures from the show please email me at ELTORO215@gmail.com or if your on flickr add it to the group

Hit the jump for more

Killadelphia - Fight poster

Killadelphia - Fight poster, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

This print will be available for the first time to the people who go to the Friends with Benefits show this Saturday. Visit the blog

Also, you should become a fan on Facebook and follow me on twitter cuz i'll be posting ways to get you free EL TORO merch. Don't believe me? Follow me and reap the benefits! I will post the secret word the day of the show. Stay tuned!

Hint: If you go to the show knowing the secret word, you get a prize!

Facebook fan

Twitter

DUB STEP GOODIES

Here are some bad ass mixes via the Methods crew.

1. Borgore - Goresteps Most Hated  - Download here

2. DZ - Dub Step Exclusive Mix  - Download here

A Galactic Empire State of Mind

Jay Z + Star Wars = Awesome.

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Click for the lyrics

DUBS STEP ♥ EL TORO

N-Type rockin "Game Over" tee . Sample of his music

DJ Hype rockin the "Knock Out" tee

Thanks to Methods for always supporting and the giving my art the opportunity to be worn and seen by crowds I wouldn't normally be seen in. Thanks to the DJ's who love my shit enough to wear it while performing. If you are reading this, please send me an email I would love to send you some stickers.

Abztract Collective At Rogue Status, LA.

If you are in the LA area you should definitely hit up this show. Tons of great artists are showcasing at the event. I am not, but a few of my friends are like Chris Clark, Abe Lincoln Jr, Paper Monster and Robots Will Kill.

Video killed the radio star...

Recent videos around the interwebs

Wu Massacre (Meth, Rae, Ghost) video



If Saul Bass did the intro for Lost & Tron


Lost vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.



Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo.



Scott Pilgrim VS The World trailer

Girl balances 15 books while reciting pi to the 100th degree and solves a rubiks cube

Bruce Lee playing ping pong with nunchuks..yeh you read the correct

Real recognize real

When i was out putting flyers for the Friends with Benefits show this past Saturday, I was stopped by Lamara, a photographer/blogger from Uk studying abroad here in Temple. She stopped me as I was admiring a new Michael DeFeo sticker on Walnut st, along with so many other Philly street artists. We talked about graffiti and Philadelphia street culture and she taped the whole thing. I do got to apologize to Michael De Feo, since I credited Peter Fowler as being the Flower guy. With my mind thinking of good and precise answers for Lamara, I totally made the mistake of crediting the wrong dude. Peter Fowler kicks butt too! Michael De Feo was speaking at University of Penn last week and pasted a few of his iconic flower graphic.

Watch the video after the jump

Come to the show!

Come to the show!, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Friends with Benefits
Saturday, April 3, 2010
From 7 - 11
at Rarebreed
1624 S. Broad St, Philadelphia PA

After party a couple blocks down at 1601
10th and Tasker

Limited edition tees, stickers, prints, canvases and other great stuff will be available that night.

Thanks to Junobo, Sticky Ricks, Rarebreed and 1601 for sponsoring the event. Make sure you check out the blog for behind the scenes pictures and also to purchase artwork after the show is up.

I also posted a Google Maps street view on the show blog to any one that might be confused.

Occular Awesomeness® Part.2

Chicken Fried Steak with biscuits and a side of onion rings & mac n' cheese

Shrimp Po-Boy

@Honeys Sit n Eat in Northern Liberties

Barely made a dent on these and had to take them home.

Been looking at alot of Ice Cream truck graphics for inspiration.

Really feelin' that Radeo hand. That's how we do in Philly.

Stop Snitching

Hillary White solo show "Altar" at Jinxed

The detail on this is nuts.

Hillary White solo show "Altar" at Jinxed

The piece in the middle rotated clockwise.

Hillary White solo show "Altar" at Jinxed

My favorite one.

Hillary White solo show "Altar" at Jinxed

New-ish graphics

New-ish graphics, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Had some vectors from past projects a few that got made that's now tweaked and a few that just never saw the light of day. For some reason the reaper reminds me of mum-ra from Thundercats and I made EL TIGRE Cringer version. Gonna be printing these guys as stickers for sticker packs for the Friends with Benefits show in April 3rd.

Occular Awesomeness® Part.1

Occular Awesomeness® for the masses

Love getting stickers from my friends. Painting sessions always lead to some stickers and trading. More UnderWaterPirates pictures here. I love Junobo. Originated in Philly and truly one of a kind. Check them out, they are doing it big 2010.

Got to hang out with Goest at one of the collab sessions. 

Aaarrrggghh!! It's nice to draw something and your friends will just take their own spin on it. 

Made for a friend, trying to help him get a mark.

Before you ask that's called Diamond Plating Vinyl paper

Don't forget to check out the Friends with Benefits blog for some behind the scenes look from me and the other artists in the show.

Prints are still for sale at the store for people who want to purchase some affordable art work.

Blogger is freakin weird..sorry for the look of this post, cant figure out why it's changing colors on me.

Your late for tea!

Your late for tea!, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

This was so awesome to do and what better time than right now! I still have not seen the movie, but planning on seeing it some time next week in imax. I did not draw the teapot. Ticky did a bang up job on that. Im so lucky to have great artists to work with. We are all dedicated to our craft and what one person lack the other fills and we all compliment each other greatly. I think that's really what makes this work. All of our style are so different, but yet so harmonious together. Visit the Friends with Benefits blog for more behind the scenes look.

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

From here to there, and here to there, funny things are everywhere. Sneak preview of a canvas for the Friends with Benefits show this April 3rd at Rarebreed.

Click on the link to see some more behind the scenes from all the artist participating at the show.

Cold stone don't got this flavor!

melty..., originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Some melty goodness for ya'll. This is gonna be available for the Friends with Benefits show at Rarebreed. Also, we're gonna have a similar graphic available for the special edition tees for the show. This is gonna be a doozy!

Alice 2.0

Alice 2.0, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Met Goest for the first time at our 2nd paint session meet up with Bob, UWP and Ticky. Pretty cool dude and check out the crazy character! We're all in an Alice mood lately since we began the canvas and the movie is out today! I wanna see it so bad in imax.

COKE N CLAWS

Crazy Wolverine pic from the net

Paris Dub Step

Dave Gee from MethodsNYC just got back from Paris to spin some dub step and here's a 10min sneak peak of how he got down

14 Bolt is my homie

Man what a great package from my man on the west coast 14 Bolt. If you don't know about him I suggest lookin at his flickr page. This man does work! He's been in the game before I knew the game even existed! He took a hiatus and now he's back makin waves in the sticker art world. I met him once in LA and he is a fun loving lil spanish dude who is great to hang out with and always crackin' jokes. Check out this awesome pack from him. He included tons of his own vinyl, collabs and also a bunch of others from trades i think. Also, hooked it up wit a slick hand drawn and a west coast writer that i cant read, but i know he's gotta b older since the crews he represents have been established for a while.

More fliks of the pack here

We're all mad here....

Another sneak peek of a collaboration canvas for the Friends with Benefits show. We got tons more in store for this show. It'll be a blast. Be sure to mark it down your calendars for the first Saturday of April. Full flyer with info coming soon!

Nothing can kill the Grimace

Over 1 Million Stickers stuck..., originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Collaboration canvas with Underwater Pirates and Ticky for the Friends with Benefits show in April. I came up with this idea randomly one week and decided to try it out. I sketched out the Grimace Toro and gave it to the guys to get down on. Bob and Josh? still needs to get down on this and very excited to see how it looks.

So do you like the Grimace? Do you think he's adorable purple monster? Read to find out some new facts about the Grimace.

Read more about the Grimace

Sticker-philiacs

sticker sessions, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Sticker sessions at Ticky's house are always good times. Me, Bob, UWP & Ticky were all working on stuff for the Friends with Benefits show and UWP had this lying around. We got alot accomplished, but a butt load of work still needs to be done. Should be one hell of a show!

Q&A sessions...

Recently found out about QHUB and made a page where you can post sticker and street art related questions and I try to answer them. It's kinda like formspring, but way less pervy. Haha

Trying to educate and help younger artists with the questions everyone had starting out in the sticker obsession. Go ahead what do you wanna know? Visit stickers.qhub.com

Ice Cream creations

Ice Cream creations, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Doodled some ice cream versions for the flyer. Hopefully lay it out as a fun ice cream truck graphic. Maybe a free download too of an ice cream truck! maybe...

Friends with Beneftis

Friends with Beneftis, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Getting to do some fun melty ice cream font for the flyer graphic for the Friends with Benefits show in April.

Stand Out Stickers

You might notice the latest add on to the right of the blog. I am starting to put some quality companies I have found to help guide some people in the companies that I've used, heard about and trusted in the past. I get asked a lot about stickers and who to go for printing. So my first link up there is a company called StandOut Stickers. Josh? passed me the link first and then I found another posting on iamthetrend.com about them. I decided to take a further look and see what they are all about. See what I found out after the jump...

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Bus fight!

Grand dad standing up for himself and whoopin some ass

Custom Yoka Show at Black Maria Feb. 18

Stole this write up from Vinylpulse and the image flyer from ToysRevil blog. I was too lazy to type about it and they are so much better explaining. 


Curated by Sarah Jo Marks and Dov Kelemer of DKE Toys, the Custom Yoka Show which debuted at last year’s DesignerCon featured an army of over 200 customs ofadFunture’s 3” Yoka.  Now the show is moving onto its next milestone – the first gallery exhibition which opens @ Black Maria this Thursday, February 18th (7 – 10:30 PM).

Read more about the show...

Snow day! Yay!

Dreaming, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Started this a while back and finally had the right kind of paint and time to finish it. I love drawin ham hocks. They are so much fun.

Heartburn...

Heartburn..., originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

The annual Heart Show by Jinxed is coming up this Valentines day and this is my piece for it. I knew I wanted to do a woodburn since most of the submissions will be on the wooden hearts that were given out. I waited to long and missed out on that and had to get one from AC Moore instead. It's much thicker and provided a better surface for me to woodburn on. I'm super stoked on how it turned out. Should be a really awesome show, with over 100 artist listed as participating it will be a great show. The show will be at Jinxed which is located in the Piazza at Northern Liberties, 2.14.2010.

Check out more here

Hazardous Toro Ahead

Hazardous Toro ahead, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

"Don't forget your potholders, cuz your holding hot shit!" - MF DOOM

A new take on the bone versions of TORO i've drawn in the past. Ive been wanting to do that effect on the eyes for awhile on something and never had the right piece till now.

This is an 8x8 acrylic canvas. I got a gift card from my gf on my bday and finally got to splurge on some supplies at Utrecht and the following week I ended up getting more canvases at Blick. Ridiculous sales are happening since art kids are coming back in school. I picked up like 6 of these 8x8's. I think it'll look real neat once they are all hung up.

Sorry for the lack of updates lately, I just got NBA2k10 and that's occupying my time alot. hah

And thanks to Revok for putting me on to Die Antwoord from South Africa. Just watch and enjoi the jeenyus of Die Anterwood!

Taxijam presents Die Antwoord from taxijam on Vimeo.