The Autumn Society presents: "The 90's show" Now with pictures!

Here's one of my favorite pieces from the 90's show at Brave New Worlds. Aaaah Real Monsters had great character designs. The story though was meh... Here's the intro. Click on the link below to check out the rest.

Click here to see all my photos!

THUNDERCATS...HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I love that im in my late 20's and get to relive my child hood still. The newest installation to remaking 80's franchise are the Thundercats. The new series will be dropping 2011.

From the article I read on mtv.com
" According to the studio, the new series will appeal to both longtime fans and newcomers to the universe of Lion-O and his Thunderan brethren.
Calling it "a sweeping tale combining swords and science and boasting ferocious battles with the highest of stakes," the studio offered some hints about what the new "Thundercats" series will involve, including "the grand origin story of Prince Lion-O’s ascension to the throne – and of those who would thwart his destiny at any cost."
For the project, WBA will collaborate with noted Japanese animation Studio4°C (“The Animatrix,” “Gotham Knights”), who will update the characters' look for the series.
"Thundercats" will be executive produced by Sam Register (“Teen Titans,” “Ben 10,” “Batman: The Brave and the Bold”), with Michael Jelenic (“Batman: The Brave and the Bold,” “Wonder Woman”) and Ethan Spaulding (“Avatar: The Last Airbender”) as producers. "

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!

New movie in the works. It's a 7min trailer with a fight scene in the middle. This move looks very promising. I remember geeking out the first time the movie came out even though it had the freakin Highlander as Raiden. Wat is up with hollywood casting non-asian actors for asian characters. I think their was one middle eastern guy in Prince of Persia. Oh and it has Black Dynamite as Jack, an obvious WIN.

Sketches

I sketch constantly. Alot of times its really rough, but some can be more detailed. I only get a quick glimpse of it in my head and if I don't sketch it quick enough I loose it. That's very annoying. Also, some just stay in my head until I fart it out of my hands. Its weird like that. Click on the jump to see the rest of them.

Take me to the sketches!

Rarebreed presents: Incase of Emergency

Friday June 11th come out for the release of the IN CASE OF EMERGENCY t-shirt pack from the NODIVISION DESIGN SYNDICATE and RAREBREED.



Only 30 available! The pack includes a high quality 2-color t-shirt (in silver and orange variants), collectors box, and stickers. There will also be an array of prints from all three members of NODIVISION on display and for sale. (small prints $5 large ones $10)



In the upstairs lounge at Vesuvios' Bar and Restaurant (736 S. 8th St., Philly) in the Italian Market area. Starts at 8PM. Music by KLIPMODE

EL BODEGA UPDATE

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Took down the prints and put some artwork and buttons for sale.
Button packs are extremely limited, if you've been wanting a sticker from me and can't wait, this is your best option right now.

Each order you get a personalize sketch from me and definitely stickers from me and the rest of the sticky bandits. (limited time only)

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MMMM....FOOOOD

I love food. My gf got me into taking photos of food and now I can't stop. Check out the jump for the rest of the food glamour shots. 

Take me to the food!

PATTERNS

Fabric store patterns

Check out these stacks

Toy Cam shots

Hey look at me I got a toy camera and I like to take artsy pictures haha If you wanna see the rest check out the jump.

Check the rest out here!

The Autumn Society presents: "The 90's show"

The flyer

"Calvin and Toro" sketch

Here's a sketch for my piece in "The 90's show" organized by The Autumn Society at Brave New Worlds entitled "The 90's Show". You can see more of the other submissions at the Autumn Society blog.  For the final piece click on the jump!

Take me to the final piece! Check it out here!

Shattered building

Occular Awesomeness® Part.3

Part 3 of the Occular Awesomeness series. I wanted to share few random shots i've taken in the last few months.

My buddy Jimmy got a cast on his arm so he asked me to help decorate it.

This was just too good.

I cant believe these are getting banned from school!?

Weekend of good times. Beers, cornhole and washers. Hooked up my buddy Andrew's cornhole game with custom painted New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox logos. Sorry for your red garage homie!

 MF TORO stickers circa 2004.

Right by da beach! Boyeee!

BITCHES GET STITCHES

Abakus Takeout is releasing a limited tee today! Grab yours before they sell out.

" We are all familiar with the era of the “Broad St. Bullies”. They changed the way hockey was played and viewed. Well in homage to the Flyers Stanley Cup runs of the past and present we are releasing this t-shirt today at 12:00pm . Filled with great hair styles, missing teeth, playoff mustaches, and early goalie mask inspired stitches. Get yours today before the series starts or you might get bullied if you don’t.
Available for men and women. "

TIGRETOROCORNIO

The elusive TigreToroCornio (Tiger-EL TORO-Unicron) has been spotted relaxing. 

This is a WIP for my show at Abakus this July 10. I will be posting details here as soon as I get them.

For more WIP pics of what's going in the show please visit the new Sticky Bandits site. You will be able to get up to date information on shows that the crew are involved in and other shenanigans we get into. 

EL TORO X METHODS NCY SUMMER 2010

 The arrival is here! For this summer collaboration tee with Methods NYC I went with a Mecha-Toro rampaging the streets. I love big robots when I was a kid from Voltez V, Mazinger Z, Ultraman (i know not a robot), Big-O and Volron. Methods did a bang up job in the printing for this tee.
Also, this is the first appearance of the lil' kid side kick/friend of EL TORO. He made an appearance on the skate deck for the Deck Heads show, but technically I drew him up first for this tee.

This is my favorite shirt out of the line up. The pink and gold on the black tee is killer. Also, that pig graphic is dope as hell. For the rest of the fliks and to see the full Summer 2010 line up click to read more below.  Oh and the lack of updates can be blamed on Skate 3 and Red Dead Redemption.

Check out the full design after the jump.

Question Josh has a store!

Question Josh now has a big cartel with awesome art. Go to it and buy something!

ABAKUS TAKEOUT 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Last Sunday my good friends at Abakus celebrated their 2 year anniversary. It's really nice to see that with the economy slumping and every one saying we're in a recession, the great still succeed and float on top. I remember 3 years back sooo many street wear shops in Philly. You had your choices on where to cop the new shit, but u know what? No one held it down like what Abakus is doing now. Respect the game fellas.

For their 2nd year party they released a limited edition collaboration with Crooks N Castles. Mixing the iconic Crooks n Castle Medusa head with Abakus' takeout boxes. 30 white tees & 30 black tees. The black ones sold out in like an hour and the white ones quickly followed. They also had new snap back hats that they collaborated with Philly's own Mitchell and Ness. Sorry for the lack of pics on these products. You can kinda see it in the video below.

Video via Abakus' blog. For my pics of the show, click on the link below.
ABAKUS TAKEOUT II YEAR from abakustakeout on Vimeo.

Click here to see my pictures

DECK HEADS SHOW @ EXIT PHILADELPHIA MAY 7, 2010

Rolled out to the show with my friend Jimmy to the Exit Philadelphia "Deck Heads" show last Friday and here are some fliks from the night. Hit up the link below to check out the fliks from the night.

Take me to the pictures!

Abakus 2 Year Invite

Limited edition Mitchell & Ness snap back hats & a collaborative tee with Crooks n Castles are available for the first time at the 2 year anniversary party. Check out their blog for some preview of what will be available and also they update the blog regularly with new sneakers that are available at the store.

3rd Annual Deck Heads Show @ Exit Philadelphia

Here's the flyer for the Deck Heads show @ Exit Philadelphia. My piece is called Separation Anxiety.

For pictures of my submission and to find out more about the show, read more here.

Saturday Hustle

I went and documented what my last Saturday consisted of. Just wanted to share a Day in the life.. sorta way. Check out the full post after the jump, it has tons of fliks and blurbs.

Check out the rest of this post here

BROOKLYN GRAFFITI

Here are some Brooklyn, NYC graffiti in my photo archives I wanted to share.  Check out the rest of the fliks after the jump.


Check out the rest here

The Whorington

The interview I did for Lemara's "Philadelphia People" was posted at another UK blog called the Whorington. They blog about fashion, art and UK stuff. Im excited about some UK love. If you are an international reader and wants to support EL TORO by getting some stickers, please email me. I'd love to get some stickers out internationally. 

Big up's to Lemara for blowin up and also thanks for making me your first episode! 

Check it out here if you haven't seen it yet. Video interview.

Painted Philly interview

Erica sent me an email a week or so back for the interview on her blog Painted Philly. She has done other interviews with other artists like UWP and Ticky. Thanks to Erica and her editing skills cuz i know i rant alot on certain topics.  So if you're curious on my feelings on street art and find out more info on the beast known as EL TORO, definitely read the interview here. 

Oh and sorry for the lack of updates, hit up the twitter if your wondering what the hell i've been doin instead of not updating the blog. All i can say for now is that, this new project is bigger than what i expected, but would be awesome if we can pull it off. Stay tuned for more details as i try and figure shit out. 

Playhouse!

When I was still in the Philippines, my mom would tape Saturday morning cartoons in the United States and would ship them to me to watch. So I was lucky enough to experience Pee Wee's playhouse as a kid growing up. I always thought he had the best characters in the show. I got my girlfriend 2 of the box sets that has like 7 seasons in total. She also has some of the original playhouse toys. This was totally her idea to do a Pee Wee inspired canvas. This was a late addition to the FWB show, that's why Josh is not in this collab.

Peewee's playhouse inspired collab canvas. Now available at the shop

The Invasion Begins!

The Invasion Begins!, originally uploaded by ELTORO215.

Methods NYC just dropped their new Summer Line sheet. Here's the graphic I designed for the summer line up.

Go check out the rest of the collection and an interview with the 2 dopest Dub Step djs DZ and Boregore. I uploaded a mixtape a few posts back. Get it!

Oh and Skate3 demo just released on PS3...just sayin you may not see me for a while cuz of this and even more so after its released.

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!

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