Sunday, December 19, 2010

STICKER PACKS are back!


Sticker packs are now re-stocked at my store! If you have been wanting EL TORO stickers this is the best way to get some. I only made 19 to sell at my store so quantities are very limited. The packs come with at least 5 hand drawn stickers and 5 printed. The stickers are from new and old designs like the Jackalope-Toro, the "Summertime" t-shirt graphic for Abakus, The Hipster Toro, Plaid swatches and many more!

Get yours now at my shop!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Best thing I found on the internet today

Bell Biv Dafoe

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Fliks from "Sneakers" @ Vincent Michael Gallery


Painted a wall at the gallery for the show. The shoes on the wire definitely ties it all in.
Mike Die
Joey from Fresh Melt Water
 Idk who this is
 Forgot this girl's name. The box is made of resin and there are lil honey combs stuck on it. It was awesome. Definitely a great idea and all around great combo.
 Miss Saigon "Tiger"
 Dave Mass "Brains"
Hillary White's awesome installation. 

"Small Change" @ Steadfast Gallery


Steadfast Gallery is proud to present Chris of Robots Will Kill in his very own solo show, “Small Change.”, on Wednesday, December 15th from 8 to 11pm in Orlando, FL. I've known Chris since the first year I started getting into Sticker Art in 2003. He's been doing it much longer than any one else I've met and I haven't met any one else that's this dedicated to the world of Sticker Art. He sure knows how to load up an envelope full of great stickers! If you're in the area, please check out his stuff! 

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

"Sneakers" @ Vincent Michael Gallery 12/10/2010

Friday, December 10 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm

Here are the shoes I did for the show called "Good Times". Just remembering childhood and the careless fun times that went on. Got lucky in finding some awesome bright shoelaces thanks to my girlfriend for acquiring them. I also did a canvas and Elizabeth the gallery manager asked me to paint a wall. Which I was very happy to oblige. I really miss painting big and furthermore I miss having a constant supply of paint at my disposal. Hopefully new projects can happen and that would be fixed! Click read more to see a preview of the wall and the canvas that goes along with the shoe. 





Setting up at Masthead for "Public School"

Went to Masthead early to sign and number the prints for the show and help set up. JP is a mad scientist when it comes down to silk screening posters. He was a complete genius in executing the appropriate techniques to make this collaboration look awesome.   
Im a monster! 1 Color screen on Chip board.
4 Color screen print
For any inquiries about purchasing these posters, please email me at eltoro215@gmail.com

The dudes from Nom Now was also setting up.
Nom Now X No Division "Word Box"
Photo shoot


Tuesday, November 30, 2010

PUBLIC SCHOOL @ MASTHEAD 12/4/2010

Preview of the collaborative work between me and JP from No Division for Public School art show at Masthead. JP is a beast when it comes down to screen printing. So stoked on how awesome this preview came out. I cant wait to see the printed piece. Details below.

Saturday, December 4 · 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Masthead Print Studio
340 Brown Street
Philadelphia, PA
Facebook page here



Wednesday, November 24, 2010

3 year old finger paints TMNT Leonardo

Ok I give up, this kid is pure genious. Stippling fingerpaint at 3?!?! I gotta try finger painting EL TORO b/c this kid clearly knows what is hip and hot. Look at the pumpkin in the beginning. It has shading and everything. I think I started shading my stuff at like 8. Before that it was all flat colors.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Abakus Winter Collection

My favorite street wear store is dropping their big winter line this black Friday. 
From Abakus
"For our most complete season to date, we bring you the Abakus Line for Holiday 2010—a tribute to the United States armed forces. Our slogan for this line is Honor the Past and Support the Future. Every piece directly represents a branch made up of the brave men and women of the armed forces ranging from the Navy to the USMC. Our highlighted piece is a tribute to all of the stores that have made a huge impact on the Philadelphia streetwear scene in the past few years Afficial, Deep Sleep, Pedestrian, Made to Order, & WTHN. We honor the past and support the future."



abakus | winter trailer from will ngo on Vimeo.

Monday, November 22, 2010

EL MONSTRO!

New sticker in the works. Hoping to get some new stickers printed for sticker packs for Abakus

Sunday, November 21, 2010

EL TORO Sightings II

Here are some more DJ's wearing and supporting EL TORO T-shirts from Methods NYC. You can buy them online here.

Another Philadelphian that's producing some dope Dub Step.

Friday, November 19, 2010

EL TORO Sightings

Here are a few people who have worn EL TORO shirts
 This dude is clearly awesome cuz he's rockin' the "Summertime" Tee Collaboration I did with Abakus this past Summer. He tweeted this to me, I forgot his address though. If you're reading this, send it over.
 
Fellow Sticky Bandit Question Josh
I've been a fan of this guy for years and would always be excited to see him MC'ing a party I'm going to. It's definitely dope to see him rocking one of my tees.

Abakus presents Young Chris Listening Party!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

HipsToro

 Hipster check list
Mustache ✔
Thick wooden eye glass frames ✔
Bike cap ✔

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Price drops!

Massive price drop at my store right now. Up to $150 off some items. 
Screw the malls this year go buy original art! 

Follow me at @eltoro215 on twitter to hear about the most upcoming news and view my doodles.

Jackalope-Toro


Vectorized for a new sticker pack in development. Stay tuned!

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rally to Restore Sanity & To Restore Fear

Here are some photos from the John Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally in D.C. that happend Feb. 30th 2010. Good times, but it was a sea of people and couldn't hear or see a single thing. It was awesome still to be a part of it and also watch the halloween parade. I got so much more, but these are the select few that made it. Don't steal my pics with out linking back!

Want to see the rest of the crazy costumes and crowds? The rest of the photos are here.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Dutch Umbrella Preview

The guys at HAHA mag came over a few weeks ago to talk about the Dutch Umbrella project. Check it out!

HAHA Magazine: Dutch Umbrella Episode 4 from Geoff Morris on Vimeo.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Dutch Umbrella project

Haha Mag invited me to take part in a collaborative project with Dutch Umbrella. They have invited several local artists like fellow street artist NoseGo and the notorious knit bomber Jessie Hemmons from IshKnits.

I ended up painting 2 umbrellas. 1 is an outdoor scene and the other is purely decorational. Teaser pics will be posted soon. Thanks to Lily for picking up the umbrellas last night!

Teaser pic soon!

New Sucker Punch trailer!!!

Samurais, Hot chicks, Dragons, Gattling guns, Samurai swords and alot of explosions! How can you not love this movie already.

Spider Goats!



These are actually Alpine Ibex (Google/Wiki that) that's climbing the Cingino Dam in Italy because they are licking the salt deposits. Since they are herbivores, they are not getting enough salt in their daily diet so they climb the dam to lick! That shit is crazy.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Youtuuubbeezz

Got bored and decided to Youtube search EL TORO sticker and found some goodies.

I didn't know kids opened up packs and post youtube vids about them, pretty interesting.





Monday, November 1, 2010

Official Sticky Bandits stickers

Inspired by the 1998-2002 Label 228 editions.

Coming to your hood soon!

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Pog Maker

Man I wish I knew where mine is. I definitely rocked this when I was a kid and I still have my pog collection. I want to make some new EL TORO pogs. Somebody buy this for me!

Fainting Kittens

Made my day and yours too.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Das Racist - Who's that Brooown 8 Bit Goodness!


Das Racist - Who's That? Brooown! (Dir. by Thomas De Napoli) from Das Racist on Vimeo.


New artist I am currently diggin' This video is super awesome. Got tons of video game parodies like Zelda, Snake, Tetris and Double Dragon. Enjoy!

If you like that grab his mixtape here

Read about the release on the Mad Decent blog

Friday, October 22, 2010

Welcome back to Philly Bitches!

With the crucial Season 6 game righ around the corner I did a lil quick photoshop job to support the reds.

Werth, Howard & Utley VS Lindscum 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

"The Art of Basketball"


My fellow Sticky Bandit members Ticky & UnderWaterPirates are one of the featured artists in the Art of Basketball project curated by Billi Kid down in Miami this December.

Details:

 Photo by BilliKidBrand.
6ft x 3.5ft, mixed media on glass
"An explosive re-purposing of the iconic official NBA Game Basketball and Backboard as defined by some of today’s most celebrated graffiti and street artists.
Presented by Public Works Department
Curated by Billi Kid and James & Karla Murray
December 2—5, 2010
2048 NW Miami Court
Miami, FL 33127
Sponsored by the NBA to benefit NBA Cares, this Art Basel Miami Beach satellite fair will celebrate Urban culture’s love affair with the game of basketball. A select group of artists have been tapped to meticulously reinterpret the most powerful symbols of the game, the basketball and backboard.
Featuring Ahol Sniffs Glue, Atomik & Sand One, Billi Kid, Blanco, Celso, Cern, Chillski, Chris Stain, Cope2, Crome, Daniel Fila, Dash, David Cooper, Ewok One 5MH, Gaia, James and Karla Murray, Joe Iurato, J. Robles, Junk, Miguel Paredes, NohJColey, Peru Ana Ana Peru, Sero, Skewville, Shiro, Sofia Maldonado, The Dude Company, Ticky VS UWP, UR New York, Zame and 131 Projects."

Monday, October 18, 2010

Dia De Los Bandidos Video Re-Cap

For the people who couldn't go and wish they did. Here's a video on how it all went down with some bonus behind the scenes photos of us painting and getting ready for the show.  Sit back and enjoy the show!



Sticky Bandits presents "Dia De Los Bandidos" @ 1601 from Frost215 on Vimeo.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

I shot this! 3.0

New pictures to share.

Boats!
Studio time
eagle1
eagle2
lady & the tramp

Mmmm..Beeer (Racer X IPA)

Nuts to you


Thursday, October 7, 2010

Electric Mayhem


Sticky Bandits collaboration canvas "Electric Mayhem" theme.  
 EL TORO as Dr. Teeth.
UnderWaterPirates as Zoot
Ticky as Janice
Question Josh as Animal

Available here 

Monday, October 4, 2010

Mad Scientist


Mad Scientist, originally uploaded by ELTORO215 • SB.

18x24 Acrylic painting.

My favorite piece I created for the Dia De Los Bandidos show.

Message me for any inquiries about buying it.