Bic Buddys Unveiled

Click Here to Peep it on Vinyl Pulse

BIC Buddy's are now official , Peep the first 3 designs unveiled now up on VP with designs by Graffiti Legend COPE2, the homie Kano, and yours truly. The series is looking mad fresh If I say so myself big props to my homie MARKA27

Fear no art 3 (BOSTON)

New art show opening this weekend

They had me up as a featured artist yesterday peep the blog here.





Fear no Art 3 opens this weekend in Boston, MA.

Here's all the info

FEAR NO ART 3 is an exhibition of original, versatile, and culturally diverse art—featuring prolific artists whose influences range from contemporary, pop, low brow, graffiti, and street art forms. Curated by Marka27 & NineRevolutions...

FEAR NO ART is dedicated to promoting and exposing underground art forms to a larger audience by bringing together some of today’s best artists from Boston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco! Check out the artist line-up!!

Boston:: Enamel Kingdom. Margaret Singer. Kenji Nakayama. Massiel Grullon. NineRevolutions. Sarah Laws "FunCupcake". Frantz Cadet. Deme5. Problak. Kwest. Marka27
New York:: COPE2. Lichiban. Pen Tha Black Krayon
Los Angeles:: David Flores. Kofie. Sherm. Werc Alvarez
San Francisco:: Jesse Hernandez

MUSIC BY:: DJ's Gucci-Vuitton & T-wreXX

Sunday, June 21st
Private Showing:: 4 - 6pm
Public Opening:: 6 - 11pm

Venue Info
The Achilles Project
283 Summer St.
Boston, MA
ph: (617) 423-2257
www.achilles-project.com

Thought Processor Show tonight at Super 7

Come thru and peep the cardboard skills, of a few of your favorite Bay area artists as they grace the first SF wave of PFOM member Phonetic Control's Thought Processor


My Piece for the Show "MICTLAN" you've seen this character in some of my previous work. Thought he'd be a cool match for this toy.

"Berkeley to Beijing" with cover art by Jesse Hernandez

At long last the new book, "Berkeley to Beijing" written by my cousin Karen Kendall has debuted. She had me do the cover illustration years ago in 2004/2005 and am so happy to see it all finally come together. It turned out amazing, It's available all online at Amazon.com Barnes and Noble.com Iuniverse.com or you can get signed copies HERE

In 1973, twelve-year-old Karen Boutilier was invited by Shirley MacLaine to become the youngest member of the First American Women’s Friendship Delegation to China. The delegation consisted of eleven women, a four-woman film crew and Karen. The resulting Oscar nominated documentary, “The Other Half of the Sky: a China Memoir” aired in 1975. This extraordinary life altering experience was preceded by a most unusual childhood.

She lived, breathed, and experienced history in a way that exposed her to amazing, fascinating, and sometimes frightening situations. She was a preacher’s kid raised during the sixties. But, her father was not the stereotypical minister.

Karen had grown up living in communal strike houses, walking United Farm Worker picket lines, working on political campaigns, surviving the violence of Washington, D.C. and the Poor People’s Campaign, as well as attending marches and protest rallies for civil rights and the anti-war movement. While other kids drew in coloring books, she made picket signs. While other kids played with dolls, she took care of her brothers and sister. While other kids reveled in the innocence of childhood, she obsessively worried about the social and political problems of the day.

The stories in Berkeley to Beijing will lead you on an amazing journey through a remarkable and exciting childhood.

Congratulations Karen!!!

It came from Skullbrain Show Tonight

Come peep this show at Super7 tonight, for some Custom Kaiju Goodness!

Ozomahtli - Hernandez Original Toy and interview up on Vinyl Pulse

Here's the Link
http://www.vinylpulse.com/2009/03/proto-monday-jesse-hernandezs-ozomatli.html

Here's the Interview

Your work is deeply rooted in ancient cultures such as Aztec and Mayan -- does Ozomathli come from one specific culture or is it a mix? How do you approach the balance between cultural accuracy and compelling toy design ?

Ozomahtli literally means "Monkey" in Nahuatl the language of the Aztec people. My work generally reflects the Aztec culture, but I'm definitely influenced by the Mayan as well. I try to make art that will spread knowledge, and also inspire other people, in much the same way as my canvas work.

Ozomathli makes its own way with a seated pose. Did you make this choice to convey the sense of regality ? Was he seated from the jump -- throughout the design process ?

Yes as you can see in the original design he has always been sitting. I think the crown gives him a lot of regality, and also puts fear in any potential enemies. I wanted to put him in an original pose that was natural for a monkey.

While you've done several platform toys (FLCL Canti, Kaniza, and Dunny), this will be your first original vinyl figure. Making that jump is a considerable challenge -- did you consider resin as an alternative to relying on a company to do vinyl ?

I'm very excited to finally have my first original vinyl piece come out. It's been a long time coming. I've had deals with a lot of companies that fell through the cracks, for various reasons over the last 4 years or so. No I never considered resin for this design, but am looking into doing some short run resins in the near future, so keep an eye out.

[We'd like to congratulate Jesse on Ozomahtli and thank him for slogging through the interview in the wee hours of the morning!]

Vinyl Addiction - Officially drops today

What up everyone I'm very excited to announce "Vinyl Addiction" the new TV show I've been workin on for over a year now for MYXtv. This is the first segment to introduce the show to everyone featuring an interview with "Minigods" creator and insanely talented artist Marka27. Don't forget to check out the website vinyladdiction.tv we have 2 other exclusive interviews from the first episode with Biddies creator Roy Miles, and legendary DJ and art collector Linkin Park's own Joe Hahn.

Vinyl addiction is a behind the scenes in depth view of the Designer toy world, with information packed Artist interviews , Art shows, profiles of our favorite stores, and a sneak peak into the Art collections of some well known celebrities you may not have known were hard core Art collectors.

We’ve got interviews coming up with the likes of Greg Craola Simkins, Marka27, Huck Gee, Frank Kozik, Brian Flynn, Gallery 1988, Munky King, MAD, Kano, DJ Qbert, Joe Hahn, and many more.

I hope you enjoy the show, feel free to let us know what you think.

Any companies interested in sponsoring the show or advertising on air give us a shout or if you have something you’d like featured feel free to contact me at immortalstudios@hotmail.com

Peace,
Jesse

Don't forget to peep the link on VinylPulse!
http://www.vinylpulse.com/2009/03/vinyl-addiction-designer-toys-on-tv.html