Sketckbook

Direct from my sketchbook...

New self-portrait

"Digital Self-Portrait 2009"

Everyday Things

"Flashdrive"
This is where I store stuff.

"Hotel Room"
This was at an hotel I stood at for a night about a month ago. I was so tired when I got to my room that I rested and sketched...

"Webcam"
A gift...

Self-Portrait

"Me" | Acrylic on paper 2009

Something from the summer

Above is a quick sketch I did of a local steak house I was at last spring. The table was real crowded.




Above is another version of the Lucky 7 Market that I did a few months back. A really quick sketch done in black and red ink.

Fonts

I been playing around with creating my own fonts. This is my first attempt.

The New Yorker with an East LA twist

"Paletas 2" | Albert Ramirez III (c) 2009

Playing with watercolors

URBAN DICTIONARY

1. beasty 80 up, 7 down love it hate it

1.someone who owns up in something or extremely good at something
1.damn hes a beasty athlete

2.hes so beasty that he could play in the NBA
get this def on a mug Mug
sweet strong beefcake weak pansy
by mafferlocker Aug 20, 2006 share this
2. Beasty 66 up, 23 down love it hate it

When Something is cool and kick ass.
DAAAAMN nigga! That new leather jacket looks fucking beasty.
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by I forget Dec 8, 2004 share this
3. beasty 26 up, 19 down love it hate it

To act hard or hardcore, like you about to knock somebody out.

Boy: "Damn girl, you got a fat ass"

Girl: "Shut the fuck up!"

Boy's Friends: "Ooh she gettin beasty on a you, boy!"
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mad hard beastmode beastie bold
by Genis Apr 21, 2006 share this

Whittier BLV

Sorry I just relized that I did not post Part 1 of this series. Here it is;


Part 1


Part 2


Just a quick sketch I did in the morning.

Day of The Dead

So this is a little filtered. I could not get the colors right. Just if your wondering the background in red and black feathered. Almost all the rest of the colors match. I might summit this one to a gallery. Still deciding.

These are just a couple of things from my personal collection.

"Wicked Woman"

This is a sketch I had done years ago. I just revised it via Odosketch.

"Paletas" Summer time in East L.A. | Albert Ramirez III (C)

"Old San Juan, P.R." 2009 | Albert Ramirez III

This is a quick 30 minute thing I did. It did not save, oh-wow. But I screen shot it before.

Check out my edits that didn't save!

All star line-up of my Odosketch digital sketchbook

I had a vision. I started to paint it. I finished it. A week later I ruined it. Fin.

Newest creation

"TapeHeart" 2009, Illustration for a upcoming project

Something new, Something old

"Parakeet" 2009, SOLD"Knight Owl" 2009, SOLD
"Luck 7 Market" 2009, Personal Collection
Left, "8=<3" 2009, Personal, "Growth-y-Amor" 2009, Gift
Both are part of a on going project. My book of hearts!
"Brooklyn" 2009, personal collection
"Vintage Book Project" 2009
"Barrio" 2009, I really been here.

'FISHMAN'

This 'FISHMAN' character was loosely inspired by a old TV show I saw a few weeks ago.

I saw the front cover of 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre II' and this what came about

I call this one "TEXAS"

Here is a glimpse into my sketch book

Just paying homage to Diego Rivera. Don't know if this sketch does any justice.

There are some confused cupcakes in this one.

I was trying to capture a vintage feel with this.

Hello

To everyone I passed this site unto,

Sorry for the lack of updates all summer. I been lacking the creativity to maintain a site like this. The upside is, the last few weeks I been working a lot on my person art. So soon like in the next few days I'll be posting some stuff on here. Hope everyone's summer is going good. I'll be back soon.

-Albert

"THAR SHE BLOWS!"

I was just playing with a vintage book with this piece.

New Yorker....

This is a real great vid I lifted from Juxtapoz.com

So well I'm on the subject of Juxtapoz...Check out this great tee by "SKINNER"

Bob Dylan Rocks

Sometimes I flip through a magazine or a newspaper and clearly see that the writer does not know their story. They might google it or have a basic under-standing of the subject matter, but does not have a common connection with the subject matter. Yes there are deadlines and the editor might hand something over to the writer that is alien to them. But after than it is the writer's responsibility to do the research and get to know the culture and environment that he/she is writing about. It is not going above and beyond, it is just being a good writer.

I'm not a big fan of music reviews and I rarely listen to Bob Dylan, but I have to agree with Dylan on this. The interview speaks for itself.

-AR3

David Ellis

Hopewell (2008) from David Ellis on Vimeo.


Never throw out your old VINYL......

-AR3

Sussie the little blue car---THE ORIGINAL 'CARS'

So this is not my artwork....BUT I might pay homage to this cartoon soon and replace this video with the sketch. This was by far one of my favorite cartoons as a kid. Maybe the reason I still enjoy a cartoon every now and than.

**UPDATE** I just did a real quick sketch.

-AR3

Carnivor

2HEADED PIG- Refers to the many times
I saw the pig head being used as an logo or icon.















HANGING PIG- This refers to the constant
push to sell pork for way less than beef.


____________________________________________________________________

I sketched these two after a three year period of working at a meat market. I would constantly see the faces of people when I was cutting meat. Especially with children. There was always a shock value behind animal flesh being cut or sawed. I guess it was a surreal sound, almost like the animal was being slaughtered on-the-spot. Almost everyday in the winter and fall people would come in wanting pig feet cut into small 1 inch square pieces.

There was also a fascination with ham, so much that the meat market would go through 10 pounds a day sometimes. Countless hours of cutting pork and the constant usage of a pig as a icon or logo for meat manufactures inspired these drawings. Hope not to offend any vegetarians or vegans out there. As for the "Live Free" and "Eat Pork" lettering on the first sketch, "Live Free" refers to a gallery I had plans in opening one day. Well the "Eat Pork" refers to how brainwash people were by the lower prices of pork meat and the constant image of the pig being feed to them. That is just my opinion from working behind the counter for more than two years.

-AR3

El Pato - Tomato Sauce

This sketch was from the series of my previous entry. It is a close up of the duck on the can of El Pato tomato sauce. As a kid and even as an adult I sometimes put Mexican style tomato sauce on my food. The taste is better than any Taco Bell hot sauce packet could ever give you. I learned this year that the tomato vegetable is from Mesoamerica. Mesoamerica was the native ground of great civilizations like the Maya, Olmec and Aztecs. Today the tomato is rich in Latin culture and is used in everything from rice to baked dises like enchiladas. Just thought I share that with everyone.

-AR3

Above the heart of East Los Angeles

This piece was done in the fall of 2003. I was at an local community art center(Self Help Graphics and Art). As everyone else that I was with including me noticed the incredible sunset that day, some people took pictures, I decided to sketch it. The view was great, overlooking Downtown L.A. from a distance and a clutter of barrios with hundreds of homes. The original sketch had no color. Until yesterday when I was going through old stuff and found it, I quickly uploaded the sketch into my computer and digitally colored it. I found several more and did the same, maybe I'll post some more soon.

-AR3

My elementary

So this is a rendering of my elementary I talked about in my first post. My class was right above the entrance, right across is the liquor store.

First post!!!

So this is a new thing for me, as far as blogging and stuff but I want to break away from the norm and start sharing my art and thoughts with anyone who visits this site starting with my header.

LUCKY 7 MARKET is near my house. As a child I attended the elementary across from there and remember it was the one of the first and last thing I seen everyday.

Well that's all for now. -AR3