WINTER IN SUMMER / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS / SUMMER 2019
Ice Blue Color Palettes.
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A,E,I,O,U & SOMETIMES Y / June 2019
Mural commissioned by the City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs. This was officially commemorated by Council Member Sergio Jimenez.
Location: Edenvale Branch Library | 101 Branham Lane East San José, CA 95111
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PRIMARIES / MIXED MEDIA / SPRING 2019
Explored Primary Monochrome Color Palettes. The Red piece is painted with Acrylic. The remaining two are Digitally made.
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FRISCO KIDS / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS / WINTER 2019
This Triptych features the same figure with different Abstract Shapes and Skin Tones applied.
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KID WITH YELLOW BEANIE / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION / WINTER 2019
Part of my ‘Halo’ Series of portraits that have transparent image bubbles overlapping them. This piece also mixes 8-Bit Pixel shapes with Classic Drawing.
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MOON FLOWER / PAINTING / SPRING 2018
Painting (6x6 Feet) for Kaiser Permanente Skyport location in San Jose, California.
POP & GRAY / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION / WINTER 2018
Color Palette mixing Gray and Pop Colors.
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BU & DEKYE / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION / WINTER 2018
Illustrations of my wife and daughter. The first two pieces are from photos I took of them during a trip to Kobe, Japan.
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BLACK & GRAY / DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION / WINTER 2018
Black and White illustrations. The technical application of these was inspired by 35 mm Black and White film Photography.
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POW WOW JAPAN II / MURAL AND PAINTING / FALL 2018
Mural and Painting for ‘Pow Wow!’ Japan. Part of ‘Pow Wow!’ Worldwide, an international Art event that invites groups of artists to participate and takes place in various cities. This event was a tour that brought us through the cities of Osaka, Kobe, and Okayama. The Mural was done in collaboration with Japanese artist, Kami.
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HOPE / MURALS / FALL 2018
Part of a Series of murals for the office of Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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CALL FOR PORTRAITS / GRAPHITE DRAWINGS / WINTER 2018
These portraits were a contest I created on Social Media where followers of mine could get their portrait drawn in my style. These were some of the winners.
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PEACE / MURALS / FALL 2018
Mural for De Anza College in Cupertino, California.
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FUUUUCHILA / SPRING 2018
Commission and collaboration with artist Ruben Dario, creator of Fuchila air fresheners.
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IRIS APFEL / WINTER 2018
Portrait of Iris Apfel.
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XOCHITL / MURAL / SUMMER 2017
Mural in Los Angeles that I call 'Xochitl', the word for flower in Nauhatl (Aztec language). It is located on the corner of Commonwealth Av. & 6th Street in Koreatown. I will let you process the image on your own but will point out some hidden cues, there are two vague symbols throughout her face. In her neck area, the image for Xochitl or Flower, and in the center of her face, the Korean character for that same word.
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HERE & THERE / MURAL / SUMMER 2017
Mural in Northside San Jose’s Japantown neighborhood. The mural was a dedication to my hometown and the portraits feature mine and my friend’s daughters.
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TYPEFACES: CARAS DE LA MISION / PAINTINGS / SUMMER 2017
Words From Acción Latina:
With his new exhibition Typefaces: Caras De La Misión, San Jose-based visual artist and graphic designer Samuel Rodriguez depicts the unique cultural landscape of the Mission District via observations of people, their distinctive features and their surrounding environment. This exhibit is part of an ongoing portrait series called “Typefaces” which examines social and cultural hybridity through sampling and remixing visual cues that we use to process identity in faces, typography, fashion, and architecture. Caras de La Misión includes familiar neighborhood faces—both past and present—with tones reminiscent of the ‘80s and ‘90s-era Bay Area, and is dedicated to the resilient community of the Mission District. At a time of rapid gentrification and displacement, Caras de La Misión helps to forge a cultural bridge across the Bay Area, establishing a creative dialog between Latino communities in San Francisco and San Jose.
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STUDIO WORK / PAINTINGS / SPRING 2017
The painting on the left was one of my first works mixing 8-Bit Pixel shapes with Classic Rendering.
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DECEMBER BLUE / PAINTINGS / WINTER 2016
Studio work from winter 2016.
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DOÑA MAYFAIR / MURAL / WINTER 2016
Mural for School of Music and Art at the Mexican Heritage Plaza in San Jose, California. This was created for East Side San Jose’s Mayfair neighborhood which is the same place that civil rights activist Cesar Chavez resided.
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POW WOW JAPAN I / MURAL / FALL 2016
Mural and Painting for ‘Pow Wow!’ Japan. Part of ‘Pow Wow!’ Worldwide, an international Art event that invites groups of artists to participate and takes place in various cities. This was painted in Kobe, Japan.
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