ASLAN EXPO ON THE HORIZON

On June 10th my boy ASLAN will be showing off his sick twisted artisitc mind in Puerto Rico.

PLANETA ASLAN will consist of crazy sculptures, paintings and custom toys, all with the unique ASLAN styling, there will also be live music and a few surprises. I will be making my way down from NYC to show my support and for the good times. Please join me @ EXECUTIVE MANOLO in Santurce Puerto Rico for an unforgettable night. Also i was honored to be asked to put together the flyer, poster and shirts for the EXPO.........hope to see you all there.


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"DOES" arrives @ NYC...

There are a few artists around the world that inspire me to do what i do and push me to new levels of creativity, technique and of course stylistic flare....    Among these artist is one of my favorite graffiti writers DOES from the Netherlands. Does formed the LOVELETTERS CREW in 2006 and i must say it is one of the dopest graf crews in the world in my opinion...

I found Does a few years back while browsing the work of my favorite artist and late legendary graffiti writer DARE. Dare has been my biggest inspiration and mentor even though we never met. It was a great shock to me when he died since i always envisioned meeting him one day. Dare was one of the elite members of the LOVELETTERS CREW.

Since the death of DARE i made it a goal to work harder to achieve my goals and also to try meet and own a piece of art from each one of the artist that i admire and inspire me.

I contacted one of these artists (DOES) a few weeks back with the hopes of buying one of his canvases...........it arrived @ NYC yesterday and i wanted to share the moment with all of you.

Below are images of what i received.

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Bustin Loose in Brooklyn Pt.2

For 3 weeks now i have been slowly but surely painting away and customizing this new longboard i picked up from the guys at Bustin Boards in Brooklyn. I have taken off the initial transfer tape,  re-sketched my drawing straight onto the board and have spraypainted some nice textures and a few hand painted details. Its been a long and tedious process, but i am super happy with the results so far.

Hope you guys enjoy what you see....feel free to drop any comments and stay tuned for the next stage Pt.3 of "Bustin Loose in Brooklyn"

FIRST STEP IS TO MASK OUT THE SIDEWALK.

HERE IS THE RESULT OF USING BLACK, GRAY AND WHITE SPRAY PAINT AT VERY LOW PRESSURE

AND NOW I MASK THE LETTERS TO THEN PAINT THE BRICK BACKGROUND USING SAME TECHNIQUE AS THE SIDEWALK....THIS TIME USING ORANGE, RASBERRY AND A LIGHT SKINTONE COLOR SPRAY PAINT.

And there we have it. After multiple masks i have achieved the textures i hoped for. Now its time to pull it all together by adding some brick detail and filling in the milkcrate and spray paint cans........

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Bustin Loose in Brooklyn

Yo yo,

Whats cooking my people... I am extremely excited about this new project.

To make a long story short... i stumbled across this shop in Brooklyn called Bustin Boards, they are the makers of Brooklyn's own longboard skateboard decks.

Funny enough i had been looking to buy one of these longboard decks for a few months now but did not know of this Brooklyn based Company... Of course me being and artists my first plan of action was to convince the guys at the shop to sell me a blank board for me to customize. Needless to say the guys over at the shop are awesome!! and after testing out a few of their set-ups i decided on the STRIKE a 38" deck made to tackle anything the streets have to offer. I urge anybody whether your into skateboarding or snowboarding or just want to try a new sport to check these guys out....they are located at 340 Grand St. Brooklyn, NY.

I will be customizing the board and documenting the process to show all of you. It will be a long process but well worth it.....the theme will be graffiti in Brooklyn.

Below are some images of Bustin Boards Shop and the first images of the process for my custom deck creation.


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Inside the Shop

Special Edition decks made for the locals.

LET THE CUSTOMIZING BEGIN

The first task was to mask the board so that i could sketch freely.

Good thing i had this large roll of transfer masking tape..........

Now that i have my top image...its time to cut out the stencil.

Testing placement.

Ok the design is taking shape.....here is the sketch.

 Now that the design is done its time to start cutting and spray painting the background before laying down the details. Stay tuned for my next post....Pt.2 of Bustin Loose in Brooklyn.