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Art of Fashion- Pop up art show

2012-02-03T07:49:00.000-08:00

Below are images from the art event that i was lucky to be apart of. I received lots of good feedback about my artwork which is what i really after. It was a great experience can't wait to be apart of another event.

All of the images below are from John Mcmullen (the creator/ producer of the event)
http://www.theartoffashion.net/

Logo Concept

2012-01-15T17:26:00.000-08:00

Cleint Projects

2012-01-13T08:16:00.000-08:00

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The image below was the last illustration that i created in 2011. I believe that this was image was a tester project or rejected by the client. The project was to depict the eyewear designers Coco and Breezy. The image below was for a client in the UK. It was a quick deadline. And the client was really satisfied with the end result. I believe that it was for Goodley PR

Featured in the Daily Hustle

2012-01-12T17:02:00.000-08:00

Moments before the Highlight

2012-01-04T13:00:00.001-08:00

Feuding Fast Food Messengers

2011-12-29T12:44:00.001-08:00

X-mas Illustration for Amelia's Magazine

2011-12-21T08:10:00.000-08:00

My work Published on Thunk (Issue 3, pg4)

2011-12-09T05:37:00.001-08:00

Amelia's Mag- Black Pond Review

2011-12-05T06:29:00.000-08:00

Brain shaker logo (for logosauce.com)

2011-11-30T18:01:00.001-08:00

Illustration friday- Vanity

2011-11-23T17:24:00.000-08:00

Silence at the urinals

2011-11-16T16:35:00.000-08:00

Interpretation of the American flag

2011-11-09T10:33:00.001-08:00

Gaarte at The Stone Hobo

2011-10-31T10:46:00.000-07:00

Gaarte at MedMag

2011-10-24T08:48:00.000-07:00

Scattered life...putting the pieces together

2011-10-18T19:37:00.000-07:00

final illustration
rough sketches

Updated graphics - zazzle and redbubble

2011-10-11T15:29:00.001-07:00

Illustrations for Medwinds.com

2011-10-10T09:04:00.001-07:00

Hibernated revenge- taking back jobs

2011-10-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

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My work featured in Coroflot

2011-10-03T14:16:00.001-07:00

Amelia's Magazine- London Fashion Week

2011-09-26T12:27:00.000-07:00

James Small

Bernard Chandran
Shonen Knife

Felder Felder

Jayne PiersonCassette Playa

Mysterious Army

2011-09-08T09:43:00.001-07:00

final illustrationrough sketches

Et disguised as barney

2011-08-30T13:18:00.001-07:00

final illustration

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rough sketches

Influence of extremist

2011-08-22T18:52:00.001-07:00

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The topic this week is influence. I decided to explore the influence of extremist through digital media. The idea is that extremist push their message to the masses.
I decided to make the image in watercolor (with a cold press paper). I wanted the image, to have a light angelic feeling to contrast the deceptive message. I wanted the focal point to be the suicide bomber (with a Christ like feeling).
To make this illustration even more difficult for myself, I wanted to omit all faces. I felt like i've grown to secure with images that express emotions through the face. I want to have that same emotion explored through other forms (like gestures)

Pumping muscle - Swelling up

2011-08-16T16:12:00.000-07:00

My work in Amelia's Magazine- August 2011

2011-08-02T11:58:00.001-07:00

Perennial suppression

2011-07-27T14:11:00.000-07:00

Lastest project- Adhesi Med

2011-07-21T09:44:00.000-07:00

Obscene Gestures

2011-07-20T14:29:00.001-07:00

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This week i wanted to focus on obscene gestures this week. I thought that obscene gestures tied into to the look of my current portfolio. As i was brainstorming about the illustration, i instantly thought of the comedian Chelsea handler.
Initially, I wanted to create a series of spot illustrations with comedians who appear on Chelsea lately. But i thought of tying all of the images together with one.I also wanted the illustration to have a traditional watercolor style. The most difficult part of creating this image was having the gestures speak about the true nature of the comedian.

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Check me out in Amelia's magazine again

2011-07-13T08:58:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday- Stay (the staying power of anonymous)

2011-07-11T17:52:00.000-07:00

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This week for illustration_friday, i wanted to focus on the controversial group anonymous . I thought of an illustration that could depict the spirit of the digital group. I think that this group has staying power no matter if they are arrested. It seems not to have any leaders. The illustration is a scene where the police arrest one person of the group.
In order to make the statement of the group having staying power. I needed the symbol/ man to be behind the action. I also wanted to depict the symbol/man to be above everyone else (visually), this would state the importance of the group.
you can follow them on twitter- Group Anonymous

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Lastest project

2011-07-08T16:20:00.000-07:00

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these are 2 images from an illustration project that i undertook. The client desired a medical illustration style for the images. I thought that it would be much more professional if the images didn't contain pubic hair.

Logo- Aroma Cafe

2011-07-04T06:20:00.000-07:00

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i have joined a competitive graphic design website for logo design. I think that this site might help me develop my graphic design skills. I started off like i would with any project small thumbnails sketches. The overall product is pretty good since i haven't done a logo in a while.

-i started getting information on the product/ service of the company. From there i built the concept... and redeveloped the concept, to get a more decisive point of view.

-after the hand sketches i decided to develop the concept digitally. I wanted to make the logo easy to read (visually) so it had to be graphic
-I decided on this graphic because it was easy to visually read. And i thought that it was graphically it made sense. this is the finished product.

Lastest illustration for Amelia's Magazine - June 2011

2011-06-29T07:49:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday- Midsummer night

2011-06-28T12:42:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday- Launch

2011-06-22T16:28:00.001-07:00

Fashion Illustration -June 2011

2011-06-17T16:29:00.000-07:00

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these are a couple of fashion illustration that i created for a private client... I am displaying 3 but there was actually 15 that i created....He was specific in what he wanted and i think that i was able to deliver a good product... (i think)

Amelia's Magazine- Brainlove

2011-06-06T07:03:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday- Asleep

2011-05-30T16:00:00.000-07:00

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The topic for "illustration_friday" this week was asleep. I instantly gravitated towards a different type of sleep. I thought of a wet dream, a dream that has sexual undertones.
The last time i illustrated masturbation, my images where almost banned from a site. I think that this image fits with the rest of my body of work. I'm really happy with the result

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Fashion watercolors

2011-05-28T18:17:00.000-07:00

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these are fashion watercolor illustrations that i created for a job bid.. Unfortunately the project fell through. click on the image to enlarge the image

Illustration Friday- soaked

2011-05-25T17:25:00.000-07:00

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this week for Illustration_Friday, I wanted to focus on paint. When i think of the idea of soaked, I generally think of water so i thought what would happen if a person was soaked in paint. I thought of an idea where the paint could be dripping downward from the persons body. This idea came to me when i remembered the Asher roth video "got_to_be_by_myself".
In order to mix things up for me, i decided to have this illustration be a little more painterly. (this illustration was done on cold press paper in order to create a stained effect. )

Illustration Friday- Safari

2011-05-16T15:32:00.001-07:00

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the concept this week for illustration friday was safari. I thought of depicting the "safari" web browser as a cyber force, behind a man using an ipad. At first i thought of having "html coding" in the illustration but the image would be too busy. So i came up with the electric depiction that way people would understand the connection between the web browser and the person.

Comic

2011-05-15T19:06:00.000-07:00

these are pages from a comic that i have been doing for the past couple of months. I haven't done one of these in years i was surprised at how time consuming the project was.

Illustration Friday- Lesson

2011-05-03T10:35:00.001-07:00

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When doing this topic for illustration friday, i thought of lesson learned. Lessons of life that are learned outside of the class room. I didn't want to create the stereotypical image of lessons (which would be a teacher in a classroom teaching students).. This image is a bit different than the rest of my body of work... i think the subject matter set it apart.

Illustration Friday- Bicycle

2011-04-27T23:44:00.001-07:00

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i wanted to focus on fat people in this illustration. I wanted the focus not to be on the exercise or the trainer... I felt that this would not be visually interesting. And for the fat person.... I had to exaggerate his proportions in order for the illustration to be dynamic
below are the rough sketches... i felt that i chose the most dynamic sketch and it complements my black and white portfolio.

Gaarte Website 2011

2011-04-14T21:59:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday- Duet

2011-04-06T00:32:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday- toy ( nicki minaj )

2011-03-29T16:13:00.000-07:00

Illustration friday- Stir

2011-03-17T10:53:00.001-07:00

Latest Fashion Work- Linesheet and Flats

2011-03-06T09:59:00.001-08:00

this is my latest fashion work for a small fashion company.. I had to design the company's linesheet along with there flats

Layout test

2011-03-05T12:24:00.000-08:00

Illustration friday- Swarm

2011-03-02T20:43:00.000-08:00

Illustration friday- Layer

2011-02-24T09:15:00.000-08:00

Illustration friday- sweater

2011-02-14T07:34:00.000-08:00

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I wanted to focus on fashion illustration over the weekend... I thought that getting back to watercolor would help with my creative block that i've been feeling over the past couple of months... I wanted these fashion illustrations to be much more graphic in feeling than my earlier work. Since the topic (for "illustration_friday") this week was sweater i felt that the sweater should be graphic and eye appealing.

Illustration Friday- surrender

2011-02-02T20:42:00.001-08:00

Illustration Friday- Dusty

2011-01-27T21:10:00.001-08:00

First Illustration for Amelia's Magazine in 2011

2011-01-12T09:13:00.000-08:00

This is the first illustration that i did for Amelia's Magazine in 2011. I was illustrating the garments of U.k designer Kristy Ward. (Click on the image for the link)

First Illustration of 2011

2011-01-09T23:36:00.001-08:00

Bunni

2010-12-01T02:19:00.001-08:00

My lastest graphic for an activewear company... i don't think that i got the job... oh well

2010-11-22T12:17:00.001-08:00

Burning

2010-11-16T18:47:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday- Spent

2010-10-31T16:46:00.000-07:00

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This image is for "illustration_friday", i thought that it would be great to illustrate a girl who has spent her money on shopping. I wanted the image to somehow reveal the nature of compulsive shopping.
It was a bit of an experiment to create this image. I wanted the overall image to be linear in feeling but have blocks of color. I took the time to use different pens to create a more interesting feeling.

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Spooky

2010-10-20T20:21:00.000-07:00

Lastest work for Amelia's Magazine- London Fashion Week

2010-09-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

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Contact info

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emails-

modern_terribilita@hotmail.com

info@gaarte.com

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gaartega@aol.com

Illustration Portfolio Update

2010-09-15T23:56:00.001-07:00

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Dessert

2010-09-07T17:28:00.001-07:00

Immovable

2010-09-02T01:44:00.000-07:00

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Fashion Flats from my previous internships

2010-08-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

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I remember doing these fashion flats for one of my previous internships. I think that this work is about a year old. It's interesting looking at your work retrospectively.

mini-Graphics portfolio

2010-08-25T23:29:00.000-07:00

skateboards at zazzle/ tees at redbubble

2010-08-23T01:22:00.001-07:00

Atmosphere- day in the life of a bird

2010-08-21T21:17:00.000-07:00

Illustration friday -star gazzer

2010-08-14T09:50:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday- artificial

2010-08-01T17:05:00.001-07:00

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this week in Illustration Friday, the concept for the artwork is based on the idea of artificiality . So what i wanted to do is be a little less obvious with the images this week. i wanted the images to reflect the concept but not in a literal way. i wanted to tie the idea of reality celebrity (by using Paris Hilton and mike "the situation") and consumerism ( by using products like bronzer)
So the overall idea- 1. reality celebirty ( artical celebrity), 2.bronzer (artical skin color)
Rough Sketches (click to enlarge)
Final illustration (click to enlarge)
Final concept- package design (click to enlarge)

Illustration friday- Double

2010-07-25T15:03:00.000-07:00

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This week for illustration Friday i wanted to create an illustration targeted for children but with a hint of urban society some where.
The concept this week was "double" so i decided to make an illustration of twins being influenced by another person..... A smaller kid ,someone who is not apart of a set. Well..... I wanted to capture a moment where the smaller kid gets caught by the cops and tries to bring the twins in with him.
I wanted to keep the image graphic in composition and limit the amount of objects in it .I did this in order to maximize the importance of the characters depicted . I also wanted to use bright colors ,something that a child would gravitate towards.
The rough sketch and the final illustration differ sightly... hope you like

final illustration

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Brief Bio

2010-07-25T14:58:00.000-07:00

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I was born in new york city but grew up in brooklyn. I drew throughout my childhood and i eventually started attending art school at an early age
My first art school was henry street settlement (located on the lower east side). In my teens i attended a high school for the arts called" the high school of art and design". In my later teens and early twenties i attended the fashion institute of technology.
I currently contribute to amelia's mag, particpate in illustration friday and try to freelance in any company that will let me. I've freelanced for companies such as holyhotmess.com, stylesight, fashion societe, Arm soc.inc.
I hope you like my work and feel free to contact me if want you need my services.

Illustration Friday- Breakfast

2010-07-17T22:19:00.001-07:00

Click to enlargeThis week for illustration Friday i decided to create a children's book cover...

something that can wrap itself around a small book.....
something that tell a story on the front and complete the story in the back......
I had to take under consideration where the placement of the type would have to be. ( in the front and in the back)

Illustration Friday- Diary

2010-07-15T19:32:00.001-07:00

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-Please Read before you view image-

The topic for illustration friday this last week was diary... i was in a severe creative block due to the fact that diaries are a bit out of date(at least in there book form)...i decided to tackle this topic by tackling on modern diaries which are blogs, twitter accounts and other social interactive sites. Which Brings us to the image below.... I thought of creating an illustration based on a fictional character and imagined how this person would interact by blogging and uploading pics of herself......

This image is an interactive image. To view the illustrations you must click on the buttons "fairy blog", "girl book", and "teen twit" ( You have to click on the buttons which are on the image... Pop up images appear once you click... You might need to set your browser to allow pop up images from this site)....

-Warning All illustrations are Graphic Viewer discretion is advised-

Illustration Friday- Diary2

2010-07-15T18:46:00.000-07:00

Process-Creating tee shirt graphics

2010-07-09T13:09:00.000-07:00

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My process for developing tee shirt graphics has evolved since being at triple 5 soul and stylesight.com
what i first do is brainstorm .... chosing words and topics that relate to the intended graphics

After selecting the topics and words i start creating thumnail like sketches with lightly drawn shirts( to enhance the idea of the graphics)

After creating the thumbnail (small) sketches, i create an even large sketches..... At this point i try to hatch out an idea.... i try to fine tune the graphics and this is where i find the vision for the graphic.

After having the vision for the graphic while sketching.... Now i create one final sketch to have a decisive vision that doesn't stray away from the orginal concept while keeping in mind the commerical quality for the graphic.

this is the final image

Illustration Friday- Giant

2010-07-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

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Upcoming project

2010-07-03T20:38:00.000-07:00

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these are some sketches that i am doing... i am trying to come up with different ways of transforming the female dress.

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Beware!!!!!

2010-07-03T17:09:00.001-07:00

this is where i am at graphically... hoping to grow graphically this year

illustration friday-Satelite

2010-06-27T20:52:00.000-07:00

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I wanted to create an illustration that can work as a spot and as a graphic image.
The concept behind this image is a trans-formative bonic man. i orginally wanted to go after a "big brother watching" concept but i got lazy.

Using Typography as a Design Element

2010-06-23T19:29:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday- Paisley

2010-06-21T17:59:00.000-07:00

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All images are below as well

My work in Amelia's Magazine

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Checkout my work in Amelia's Magazine

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UCLAN Central Lancashire

Samantha Cole

TITO

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DETAILS

Random Rejected Sketches

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Elephant Parade

2010-05-14T06:23:00.001-07:00

Innocence

2010-05-05T00:54:00.001-07:00

FINAL ILLUSTRATIONROUGH SKETCHES-

Men get laid/ Women get Screwed Graphic

2010-05-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

you can get this shirt @ redbubble.com

ahead

2010-04-24T07:09:00.001-07:00

I wanted to illustrate the idea of the state of being ahead of someone else. As far as being in a line and someone is a head of you. So i wanted to employ 2 point perspective with a loose form of watercolor. Having a really structural element with a more organic element...., the clash i think is interesting.

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CLOSE -UPS

Mini- illustration Portfolio

2010-04-20T08:48:00.001-07:00

creative clickable ads- you can click in areas of this ad for links

2010-04-19T07:14:00.001-07:00

Linked- Love connections

2010-04-12T09:14:00.001-07:00

Tree, flat sketch and tech pack

2010-04-06T19:56:00.001-07:00

new croquies for a new fashion label

2010-04-04T20:54:00.001-07:00

Fashion Croquies from a new project (for portfolio)

2010-04-02T02:58:00.001-07:00

these are croquies for a new project that i am creating for my portfolio

Fashion Sketches from last year

2010-04-02T02:46:00.000-07:00