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The Beast

It's all coming together...

About Me

I'm a full-time designer and illustrator for BUCK LA, a broadcast graphics agency in Los Angeles www.buck.tv

I also operate under my "Beast" identity as a freelance artist www.thebeastisback.com

My Interests

Design/Illustration Designer Vinyl Streetstyle Typography Thai(food) the 50's & 70's Muppets Crackers Sashimi Naan & Curry Mustard Greens Mid-Century Modern Typography Seriagraphy Sneakers (that are on sale) The Little Friends of Printmaking Target Geoff McFetridge Amanda Visell APAK Studios Letterpress Plastic Grass Giant Squids Vespa Star Wars Bajaj Chetaks Photography Pattern Crate & Barrel Bold color Pendant lighting Aesthetics 70% cacao dark chocolate Action Figures Good food in small spaces
FRIENDS
TADO
Owl Movement
Shawnimals
Phallic Mammary
Andrew Bell
Tragnark
MAD
SKET One
Brandt Peters
Kathie Olivas

Wheaty Wheat Studios
Play Times
Vinyl Pulse
My Plastic Heart
Octane 3
Rotofugi
Ningyoushi
Kid Robot
Toy Tokyo
Gallery Nucleus
Gallery 1988

I'd like to meet:

Designers, illustrators, people who dream in type, photographers, designer vinyl collectors, curators, sneaker freaks, movie buffs, food snobs.

Music:

At the moment... Elkland Stars Cyne Halloween Alaska Royce The Birthday Massacre Cibelle Luiz Bonfa Bebel Gilberto Nada Surf Klee Antonio Carlos Jobim Sexton Blake Elefant The Russian Futurists Metric Voxtrot Sentinel Autour de Lucie Shiny Toy Guns Ladytron Danger Muse The Lyndsay Diaries The Presets A.M. Sixty MF Doom Shonen Knife Mojave 3 Sing-Sing Slowreader Fans of Kate Cut Copy Kaskade Miguel Migs Umbrellas Ok Go Duvall Spent Camera Obscura The French Kicks Rosie Thomas Feist The Sea and Cake Sarah Cracknell Cosigner Dressy Bessy Sunday's Best Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Stereolab

Books:

Semi-Permanent Design Is Kinky Illusive: Contemporary Illustration and Its Context How To Be A Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface JPG: Japan Graphics Los Logos / Dos Logos Pictoplasma (1 & 2) Worst Case Scenario Anything by Shel Silverstein
Vapors WIRED Giant Robot Toy Fare HOW Maximum PC Clutter / Play Times Beautiful Decay Computer Arts Projects Mass Appeal / Tokion Juxtapoz Ready Made Action Figure and Toy Review