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About Me:
I moved down sowf after 16 years of living in the Chicago suburbs. I finished my last two years of high school there, got a BFA from the Atlanta College of Art and worked for about 4 years in the world of commercial/ corporate graphic design. After a series of incidents I interpreted to be irony/fate/destiny, I followed my heart and returned to Illinois in the spring of 2004.
Having been back in Chicago for 3 years now, its hard to imagine what took me so long to move back to the Midwest. I love the city and everything it represents for me: family & friends, a job I love, a dream I realized and a culture I'm proud of.
Who I'd Like To Meet:
Any incredibly creative, super-talented people with positive attitudes and solid visions. Having designed for several industries and worked for all types of agencies/studios, I've learned the best work comes from a team of passionate people who share great chemistry and a solid foundation in honesty and integrity; it rarely comes from a multi-tasking, workaholic one-man show. Artists and designers that share this belief and understand what it takes to make great work, get the message across, and earn enough to do it again even better should GET@ME! A firm believer in fate and the omnipresent Hand of the Cosmos, I know these sort of collabs happen best naturally and sometimes all at once, out of nowhere. So while my expectations are very high--so is my patience.
My Schools:
Atlanta, Georgia
Graduated: 2001
Major: Graphic Design
Minor: Digital Video
McIntosh High School&emsp
Peachtree City, Georgia
Graduated: 1997
Rolling Meadows High School&emsp
Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Transferred: 1996
My Companies:
Good Design For Good Reason
Chicago, Illinois
socially responsible design
Good Night TV&emsp
Art, Cloth + Original Thought
Chicago, Illinois
independent t-shirt design
Special Operations&emsp
So Fresh It's Still Wet
Chicago, Illinois
street-level marketing
My Details:
| STATUS&ensp | Single |
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| ORIENTATION&ensp | Straight |
| HOMETOWN&ensp | Arlington Hts, IL |
| BODY TYPE&ensp | 6'1" / Average |
| NATIONALITY&ensp | Puerto Rican |
| ZODIAC SIGN&ensp | Aquarius |
| SMOKE/DRINK&ensp | No / No |
| OCCUPATION&ensp | Designer |
I'm Quite Fond Of...
alphabetized lists, Atlanta, authenticity, Berlin, character illustration, Chicago, cooking, digital video, exercising discretion, everything in its place, getting things finished, Good Night TV, graffiti, graphic design, hard work, hip hop bangers, IKEA, independent film, international travel, J-horror, keeping things organized, learning, live shows, Miami, the Midwest work ethic, New Era, New York, pleasure deferred, Puerto Rico, Puma, reading, riding bikes with my roommate, running 5k's, staying on task, streetwear, sushi, survival/horror video games, Tokyo, vinyl toys, weekend excursions out to the suburbs
On The Rare Occasion I Actually Go Out -- You Might Find Me Here:
Dark Room, Empire Liquors, Funky Buddha, Lakeview Broadcasting Company, Rodan, Sonotheque, Subterranean, Tuman's
Hip Hop Is Alive + Well:
Adeem, Aesop Rock, Beatnuts, Biggie Smalls, Black Milk, BlackStar, Cage, Can Ox, Cap D, Common, Consequence, Cut Chemist, De La Soul, Dudley Perkins, El-P, Exit 1200, Fat Joe, Gangstarr, Ghostface, Jay-Z, Jean Grae, J. Dilla, Joell Ortiz, Juice, Kanye, Lupe Fiasco, Madlib, Mass Hysteria, Mike Relm, MF Doom, M.O.P., Mr. Lif, Nas, Non-Phixion, Pun, O-Type Star, Oh No, Perceptionists, Pharoahe Monch, Quasimoto, Rhymefest, RJD2, Rob Sonic, DJ Shadow, Skratch Piklz, Soul Position, The Surgeon General, Tony Touch, A Tribe Called Quest, Verbal Kent
Other Music In Rotation:
+/-, Aloe Blacc, Arrah & the Ferns, Bell & Sebastian, Ben Folds, Breakestra, Built To Spill, The Ditty Bops, Mates of State, Modest Mouse, Postal Service, Josh Rouse, Stereolab