Alberto Cerriteño | Blog

Stay Free

2012-02-25T22:36:00.007-08:00

Stay Free
Archival Giclee Print on Fine Art Matte Paper
pigment inks on 100% cotton rag paper- heavy weight paper
print measures 16 inches x 20 inches
Limited edition 100

Available HERE!

Sponge Bob Square Pants

2012-01-15T16:18:00.000-08:00

I decided to create a new dimensional art piece based in one of my favorite cartoon characters, Mr. Sponge Bob Square Pants. My son was crazy about it, even as he said – Doesn't matter that is not perfect like the one in TV, I WANT it! love those "fancy" eyelashes – So this one is going to live in his room.

15"x 15"
Polymer Clay & Acrylic on Wood Panel

Valentine's Day Sale

2012-01-13T22:55:00.000-08:00

I'm offering 20% discount on the Enamored Owl letterpress edition!!!
This is just a limited time promotion for Valentine's Day, this beautiful print is the perfect gift for the occasion and still on time for international shipping. So ORDER YOURS NOW!

2012

2012-01-09T23:55:00.001-08:00

24" x 30"
Acrylic on Canvas

First Painting of 2012

2012-01-02T13:22:00.000-08:00

Acrylic on Canvas
20" x 20"

New Painting looking for a Name

2011-12-29T20:49:00.000-08:00

Just got a name for this painting! Thanks Galia Minguer :)
Here are some pictures of the painting process, details and the final painting.

Fiorela
Acrylic on Canvas 20" x 20"

More animals

2011-12-23T18:53:00.000-08:00

There are three new ones! :)

Animals & more animals!

2011-12-19T21:25:00.000-08:00

I have been exploring a vintage look for some stylized animals illustrations. I wonder what do you guys think, should I keep drawing until I complete the whole zoo? My focus is to get some kind of realistic approach on preserving the main features of each specie by a crafty-look in colors and textures, revisiting similar illustration techniques from the mid-century but with a personal touch.

Enamored Owl | Anniversary Letterpress Print

2011-12-09T03:11:00.000-08:00

The Enamored Owl is the title of an illustration I made 3 years ago, this piece it's been so far one of the most popular illustrations in my portfolio and is quite a signature of my personal style wherever it goes, this piece has been traveling around the world in many forms and I want to celebrate this amazing journey with a very special limited edition print, yes I want the journey to continue! :) Is a beautiful letterpress print in 3-colors coming in 8.5" x 12" 220lb Pearl Lettra paper, really thick and sturdy paper stock, nice to the touch making a great collective object.

Available now through my ETSY. The best part? Comes practically in a gift price!!! $25.00
Order now! May have chance to arrive on time for Christmas and if not, any time is a great time to give or give you a gift, right? :)

Printed with so much love in Portland by the great studio KeeganMeegan.
Don't miss the amazing pictures of the printing process bellow. Thank you Katy Meegan for this beautiful work!

The Little Hood of the Woods (Print)

2011-12-02T22:59:00.001-08:00

http://www.etsy.com/shop/acerriteno
And it comes in three different flavors:

1) Peppermint:

2) Cinnamon:

3) Clove:

Spaceman Tattoo!

2011-12-01T17:05:00.001-08:00

Cecília Papi a reality-show star from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil recently tagged me in Facebook with an image of her tattoo, an illustration of a happy spaceman I did while ago. Never considered my art would make a good tattoo but now that I see it is actually not bad, really fun to see somebody wearing permanently your drawings :)

Since she is part of a TV reality-show I wonder if her tattoo process made it in to the show. (See bellow)

Thanks Cix!

...And YES! She sent me a video, this made it in the Show:

Piece Me Circus! (Video)

2011-11-25T18:07:00.000-08:00

My 3 year old son likes to play with the iPhone/iPad simple-puzzle app I had the pleasure to illustrate. Piece Me Circus! An interactive collaboration with Fashion Buddha Studio from Portland.
Download the App HERE.

Originals for sale

2011-11-25T15:24:00.000-08:00

Sometimes you can find some affordable original work available in my ETSY http://acerriteno.etsy.com like this small painting entitled: My New Dress
Acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 8.5" (13.5 x 21 cm)

And this one comes with a bonus! :) accidentally I painted it on the other side of an old-unfinished watercolor study, so this time you get almost 2x1.

Back:

The Lovers, the Dreamers, and Me - A Jim Henson Tribute Exhibition

2011-11-23T00:30:00.000-08:00

"Jim Henson's accomplishments have left a widespread and enduring impression on generations of admirers since his first endeavors in the late 1950s. From his iconic and colorful cast on Sesame Street to the groundbreaking fantasy Dark Crystal, Henson's imagination and ingenuity have ignited a path that many others have since followed.

Timed with the release of Disney's The Muppets motion picture and news on a forthcoming Henson biopic, Gallery Nucleus has invited more than 30 artists to pay homage to this universally beloved visionary whose inspiring concepts and characters have impacted our culture in a monumental way. The collection will showcase a variety of mediums from a roster of professionals who are also genuine fans."

When I received the invitation to participate, "The Dark Crystal" was my immediate impulse to execute a piece from, when I first saw it during my childhood all the magical characters were stuck in my mind for a while, specially those legendary Mystics. So I did a piece based in UrSu. This is the first time I explore a dimensional approach in my artwork :-)

December 10, 2011 - January 2, 2012
Opening Reception / Dec 10, 7:00PM - 11:00PM
Nucleus Gallery / 210 East Main St, Alhambra CA 91801

The Plover {New Limited Edition Giclee Print}

2011-11-19T12:28:00.000-08:00

NEW limited edition Giclee print run of 100!
Go to my ETSY to get all the details.

Design Mexico Magazine

2011-11-12T22:52:00.000-08:00

One of my latest projects includes the cover design for the Mexican magazine México Design, issue 19th, one of the main articles is about ecologist and sustainable design solutions and that's what my illustration is based of. Here the final results and the quick preliminary sketch I did to show my idea. And in the next issue number 20th I'm featured with an interview and artwork showcase :)

Halloween Decorations 2011

2011-11-01T08:42:00.000-07:00

This year we were running out of time for Halloween decorations so my wife has the last-minute brilliant idea of recycling some of the packaging paper we kept from our recent move and made me draw a few characters with black ink to place behind our windows, here some of those drawings. At the end the kids were pretty happy with our improvised-crafted decorations! Even they helped out, check out the fellow behind the pumpkin.

From my Studio

2011-10-30T18:07:00.000-07:00

A bit of what's around my small home-studio...

Elephant Doodle

2011-10-27T00:17:00.000-07:00

Just messing around with a quick watercolors paintings.

El Catrin- Limited Edition Print

2011-10-20T22:49:00.000-07:00

Let's celebrate the following Día de Muertos with a NEW Giclee Print of my recent piece created for the Iconoclastic Dead's art show in Mexico City. El Catrín in a limited and hand signed high quality edition. ORDER HERE!

Piece Me Circus!

2011-10-10T13:49:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad to post about a recent collaboration again with my friends of FashionBuddha from Portland, this time for a children educational puzzle app for the iPad and iPhone called Piece Me CIRCUS!

Go to the app website to find more about it www.PieceMePuzzles.com Or simply just download it from HERE.

Tzompantli

2011-10-06T18:30:00.000-07:00

So, keeping up with the Day of the Dead season in Mexico, I was kindly invited to collaborate with Vertigo Galería on a project that compiles 20 artists to celebrate the traditions customizing 20 skulls to represent a contemporary Tzompantli. A Tzompantli is a type of wooden rack or palisade documented in several Mesoamerican civilizations, which was used for the public display of human skulls, typically those of war captives or other sacrificial victims. Each skull will be printed and mounted on large-scale wooden panels to cover the facade of Museo de las Culturas Populares in México City as an exterior exhibition from October 27th to the end of November.

This is my skull:

El Catrin for The Iconoclastic Dead Show

2011-09-17T18:35:00.000-07:00

My piece entitled "El Catrín" represents the namesake urban legend from a little old town in Guanajuato, Mexico called San Juan de Dios where locals claims to have seen the ghost of this elegant man who committed suicide around the third decade of the 20th century. The story says he killed his wife and then regretted hanged himself and to these days you could see him walking around in a park of the same town looking for his lost love. Nowadays in Mexico the word "Catrín" is a synonym for an elegant and dressed up man.

Featuring 40 artists in Mexico, DF to celebrate the Day of The Dead.
The Iconoclastic Dead show premieres October 1, 2011

Gurú Tienda Galería
Colima 143, LA ROMA
Mexico City, Mexico

The piece has been embellished with metallic acrylic touches!

I found this beautiful ornamental skulled frame for my piece, very ad-hoc. Lucky me! ...Or I should say who ever buys the piece I guess :-)

Advanced Photoshop Interview

2011-07-02T22:43:00.000-07:00

Just got the chance to see published my interview in the British magazine Advanced Photoshop! : D

Slingshot Kite Boards

2011-06-18T21:51:00.000-07:00

I really love to see my work in products and recently I collaborated with the brand Slingshot to create a few original designs for their great hand-made Kite Boards. Unfortunately nobody will get to use them because my designs didn't make it in the production, apparently the artwork doesn't fit with the brand's audience :-( But I really enjoyed making these.

The good news: I have something else to share with you!

By the way, this is really a cool Sport!

Cam & Maggie

2011-06-04T00:23:00.001-07:00

I was commissioned by the creative folks of Fashion Buddha with base in Portland to create some characters for a video series featuring hand-crafted puppets Cam, Maggie, and their dog Blue. Here some images of the making of process.

Nikita Clothing

2011-05-13T21:33:00.000-07:00

The Iceland based clothing brand Nikita just launched it's Summer collection featuring one design I was commissioned to do while ago and it comes in diverse girly colors for hoodies and tees.

Here you can see the Hoodies.
And here the T-Shirts.

Gelaskins VS Happy Rain

2011-05-09T21:21:00.000-07:00

I'm so glad to announce that one of my recent pieces "Happy Rain" is now part of the great Gelaskin products family.
Check it out and let me know if you like it as much I do :-)
You can order it RIGHT HERE!

Digital Artist Cover

2011-05-08T11:00:00.000-07:00

One of my pieces was selected to be featured in the British magazine Digital Artist.
What a nice surprise when I saw it this morning in the book store I use to go! :)

The Tortoise's Travels

2011-04-02T13:33:00.000-07:00

The napkin doodle has found it's way to end as my latest limited edition Giclée Print.

The idea for this came up the other day while I was playing with my kids and one of them saw a turtle shaped cloud above in the sky and that follows a long story about the tiny things this turtle was doing in his cloudy life up there... she has a house, she eats an apple, she plays volley ball, enjoy the sun and every once in a while visits her friends and family houses, during the time my son was talking about all the things this turtle enjoyed to do we noticed the turtle shaped cloud was going away pushed by the wind so I asked my son – If the turtle is forced to move out, what do you think she would like to take with her? – He responded, well, the most important things for her are obviously her family and friends so probably will take their entire houses with her...

So, I made this sketch first based in our turtle conversation :)

And the final piece just arrived!
This is a signed and hand-numbered 100 Limited Edition Giclee Print.
Size: 16" x 20" (40 x 50 cm) on 100% cotton rag, archival acid free base, fine art paper.

Now at my ETSY Store! --> GO HERE!

Happy Rain | Giclée Prints

2011-03-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

New addition to the Giclées Prints family! This time celebrating the Happy Rain.
Available in 50 limited edition of 19" x 13" and open edition of 11" x 8.5"
Now in my ETSY!

Sneaky Peek!

2011-03-13T17:11:00.001-07:00

New collaborative project coming up...

The Gruffalo

2011-02-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

GolpeAvisa, a great design & illustration studio with base in Mexico is conducting and art-related initiative every Friday to invite the Mexican Illustrators community to participate in a creative exercise, they have one guest who come up with a theme every week and people will collaborate creating a piece on that theme. I received an invitation last week and happened that I was looking who were nominated this year in the Oscars for best animated short and one of them is this short for the BBC based on 1999 Children's Book The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

So that was my theme and this is my piece:

Thanks to Cesar Moreno and Carlos Lerma for the invitation!

She & He

2011-01-27T18:00:00.000-08:00

I was invited to collaborate with the mexican independent magazine PICNIC with a pair of spread illustrations. The entry and the exit as they called them for the issue entitled "Seducers". So I decided to draw my own interpretation of a "sexy" woman and a "sexy" man :) This time I tried to explore a bit more stylized treatment in my shapes and I liked it so far!

Green Felino | Giclee Print

2011-01-23T13:00:00.001-08:00

A new Giclee Print in a limited series of 50 was released in my ETSY shop!

Concept Art

2011-01-21T20:46:00.000-08:00

Two years ago I was invited to work in Studio Baestarts with base in Budapest, Hungary for two months for a 3D animated project as a concept artist for character development and environment concept art. Here is some of the work I did for this project.

Table revamped!

2011-01-07T21:43:00.000-08:00

Mission accomplished! :) Recently I revamped my kids table using the Robots designs I made some time ago.
If you are interested in acquire these robots for your own children's room they are available mounted on beautiful bamboo panels HERE and can be purchased individually or in a set of three!

Alligator Sketch

2010-12-22T21:20:00.000-08:00

Just a quick doodle I did the other day with an alligator on mind...

The Elephant & The Umbrella {Letterpress}

2010-12-14T21:21:00.000-08:00

A new member of the Grincket family has arrived! Is a beautiful limited edition letterpress print.
More specs and pricing HERE!

Christmas Pitch

2010-12-05T11:40:00.000-08:00

Parliament, a great design studio based in Portland commissioned me recently to create a Christmas/Holidays imagery for Microsoft's Holidays Campaign pitch. The client decided to go with some other style but at least I had the chance to design a few ornamental illustrations ad-hoc with the season :)
Happy Holidays everyone!!!

I also presented my proposal in three different color palettes to work with:

GAPABS - Be Pure

2010-12-03T21:37:00.000-08:00

In a partnership between JWT, Möve and Bernstein & Andriulli from NY, 11 artists were selected to represent some sexual and comic situations. The art pieces were created on 2D, and 5 were chosen to be reinterpreted on 3D art by VetorZero.

In addition a line of T-Shirts with the slogan and the original art created for this Brazilian campaign.

Big Sale {20% Off}

2010-11-29T20:05:00.000-08:00

Getting ready for the Holidays? Just in time and for a limited time my entire ETSY store will have 20% Off!!! Until the end of December.

Project Arts

2010-11-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

Spotted on Computer Arts Projects magazine issue 142 :)

For the kids!

2010-11-15T15:34:00.001-08:00

A new series of Robots to decorate your favorite children's room created for Grincket are available now! You can get them individually in two color variations or in a set of three, each one comes beautifully mounted on a Bamboo Plywerk, hand-coated with decoupage matte finish adding a beautiful brush texture and they are ready to hang on your wall.
You can order them now through our two online locations: ETSY or BigCartel

Grincket!

2010-11-06T16:43:00.000-07:00

I'm very pleased to announce the official launch of a project I've been working on!
Grincket is an art & clothing brand founded by my wife Luisa and myself. Our products will bring whimsical artwork to a diversity of consumer products, clothing, accessories, decorative items and any other cool idea we are able to produce.
Check out our very first product! Is a hand silkscreened T-shirt for women and kids.

Mr. Earth & Mrs. Moon| T-Shirt
Available now in our brand new online Store!

Artwork Montage

2010-10-28T12:00:00.001-07:00

I recently put this video montage together with some of my artwork. Hope you like it!

New Prints!

2010-10-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

There are two new giclee prints available in my ETSY and guess what? The 20% discount I have in the whole store for limited time is applied as well for these two :)

Departing (Available in 8.5 x 11 and 13 x 19)

The Gamble (Available in 8.5 x 11 and 13 x 19)

Small Watercolors

2010-10-09T21:42:00.000-07:00

Sporadically I'll be making some original watercolor paintings and I'll post them for sale. Keep tuned!

6" X 6" (15 X 15 cm)
Watercolor on 100% cotton - 140 lb acid free paper <-- SOLD

Halloween, or Día de Muertos or Both...

2010-10-03T11:30:00.000-07:00

Just released a new pair of $14.00 giclee prints to celebrate the upcoming season.
Halloween's Pumpkin and Día de Muertos prints. Whatever mood you are in to there is an option for you or maybe both, together they will make a great decorative pair. Available just for limited time!!!

More details in my ETSY.

Bamboo Plywood Panels

2010-09-22T15:12:00.001-07:00

Hey everybody!!! I just put for sale three new artworks on my ETSY shop mounted on a beautiful Bamboo plywood panels and hand-coated with a matte finish decoupage that creates delightful brush textures partially following the artwork shapes besides to protect and seal the print. The final panel is ready to be hung on your wall with a keyhole slot on the back.

If you are interested go HERE and preorder them now, they are in production and will be shipped by October 11th. Believe me when I say how gorgeous they are! :)

Some specs:
8" x 8" (20 x 20 cm)
C-Type Paper Lustre print mounted on Bamboo Plywood.
Print is mounted on 8 x 8 x 0.75 inch hand-made bamboo plywood Plywerk panel with pH-neutral adhesive. Carbonized vertical grain bamboo, FSC certified and manufactured using environmentally sustainable practices. 3/4" thick. The keyhole slot in the back allows the panel to be hung easily on a nail.

They are available individually or in a set of three.

The Gardener

The Star Keeper

The Musician

Runner's World Magazine Illustration

2010-09-16T00:45:00.000-07:00

Some weeks ago I was commissioned by Runner's World Magazine to create the cover illustration for their Fall Shoe Guide. The only three rules to create the image:

1) Include a Runner Shoe (not brand specific but definitely recognizable as a running shoe).
2) A descent-sized open area to accommodate the title and info.
3) Reference the issue's season (Fall). So after presenting a few sketch-ideas this is the final result, I'm very pleased with how came out printed!

Conceptual sketches:

Final Illustration: (Details)

Cover Print:

Original Drawings

2010-09-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

Soon I'll be posting, sporadically (hopefully frequently) some original drawings for sale in my ETSY Shop.
Thanks for visiting!!!

Mexico | Imaginantes Series

2010-09-02T20:18:00.000-07:00

So, continuing with the Mexico's Bicentennial commemorations here is an animation piece I helped out to illustrate. The piece is part of the project Imaginantes (Imaginarians), a cultural TV video segments produced by Televisa to tell short animated stories about influential people in Mexico's history, arts and literature. This particular segment is dedicated to Sergéi Eisenstein, a Russian filmmaker who produced some key projects for Mexico's film history during the first years of the 30's decade.

" Sergei Esenstein. Mexican times: The Cinema's Eye
The Russian filmmaker imagined from his childhood a placed called Mexico, this dream became an obsession. When finally got in and captured trough his camera the textures of this unknown land, his vision was so intense that filtered deeply in Mexican history imagination."

Here, some art assets I produced for the animated short:

Mexico's Bicentennial Illustrations

2010-09-02T20:02:00.000-07:00

Some time ago I was commissioned by enVIVA Magazine to create a spread illustration for an article commemorating the year of Mexico's Bicentennial. Still waiting for my courtesy copy, probably will never get it since I made the illustrations almost one year ago... Hope you like them! ...and VIVA MEXICO of course!!!

The G3 Show

2010-08-24T13:15:00.000-07:00

I just finished my three pieces for the 3G show coming up at 1988 Gallery in Los Angeles. The show features the artwork of many artists inspired by three movies that defined one generation. Ghostbusters, The Goonies & Gremlins.

The opening night wil take place the friday, September 3rd from 7-10 PM
The show will run till September 22nd. So hopefully some of you will be able to attend.

I'm so happy to be part of the show specially cause I recently showed these three movies almost in a row to my 6 years old boy, which BTW he loved them (of course) and later on I received an invitation to participate on this show :) ...Was that a premonition?

The show is curated by The Autumn Society.

Sweet Thoughts

Love at First Sight

Shiny Memories

Detail Images:

Happy Coincidences...

2010-08-16T14:59:00.000-07:00

The other day I saw a beautiful piece called “Spaceman Stu” a McDonalds TV commercial created by the studio Kompost for Leo Burnett.

I love so much the whole piece, I think is an amazing work! And I remember the very first time I saw it, it felt very familiar to me. Now that I watched it closer I found out why is so familiar. There are a few similitudes of my work and I wonder if the people involved in the art referenced to it, which would be phenomenal or is just a happy coincidence?

Spaceman Stu from Kompost on Vimeo.

A few comparisons bellow:

JWT's GAPA/BS World Aids Day Safe Sex Campaign

2010-08-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

"In order to raise awareness on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, the World Health Organization established World Aids Day in 1988. Observed on December 1st, it is a chance for organizations and individuals to “demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic.” According to 2008 data from the United Nations, approximately 33 million people around the world are living with HIV.

In Latin America, JWT worked with GAPA/BS (Grupo de Apoio à Prevenção à AIDS da Baixada Santista) on a campaign with the message “Be pure. Safe sex is never wrong.” GAPA/BS is a philanthropic foundation that hopes the campaign will change the perception of purity – that to remain pure, all it takes is protection. Several artists volunteered their talent for the project, creating art for T-shirts, print media, and animation."

I'm very glad to be part of this selected group!!!
Produced by MÖVE

Colorain | Oh No! Doom (Chicago)

2010-07-25T00:35:00.000-07:00

ColoRain in Chicago!

2010-07-02T01:47:00.000-07:00

Nowadays everything seems to go by so fast and we can hardly stop for a moment in our rushed way of living to enjoy the beauty of simple things, those simple things that make this world unique and amazing. Among all those simple things that we can hardly notice in a daily basis, some people find rain as a kind of obstacle for happiness, they look forward with ager for the sunny and dry days. A rainy day is frequently associated with a gray, sad, hopeless and lazy mood but the true is that we owe rain a big part of our life and beauty, at the end and after a simple thought we can realize that without it we just can't enjoy all the color around us, neither those beautiful dry and sunny days.

Rain bring us color, life, happiness and for some people like me, hope and glee. Rain has a color, the color of life and joy.

ColoRain an art show exploring those colored rain drops all over spred in my current work. If you are in Chicago the weekend of July 17-18 please come by and say hi! The show is taking place in the store-gallery Oh No! Doom.

1800 N. Milwaukee Ave
Chicago, IL 60647 USA
Saturday, July 17th
6-10 PM

Sneak peek of the new work:

Kinect Adventures!

2010-06-14T14:51:00.000-07:00

Okay, this might not be seen as the rest of my artwork but I have to admit I'm very proud with all the hard work I've been invested on this project. About 7 months ago I was kindly invited by someone in Xbox to come over to the Puget Sound area and collaborate in the production of one of the very first titles for the upcoming video-game technology known as Natal Project, today unveiled at E3 as KINECT. The new video-game system that is going to use your body to control the game and interface and I have to say is pretty cool and even magical the first time you play it!

This is the trailer debut of our game:

I'm not going to reveal yet what's my role on the production of this game, maybe some of you can perceive it there, maybe not.

Thanks to all the amazing and talented people who I work with on this great project and their incredible patience to deal with my very limited experience in the industry.

3 New Prints!

2010-05-16T18:09:00.000-07:00

I'm very glad to announce I just released three new Giclee prints available in 13"X19" (limited edition) and 8.5"X11" (open edition) via ETSY!!!

• The Enamored Snail (A new addition to the enamored anima series)
• The Charming Smile (New color version of the original piece created for the Show Curioser & Curioser inspired by Lewis Carroll's ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland')
• The Power Of I Between (Originally created for the show New Moon 2010/ Interpretation of the Chinese Zodiac at My Plastic Heart Gallery)

All the prints are signed and numbered by hand and are shipped in stay flat mailer and protected with print protector bag for long-term storage.

For more pictures go to my FLICKR!

The Strong-Man

2010-04-18T14:07:00.001-07:00

Rock Marí | Opening Credits

2010-04-09T00:47:00.000-07:00

My illustrations all over Mexico City!!! :)
This is the opening credits animation for the Mexican feature movie Rock Marí. I was commissioned by the team of Maribel Martinez in Mexico to collaborate in the creation of diverse illustrations compelling the personality of this little musician girl (Rock Marí) who likes to travel and wants to be a rock-star. They had these aerial scenes of Mexico City and the idea was to populate all kind of "girly" illustrations giving life to the buildings during the initial credits. The work was done in a super short time, last minute job! At the end everything turned out good.

Thanks to Gabriela Badillo, Diego Huacuja and some other animators (I don't have all the credits) who made the great 2D/3D compositing, animation and motion tracking work on this piece.

Here are the illustrations I provided and the final animation!

Rock Marí | Opening Credits from Alberto Cerriteño on Vimeo.

Random Characters

2010-03-27T23:24:00.000-07:00

Some funky characters I found the other day in my sketch book... I'm not even sure why I doodled these guys but they all look part of the same gang :)

Sora The Winter Angel (Special Edition Print)

2010-03-20T11:46:00.001-07:00

New Gicleé Print 13"X19" (33 X 48 cm), limited edition of ONLY 20 prints on this colored version of "Sora The Winter Angel".
BUY NOW!

The Charming Smile

2010-03-06T22:38:00.000-08:00

The complete piece for the show Curiouser & Curiouser at Gallery Nucleus inspired by Lewis Carroll's ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'.

ZUPI Magazine Interview!

2010-02-27T19:37:00.000-08:00

Finally I got my copy of Brazilian's magazine ZUPI! They made me an interview to be featured on their 16th issue but was such a big surprise to me when I saw my work on the cover and even the back-cover! :)

Curious & Curiouser / Sneak Peak

2010-02-19T21:28:00.000-08:00

Since its publication in 1865, Lewis Carroll's ‘Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' has enchanted the world with its curious characters and its even curiouser tale. It has been over more than a century and the fantastic world of Alice continues to captivate children and adults. With the highly anticipated film adaptation by Tim Burton hitting theaters later this month, Gallery Nucleus had invited artists of the feature film and beyond to create their vision of the iconic story and celebrate it's lasting legacy.

Opening Night only, glimpse into the creative brilliance of Disney Studios as exclusive concept art, production, and film stills will be shown from the upcoming Alice In Wonderland!

This is a sneak peak of what is my piece for the show Curiouser & Curiouser: Inspired by Alice in Wonderland'

The Power of In Between

2010-02-04T20:54:00.000-08:00

New Moon 2010: Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac, a group art-show taking place at MyPlasticHeart in NY.
My piece is my interpretation of The Dragon and I created a 16"X20" Gicleé cut paper mounted on Panel (unique piece) and 15 limited edition 17"X21" Gicleé Prints on 100% cotton rag archival paper signed and numbered by hand.
Contact the gallery for pricing and availability.

David Kamp Identity

2010-01-30T18:36:00.000-08:00

I was commissioned by the very talented and good pal David Kamp to redesign his Sound Design Identity in a fun and character driven direction, after a few different options he chose the one at the top on this post, along with it I created a speaker-character as an additional element to play with the new identity. Hopefully we will see it animated as well!

Fussballhelden Gold

2010-01-15T23:09:00.000-08:00

A new book coming up this next April 2010 celebrating the biggest stars in football's history, Fussballhelden Gold (Football Heroes Gold). Published by the Zürich based editorial Herzglut and featuring 50 illustrators all over the world and I´m so glad to be one of them!

Portraits: 1) Ronaldinho, 2) Diego A. Maradona, 3) Johan Neeskens, 4) Self-portrait

E.W. Letterpress Detail Pics

2010-01-04T20:31:00.000-08:00

Surfing in Flickr the other day I stumbled upon in a series of really cool macro pictures of my Enamored Whale Letterpress Print.
I couldn't resist ask the permission to share with you such a wonderful images, I just love the way of how the textures were captured with lighting on the series.
Thank you Danny for buying the print and taking great photos of it!

Dragon piece

2009-12-26T13:44:00.000-08:00

This is a sneak-peek of a new piece just finished up part of the upcoming group artshow New-Moon 2010, a mixed media show revolving around the theme of the Chinese Zodiac taking place in February at My Plastic Heart gallery in NYC. I'm very glad to be part on this group of 25 handpicked artists from around the world.

My zodiac animal as you can maybe guess is the Dragon and is hand made paper-cut Ultrachrome varnished and mounted on panel.
Stay tuned to see the complete piece.

a! Diseño Magazine

2009-12-16T14:49:00.000-08:00

I was kindly invited to be featured with an interview and a case study for the Nov-Dec issue of Mexican magazine a! Diseño.
The editorial decided to use one of my illustrations for the article in the cover printed within a nice textured paper, I have my copy and it looks great! Si estás en México disponible ahora en cualquier "Sanborns" y ahí puedes checarla!

Roaring Monsters (Wall decal set)

2009-12-13T14:11:00.000-08:00

Yay! A new set of wall decals available through a UK based company called Chocovenyl. They have a great pool of artists and I'm very glad to be part of the group! I came up with these friendly, gentile and well dressed monsters gang who pretend to look scary, roaring all over your son's room but let's face it, who can be really scary using a bow tie?

The material is a self-adhesive, removable/repositionable fabric-paper and the graphic details on the product are amazing.

Mo and His Best Friend

2009-12-10T16:36:00.000-08:00

New Gicleé print for sale trough my ETSY.
This was an illustration I did for a proposal last year and I think will make a great print to decor your favorite little one's room.
Comes in two sizes 8.5" X 11" and 13" X 19" and is signed by hand.

Detail:

Play. Create.

2009-12-08T22:05:00.000-08:00

play.create. from DAHRA on Vimeo.

DAHRA (Designers Against Human Rights Abuse) and Glug are proud to present Play.Create, a Christmas party and auction in aid of Barnardos, a UK based Children’s charity.

On Tuesday 15th December, Glug and DAHRA will be hosting a night full of live music, talks by special guests (including design legend Andy Altmann from Why Not Associates) and an auction of 30 unique, signed Munny dolls customised by some of the most prominent graphic and product designers in the industry, as well as some limited edition goodies.

The dolls have been customised by 10 graphic designers, 10 product designers and 10 students from Westminster School, London on the theme of Play and Creativity. The full line up is:

Graphic Design
Paula Scher (Pentagram), Joe Shouldice (Sagmeister Inc), Andy Altmann (Why Not Associates), Michael C. Place (Build), Studio Output, ILoveDust, Si Scott, Alberto Cerriteño, Gary Fernandez & Ollie Johns

Product Design
2Creatives, Anthony Dickens Studio, Forpeople, Jam Design, Max Lamb, Patrick Niall, Octo Design, Prajay Parmar, Yiannis Proestos & Rolf Sachs Fun c’tion

& 10 students from Westminster School, London

The event is taking place at:

The Book Club
100-106 Leonard Street
Shoredtich
London
EC2A 4RH
Tickets: £5 (+50p paypal fee) – with all profits going to Barnardos!

To buy tickets: HERE

Music: "Day Five" by Explosions in the Sky

INQ Mobile Packaging

2009-12-02T10:14:00.000-08:00

The INQ Mini 3G is a new cell phone launched in Europe and Asia with social mobile apps including connection to Facebook, Twitter, Skype and IM all built in. The phone is featuring my work on the packaging and a few of the instructional cards that comes in the box, as well my illustrations are taking part in the promo campaign.

"At INQ we make Social Mobiles. We think the world’s a better, more exciting and diverse place when technology makes it easy for people to express themselves however and whenever they want.

Art, in the many forms it takes, is key to self-expression, and has greatly benefitted from the internet in terms of reach. We want to extend this process, which is why we run INQ + ART.
This is our first project: “the box is a canvas, help is a card”

Beautiful illustrations curated to grace the back of the INQ help cards and the box, from illustrators we happen to really like. We thought we’d help to get the message out about what they do, and turn our packaging into objects to cherish, not chuck."

INQ Mobile

MTV commercials:

First Unboxing Video of the Phone:

Puma Urban Art 2009

2009-11-23T13:43:00.000-08:00

Finally I can post some pictures about how was my trip this year to the great city of Buenos Aires in Argentina, still dreaming with the fantastic time that my family and I spent pretty much eating the best food ever, walking all around the city, famous places and meeting a bunch of interesting and talented people. I was invited to give a speech for the second edition of the Puma Urban Art festival during August 1st and 2nd along with the well known artist and illustrator Nate Williams, the brazilian graffitti-duo of Alto*Contraste (Lee & Lou) and some others important local artists. The festival took place in the Auditorium 2, part of the Centro Cultural Recoleta complex with an affluence of 3,000+ people offering Illustration & art lectures, live painting, skate & bike exhibitions, live music and screening shows.

Originally we planned to stay for one week only but we ended up staying long 25 days, we had the great opportunity to live the real experience of being in Buenos Aires almost like a local and we totally loved it! Hopefully one day we will go back again and maybe for much longer time :)

Video extract from the festival:

Pictures from the festival:

In this picture: Nate Williams, Christian Montenegro (hidden behind Patricio), Patricio Olivier, The Göoo Magazine crew.

A few pictures from our trip:

New Gelaskins products!

2009-11-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

Yes, a new line of Gelaskins products was added for gamers. This time to custom your Guitar Hero, Rock Band and Wii Console.

Personalized Snowy Owl for the Holidays!

2009-11-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

The Holidays are coming and you are looking for the great gift?

This is a new Print I did to celebrate the upcoming holidays and is available as stunning limited edition of 50 Gicleé prints and guess what? You can add a personal touch to make it yet more special, the print comes in two sizes 13"X19" and 8.5"X11" and will be available just till sold out and will never be in sale again.

• Gicleé Print on 100% cotton rag, acid free base, fine art paper, signed and numbered by hand.
Shipped in stay flat mailer and protected with print protector bag for long-term storage.

• This is a special limited edition of unique 50 personalized prints.
You can choose the character appearing on the yellow Owl's think-bubble and add a personal touch for the perfect gift!

• Take a look in the characters samples picture and get an idea of how is going to look, all characters make a good match with the overall art and is limited just to only one letter or symbol, numbers can go in a pair.

When purchase the piece please write on the comments which symbol, letter o number you prefer on the print.

This print will be available until sold out and never will be in sale again, so this is your opportunity to buy pretty much a unique piece. Go to my ETSY for pricing and availability.

Happy Holidays!

PS. For some of you wondering what the hell is a Gicleé Print, please read this INFO

Playtime Wooden Sculpture

2009-10-24T12:44:00.000-07:00

Some time ago I was very interested and looking for some contacts to produce a vinyl toy of one of my illustrations about a cat playing with a ball of yarn, with not much luck to be honest :) but after a few days I received a really nice email from the flash animator & illustrator Gary Ham with base in Phoenix, AZ.

He came up with the suggestion of collaborate together and produce a more crafty version of this toy, he has a wood shop and has been producing some great wooden, vinyl and resin toys before by himself. So he created this amazing wooden sculpture with moveable parts based on my design and it appeared in my mailbox about two weeks ago, so Sweet! Here you can check out some pictures of the toy when I received it.

I just finished the piece and I think it turned out well, what do you think? This guy is 6.75" to the tip of his highest ear and 7.25" to the top of his tail, just the perfect size! Is one in a kind and available for exhibition if I receive any invitation. There is something great about having presence on internet and get in contact with the perfect people in the perfect time to make possible some collaborative projects like this. Thank you so much Gary for your invaluable help!

Illusive Feature

2009-10-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

Just received my copy of Illustrative Contemporary Illustration Part 3 Book and is simply awesome!!!
I'm so pleased to be part of this great book and honored to share pages with lots of great artists. Definitely if you enjoy contemporary illustration this is a must-have.
More about the Book!

New Artworks at Rivet Gallery

2009-10-06T17:55:00.000-07:00

I'm showing a few new original artworks at Rivet Gallery in Columbus, OH along with fellow artist Scott Tolleson. The show is going to be up until October the 31st and here are some pictures of the works presented. For pricing and availability contact the Gallery.

• PASCUAL •
12”x 12” Acrylic on Wooden Panel

• RAFAEL •
14”x 14” (Box Size) Gicclé & Paper-Cut in a Keepsake Box

• SIMÓN•
14”x 14” (Box Size) Gicclé & Paper-Cut in a Keepsake Box

• MARCELLO •
18”x 24” Acrylic on Canvas

• OSWALDO •
18”x 24” Acrylic on Canvas

• NATTO •
22”x 36” Acrylic on Canvas

Some pictures from the Opening Night:

Here some detail pictures:

That's How A Pumpkin Grows

2009-09-29T19:27:00.000-07:00

Brian Vogan has a new CD "Little Songs" and a new music video for the catchy children's song "That's How A Pumpkin Grows". I had lots of fun illustrating and directing this animated piece created in team with the great people of FashionBuddha Studio.

You can check out more images HERE.

That's How A Pumkin Grows from Alberto Cerriteño on Vimeo.

DAHRA Collaboration

2009-09-29T00:37:00.000-07:00

“Play.Create.” is the fourth project and second exhibition of DAHRA (Designers Against Human Rights Abuse) created by the designer & artist Rishi Sodha. Basically the invitation was to customize a a Kid Robot ‘Munny’ doll, The premise is the project that 10 product designers, 10 graphic designers and 10 children will all customise these dolls on the theme of play and creativity for an exhibition and auction to show the inherent links we all share in creativity and how we are all equal in that respect despite our age. All money raised will go to Barnardo’s (a UK based children’s charity) as well as 10 children being treated to a day of inspiring workshops and fun art activities where they will customise their dolls.

The exhibition will be held in London in early November (location to be confirmed) And this is my custom Munny.

Show at RIVET Gallery

2009-09-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

Rivet Gallery in Ohio presents this exhibition from Alberto Cerriteno and Scott Tolleson.

Opening next Saturday, October 3rd, Columbus’ own Rivet Gallery hosts a two person show featuring the new artworks of Scott Tolleson and Alberto Cerriteño. This exhibit begins at 7PM – 10PM and if you cannot make opening night, the show continues all the way to the 31st of October. Rivet also gives us a little bio on each of the artists and we would like to share that with you as well.

Rivet Gallery
1200 N. High St / Columbus, OH / 43201
www.rivetgallery.com

The Enamored Whale | Special limited edition 2009

2009-09-03T19:17:00.000-07:00

It's been three years since I did an illustration named The Enamored Whale, that particular illustration means a lot to me cause practically marked the beginning of my illustrator career and still one of the most popular works I've ever done. So, in a way to celebrate these exciting years of an amazing journey creating art I made a stylized version of The Enamored Whale and brought it to you in a limited edition of signed beautiful letterpress prints. Available now on my ETSY shop by $20.

Print specifications:

• 8.5" X 11" Letterpress print, three colors (chocolate color has a metallic touch) on 100% recycled handmade paper.
• Soy based inks (VOC free) are hand-mixed and printed each by hand in a limited edition of 250. Hand signed and numbered by me.
• Carefully packaged and shipped in stay flat mailer, protected with print protector bag for long-term storage.

The prints were printed by the fine guys of Olivine Studio in Portland, here are some pictures of the process in the making of these beauties, I'm so pleased with the results! :D

TYE at Nucleus Gallery

2009-08-30T18:29:00.000-07:00

As some of you guys know I did a contribution for the Terrible Yellow Eyes project and surprisingly my piece made it for the art show that Nucleus Gallery in California is curating along with Cory Godbey. When I received the official notification from the gallery and the invitation to do an extra piece, I couldn't resist the offer so I did it. Here are some pictures of my two paper-cut pieces included in the show this next September 19th till October the 6th.

More pictures can be seen on my Flickr.

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Gicclé & Paper-Cut in a Keepsake Box
Box Size: 14" x 14"

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Gicclé & Paper-Cut in a Keepsake Box
Box Size: 14" x 14"

Zappos Concept

2009-08-23T19:10:00.000-07:00

Recently I was commissioned by M&C Saatchi to develop a few conceptual illustrations for a series of TV Spots for Zappos.com
The time was very short but I think they turned out well for a pitch concept.