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"Carlo 2" The revenge of Carlo

2012-02-02T14:55:00.000-08:00

Pop Grass / Fail to Fly

2012-01-10T08:46:00.000-08:00

Pop Grass / Fail to Fly from Hawk Jones on Vimeo.

And the Winner Is.......

2011-12-02T15:51:00.001-08:00

Thanks to all those that voted for this poll. Ghostbusters is the winner!

Super Villians (Legion of Doom!)

2011-11-29T15:25:00.001-08:00

Super Heroes (OG X-Men)

2011-11-23T09:52:00.001-08:00

Super Heroes (Avengers)

2011-11-21T09:42:00.001-08:00

Super Heroes (Justice League)

2011-11-18T12:22:00.001-08:00

Random Character Design

2011-11-17T15:11:00.001-08:00

No Comic This Week:(

2011-11-16T12:24:00.001-08:00

Unfortunately I came down with intestinal flu this weekend and spent most of my time praying to the porcelain god. The final installment of this journal comic storyline won't come until next week. Stay tuned!

Journal Comic 11-7-2011

2011-11-07T10:18:00.000-08:00

Journal Comic 10-31-2011

2011-10-31T11:46:00.000-07:00

Happy Birts Peewee!

2011-10-24T16:45:00.000-07:00

Journal Comic 10/24/2011

2011-10-24T15:05:00.000-07:00

I realized that the last few comics I've done have been sort of a drag. It makes sense to me now that most of that stand out portions of my life, like many people, have been tragedies in my life. At least I remember them more vividly then other things because the traumatizing nature of the events. So to lighten the mood, I did a recent, more humorous, story of what happened to Angela and I on our 1st wedding anniversary night out to LB Steak house on Santana Row. Hopefully this trend of funnier stories continues.

Thanks again for reading,

Dion

P.S. Happy Birts Peewee!

Wax Poetics Article

2011-10-19T09:03:00.000-07:00

A painting I did a while back for an article David Ma wrote for Wax Poetics. It's a great read about DJ Babu, one of the DJ's that inspired me and my friends when we first started learning to spin records and skratch. Check out the Wax Po article and David's website Nerdtorious.

Babu's album on Spotify

Journal Comic 10-17-2011

2011-10-17T09:39:00.000-07:00

Journal Comic 10-10-2011

2011-10-10T09:21:00.000-07:00

Terminal

2011-10-07T12:45:00.000-07:00

Journal Comic 10-4-2011

2011-10-05T09:04:00.000-07:00

Caricature #37 (Izalah)

2011-10-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

Okay I lied! Here's one more caricature that my wife commissioned me to create. It's of my niece Izalah and it's her birthday this Friday. Her and I play a game called "Robot Octopus" where we pretend to be...well...robotic octopi. This should be my last one for a while but expect to see more other stuff coming this week. The next journal comic is coming soon so expect that some time this week.

Journal Comic 9/27/2011

2011-09-28T17:00:00.000-07:00

Here we go again! I'm gonna give this journal comic another shot. This time it's gonna be a little different. Angela is helping for one and this time I'm gonna be recounting the last few years instead of what's currently happening to me. So I guess it's less a journal and more a autobiography. I'll start with the fire and work my way up to Lucy being born and see where it goes from there. Wish me luck!

Dion

Lucy!

2011-09-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

I've been afforded the great opportunity to be a father for the first time in my life which has been one of the best, most rewarding and heart warming experiences ever while also being the most frustrating and maddening at the same time. And while Lucy has been my greatest creation to date, attention to her has left me little time to work on anything else. One of the more important projects to me in the last few years, showing my work on this blog, has been my journal comic which I hope to work on again soon. Unfortunately I do not think I'll be working on the caricatures again anytime soon since it requires way too much work and has very little in the way of pay-off. You never know though, if there is enough reaction to this post maybe they'll come back. As of now though, NO MORE CARICATURES!

Keep your eyes peeled though for more work to come!

Thanks again for reading,

Dion

What's Next Indeed!?

2011-09-19T16:39:00.000-07:00

mystery cards...

2011-09-14T19:22:00.000-07:00

Find out what is behind these cards at the upcoming SJ Made!!!

PinkHead

2011-09-09T11:29:00.000-07:00

Long Time no Post

2011-08-26T11:49:00.000-07:00

Head Red

2011-06-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

Doodle at work

2011-06-21T17:03:00.001-07:00

- dNA

Hawk Jones (Cold Hands)

2011-06-08T23:00:00.001-07:00

Cold Hands from Hawk Jones on Vimeo.

Illuskrate on NERDTORIOUS.com

2011-05-11T10:18:00.000-07:00

Writer and homie, Dave Ma recently did an article on J Rocc for Dj Times and used some of my artwork on his blog. Check out he blog here: NERDTORIOUS.COM and the full article here:DJ Times.

Caricature #36 ( Stephanie & Thomas Tissot)

2011-04-29T16:41:00.001-07:00

Caricature (Jelly Carrasco) #35

2011-04-27T12:33:00.000-07:00

One of my cousin in laws but and also one of the winners of the free caricatures at my show, Angelica,"Jelly", Carrasco.

Thank You!

2011-04-27T11:14:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who came out to my show this past weekend and especially to all those that helped make it possible! In particular, The Usuals, Bella, Monelle Reyes, and my wife, Angela, who all helped out way more than I expected them to. All the hard work payed off and the show was a great success! And also thanks again to all my customers. I got to sell some of my merch and some paintings which both did a lot better than I thought it would. Now only if that would translate to internet sales;)

Promo Video for my show at the Usuals

2011-04-19T08:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Phillip and Marie, from the Usuals, for making this video to promote my show this friday!

"Pillar" painting at the Usuals shop

2011-04-18T10:05:00.001-07:00

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Click the "read more" link to see a photo of the finished piece...

Caricature Vote Results

2011-04-18T09:22:00.000-07:00

The results are in and Monelle wins by a 38 vote margin over Vanessa! She will be taking home the night of the show, either a free print or her choice of and archived dNA painting. Thank you to everyone that took the time to vote! This was a much bigger success than I could ever imagine.

Stakes Is High! Last day to Vote (Winner now gets a Prize!!!!!)

2011-04-15T10:46:00.000-07:00

Last day to vote!

The winner now gets a free print or their choice of an archived dNA painting! Vote closes tonight at midnight so get your vote in before it's too late! And don't forget to join us for the event on April 22nd for the Usuals 1 year anniversary and my last show! My cousin Cutso and my homies David Ma, Square Weezy and maybe some Hells Bells will be there to provide the tunes. Can't Wait!!!!!!

Raffle For Free Caricatures and Two Free Weeks of Training With Team Mo!

2011-04-14T15:29:00.000-07:00

At the show on April 22, with every $25 worth of dNA merch or painting purchases, you will receive a raffle ticket to possibly win one of two caricatures ($60 value) done by me or a voucher for 2 FREE weeks of upcoming 4 week season of either, Boyz Boot Camp or B.A.B.Y. (Be A Better You) Boot Camp. VALUED at $150. This will be my last show before I will be taking a long break since my wife will be giving birth to our first child (so excited)! Please come by and support!

Also, I'm super excited that this little vote I've been doing has been getting so much attention. It's getting really close there in the middle so don't forget to vote for your favorite before friday. You can vote for more than one person and also you can vote once everyday before this friday (April 15). So if you've already voted, come back and vote again!

Vote for who will be in the show!

2011-04-11T12:03:00.000-07:00

*You can vote for more than one person!
**Vote Ends Friday, April 15, 2011

I will be printing out a select few of the caricatures (10) to be in my show at the usuals. They will be special edition prints so get as many people to vote for your caricature so that it can be in the show. They will each be sold for $30 but if you happen to be the one in the caricature it will only cost you $10 (at the show only).

I will also be raffling off two free caricatures at the show to anyone that buys some of my merch or paintings. More details on that soon!

caricature (Kevenus Baraquil) #34

2011-04-08T16:41:00.000-07:00

caricature (Mitsy) #33

2011-04-07T14:26:00.000-07:00

2 New Shirt Designs

2011-04-06T13:44:00.000-07:00

Two new designs that I'm trying to get printed for my show at the end of this month.

Another finished for April Show

2011-04-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

caricature (Monelle Reyes) #32

2011-04-05T13:54:00.000-07:00

caricature (Mike Millares) #31

2011-04-04T10:37:00.000-07:00

Caricature (Leon "BirthdayBoy" Morimoto) #30

2011-03-31T11:21:00.000-07:00

More paintings in progress

2011-03-30T22:27:00.001-07:00

Taking a Pause on the Caricatures

2011-03-30T10:43:00.000-07:00

Gotta take break from caricatures for now folks. I currently have a back log of caricatures at the moment and don't have time to keep taking orders. I'll keep you all posted when I can return to take more orders. Thank you all for your patients and I am truly grateful for all the business and attention this is getting Illuskrate!

caricature (Jenny Vogue) #29

2011-03-29T17:10:00.001-07:00

Journal Comic

2011-03-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

So I haven't posted one of these in a while. Mostly cause the subject matter is sort of private. This one is about my sister in law. To me she's more a sister than an in-law. When I found out about her unfortunate predicament, lets just say I didn't feel too good (crushed more than exploded). Haven't really talked to her since I found out cause I've been sort of a mix between angry and unhappy and I don't want that to affect what I say to her. I'm trying to choose my words carefully and want her to know that we're still here for her. And I'm still really proud of what she' accomplished in the last year.

caricature (Ray "Area" Calimbus) #28

2011-03-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

caricature (Hawk Jones) #27

2011-03-24T11:49:00.000-07:00

caricature (Dinah Bello) #26

2011-03-23T09:35:00.000-07:00

caricature (Ieanna Cruz) #25

2011-03-22T16:40:00.001-07:00

caricature (Vanessa Cabrera) #24

2011-03-21T08:21:00.000-07:00

caricature (Baby Chua) #23

2011-03-17T13:51:00.000-07:00

caricature (Tito Guy Bello) #22

2011-03-16T13:54:00.000-07:00

caricature (Dad-Sol Bello) #21

2011-03-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

Lets just say my dad and I are not the most keen on find our way around...pretty much anywhere. That's what prompted this illustration.

J-Rocc of the Beat Junkies

2011-03-15T10:16:00.000-07:00

caricature (Mark Sebastian) #20

2011-03-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

caricature (Omar Cachola) #19

2011-03-11T08:35:00.000-08:00

Whoa, this guy is in Japan right now! Gladly, he's safe and sound and very far away from the earthquake epicenter on top of a very tall building in Nagoya. Hope all is well out there Omar my jealousy of your japanese excursions are sort of waning now (lol).

Buy A Caricature!

2011-03-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

But seriously folks, I've been having a blast doing these drawings (even the free ones). But if you wanna help a one man, solo show here, please throw down a few of shekels and help me keep this going. If you get in line soon enough, YOUR caricature can even be part of my show in April, at the Usuals in downtown San Jose, and maybe in the book compilation later this year. Thanks again for all the support!

How to buy a Caricature

caricature (Rossan V Chua) #18

2011-03-08T15:11:00.000-08:00

caricature (Simon Castro) #17

2011-03-03T12:33:00.000-08:00

caricature (D-Styles-Dave Cuasito) #16

2011-03-01T15:25:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite DJ's of all time, D-Styles, of ISP and Beatjunkies fame. Hopefully he would be flattered and not disgusted with this small homage I'm paying to him for the great music he has provided to my ears over the years.

LaForge Painting Video

2011-02-28T11:30:00.000-08:00

Currently untitled painting for show in april

2011-02-25T08:15:00.000-08:00

caricature (Ziah) #15

2011-02-25T08:06:00.000-08:00

caricature (David Ma - Nerdtorious) #14

2011-02-24T09:27:00.000-08:00

nerdtorious

caricature (Alieza Chua) #13

2011-02-23T08:36:00.000-08:00

caricature (Mark Chua) #12

2011-02-22T10:17:00.000-08:00

caricature (Phil Arce) #11

2011-02-18T09:49:00.000-08:00

caricature (Theo Halloran) #10

2011-02-17T11:40:00.000-08:00

caricature (Dino Bello) #9

2011-02-16T14:29:00.001-08:00

caricature (Carlo Bello) #8

2011-02-16T08:59:00.000-08:00

caricature (Aaron "Weezy" Aquino) #7

2011-02-14T14:24:00.000-08:00

caricature (Paolo "Cutso" Bello) #6

2011-02-11T14:59:00.000-08:00

caricature (Danny Le) #5

2011-02-11T13:24:00.001-08:00

caricature (Amanda Castro) #4

2011-02-11T10:52:00.000-08:00

caricature (Lyna K) #3

2011-02-10T13:21:00.001-08:00

Caricature (Kori Thompson) #2

2011-02-08T12:52:00.000-08:00

Caricature (guess who)

2011-02-07T15:22:00.000-08:00

Nother one

2011-01-07T16:51:00.001-08:00

practice paint

2011-01-05T16:07:00.000-08:00

Pose maniacs 2 (30 sec poses)

2011-01-03T11:50:00.000-08:00

Old design (never posted)

2010-12-20T11:03:00.000-08:00

Blind Leading the Blind episode 1: Hypertrichosis

2010-12-17T14:23:00.000-08:00

Check out the comic's site at: Blind Leading the Blind Comic

Frequent Flyers: Chewbakla

2010-12-09T13:20:00.001-08:00

Blind Leading the blind (series in development) Site is up

2010-12-03T16:25:00.000-08:00

See the new site here: Blind Leading the Blind comic or go to the link in the side bar.

Blind Leading the blind (series in development) Promo

2010-12-02T11:04:00.001-08:00

Blind leading the blind (series in development)

2010-11-30T14:05:00.001-08:00

In lieu of the recent demise of the I&D series, I creating a new comic series. Still looking for a writer with the gag a week writing style.

I & D is Dead

2010-11-29T09:00:00.000-08:00

Due to some copy write issues with the original creator of I & D I can no longer display the comics on this site or my other blog. Hopefully I'll have another comic to replace it soon. Any ideas are welcome as always!

WetFace Timelapse Painting

2010-11-18T12:37:00.000-08:00

"Homegrown" at the Usuals

2010-11-11T09:09:00.000-08:00

Another artshow coming up on friday the 19th. Hope to see you guys there!

Zombie Civil Rights

2010-11-04T17:16:00.001-07:00

Update

1st Attempt

Just Married

2010-11-01T17:06:00.000-07:00

So I've been gone for a while. Hopefully someone noticed! That's because I recently got married and also went on my honeymoon and it was all a blast. I can't be more excited to be married to such a wonderful person. Glad to be back though and will have some new stuff up soon.

Painting Practice

2010-10-04T11:17:00.000-07:00

Haven't painted in a while so decided to do a digital one to practice. Not the same as the real thing but thought I'd give it a shot.

New Camera! Test Video of Peanut

2010-09-30T18:17:00.000-07:00

9-22-2010 - Morning Run with Angela

2010-09-23T11:44:00.001-07:00

Some old skate decks

2010-09-14T20:43:00.000-07:00

Here's a some old skate decks I painted a while back. Sorry, the photo quality isn't the greatest.

-Kori

August 31, 2010 - Painting the closet

2010-09-01T10:11:00.000-07:00

The house we moved into is pretty old so Angela and I have been trying desperately to clean and re-design our new house to match our own sensibilities but with work and wedding planning its been pretty difficult.

Angela has a pretty clear vision of how she wants the house to look and I'm all aboard for it and stoked. Its been a pretty rough road though for the reasons I've listed above. Angela's design sense is so good though that I'm really excited for the house to be finally done!

What super team should I do next?
	X Factor
	X Force
	The Watchmen
	Extraordinary League of Gentlemen
	Fantastic Four
	Teen Titans
	Generation X
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
	Inhumans
	Weapon X
	New Mutants
	Ghostbusters
	Captain Planet and the Planeteers