THIS IS SERGIO

Goodbye Blogger, Hey there Wordpress.

2010-07-15T15:44:00.001-07:00

This blog has moved to here: www.thisissergio.com/blog

All-student art exhibit, Salon des Refusés

2010-04-24T23:37:00.000-07:00

I submitted a few pieces for my school's end-of-the year art exhibit. One of them was selected for the juried show in the student art gallery and the other ones were "rejected" and were put in the Salon des Refusés, an exhbit that Augsburg does for artwork that is not selected inspired by the Parisian scene of 1863 when artists were rejected from the Paris Salon and their work was instead exhibited in an annex section. Here are some pictures:

MANT (2009) - Illustration/Computer Generated/Digital Print

TUNEHEAD (2010) - Illustration/Computer Generated/Digital Print

HAITI Poster - 2010

On Social Circles

2010-04-05T08:47:00.000-07:00

On Social Circles from Sergio Monterrubio on Vimeo.

This is how I think in social circles.

I prepared this animation for the OLSON O-tern blog in an attempt to become an intern.

Enjoy

Intriguing Pieces at MIA'a FITD

2010-03-07T22:00:00.001-08:00

I noticed these pieces at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Foot In The Door exhibit. They are intriguing. I saw several people trying to push the buttons hoping something would happen. Thumbs up to the artists that created these.

Art Print at "Foot In The Door" - Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2010-02-19T20:04:00.000-08:00

I submitted this print to the "Foot In The Door Exhibition" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, which is an opportunity for artists residing in Minnesota to showcase their artwork, and it occurs every ten years. The space limit is one cubic foot. Hence the name of the exhibit. I took some pictures during the opening reception and found my print up there. This year close to 5,000 artists submitted work. It was awesome.

Foals

2010-02-16T09:39:00.001-08:00

Inspired by Foals

Shapes

2010-02-02T09:06:00.001-08:00

Inspired by Shapes. Check them out here.

Identity

2010-01-25T22:33:00.001-08:00

With the whole networking environment I felt it was around time to get some cards. Cardboard stock. 100% recycled.

Your Humble Narrator live @ 400 Bar 1/28

2010-01-20T07:08:00.000-08:00

My roommate plays in Mpls. band Your Humble Narrator. I recently designed a poster for one of his shows.

Prints for Augsburg Student Feminist Collective

2010-01-18T19:38:00.000-08:00

Brush Fun

2010-01-14T19:26:00.001-08:00

Just Playing With New Brushes. [smiley face]

Film Production Without A Camera

2009-12-30T00:01:00.000-08:00

A "how to" tutorial for creating your own motion picture. (This is what I do when there's nobody to chill in the sad, sad city).

enjoi.

Typographic Solutions

2009-12-25T23:05:00.001-08:00

Designing for KAUG

2009-12-24T21:03:00.000-08:00

No Way. Si Wey!

2009-12-17T19:12:00.000-08:00

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Pretty Plastic

2009-12-15T17:07:00.000-08:00

Pretty Plastic (2009) from Sergio Monterrubio

Pretty Plastic is my last project created for my 16mm Film Production class.

with

Josh Lons & Phoebe Bottoms

Sound design includes:

Sidewalk Café (Minneapolis)
Justice (Paris)
Austin TV (Mexico City)

Potential Tattoo

2009-12-06T22:08:00.000-08:00

I kind of want to get a tattoo of something like this. It's inspired by a book that I read this summer titled "flow." Hence, the design. Flow is a theory developed by a psychologist named Mihaly Csikszentmihaly and it describes really well what passion is all about. Highly recommended, read more about it here.

Transparency/Opacity

2009-11-30T09:43:00.000-08:00

bored/at/work

Thanksgiving Gifts

2009-11-23T17:58:00.000-08:00

Two recent prints that I designed as gifts for the people at two of the places I work at.

Financial Crisis

2009-11-02T09:23:00.000-08:00

I used to have a job that consisted of requesting money to alumni for my school's fund. Most of the refusals blamed it on the economy and how the current financial crisis has changed their philanthropic priorities. While listening to their reasons I sketched what it was in my mind about their economic problems. Then I vectorized it.

Minimalism

2009-10-28T22:04:00.000-07:00

Exploring minimalist design.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

2009-10-03T07:41:00.000-07:00

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

Make Art Not War

2009-09-09T17:01:00.000-07:00

During the period of political liberalization of early 1968 Czechoslovakia an unknown artist created a print with now legendary protest phrase: "make art not war" which illustrated a kid holding a protest sign marching towards a soldier. Later on the artwork was first used as a source in the print Dis Obey (Phenomenology, etc. check them out here) which now does big propaganda campaigns based on street art.

Anyway, after seeing the print this summer I really liked not only the work, but the idea and meaning behind it. Stimulating and questioning are key reactions to Obey campaigns, and it inspired me to do some good old playing with photoshop. Enjoi.

HUGO...CREATE

2009-08-25T15:22:00.000-07:00

So one big thing with this blog is to show my work (at all levels). So far you've only seen "personal" work, or the kind that is made to express ideas of my own, or campaigns of groups I belong to (by the way the work in my last post was made for a campaign that promotes diversity tolerance).

Now, as I think about my professional future I want to put together an Advertising portfolio. HUGO (BOSS) has a contest going on that encourages creative people around the world to design an advertisement based on the shape of the HUGO fragrance bottle and the theme is "simplicity."

I decided to give it a try, but I've been having a tough time capturing what "simplicity" means in terms of visual communication. These are some of the drafts I've made so far. All from scratch. No templates.

Early days...

2009-08-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

Unlike most high schools mine required me to select an area of focus during my last year. I chose Arts & Humanities or "Area 4" There, I was introduced to my first Visual Communication class when I was 17, where I painted this dove wrapped in dynamite. Peace & Tolerance Fading Out is just one of my works during early days. More of these in the future.

Welcome...

2009-08-20T21:18:00.000-07:00

For some time now I felt the need to start a digital journal in order to share my work and experiences. So here it is. On this first post I want to share an illustration idea that I've been struggling with. Stress. Just a draft. Subject: me. Theme: stress...(and management?) I've been trying to hand-trace this sort of sequence based on the pictures but it's taking a some time. Peace.