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My name is Francis Toriaga and you are currently viewing my professional portfolio website. I am a multimedia artist with a background in animation, illustration, web and graphic design. I am proficient in Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Flash. As a visual artist and designer, I enjoy integrating traditional and digital mediums with creative problem solving. Here, you will see my current work and projects. If you have comments, concerns or would like to learn more, feel free to contact me.
Update 4/14/2012 - Sketchbook Project 2012
Link to my Digital Sketchbook: http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/8837
Update 4/14/2012 - Sketchbook Project 2012
Link to my Digital Sketchbook: http://www.arthousecoop.com/library/8837
Just a few months ago, I finished working on a sketchbook that was then sent to the Brooklyn Art Library for the Sketchbook Project 2012 Tour. For those who don't know, this is essentially a project where anyone interested in filling out a sketchbook, regardless of skill level, can submit their artwork to an art show that tours around the United States without the fear of getting screened by a judging committee.
It gives a chance for anyone with a creative streak to have the chance to share their artwork to a large, broad audience. It was a really neat experience to create this sketchbook without any sort of added pressure (whether to impress a client or getting a good grade on it). There was a list of themes we could choose from to base our sketchbooks on and I chose, "Ask me how I can help." This was admittedly, a difficult choice since it was very ambiguous. I decided to go to more for a 'self-help' direction and came up with the idea of pairing food and jazz together. Similar to the concept of food and jazz pairings, I thought it would be a neat concept to come up with foods that would go well with certain jazz songs. If by chance, you stumbled on to my website by taking a look at my sketchbook, first of all, thank you. Here's a link to the digital copy of my sketchbook and the links below are the tracks I mentioned on my sketchbook:
Track 1: "So What" by Miles Davis
Track 2: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck
Track 3: "Yardbird Suite" by Charlie Parker
Track 4: "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus
Track 5: "Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie
Track 6: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman
Track 7: "Take the 'A' Train" by Duke Ellington
Track 8: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane
Track 9: "April in Paris" by Count Basie
Track 10: "Chameleon" by Maynard Ferguson
Track 11: "Round Midnight" by Thelonious Monk
Track 12: "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Buddy Rich
Track 13: "Birdland" by Weather Report
Track 14: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller
Bonus Track 1: "Memphis Underground" by Herbie Mann
Bonus Track 2: "Songbird" by Kenny G.
It gives a chance for anyone with a creative streak to have the chance to share their artwork to a large, broad audience. It was a really neat experience to create this sketchbook without any sort of added pressure (whether to impress a client or getting a good grade on it). There was a list of themes we could choose from to base our sketchbooks on and I chose, "Ask me how I can help." This was admittedly, a difficult choice since it was very ambiguous. I decided to go to more for a 'self-help' direction and came up with the idea of pairing food and jazz together. Similar to the concept of food and jazz pairings, I thought it would be a neat concept to come up with foods that would go well with certain jazz songs. If by chance, you stumbled on to my website by taking a look at my sketchbook, first of all, thank you. Here's a link to the digital copy of my sketchbook and the links below are the tracks I mentioned on my sketchbook:
Track 1: "So What" by Miles Davis
Track 2: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck
Track 3: "Yardbird Suite" by Charlie Parker
Track 4: "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus
Track 5: "Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie
Track 6: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman
Track 7: "Take the 'A' Train" by Duke Ellington
Track 8: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane
Track 9: "April in Paris" by Count Basie
Track 10: "Chameleon" by Maynard Ferguson
Track 11: "Round Midnight" by Thelonious Monk
Track 12: "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Buddy Rich
Track 13: "Birdland" by Weather Report
Track 14: "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller
Bonus Track 1: "Memphis Underground" by Herbie Mann
Bonus Track 2: "Songbird" by Kenny G.
