rico's vida blog

I kind of stopped posting, but....

2011-05-28T16:16:00.008-04:00

you can peep me out here:

FreshDreamsNYC!

good looks, much respect!!

WACKEST GRAF APP.. maybe?? lol

2011-03-30T01:23:00.002-04:00

Trying to do some iPad app research for some possible future projects. I ran into this...lol. Big ups who ever took the time to make this, its alil wack. This then in turn gives me hope on making a good app.

GRAFFITI MEETING - SUDAMERICA- Quito, ECUADOR

2011-03-28T09:31:00.003-04:00

GRAF MEETING SUDAMERICA - QUITO, ECUADOR!

Saturday April 2nd, 2011

OVER 150 artists!

For more info and flicks from last year: http://sgmecuador.wordpress.com/

ANDERZOUNDZ (quito, ecuador)

2011-03-27T02:37:00.002-04:00

This is a piece or two from my homie, ANDERZOUNDZ. Great people, Great artist. Quito, Ecuador.

WWW.ANDERZOUNDZ.TK

Are you Bushwick?... WACK!

2011-03-27T02:22:00.002-04:00

It is crazy wack how they are promoting this building on Knickerbocker. The ad is also CRAZY WACK! ... BUT, I like some of the photos from their FB account. Love the brick. (knickerbocker and Dekalb.) Bigup's to TONY's PIZZA who is about to get a crazy business boost with this freaking building.

Randoms

2011-03-25T13:36:00.001-04:00

Mr Cartoon - graf writer

2011-03-25T13:30:00.001-04:00

Not just a great tattoo artist, but also kinda nice with the can. I just got some new ink. While on the search for the artwork I checked out Mr. C. I didn't realize how much graf he was doing. big ups!

Save 5pointz!!

2011-03-17T11:03:00.002-04:00

PLEASE SIGN! NYC is JUST GETTING WORSE, HELP KEEP IT SOMEWHAT COOL!

DONT LET NYshity take 5 POINTZ!

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/support5pointz/

Weirdo - Seattle

2011-03-15T01:26:00.003-04:00

Painted in Seattle. The proj took over 30 days to complete and shot with a Nikon D90. (my lil Nikon point and shoot is growing on me slightly. I have used it for all my recent travel vids) Big ups to WEIRDO

much peace in japan...

2011-03-14T11:14:00.001-04:00

WTF....... peace in Japan

2011-03-12T09:36:00.001-05:00

http://12ozprophet.com/index.php/os_gemeos/ - ups+fire

2011-03-11T19:18:00.001-05:00

Justice for Kenny Lazo

2011-03-10T17:51:00.003-05:00

Jennifer Lazo, a friend, speaks on the night her partner was beaten to death by LONG ISLAND Suffolk County Police, 3rd Precinct. The first 5 minutes describe the incident. The 5 officers involved were tried, released, and walking free...

For any more info please check out the Jennifer's blog.

Paz ft Skipy MFC Quito, Ecuador

2011-03-08T18:52:00.004-05:00

A production with my homie SKIPY MFC and his homies. Great people. Live from Quito, Ecuador. Feb 2010.

Quito Graffiti ft. PAZ & SKIPY MFC from Fresh Dreams NYC on Vimeo.

EXILE RAMIREZ

2011-03-08T18:44:00.003-05:00

Big ups to my Homie EXILE RAMIREZ. lacing his FB fans with those old school flicks showing where he began his come up! Now he is producing videos for major rappers/artists and living that dream! find him on FB. Good people. Peep the old BK flavors...

Broadway and Howard 2007

2011-03-06T00:49:00.003-05:00

photo: Becki-Fuller

SWOON / HA HA - Melbourne

2011-03-06T00:32:00.003-05:00

Checkin out some of Swoons work... I came across a pic with a someone bumping some friends of mine in Melbourne. "THANKS BLENDER, DOYLE HA HA, 2010" This brought me back. The Blender is a dope gallery/studio. HAHA is a good friend. peep his stuff here. AMAZING stencil work! I spent 3 weeks in Melbourne. Had a blast. Great creativity coming out of that city. A must for any artist.

INSIDE OUTSIDE graf doc incl. EARSNOT

2011-03-05T23:31:00.003-05:00

Being in Colombia, lately I have been missing out on the NYC action. So I went digging and Checked out my friend GROTESK's blog on 12oz. (so on point!) And ran across this as an advertisement on his page.

a possible FATCAP page for ya boy

2011-03-05T20:02:00.001-05:00

DJ Mios Dio - does it again!

2011-03-02T18:18:00.001-05:00

My homie and party dj freaks it up and down again. A lil 3 minute rocker for your ears!

http://soundcloud.com/damnzun/la-cumbia-rebajada-deejay-mati

New Zealand Trip by motorcycle

2011-03-02T08:26:00.002-05:00

My homie Shern is currently traveling New Zealand by motorcycle. He is always inspiring the s*%t out of me. He's a dope filmmaker/photographer and is just wrapping up a 2 year stay in Hong Kong after living in Australia for almost 8 years. I asked him to send me some flicks of his trip.

(www.shernsharma.com)

Dust La Rock "B.K. Scum" Exhibit Opens 3/4

2011-03-02T08:09:00.001-05:00

My homie Adam G (good guy I met from Nike, now doing even bigger things) blasted this to me.

This Friday evening from 7-10pm at the Mishka flagship store

350 Broadway in Williamsburg BK

The opening reception of my Dust La Rock's 2nd solo exhibition

ZONA ROJA - March 12th, Quito

2011-03-01T22:36:00.002-05:00

This is an event my homie DIZFRAZ is putting on in Quito. When it comes to teaching the youth about something positive through HipHop, be it music and arts, He is doing it big in Quito.

the site is new but peep: zonarojahiphop.blogspot.com for any info!

Bogota Graf ft. PAZ & SHAM

2011-03-01T19:31:00.003-05:00

A lil vid I put together while down in Colombia, my homeland. Big ups to my homie SHAM who put me down in BOGOTA. I left Bogota, now I am back.. so I hope for more to come ; )

Bogota Graf - ft PAZ/SHAM 2011 from Fresh Dreams NYC on Vimeo.

Quito, Ecuador w/ SKIPY MFC

2011-02-28T19:16:00.001-05:00

Thanks to the Lindsay and the rest of the people at www.FATCAP.com I got to get up with dope as writer SKIPY with MFC, live in QUITO, ECUADOR. We painted with SEYER paint. A brand that sponsors SKIPY and costs $2! It is said to be made by the same company that makes IRONLAK (which fades even worse in this lovely tropical weather.) After learning how to work the cans, I finally started to feel comfortable. (the reason for no pics of the first stages.)

Big ups to SKIPY, he has walls all over QUITO. Doing big things. http://www.skipyelmfc.tk/

In Quito teaching Kids about Potable Water and Street Art

2011-02-28T10:33:00.001-05:00

think aps

2010-12-17T23:45:00.004-05:00

This is a lil sumthing me and my boy did for MARK MILLER and his gallery @ 92 ORCHARD St. to celebrate APPLE DAY! We were not very happy with it. BUT it rocked all summer. Was a slammer for meeting people, as we sat on the stoop across the street! It was also the first time I ever painted apples with a can. HOW YOU LIKE DEM MANZANAS? ... and ofcourse, we do this for the niños aka the kids!

350 Broadway windows

2010-12-13T14:56:00.001-05:00

familia...

2010-12-08T02:49:00.004-05:00

These are 2 photos I took of my familia, when they came to visit a couple years back. My great grandmother standing in the mirror is 92 in this picture. ~ Im doing a lot of digging in the crates, but its really just helping me share some stuff I like that I haven't gotten to share...feel me?? ; ) ~

Little Italy

on the M train

me/moms stencil

2010-12-08T02:34:00.003-05:00

While cleaning the apt I came across this test print for a piece I was working on for my moms a few years back. I was really happy with how it came out...

bogota dreams throw backs

2010-12-08T02:29:00.002-05:00

I just came across some old BOGOTA DREAMS tees of mine. A brand that I kinda put together, kinda moved away from, hoping to get back to. I was selling in 3 stores in Manhattan.. Hollr! lol. Peep the tees with the ill inside label!

some tees being rocked... ; )

2010-12-08T02:13:00.005-05:00

I recently have come across some great photos of people rocking some of the tees that I designed or printed. Many ups to Vanissa, I believe alot of these flicks are hers. Gracias hermana. peep her here.

ny times fotos

2010-12-08T02:09:00.003-05:00

This is a slide show in the NYTIMES site about a grandfather in the Bronx helping be there for this grandchildren and what he would teach them and show them. Caught my eye... walks in the park, less tv, more outside. Great imagery.

dc colors - jaz mural proj.

2010-12-08T01:58:00.002-05:00

My boy jaz always throws mad inspiration at me. Always grinding on something fresh. This is a mural that he was on. This is one of the cats who painted some amazing portraits.

cards with alil steez in their step.. ;)

2010-12-06T11:30:00.002-05:00

para la familia

2010-11-11T12:26:00.001-05:00

This is a piece that I did a little while ago for my little cousin Tone. This his my other lil cousin, William, Tone's little bro, standing beside his name.

You may have seen recent work that I've done for these little guys in previous blogs.

Boycott!

2010-11-02T11:30:00.003-04:00

I just saw this pic not to long ago. My boy DP painted it and even used some of my stencils in his background. His steez is awesome, I bugged out when I saw it.

j with the moon at her finger tips! - Corolla, Beach - NC

2010-11-02T11:24:00.000-04:00

el barrio = donde somos

2010-11-02T11:23:00.001-04:00

tape custos

2010-11-02T11:22:00.000-04:00

Randi's Wedding Present

2010-11-02T11:00:00.004-04:00

This is a video of a the canvas that I made for my homie, hermana, coolest chick, RANDI, as her wedding gift. I had a lot of fun painting it. I took this video on the subway, before I picked up the rental to hit her wedding!

Big ups to my friend Kay, dropping his book "GROTESK" peep it in stores!

2010-11-01T21:14:00.001-04:00

PUSH inspiration

2010-10-26T00:38:00.001-04:00

YARNZ project

2010-10-16T00:39:00.000-04:00

Bedford and N 3rd

2010-10-16T00:12:00.000-04:00

Working @ the MoMa - The Donor Wall - hand screen printed

2010-10-16T00:09:00.000-04:00

A tee that I made for my lil cuz, Willy, of him w/ his name and age, 11, on the back.

2010-10-16T00:06:00.000-04:00

Warriors toys & backdrop - Mashiro Ito

2010-09-18T06:35:00.001-04:00

Warriors toys & backdrop - Mashiro Ito

2010-09-18T06:34:00.000-04:00

HP Calculator - Lights,Camera,Calculator - Where Did Ya Go

2010-09-17T02:01:00.000-04:00

This is a video I did for an HP calculator competion in '07. The rest of the videos submitted were crap... I know i would have won. But they said that I didnt have an actual HP calculator in the film, so it couldnt be used in the judging. WACK. Anyway, I thought youtube deleted it, but nope! so enjoy!

Filmed with: Canon handheld 2.1 megapix

Pics for Cesar

2010-09-17T01:22:00.003-04:00

One of my best friends has been a "detainee" for almost a year now, as he waits for the judge to re-approve his release and be given political asylum. He asks me to send him cartoon characters/music/books/$$ and all that. I send him mad pics of cartoons so that he can draw and make some $$ while inside. Here is just a snippet of some of the stuff I sent him in the last letter. Big ups to my boy CESAR... you going to be out soon hermano!

Genius Child - Langston Hughes

2010-09-17T01:13:00.004-04:00

I grabbed this off the trailer to Basquiat's - Radiant Child documentary. I still haven't seen it!

JAZI hooking up the Bmore youth

2010-09-17T01:05:00.004-04:00

My boy lacing it up for los jovenes aka the youth. (stolen from his page ; )

Free Food Ashram - India

2010-09-17T00:54:00.002-04:00

These photos came from an NYtimes article on an ashram in India that serves food to over 1,000 people daily for free. 3 Meals served daily! Everyone volunteers, men and women work side by side. I traveled to India and great places like this show why I loved this country so much! (the image below i remember mentioned these men working around the clock, almost all are walking barefoot)

Meatpacking Corner Convo

2010-09-17T00:11:00.003-04:00

This is my boy Hassan with his friend, Ali and i .. chilln as I posted up on a nice June day in Meatpacking Dist.

bk tornado

2010-09-16T23:34:00.003-04:00

This is a flick taken a block away from my old hood, of a famous Bushwick Intersection "Knickerbock and Dekalb," taken by a nytimes reader and sent in. Check out the slideshow of the damage. Kansas in Brooklyn.

my peeps getting their truck ups

2010-09-16T15:13:00.000-04:00

abandoned bowling alley session

2010-09-15T14:46:00.003-04:00

Big ups to Nate with the wide angle skate vid steezo. He showed me this and whole bunch of other of his vids. Peep em..

$millionares

2010-09-12T12:39:00.000-04:00

Wane/Askew Truck

2010-09-12T00:23:00.002-04:00

Wane/Askew Truck

2010-09-12T00:23:00.001-04:00

"Love Me" ups printed by ur boy and Nike 255 crew

2010-09-12T00:22:00.001-04:00

Archer ups.. been running for minutesss!

2010-09-12T00:20:00.001-04:00

working @ MoMa

2010-09-12T00:19:00.001-04:00

first direct to garment

2010-09-01T15:44:00.000-04:00

Gemeos/Futura wall

2010-08-30T16:55:00.002-04:00

Gemeos wall

2010-08-30T16:55:00.001-04:00

Gemeos wall

2010-08-30T16:54:00.000-04:00

Gemeos wall

2010-08-30T16:53:00.000-04:00

jr and willy (my lil cuzins on Arlington Blog)

2010-08-30T14:47:00.002-04:00

I was checking out one of my fav sites. http://cpdpcolumbiapike.blogspot.com/ (repping my lovely homeland of Arlington, VA, check it out! great photos) and I came across this photo of my lil cuz's Junior and William (both brothers...many of you know my lil cuz Toney, those are his lil bro's) Much love to the familia!

August 30th Front page blasts - El Diario

2010-08-30T13:08:00.001-04:00

August 30th Front page blasts - ny times

2010-08-30T13:05:00.001-04:00

"the one that God gave" in Igbo (Nigerian tribe and language)

2010-08-28T23:38:00.001-04:00

naike customs 255

2010-08-27T10:12:00.000-04:00

happy custies! always gotta look out for the littles!

2010-08-27T01:20:00.000-04:00

rico custo for vonski! (infared 3D w/ black 3M) photos don't do justice

2010-08-27T01:18:00.000-04:00

sam's arm...

2010-08-27T01:15:00.001-04:00

read and weap! ;)

2010-08-27T01:14:00.001-04:00

this was grown on the corner of my old street (wilson/hart) .. crazy

2010-08-25T19:23:00.000-04:00

where I get some of my inspiration..my steph's library!

2010-08-25T19:10:00.001-04:00

mi officina over the summer

2010-08-25T19:06:00.000-04:00

Nike Mobile Unit

2010-08-25T18:35:00.004-04:00

This summer was a blast. This freshie bus was my office for about 2 months of this HOT SUMMER! I was the design consultant, whipping up only the freshest of designs as we celebrated the WORLD BASKETBALL FESTIVAL by NIKE! Much love goes out to everyone on the crew! big ups to Evo, Jay, Rem, Lauren, Von, Pat, Gina, Tas Boogie, Kristen, Dave, Dorothy and everyone else yall know who you are! Big Ups to everyone at BLVD134 and 255 Elizabeth!

photos by Dorothy Hong (amazing photographer, shoots for FADER and much more)

hassan reppin rico's!

2010-08-01T08:41:00.001-04:00

my boy Korel with colored pencil

2010-08-01T08:37:00.001-04:00

painting for my neice Issabela ; )

2010-08-01T08:25:00.001-04:00

100B/Benrimon group show - Chelsea

2010-08-01T08:21:00.001-04:00

An amazing show that we put on. Running till August, including some greats! It was a huge success. Thanks a, d, benrimon, molly, jtop, stayhigh (copped the ill book!,) druha, Frank151, Martha Cooper and many more!

custo'

2010-08-01T08:09:00.001-04:00

kristen-cheesinn-on customs

2010-08-01T08:07:00.001-04:00

custos-naik

2010-08-01T08:04:00.001-04:00

custie-naik

2010-08-01T08:03:00.001-04:00

Nike custom - Dyckman Park - printin on film

2010-07-27T19:01:00.001-04:00

Naik custom for senora j. (part of the mobil unit)

2010-07-25T18:01:00.001-04:00

Frank 151 stack - via 100b gallery opening

2010-07-18T07:39:00.000-04:00

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My Cousin Vinny. My father's cousin Austin

2010-07-17T00:51:00.004-04:00

I just got my hands one of my favorite movies, not just because it has my fathers cousin in it, but that it is mad funny. But I thought I'd give some props out to my family, Austin Pendleton, who is a great actor, been in a bunch of movies, written and directed many plays plus is a great acting teacher! So big ups! see the movie if you havent... mad funny.

(this is just a classic shot) lol

When u miss your barrio

2010-07-17T00:23:00.006-04:00

These are some flicks from my last trip to Colombia. Almost 3 years ago. I miss mi barrio. Im kinda grinding right now and cant leave. So I guess the best thing is to share with you a lil part of my heart.

for more go to www.federicofrum.com

(a photo on my site)

(me taking a flicko)

(from the hills)

(my cuz and her son)

(lil homies in cartegena)

(my boys mom as she sells empanadas from their house)

(another cuz of mine.. she silly)

(a shot from out our kitchen window in Medellin)

tees for mike and my fam

2010-07-17T00:04:00.008-04:00

These are tees that I made for some of my friends. Big up to Stose and Mike H. and all my fam for supporting a bro and always asking me to cook them up some flave!

Nike - The Ball Room - 133th and Frederick Douglas

2010-07-16T11:29:00.000-04:00

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what's next? open canvas

2010-07-14T12:39:00.000-04:00

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Nueva Yorke - naik custom stats ; )

2010-07-09T14:12:00.000-04:00

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cuttin flock with naik ; )

2010-07-05T12:36:00.000-04:00

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