Alberto's blog

some new stuff

2009-05-24T17:22:00.003-04:00

live caricatures.

2009-04-03T21:50:00.004-04:00

Cool Canadian son and dad duo...

this guy assured me that i would make a killing

in miami... may be ill give it a try...

ugh... rays fan, but cool people nonetheless

she wanted to be eating...

Enjoy...C&Cs welcome.

munny

2009-04-03T02:03:00.003-04:00

These are my first two customs, let me know what you guys think.

Johnny knoxville

2009-03-12T02:18:00.003-04:00

just a dump....

2009-03-08T01:22:00.004-05:00

here are a few sketches, park sketches and self caricatures...
enjoy.

park sketches...

2009-02-17T10:31:00.003-05:00

just a few park sketches, enjoy...

NACHO!!!!! wip

2009-01-24T19:48:00.001-05:00

mass post...

2009-01-21T03:07:00.008-05:00

brothers from venezuela...

cool body request.

this girl was pretty cool, she talked alot, and
she had the most infectuos laugh ever

this was a demo, i liked it so i finished it...

well, this lady was all cool with how i was drawing

and she said that she wanted one of this. i warned her...

she said"are you expecting me to pay for that...

REJECTED!!!

started as ademo and brought some business in, and he bought it.

i really liked this one, but when it was time for the

picture he was all smiles i had to ask him not to smile

he was easy to draw...

this guy was so cool.

he actually farted while he was sitting there...

therefore....

iliked his face and could not care about hers...

shouldnt do that.

Carlos santana acrylic painting

2008-12-17T23:20:00.001-05:00

hey guys i finished this one today it took me about 7 hours, i'm pretty new at painting and im liking it a lot, i think i will stick to acrylics for now, but will definetly give oils a try later on.

guests are gay!

2008-12-01T00:20:00.003-05:00

this kid was pretty excited about getting a sketch done

and i dont think he quite understood what he was getting into...

when i finished the sketch( the first one) he laughed and paid for it,

ten mins later the dad comes back demanding for me to redraw his son

and i was working solo, so i had to do it.

i drew the second sketch in 5 mins or less and they framed it... go figure!

this kid was pretty cool about it, he liked enough to frame it, it just makes me happy

when the guest like sketch as much as i do.

now this guy didnt know what to expect, i think he felt obligated to buy it...

another sims

2008-11-30T18:20:00.002-05:00

this is my latest sketch of sims... its def. different.

gotta step up my game!!!

2008-11-14T01:47:00.005-05:00

after an amazing week in raleigh with 180 of the most talented artist around the world, i realize how much i can push this art form. hopeflly in the months to come you guys will see a change in my drawings.

kamall

2008-10-23T17:47:00.004-04:00

kamall just has one of those faces you wanna draw

again and again.

mattski

2008-10-23T17:34:00.004-04:00

this is matt ryder, a friend and caricature artist in dubai, check

out his blog at http://mattrydercaricature.blogspot.com/

Ryuji Imada, and a few guest!

2008-10-13T20:24:00.004-04:00

velazquez, take 2.

2008-09-28T08:20:00.001-04:00

larry king

2008-09-25T20:04:00.001-04:00

this was done with markers, in about 2 hours.

sean... again.

2008-09-24T23:29:00.003-04:00

one more of sean.

TAKA WATANABE

2008-09-18T17:53:00.003-04:00

jack black sketch

2008-09-14T13:45:00.000-04:00

Johnapalooza

2008-09-11T00:23:00.003-04:00

All of these happened today, in that order... it was another slow day at the stands...

sheinalosys!!! and two guest.

2008-09-03T22:35:00.005-04:00

this be sheinalosys!!! beware!!! lol

love ya tons.

this two were about the only 2 that got a sketch

done ... yup its very slow.

Jackin faces!!!

2008-08-30T01:17:00.000-04:00

recently, some of my friends have told me to work on the way i draw eyes, and i have to say ...Thank you Sean, and Matt! what a difference has it made so far. these for were done on the international day of jacking faces.

marlon huyhn

2008-08-27T08:52:00.000-04:00

trying something a lil diferent.

Glenn ferguson

2008-08-22T23:52:00.001-04:00

michael phelps

2008-08-17T15:28:00.000-04:00

graphite on pressed cardboard.

this piece is for sale at the bobas' "making faces" caricature show.

WhoCakes!!!!

2008-08-13T22:42:00.000-04:00

this is nick, hew is one of our any newbies

at busch gardens. super cool kid and sweet sketch

this kid will go places. today was nicks last day

and as a good bye present i gave a cool sketch...

he loved it and so did i.

WHOCAKES!!! hope you do well in college and

hope to see ya next summer.

joker mania...

2008-08-10T21:13:00.000-04:00

this one was done at home, with acrylics on illustration board

this one was done in the park...

cool 15 year old, dumb 20sumthing girl...

2008-08-10T21:01:00.000-04:00

this kid begged to get an exagerated sketch

when i showed him the final product he couldnt be happier...

in the other hand... this girl is a sound technician over at busch gardens

and she looks just like this... trust me... she almost cried, and demanded i took this sketch down

because it was highly offensive, i refused to take it down, so she said she was gonna call my manager and told her i was drawing funny pictures of her...

cutest koala...

2008-08-10T20:40:00.000-04:00

this guy was paid by his friends

to get a very ridiculous sketch...

i think i did my job....

velazquez

2008-08-10T20:38:00.001-04:00

mike velazquez is one of the up and coming rookies in busch gardens,

he has a golden face for caricatures.

robin rey

2008-08-10T20:34:00.000-04:00

this is robin rey, she is a lady bug, rabbit, and pufftweet lover

that if wasnt for all of the above, she would be

an insane clown killer!!!lol this is a quick sketch of her

concentration face.

happy couples, not so happy single....

2008-07-28T00:10:00.000-04:00

FIRE!!!

2008-07-22T23:53:00.000-04:00

SEAN CASEY

Big Al Lopez

uno mas

2008-07-17T00:19:00.000-04:00

Marlon Huynh, Aka, the squish

2008-07-17T00:10:00.000-04:00

this is the lead artist/supervisor for kamans in busch gardens, Fl, i've drawn this guy many many times, and these two were the product of a very slow day at a stand.

fighting the rain

2008-07-13T16:38:00.000-04:00

so it is full on summer nights in busch gardens but this Florida weather is killing us! well here are a few drawing from last week.

this guy brought his whole family to get sketches, gotta love

them brazilians.

this kid was cool and a good tipper for being so young.

he was so excited when i told him

he was going up on the website.

this guy was one of the brazilians in the bunch...

i like this one a lot, i liked how her gigantor boobs

didnt fit the paper.

this kid had the coolest family, they were so happy
to have me sketch him amd kept
calling him a hillbilly,umm... they were english, lol.

A Bad case of Bertolosys!!!!

2008-06-21T23:36:00.000-04:00

its priceless! and i would like to thank all of those who made it possible
check it out

slowness...

2008-06-20T20:59:00.001-04:00

lol she was funny, and loud for being such a small little girl,

and the fly... well he have bugs...

this guy was a trip! he kept saying how cool this was gonna be and what not

and when i showed him he literally was rolling in the floor laughing

more sketches

2008-06-16T01:59:00.001-04:00

no ref. pic but i liked it.

lol highschooler wanted to be jackd up...
and him too..

artist choice

some park sketchiz

2008-06-16T01:20:00.000-04:00

firing squad

2008-05-12T10:28:00.000-04:00

this is neil, aka single serving jack.

the badass subwaysurfer!

Gone for far too long

2008-05-08T23:12:00.000-04:00

ok i have been gone from the blogging world for a while and im tired of hearing sean askiing me to update... so here it goes, is not much but this will do for now, i promise to update more often.

this is my buddy jim, i really think he looks like jim cazievel,

from the passion of the christ. so....

she said that i couldnt make her ugly.

this guy was funny, all he kept saying was: make me look fly...
whatever it meant he said it looked nasty, which it turned
out to be a good thing as well.

i really liked this sketch, he was confused at first
but came arond to like it.

lol, whats the point of wearing a fitted hat if you buy it three

sizes to big? lol he parents thoght it was hillarious.

oh yeah!

2008-04-03T20:50:00.000-04:00

it has been mind boggleing busy over at my park and i havent taken as many pictures as i should but this would do... correct me if im wrong but brits have the best sence of humor when it comes to caricatures... this kid's parents liked it so much they went to het their other son to get one.

this is the little brother... he didnt want to get one at first but he loved it after he saw what i did to his "lucky ears" lol dont ask!

this kid was all over my ear tellin me that i had to jack up his cousin and make him as ugly as i could but then when i showed hime this he wouldnt smile for his picture... lol

this is the cousin, and he couldnt stop laughing at the previous sketch he even tipped me out of his pocket for making his cousin shut up for once.
now this guy was a trip! he was all like" make me cool, im so hot, this is gonna be the shit... blah blah blah" and i asked him if he was ready for it he was all excited and happy, in a matter of 2.7 seconds, his face changed from = ) to >( ,lol, he was so upset as he paid for it, and to add insult to injury i had a huge crowd behind me loving it, and telling him it looked just like him! lol

this is a co worker, robyn rey, this is the first time i draw her and i was pleased with the sketch but i feel like i could've pushed it more...

her first comment was... make me look sexy, and he was like" fuck sexy make us look funny, i missed on her face but i liked his, and i know the old bling chain bid... but he said dont forget to draw my bling!
this dude was so baked it wasnt even funny! lol he loved the sketch even though all his friend said i made him look like whoope goldberg

got to work on my backgrounds....

why oh why?

2008-03-25T13:33:00.001-04:00

ok so busch gardens is o full springbreak mode and this people were fan clubbing me to jacked up! i just wanted to make money but NO!... make me look funny... oh well i had fun....

this girl's family asked me to jack her up without her knowing... se loved it.

im sorry for the photo quality but a funny sketch

this girl got her sketch for free! her friends paid for it, if and only if i could jack her up
this guy started it all ! what a face!

Zitman!

2008-03-20T18:26:00.000-04:00

yes ladies and Gents i got a sketch by one of my all time favorite artist matt zitman, he came over to busch gardens to draw with us for a week and im very happy he did, no not becase he is a cool guy to hang ot with, or that i learned lots by seeing him draw, but the fact that i got this awsome sketch!!!

my nose is so not necessary...

thanks a bunch matt, i'll get you back at the con.

viva la spring break!!!

2008-03-20T18:11:00.000-04:00

well the busy season is here!!! yay! and my sketches are gonna look like crap more often than not, hey i wanna make money something has to give... and besides that there is not time to take a picture... here are a few that i got a shot of in between all the madness.
these were 3 kids from a high school band.

Elgin "subwaysurfer" bolling

2008-02-29T23:50:00.000-05:00

this is elgin, a cool caricature artist and he had this one coming, check out his blog, his blog is under my links sections., hope ya like it buddy

Hay Hay Hay!!!

2008-02-29T08:14:00.000-05:00

i didnt get to draw this guy at the art night so here it is !

my girlfriend.

2008-02-28T15:23:00.000-05:00

this is me and my girl.

she liked this one, a cutiecature...
... and a jacked up face... lol i love this one!!!

art night in o town!

2008-02-27T00:42:00.000-05:00

alex clare
this alex drawn by glenn ferguson, wow!!! thats all i gotta say! wow! these are of me by ken and pj

this one was done by ken knafou i drew this one of sean... his first official silver... lol i liked the second one i did of him better sorry i didnt take a picture you are just goin to have to take my word for it...
of ken... by nick mitchell and alex clare

of dan hay by alex and pj over all, what a night ! i cant wait to do it again.

some live work

2008-02-11T01:01:00.000-05:00

loved this guy's face.

finally a kid that had some imagination.

mr adam pate!

2008-01-28T01:24:00.000-05:00

some more faces from the firing squad.

ncn forum

2008-01-25T21:48:00.001-05:00

Scott Gammon
Grant Brown

i took a while...

2008-01-25T21:27:00.000-05:00

besides it being super slow over at busch garbage i have forgot to bring my camera to work... but i finnaly got it done. i other news i joined the ncn and im excited about it. hope to learn lots and make some friends

Jackpot!!!

2008-01-11T21:04:00.001-05:00

this specimen sat on my chair!!!! and this is what i did...

this one was a close one... this guy's dad wanted a muscle body at the beach... i refused i said it would throw the whole thing off!!! so i quickly asked him what he liked to do and he said he liked playing the guitar so i made a ukelele hero... the small guitar makes him look even bigger. and this sketch was a lot redder than it looks here, i will re-draw for the fun of it...

new sutff

2008-01-11T20:55:00.001-05:00

this was a rough sketch of what i wanted to do to nigel's face ...the end result

blah...
this one wasnt to bad but not the best, the picture wasnt the best either... but then....

slow days...

2008-01-08T13:20:00.000-05:00

as you must know the busy season is now over... so this is gonna suck for a while... here is my crack at joe bluhm... self caricature, i wanted to see what it would look like without markers... not bad, i'm gonna try to sell a sketch like this.

doodleing ...

2008-01-06T23:38:00.000-05:00

joe bluhm?...

finally!!!

2008-01-06T23:33:00.000-05:00

i finally got a caricature by Nick Mitchell. and i love it!!! thanks nick

it's too cold

2008-01-03T10:42:00.000-05:00

well last couple of days sucked, because its been way too cold, yesterday me and my buddy nick did not want to draw at all,. those markettes get awfully cold in 30 degree weather. i will post when the weather wrms up.

so this is kind of where i am now...

2007-12-30T22:27:00.000-05:00

this girl was happy with her sketch, her whole family came back for sketches later.
this is sean and his where is my sandwich face, my co workers think he is too skinny in this sketch...

Adrian Monk.
Jay-Z

why i sign my sketch as Silver.

2007-12-30T22:24:00.000-05:00

well i worked with a very witty and smart guy named Charles Carrocetto, he got a new job, and he saw that i was signing my sketch with my initials: AG, and he said, Silver... in the periodic table. Ag... so ever since its been silver. So no im not tryin to copy stephen silver, i just thought it was cool .

my very first caricature... ever!!!

2007-12-30T22:19:00.001-05:00

this is Nick mitchell, the very first thing he said was: draw me, so i can see what im working with...

the beggining...

2007-12-30T22:11:00.000-05:00

i'm alberto gonzalez and i've been drawing ever since i can remember but never pursued it as hard as i should've have. about 4 months ago i got a job at kaman's art shoppes and i've been drawing caricatures ever since. i draw caricatures in Busch Gardens in tampa and i work with some great artists like Nick Mitchell, John LaFree, Sean Gardner and none other thanMr Dion Socia himself. so i def. have big footsteps to follow. the main reason i join this blog was to get out there in the caricature community and learn as much as i can from my fellow comrads.

ok i got one...

2007-12-30T02:03:00.000-05:00

i really want to get better at caricatures so i decided to join the blogger network, i will be posting some of my stuff later and i hope to get feedback from great artists.