oh, the wackness

February 5, 2010 by mikebertino

My phone has completely died on me, so if you need to contact me in the next day or two please email me.  Also, i moved to Eagle Rock here in LA on sunday, and spent last week in West Virginia.  Been busy!  here’s a new piece for this weeks LAweekly.

what the BUCK?!

January 12, 2010 by mikebertino

As promised, here’s some stills from the 4 animated TV commercials I was doing with BUCK for most of December.  CLICK HERE TO SEE THE VIDEOS! This was really a dream job.  The client was chegg.com and they were willing to really get wacky which was awesome, and Ryan Honey, Joe Mullins, and the whole buck crew were just super amazing.  So strange to see my drawings animated!!!

this last still didn’t get used in this exact way, but I like it so I thought it’d be fun to post it here.  Anyways, go check em out!

date night gone ghetto-fabulous!

January 12, 2010 by mikebertino

Just finished this illustration for Ryan Olbrysh over at the Las Vegas Weekly.  Ryan was great to work for.  Super nice guy.  This piece is about the film festival Cine-Fest there closed down this year, and how film screenings are now a backyard event…  or an apartment event as it’s shown here.

bitchin dude

January 5, 2010 by mikebertino

i know this isn’t an art related post BUT… i got my new bike build basically finished.  need to tweak a couple things, but I’m pretty happy with it!  the frame is a leader 722ts steel track frame.  I shopped around for a long time to pick out a frame that i really liked and for the price this is a no-brainer!  also here’s a pic of me with a couple of my super ladies!  happy new year!

I promise to post more art very shortly!

bands!

December 23, 2009 by mikebertino

just did this little illo for justin “scrappers” morrison over at the portland mercury.  it features 3 bands that are pretty great.  it’s nice to be drawing people who’s work i’m into.  the bands are tune-yards, dirty projectors, and nurses.  more news comin very soon!  merry christmas! (if you’re into that sort of thing).

flat top on a laptop

November 30, 2009 by mikebertino

super busy with work lately.  nothing i can show for a while, but let me just say animation and TV.  as for now, here’s some more pages from that little zine i’m trying to finish.

down the pipes

November 12, 2009 by mikebertino

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i’ve been working on a little zine of black & white and color drawings, hand drawn type, maybe some photos, and other fun stuff.  here’s a couple little things to keep the blog fresh.

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kids ride free

November 10, 2009 by mikebertino

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Here’s three illustrations for this weeks SFweekly for an article about young illegal kids being tricked, baited, and/or snatched up under very shady circumstances and put into police custody where they are then deported back to Central or South America.  The FBI got involved when they caught wind of this and it’s been a major political issue in SF lately.  Really intense stuff.  I’m glad that I got the opportunity to apply my work to this serious subject matter.

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Also, my buddy Justin Page has left the Art Director position there, so I worked with the very cool Darrick Rainey over at the LAWeekly on this project while he fills in.  Sorry to see you go Justin!

peril on the greens

October 29, 2009 by mikebertino

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skid!

October 21, 2009 by mikebertino

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new paintings are coming soooooon…