Anthony Rivero

Green Monster With Glowing Hand

2012-01-27T23:56:00.001-08:00

Green Monster With Glowing Hand, a photo by anthonysrivero on Flickr.

Loving my Asus Eee Slate.

Dr Sketchys Marathon 2012

2012-01-23T13:03:00.001-08:00

DrSketchysCurlsCloseUp copy, a photo by anthonysrivero on Flickr.

Second year in a row for me. Couldn't last the entire time but I had to try. Went digital this time.

Looks Like Diablo 3 Beta Is In The Wild

2011-09-08T08:45:00.000-07:00

It's in the hands of the lucky people who were sent beta keys. Goddamn, that's a great feeling. Watching video streams of people playing something you've worked so hard on for many years is pretty awesome. Felicia Day seems to be happy with it.

Don't Be Scared Homie

2011-06-03T18:14:00.000-07:00

Nick Diaz is my favorite fighter for a few reasons. First, his Jiu-Jitsu skills are at a very high level. A lot of fighters have top tier jiu-jitsu skills but he compliments that skill set with a high level (for MMA) of boxing ability, and uses his hands in situations when most other ground fighters would rather play to their strength and take it to the floor. Normally, standing with a good striker would be considered stupid for a grappler, but Diaz is that good on his feet. He will fuck you up with a steady barrage of body blows and head punches. He consistently goes to the body on his opponents, which is smart. If his opponent becomes overwhelmed with punches and tries to take it to the ground, it just gets worse. Diaz will just reach into a deep well of submissions and finish the fight. He comes to finish fights, not win by decision. His jaw is made of granite. In short, a highly entertaining fighter to watch.

Another thing I admire about the guy is his authenticity. Whether you like him or not, you have to respect the fact that what you see is what you get, and there is no bullshit with Nick. He tells it like he sees it, and doesn't fake it just to appease his masters. That's extremely rare in this age of media whores that will do anything to become famous. Nick is very much of the Northern California attitude in that sense. He doesn't change for the camera... or anyone for that matter.

I can't wait for his fight with GSP. He's worked hard to get here and he deserves it. Go 209!

-Anthony S Rivero

Marathon

2011-01-22T18:03:00.001-08:00

photo
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Study

2011-01-22T17:48:00.001-08:00

Katrina_01_small
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Hungry

2011-01-22T17:47:00.001-08:00

VMonster_Small
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Head Painting Workshop

2010-12-20T00:04:00.001-08:00

Checked out a painting workshop with Shawn Barber today. Google him. He's very good and a real nice guy.

Blizzcon 2010

2010-10-29T20:10:00.001-07:00

Jack Black

photo taken by brianjmatis

Demon Hunter

photo taken by brianjmatis

Jay Mohr

Not from 2010 but two chicks kissing gets a replay.

Me and the boys signing stuff for the fans and rockin' my SF Giants jersey. Go Giants!

Chix and Monsters

2010-10-29T19:50:00.001-07:00

OG chapter of Drink and Draw in the city of lost angels makes life in SoCal bearable.

Bricktop but not really...

2010-10-29T18:31:00.001-07:00

DDSC_10_2010_014
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

I'm sweet enough biiiaaaatches.

Vanessa C. - SkyCam

2010-09-17T16:34:00.001-07:00

Vanessa C. - SkyCam
Originally uploaded by merkley???

One more from merkley??? .

Stephanie & Chonie The Dog

2010-09-17T16:32:00.001-07:00

Stephanie & Chonie The Dog - Cloned Times Three With Three Glamourous Necklaces Three Different Underpants, Three Coats of Oil, & Three Hairdos, in 1 Dry Tub
Originally uploaded by merkley???

If you haven't seen this guy's work yet, check him out on Flickr. He's a bad-ass that goes by the alias of "merkley???".

More Drink and Draw

2010-08-21T10:09:00.000-07:00

Gallery Girls Drawing Salon

2010-08-01T18:41:00.000-07:00

I finally had a chance to hit up one of the Gallery Girls drawing salons. I highly recommend them - they were great models. Great atmosphere, too. Drinks and a DJ. This is how figure drawing was meant to be... Fun!

WhiteTrash

2010-07-11T21:55:00.001-07:00

WhiteTrash copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Shut Your Mouth

2010-06-27T11:20:00.001-07:00

Drink and Draw LA - Pens, Paper, and Booze

2010-06-11T18:00:00.001-07:00

More DDSC

2010-05-21T18:53:00.001-07:00

DDSC_5_20_2010_01
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

"Cheeks"

2010-05-21T09:51:00.001-07:00

photo
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Sean Galloway was drawing caricatures of everyone at Drink and Draw. The man is good. I drew one of him. He drew one of me. All is good in the world.

Frazetta Drink and Draw Tribute

2010-05-14T17:25:00.001-07:00

2010-05-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

My good friend Ian caught this Banksy piece out of the corner of his eye while we were on our way to Drink and Draw in downtown LA.

Dr Sketchy's OC

2010-05-13T17:55:00.000-07:00

Dr Sketchy's now has an Anaheim chapter. Yay!

Celebrity Sighting

2010-04-29T16:46:00.001-07:00

RodStewart copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Saw Rod "Do you think I'm sexy" Stewart in Beverly Hills the other day. He was eating a couple of tables away from me on Rodeo Drive. LA is kind of cool sometimes.

I know the likeness is a little lacking but the man HAS filled out a bit. He still rocks the hair, though!

More DDSC

2010-04-16T11:09:00.001-07:00

DDSC_Faces_PenAndInk_01
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Baby In A Bottle

2010-04-10T12:14:00.001-07:00

BabyInaBottle_medium
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Awwwwww....

Faces

2010-03-29T23:02:00.001-07:00

Faces_01
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

More faces.

FigureStudies_Pollen

2010-03-21T23:11:00.000-07:00

I've been doing quite a bit of life drawing lately. It's been an effort to improve my fundamentals and also get out of the house AND the office so I can hang out with other artists. I really feel like I'm improving and also getting some much needed social nourishment down here in Southern California. Being an artist can be a pretty isolating endeavor sometimes, especially when you've relocated from another city. Even though I work in a studio with other artists I feel the need to step out of that world sometimes and meet with artists from different industries - just be creative in a new environment, get new perspectives on art, etc. I can't recommend it enough.

With the internet, art related web forums, and social networking sites, it's pretty easy to find life drawing and sketch meetups in your area. Find some for yourself and sharpen those pencils. You'll improve your skills and meet some cool people. Keep facebook browsing to a minimum, though. That site is detrimental if you're not careful in how you use it. Before you know it you'll get sucked into Farmville or endlessly browsing old friend's photos. Not good.

Dr Sketchy's San Diego

2010-03-21T22:46:00.000-07:00

More Drink and Draw

2010-03-21T21:57:00.001-07:00

Drink and Draw Social Club LA

2010-03-12T20:25:00.000-08:00

Shitty Band

2010-03-10T23:07:00.001-08:00

ShittyBand copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Try drawing while your eardrums are being stabbed with loud, crappy music.

FigureStudies

2010-03-10T22:59:00.001-08:00

FigureStudies_01 copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Redneck Ballerina

2010-03-10T22:47:00.001-08:00

RedneckBallerina copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Dr Sketchy's LA

2010-02-22T22:15:00.000-08:00

I finally went to the LA chapter of Dr. Sketchy's and it kicked major ass. The venue was the California Institute of Abnormal Arts - the perfect spot for a gig like this. The host was awesome and so were the models. I've never had this much fun figure drawing and I highly recommend you hit up a Dr Sketchy's chapter in your area.

FigureDrawing_Brynn_03_small

2010-02-12T21:18:00.001-08:00

FigureDrawing_Brynn_03_small
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

FigureDrawing_Brynn_01_small

2010-02-12T21:14:00.003-08:00

FigureDrawing_Brynn_01_small
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

FigureDrawing_Brynn_02_small

2010-02-12T21:14:00.001-08:00

FigureDrawing_Brynn_02_small
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

SF_DockWorker

2010-02-10T21:22:00.001-08:00

SF_DockWorker
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Dysfunctional Aliens

2010-02-09T23:12:00.005-08:00

DysfunctionalAliens copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Big Ass Rock

2010-02-09T23:12:00.003-08:00

BigAssRock copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

BlackAndRed

2010-02-09T23:12:00.001-08:00

BlackAndRed copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Ice Pick Lou

2010-02-09T22:37:00.001-08:00

IcePickLou_copy
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Post-it art

2010-02-03T16:47:00.001-08:00

Post-it art
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Hurley

2010-02-02T21:10:00.001-08:00

Hurley
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Goofy faces

2010-02-01T22:57:00.001-08:00

Goofy faces
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Faces are fun.

Beautiful Grim

2010-01-31T15:18:00.001-08:00

BeautifulGrim_Final_Medium
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

My donation for the Beautiful Grim fundraiser. Pen and ink on hot pressed arches.

Face_Doodle01

2010-01-13T21:11:00.001-08:00

Face_Doodle01
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Nanc

2010-01-13T21:10:00.001-08:00

Nanc
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

SpikedGraniteFace

2010-01-13T21:07:00.001-08:00

SpikedGraniteFace
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

5 year Anniversary Sketchcrawl Today

2009-11-21T09:34:00.001-08:00

I'm bummed I can't make it today... :-(

Moleskine_SkullSpawn_Inked

2009-11-21T00:36:00.001-08:00

Moleskine_SkullSpawn_Inked
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

figure_girl_01

2009-11-20T00:27:00.001-08:00

figure_girl_01
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

I'm using a Hi-Tec C pen for life drawing and really liking it and preferring it to charcoal.

Figure Drawing

2009-11-19T23:58:00.001-08:00

figure_girl_04
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Just ink.... no pencil or charcoal.

Moleskine_SkullSpawn

2009-11-19T00:22:00.001-08:00

Moleskine_SkullSpawn
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Moleskine_PacManLady

2009-11-19T00:21:00.001-08:00

Moleskine_PacManLady
Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

afternoon scribble

2009-11-17T12:28:00.000-08:00

Age

2009-11-16T13:04:00.001-08:00

Youth

By Samuel Ullman

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity of the appetite, for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing child-like appetite of what’s next, and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at twenty, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch the waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at eighty.

Figure Study in Pen and Ink

2009-11-15T18:16:00.001-08:00

Originally uploaded by anthonysrivero

Experimenting with doing figure studies with a Micron and Faber Castell pen. I think this was a 10 min pose.

Figure Study

2009-11-12T23:51:00.000-08:00

warm ups

2009-11-05T23:51:00.000-08:00

Devil Pup

2009-11-05T23:30:00.000-08:00

Two Girls

2009-05-31T15:44:00.000-07:00

I made it to figure painting this weekend. :-)

sketch

2009-05-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

eel

2009-04-03T07:49:00.000-07:00

Moleskine Doodles

2009-03-28T09:15:00.001-07:00

Life Drawings From Sketch Theater Show

2009-03-28T09:09:00.000-07:00

Random Doodles

2009-01-30T23:30:00.001-08:00

Alias Sketchbook is pretty friggin' awesome. Feels like sketching with a real pencil.

Blue

2009-01-25T22:37:00.000-08:00

Stone Face

2009-01-22T21:28:00.000-08:00

Mother Nature

2009-01-15T22:43:00.000-08:00

Doodles and Figure Study

2009-01-10T16:27:00.001-08:00

Mud Turtle

2009-01-05T21:33:00.001-08:00

Bar Napkin and Ballpoint

2009-01-05T21:24:00.000-08:00

Getty Museum Inspired Sketching

2009-01-04T20:16:00.000-08:00

Well, it's now 2009 and perhaps I should create a new list of goals... or maybe I should just retry the same ones from last year. :-)

I never completed my sketchbook but I did draw a lot more than I had the few years prior. Not enough, but progress none the less. This year will be better! The main thing is to keep practicing and enjoy the process.

Paris and Diablo III

2008-07-05T17:24:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! I can now tell my friends what I'm working on... Blizzard announced Diablo 3 at our World Wide Invitational in Paris last weekend and I was lucky enough to attend with some of my teammates and sign autographs for the fans. It's always great to meet the people who play your games, see your art, and get their feedback.

Paris itself is an amazing city... so much history and culture. I thought I had been to some impressive museums in the past, but nothing compares to the Louvre for me. That museum is simply breathtaking. I was stunned by the sheer magnitude of it. There are halls and halls, and then more halls, of amazing art dating all the way back to ancient Greece and Egypt. Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Vermeer, Caravaggio... you name it, they probably have it.

Also, no Diablo fan should go to Paris without visiting the Catacombs. That was the first site I went to and it was pretty damn cool. I felt like I was dungeon crawling in Diablo.

A Couple More From Golden Gate Park

2008-06-23T22:25:00.000-07:00

I did these the day before SketchCrawl. Nothing special, but Golden Gate Park is one of my favorite places to spend time and an even better place to sketch.

My First SketchCrawl

2008-06-23T22:05:00.000-07:00

So I visited friends back home and was able to catch the 19th World Wide SketchCrawl in San Francisco. It was held at Fort Point, just underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and the weather gods were kind. The sun was beaming in and the clouds were puffy little balls of cotton. I met a lot of very friendly and cool artists, too. All in all, a great day.

Figure Drawing Struggle

2008-05-21T22:38:00.000-07:00

My last figure drawing session was a bit of a struggle for me but I'll post this one drawing... I went for more line work this time around. The model was an interesting woman... she would occasionally spaz out when a fly would land anywhere on her body. I had to draw as fast as I could.

More Figure Drawing

2008-05-07T22:11:00.000-07:00

I'm really enjoying my time drawing from a live model. There's something very therapeutic about it.

Live Figure Drawing

2008-04-22T23:30:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've done any live figure drawing. This is only the second time in many years. I'm trapped behind a keyboard all too often.

Another Moleskine Doodle

2008-04-22T21:31:00.000-07:00

Green Pimp Suits and Wife Beaters

2008-02-18T20:38:00.001-08:00

It's been a struggle to post even a simple doodle, but I'm fighting through it.

Crustacean Dreams

2008-01-17T15:14:00.000-08:00

Moleskine Nude 01

2008-01-17T15:02:00.000-08:00

Moleskine 2

2008-01-16T09:31:00.000-08:00

One of my New Years resolutions is to fill at least one sketchbook completely because I have a bad habit of:

not drawing enough
jumping from sketchbook to sketchbook without filling any of them.

Moleskine

2008-01-15T13:33:00.000-08:00

Angry fella, ain't he? I think he grew up unloved.

Painter Doodle

2007-12-09T22:29:00.000-08:00

Random Creature

2007-12-09T22:04:00.001-08:00

I was experimenting with some of Andrew Jones' concepting techniques for designing creatures. It's quite fun and very speedy.

DS Doodlin'!

2007-12-06T21:50:00.001-08:00

That's right bizzatches, you can now use your DS as an electronic sketchbook!
Some awesome dude created a nifty little DS art program called Colors and GIVES it away FREE for all of us pixel pushers to create with. All you need to get is a Datel Games n Music card (Walmart) and an extra microSD card to use with it. Go check out the Colors website and salivate.

Lair

2007-09-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

Lair for the Playstation 3 is finally out. I had a brief stint at Factor 5 before returning to Blizzard and had a chance to work with some of the most talented artists I've ever seen. If you read the reviews, the art is the strongest aspect of this game... gameplay is lacking, unfortunately, and that's a shame. It could have been awesome if there was more time dedicated to polishing gameplay. These are some of the assets I created. The textured models are in-game assets meant to be viewed in real-time. All images are copyright of Sony Entertainment.

Blue Ballz

2007-08-02T22:16:00.000-07:00

Beer Gut

2007-07-20T06:34:00.001-07:00

Sketchbook Drawings and Doodles

2007-07-18T21:03:00.001-07:00

Gavin's Puffle Penguin

2007-07-18T20:59:00.001-07:00

My 7 year old son Gavin made this. He was playing Club Penguin.

Jelly Frustration

2007-07-18T16:45:00.001-07:00

I'm having fun experimenting with watercolors. I love the rectangular format that Sennelier makes for their watercolor blocks -they're about 9 x 4.