El Paso's BLACK BIRD

This is a piece I did as part of a gallery exhibit featuring the city in POP Art. I decided of the 2 pieces, one would feature an upcoming character created by myself and Justin Carmona of Project 4.

It was a quick job, but all in all, I was satisfied with the representation of the character, who happens to be hispanic. Our goal is to avoid stereo types, while not homogenizing the representation so much we lose the culture.

The proudly Americanized hispanics need a voice that isn't shrouded by one word spanish cliche's.

copyright Rudy Vasquez and Justin Carmona