Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
Influences
A course by M.Tony Peralta , Artist and Creative Director
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here, I will talk about the people who have inspired me throughout my career. ”
In this video lesson M.Tony Peralta addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits. Discover fundamental screen printing techniques to create “pop arte” style portraits inspired by New York and Latino culture.
Partial transcription of the video
“My influences and my aesthetic, it's One big stew, it's a sancocho. Right. Being a first born generation, son of an immigrant. we was basically navigating the city for the first time, right? So think about me being four or five, six, seven years old in New York City, And when I step outside of my house, there's like B-boys, graffiti, and all of that, right? But then when I go home, it's literally Dominican Republic. So those are two very important influences right off the bat. Hip hop plays a very big role in my life. The culture of hip hop, fashion, graffiti, b-boying, all of that. As I go...”
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Course summary for: Pop Art Screen Printing for Vibrant Portraits
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M.Tony Peralta
A course by M.Tony Peralta
M.Tony Peralta is a contemporary artist and creative director who was born and raised in New York City. He first started drawing at school and produced his first run of t-shirts with the savings from his part-time job at just 17 years old. He later went on to complete a bachelor’s degree in media arts at Long Island University, focusing on graphic design, photography, and film. After graduating, he became the creative director of a boutique marketing company but, driven by a desire to create something in a non-digital space, M.Tony began teaching himself screen printing and enrolled in a screen printing class at the School of Visual Arts.
Since then, he’s had his work shown at museums and featured in The New York Times. He’s collaborated with clients including Nike, Bleacher Report, and Presidente Beer. He also designed his own sneakers for Adidas and currently runs his own indie brand called The Peralta Project where he creates artwork that represents his culture and upbringing.
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