After lots of “here’s my new sketch” posts, I thought I’d switch it up and share a little bit of what’s been happening. I’m in New York and loving it. Every day stepping out the door is a new adventure, it’s the best feeling! Here are a few pictures from my travels through this incredible city.

A New York sunset after a summer rain.

An altered sign in Brooklyn.

Genius: A chilidog with Fritos corn chips sprinkled on top! This was from my friends’ BBQ and inspired from a legendary hot dog place that no longer exists. Some things are always in front of us and then someone comes along and combines the goodness!

On Coney Island I saw this old man who made his own kite out of a garbage bag. It was beautiful.

This is a statue in Central Park of Mother Goose, that I found while on the hunt for an Alice in Wonderland Statue, which I heard is somewhere in the park. I’ve gone four times and have gotten lost through it each time- the park is HUGE! One of these days I’ll find it and it’ll be magical! I also accidently came across a statue of Hans Christian Anderson, while lost, and there was a storytelling event happening right by it, which was a nice surprise. Another nice moment was attending a free concert by the Philharmonic Orchestra in Central Park, while having a picnic under a tree with some friends. Hands down (so far) the best time was the night some friends and I played handball at 1:00 am with a huge Dora the Explorer ball, underneath the Manhattan Bridge. It was so fun that we even had an audience with some of New York’s garbage men who watched the whole thing go down!

This is a scene of Manhattan from a Brooklyn rooftop as the Brooklyn Bridge celebrated 75 years.

Thanks for reading.
-Rhode

This is a piece for a top secret event that hopefully will be announced soon.

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-Rhode

I found this image that I did a few years ago for an online magazine, Sequential Tart.

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Here’s another sketch that I recently found while going through things for my new site. It was done for a New Year’s image a bit back.

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I found this image as I was going through some of my drawings for a new portfolio site that I’m working on. I just added a little color to it.

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Rhode

Thanks to my roommate’s technical support, I’m happy to say that my Personal Paintings website is back up! This was a site that I had a few years ago that shows more of my personal paintings I do ,or DID, when I had the rare time. They are very close to me in that they are for no one else except myself, with a few exceptions (some were for friends’ comic characters). Because they are painted on my rare spare time, there are only a few and I become really attached to them. Anyway, I hope you’ll take a look or revisit the site. I’ve added it to the “My Other Websites” section on the right or you can click here:

www.rhodemontijo.com/artwork

Here are some samples:

Rhode