STREET RUNES

This is an art project I've been working on for 10 years, also a book has been in the works and it is very close to completion. Most of these pieces are available as 24x24 prints all the way up to 4x4feet. Next time you shop for your next outfit or walk to your favorite eating hole you may walk over spray-painted markings, wild arrows, crosses, names, and strange acronyms that make up a graffiti language that’s actually on the street and sidewalks. These marks tell us that jackhammers and backhoes are coming. Days before any urban dig starts, a city worker marks up the designated area, using white spray paint to alerts the local underground notification service center. The center puts out a call to the telephone company, electric companies, water-works and cable outfits that subscribe to the service. Underground Service Alert (USA) and Dig Alert have been serving excavators, professional contractors and homeowners for more than 25 years. If you know the language, you can visualize the spiderweb architecture that exist underground. Here are the symbols and the underground facility types. Red denotes Street Lighting, Electric and Traffic Signals. Yellow highlights Gas, Oil, Steam and Chemical. Blue is for fresh Water. Green indicates Sewer and Storm Drain. Purple flags Reclaimed Water, Irrigation and Slurry. Pink is used for Temporary Survey Markings. Orange tags mark where communications or cable TV lines are. Some acronyms, like S8C or MCI, are obvious; others aren’t. IP, means “Iron Pipe” USA stands for “Underground Service Alert”. The three photos on the left are the photos my daughter took back in 2004 and the photo on the previouse page is the photo I took few days later when I began to photograph these urban runes in the Los Angeles county. All rights reserved. ©2011 Valerio Ventura Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.

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Peter Chan's Gallery (2)

Untitled

Charles Russell's Gallery (1)

Jose Ortiz's Gallery

Color Work

Here you'll find covers, posters and interior pages of books that I've worked on.

Frequent Flyer

MY many years of adventures with UFOs, and how it has changed my life, or not.

Sanchez and Petey

Plem Plem Productions

Maxfield Parrish's Gallery (fantasy)

Caravaggio's Gallerry (2)

Caravaggio's Gallerry (3)

Varied

Some samples of illustrations

Caravaggio's Gallerry (1)

Pantheon Issue 2 Cover

Our Cover of issue 2.

A Page from Grimm Legacy Issue 1

Here is a page from our Issue 1

Nephlim Death Character

Our version of the Angel of Death

Jonathan Cross the Crucifer

From our Crucifer Comic

Pantheon Gods

Several of our Gods in Pantheon.

Origin Page

A page from our Origin Comic

Red Riding Hood

From our Grimm Legacy Comic.

Grimm Legacy Issue 1 Cover

Here is our Cover of Grimm Legacy Issue 1

Grimm Legacy Issue 2 Cover

Cover of Issue 2

Thanatos the God of Death

Our version of the Greek God of Death.

Dracula Poster

Here is our concept of Dracula for the Dhampyr Manga.

Blood Maiden

Here is a Dhampyr Character called the Blood Maiden.

Isaac Killing Vampires

Here is our main hero wrecking some Vampires.

Death Sin Issue 1 Cover

Here is our Cover for Death Sin Issue 1.

Exorcists Together

This is our Exorcists from Death Sin

Exorcist Miko

A Demon Summoner from Japan