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Its been awhile my friends. Recently uprooted myself and moved down to Texas, thats why i’ve been MIA. Still making art just getting back into the groove of updating. Anywho, here’s a commission I just finished for a client.  11X14 acrylic on illustration board. 

as always if you are interested in your own commission or any of my other works that are for sale, visit jestonrodriguezillustration.com or email me at jestonillustration@yahoo.com.

-Jeston

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!!!!!!!! ATTENTION !!!!!!!!!

Illinois Woman Who Drove To Texas For New Job Found Hanging/Dead In Jail Cell 3 Days Later

Sandra Bland died in police custody this past Monday. Visiting Texas from Chicago to interview for a college job at her alma mater of Prairie View A&M, she was pulled over for a routine traffic violation (failure to use her turn signal). Everything from that point forward screams racism and foul play, including her death in the Waller County jail Monday.

The Waller County Sheriff’s Office told the Chicago Tribune that Bland was arrested on Friday and charged with “assault on a public servant.”

A video capturing the incident shows differently!! 

It shows several police officers standing over Bland while she is on the ground, arguing with them about why they’re being so rough. 

At one point, she can be heard saying, “You just slammed my head into the ground. Do you not even care about that?” She also thanks the man recording the incident for filming as she is led to a police cruiser.

Her friend, Malcolm Jackson, told ABC 7, 

“After he (an officer) pulled her out of the car, forced her and tossed her to the ground, knee to the neck, and arrested her.”

What we see from a bystander video is her telling the officers she is in pain and cannot hear after her head was slammed on the ground by the male arresting officer. 

We have now learned that Waller County Sheriff Glenn Smith, who made the first public comments about Bland’s in-custody death, was suspended for documented cases of racism when he was chief of police in Hempstead, Texas, in 2007. After serving his suspension, more complaints of racism came in, and Smith was actually fired as chief of police in Hempstead

Family and Friends close to Sandra, including most of twitter, is at an uproar, believing there was no way she committed suicide, and saying that foul play was at work.

“I do suspect foul play,” another friend, Cheryl Nanton, told the news station. “I believe that we are all 100 percent in belief that she did not do harm to herself.”

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#StayWoke

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Watch: The “pink tax” is secretly costing women thousands — and not just at the drug store

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HoLy FuCk

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So the person who commissioned the skulls got the framed and hung and they look gorgeous!!!

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Rita Hayworth in Cover Girl, c. 1944

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New work

“Idle hands are the Devil’s play things”

11X14 water colors

If you are interested in purchasing please email me at jeston.rodriguez@yahoo.com

-Jeston

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Spring cleaning the studio with the help of the bf and getting rid of a lot of old art work. Long past due!

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Its been awhile!  This is one of my new commissions I just finished for a client. She wanted a Virgo pin up and I was totally feeling the art nouveau vibe when I started drawing her so this is the end result.

“Virgo” water colors and gel pen on illustration board 8x10

-Jeston

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Recent commissions I did for a client!

He wanted realistic skulls that represented the ID (regular skull) the Ego (sugar skull) and the Super Ego (phrenological skull)

-Jeston

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Wicked excited to finally let you guys know what I've been working on lately! Just finished designing the illustration for the first official Adalia Rose Shirts and hoodies!!! visit adaliarose.com to purchase!!! So happy to be apart of this! Pictured above is Adalia and her little brother wearing the shirts and below the full design! below is the blurb off of Adalia Roses’s FB:

"We are SUPER excited to announce the opening of The RoseBudd Shop! This is a volunteer based online store and proceeds will go to fund medical research organizations along with community and global outreach programs. A BIG Thank You to our volunteers for organizing this great mission. We hope you enjoy Adalia's first official RoseBudd shirts and hoodies. Sizes vary from New Born - 3XL and worldwide shipping is available. Thanks RoseBudds!!"

-Jeston

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Taking a break from bugging everyone and their mother and uploading some new work. This cutie’s name is “Plum Lucky” and is going to be at the “NOT your typical ladies night out” Vendor event that I was invited too. I’ll be selling jewelry, raffles, art and drawing caricatures :D

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Taking a break from bugging everyone and their mother and uploading some new work. This cutie’s name is “Citrine” and is going to be at the “NOT your typical ladies night out” Vendor event that I was invited too. I’ll be selling jewelry, raffles, art and drawing caricatures :D

-Jeston