eric estenzo
Art Director, Artist, and Small Business Owner in Los Angeles, California
What I do professionally:
As an artist, my style is haunting with an alien ambience, rich in originality straight from the ethers. a cosmic communion of order and chaos geometrically organized to serve the curious.
Art Department support, I help clients who are in Film/Photography/Special Events with Art Direction, Leadman, Props Management, Set Dressing, Basic Set Construction and Scenic.
My Ethos:
A collaboration of art, engineering, and design express creative solutions for my clients. I am holistic in nature…function follows proper health and wellness. yoga is my philosophy of life. The Soldier mentality to face reality in good and bad terms and the right to defend my right to existence.
Story of my life:
I am from Kauai, Hawaii. moved to Long Beach California in 1998 then joined the United States Marine Corps (participated in Operation Iraqi Freedom) until 2005. I became fascinated with learning about Art and Industrial Design in Los Angeles county through learning institutions like El Camino Community College, Pasadena Community College, and Art Center College of Design. In 2007, I was introduced to Kundalini Yoga and instantly fell in love with it. I practiced yoga primarily for its mental health and physical benefits. Since my acceptance and graduation from Rhode Island school of Design in 2010-2013, I worked various freelance jobs in the East Coast business design consulting, Design Thinking facilitator, Jewelry and collector's knife finisher, Yoga teacher, props fabricator, digital drafter, and Yoga Festival founder. I later moved back to Los Angeles in 2015 to try my hand at entrepreneurship and owning my own art studio. These two endeavors became financial set-backs and I needed to find alternative ways to generate income. Entering 2016, I found a vocational school that trained veteran film crews on small budget movies. I chose to work in the Art Department where my instructor/mentor saw tremendous talent in me so he trained me as an art director and worked in the film industry for 3 years. Entering late 2019, I was poised to start a business venture in bamboo product design in the Philippines while creating unique art. An unprecedented global epidemic prolonged my stay for 2 years. I nearly lost everything due to lockdowns in a foreign land. Now in 2022, I reside in Las Vegas ,Nevada where I split my time driving to Los Angeles, CA providing support for the film industry and slowly rebuild my brands in Las Vegas.