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Overview

  • 1 reference
  • Fluent in English, Spanish; learning Chinese (Simplified)
  • 38, Male
  • Member since 2014
  • designer
  • Ingeneer
  • From Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
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About Me

Im a writer, Graphic designer just moved to China, a Latin American street artist and culture activist , I love Latin America above all, but I get really impressed about Asia and all the similitudes with us, I love to travel around the world with a camera on hand.
I meet many crazy and cool people around the world thanks to the art, specifically about the street art and graffiti, I Painted in many diferent cities around south america and I loved to share experiences with diferent people just because after all you always find there are more things in common than diferences, everywhere, this is amazing.
I was sponsored by Adidas originals for some years just before I came to China, then I keep meeting cool people around the globe all around graffiti, youth and art.
Now I work in a Toy development company in Shenzhen, China´s southern industrial muscle, for about 3 years, I found here my peace and my home.
I have a mission to help to those in need around the world and travel is very important in my life to understand those diferences that ironically join us, I believe we don´t have a nationality but we all are part of a global town called 21th century.
Love nature, extreme sports, chocolate, comics, robots and handcrafted fireworks.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Because I just get tired to stay in hotels when I travel, is too boring to go and follow the ¨tourist guide¨ with boring people, where I come from I used to host many friends around the world when we organized graffiti meetings and the best experiences we had was to hang out and talk with real local people, its priceless!

Interests

Well, Im starting by China of course but one of my big dreams was to visit the Japanese animations studios, the animation houses and toy design shops, I love the ethnical experiences and the connection with the past of this chaotic world, I love the countryside and the legendary and mythic places, but I cant live without the heat of the city, lets say I pretend Im a young indiana Jones that love to take pictures of skyscraper skylines and pursuit handcrafted ice-cream tracks.

  • animals
  • arts
  • culture
  • writing
  • design
  • graphic design
  • street art
  • illustrations
  • dancing
  • cooking
  • chocolate
  • comics
  • traveling
  • painting
  • drawing
  • sports
  • extreme sports
  • animation

Music, Movies, and Books

Daft Punk.
Clasic american and Japanise animation.
Politic Realism literature.
Sci-fi
Andean Music
Old School Hip hop, Funk and electro, like Chromeo to Erykah Badu, the Roots and Bois Noize.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

That day I placed a Royal golden falcon in my hands right there in the skirts of the Yulong mountain in Yunnan without a safe leather glove or something alike, then my fiancé (a 51kg chinese cute girl ) hold the same animal in her hand and she kissed the falcon and acted like I was the girl... It was a funny day, I still remember the eyes of that creature close to me.. I was so scared that I gave her the camara with the wrong settings and my pictures was over exposed but her pictures looks like a fary tale cover!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach all about graphic design, toy design, drawing, I dance Salsa, merengue and some hip hop moves..
Some illustration techniques too...

What I Can Share with Hosts

Long hours good talking sharing mutual experiences of both cultures, I can teach how to cook some Latin dishes and play some sports, very open about cultures, If you have the time I can paint a graffiti in your crib, for more info go to: http://starmanfunk.prosite.com/

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Hong Kong, Netherlands, Peru, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, Ecuador

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