Project: Upper Playground x Montana Colors Artist Series
Role: Project Manager
Notes: For this project Upper Playground teamed up with Montana Colors to create artist series cans featuring the work of Mister Cartoon, MQ, El Mac/Retna & Sam Flores.

2009 marks Upper Playground’s 10th Anniversary, and to celebrate the momentous achievement, Upper Playground has a year planned with tremendous giveaways and compelling collaborative projects. In the first of many valuable drawings slated for 2009, Upper Playground is giving away a Sam Flores painting, Flores y Zorro, valued at over $10,000. The painting is signed by Sam Flores, the dimensions are 6 feet by 4 feet and the medium is acrylic and spray paint on wood framed canvas. To enter, all you have to do is register your email at the top right corner of UpperPlayground.com. If you’re already signed up, then you are already entered – it’s that simple! Don’t forget to tell your friends. The contest is open for 2 weeks and a winner will be announced on Thursday, February 12th. For details, rules and more information please visit the feature on UpperPlayground.com.

In the spirit of thanking his fans, Sam Flores also created a series of 200 small illustrations and is offering them at a very affordable price. The drawings are framed and are on sale now only at the San Francisco Upper Playground store. The figurative drawings give a glimpse into how Sam develops his characters and pieces and are not only unique, but are affordable so that his young fans can have the opportunity to purchase his art. Read the full story to see the small pieces.
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To celebrate the release of the adidas Decade Hi Up and White Tiger screen print, Sam Flores will be chillin’ at the Upper Playground store on Sunday, August 10th. Go meet the man behind the mask!

Check out the birth of Sam Flores’ adidas baby here:

This little religious figure designed by Sam Flores is so hot it could have been created in the depths of hell. Get on it though cause there are only a limited amount. Check it HERE!

Via Upper Playground.

The good people at Fecal Face dropped by Sam Flores’s TenderNob studio in San Francisco. They did an amazing job at documenting all the magic that goes on within. Check it out here! It’s almost like being there!

For more on Sam, check his blog and his website & if you’re near LA on Saturday May 12th, check out Sam’s solo show - Kid N’ Play @The Lab 101.