because i’m getting tattooed again this weekend. it’s all that i have been obsessing over lately. usually i look forward to the weekends just to paint but even the desire to paint has been slipping farther and farther away from me. anyways i gotta do this while i still have the money and a job, ’cause shit…you just never know these days. i’ve been fortunate enough to not get fired or laid off (yet), i actually should get smart and save up that money in case i fall into that situation. but as they say, carpe diem.

it gets under my skin. that and fo’shizzle, especially when the dude (or chick) saying it is already corny. oh and saying “yo” more than once (unless you’re actually rapping), or ending your sentence with it. once is enough for me. i can’t think of anything else at the moment.

Don Ed Hardy : “Frontier Justice”: 1995
Color lithograph : 30 x 22″ : Ed. 30 : $2400

Hardy states: “I was going for the look of a 19th century ‘wanted’ poster or advertisement. The limited color scheme of red and black, a homage to the severe (and difficult) simplified flash style of Bert Grimm, my first mentor in tattooing. The composition echoes 1920’s ‘back piece’ designs that were derived from lodge emblems, proclamations, etc. The skull cowboy is a direct take from a 1930’s Cap Coleman (Norfolk) design. It is paired with a Sailor Jerry stylized geisha. These represent my father and stepmother (married in 1953 Occupation era Tokyo, she a secretary 27 years his junior). His obsession with Zane Grey stories led him to leave his English home at the age of 17 and work as a cowboy in the 1920’s in upper Alberta. He has maintained a lifelong romance with the Old West, and continues to wear cowboy hats and boots. The broken arrow is for the trust he destroyed with various wives around the world. The kewpies are representative of the unknown number of children fathered in his travels (That’s me on lower left with palette and brushes). The camera at the base of the heart represents his photography profession. A traditional Japanese dragon supports the entire construction, which includes a Hiroshima blast at top center, and the Enola Gay flying away (my stepmother is from Hiroshima prefecture). The international “No Babies” symbol at the heart center is my contribution to stop global overpopulation, our most pressing issue.”

source: http://www.sharksink.com/

Well not really, but i still got a shoutout. From the man himself, Mister Cartoon.

I feel like taking my website down, or just not update it anymore and retreat into obscurity. Perhaps I will be more productive as a human being instead of trying to keep my online entity alive. I’ve been feeling this way for quite some time now…I put up the website in 2004; 4 years later it’s pretty much served its purpose. From that time I went from painting often to not painting as much; not only that but unforseen circumstances happened in my life that forced me to change. Suffice to say I’ve lost interest and am now looking for ways to improve my life & my skills beyond the scope of graffiti.

For some odd reason though, the laws of gravity (or should I say “graffiti”) say otherwise, and I am still bound to it. Especially now that I don’t care for it, opportunites are coming up; random interviews and invites to paint. So what am I getting at here? When you’re a scrub, no one cares about who you are or what you do…when you’ve done your time and put in the work that’s when everyone starts paying attention; of course by that time you’re probably tired, jaded and pretty much sick of everything.

Strange how it all works. You spend your life trying to be somebody and then once you’re actually there, it doesn’t matter.

snagged off of Ebay…unfortunately i can’t afford the actual books; these will do for now. (that white line is fucking up my shit again!)

found an interesting photo regarding sanrio themed tattoos; check it, her sleeve is pretty BAD.ASS. i can’t wait to get mine.

more right here

p.s. that white line is fucking up my pretty little blog.

http://www.myspace.com/tattootsunami