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Mick’s Birthday

Tattoosue — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:15:47 +0000

One of my generation’s icons had a birthday a couple of days ago. Mick Jagger turned 67 years old on July 26^th. Although the lines are deeper, the skin is sagging more, he is still full of dynamic energy and talking about their farewell tour. Yup, the Rolling Stones will embark on large tour next year. Their last and final big tour. The Stones are facing their senior years and want this one last tour to celebrate almost 50 years of being together and to call it quits. It’ll be their last full scale tour. Ronnie Woods is 63, Keith Richards is 66 and Charlie Watts will turn 70 while the band is on tour. I find it depressing to see these guys at the end of their career. I saw them in concert multiple times for the Bridges to Babylon tour and I’ll never forget it. My kids were raised listening to the Stones and I took one of my daughters to see them during that time. I was even a member of their fan club! If you have an opportunity to see them on this last tour, do it. They are part of the history of rock and roll.

So Good It Fooled Me

Tattoosue — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:08:10 +0000

Recently I’ve had an itch to take some type of sculpting class – learn how to throw some clay – or bake a statue. What’s perked my interest in this art medium recently is the detailed work that some artists are able to achieve. It looks like it would be fun to take a stab at it – make you appreciate their skill and the realism they are able to reach can make you doubt what you are seeing.

Lisa Lichtenfels creates realistic soft sculptures. They range from less than 5 inches to life-sized figures. Her sculptures have been sold to collectors from all over the world.

The sculpture she has on her landing page is so real, I first thought it was the artist and she had a great sense of humor. I thought that even though I KNEW she was an artist that created life like sculptures. I just refused to believe it could be anything but an old lady dressed up for a funny photo shoot. (Yeah, I’m on the gullible side in case you’re wondering) Once venturing further into the site, I realized it was one of her many realistic sculptures. In addition to creating these life like aliens, fairies, humans, and gnomes, she photographs her creations with interesting backdrops and sells the prints.

Jace Masula Talented Artist

Tattoosue — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:44:45 +0000

Jace Masula is still in the early years of his tattoo career. His professional life began as a software developer and graphic designer. He eventually got the calling to express his artistic and creative side by learning how to tattoo. He semi-forced his way into an apprenticeship and finished in eight months but his tattoo journey now began at the age of 31! But this lapse of years, this late start, did not slow his talent down in the least. Looking at his tattoo portfolio, you would think you are eyeing the work of a long term professional. He is currently working out one of the more famous tattoo shops in Atlanta. He keeps company with Brandon Bond at All of Nothing Tattoo. He says he loves to do color as much as he loves doing black and gray. Jace was recently featured in International Tattoo Magazine. Great artist.

David Bollt Artist

Tattoosue — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:22:13 +0000

I’ve been aware of this artist for some years and have admired his style and talent. I did a small post about him almost 2 years ago that was lacking “meat” and decided David needed more credit than I gave him in that post. Bollt is not only a respected tattoo artist, he has a large following of admirers of his fantasy work and is well known for his illustrative work for book covers, CD covers and magazine art work. When he was only in his early teens, he began his art career by freelancing. He designed cover work for local bands as well as science fiction magazines. After getting his Fine Arts degree and working in the field for awhile, he spent a year studying tattooing. He travels the tattoo convention circuit and you might be able to catch him with his traveling art gallery which hits about 20 cities a year. His site is going under a redesign which will hopefully better show examples of his work. What I’ve seen of his tattoo work I like very much but I think his strengths are in his illustrations. If you admire his work and style and you are looking for a fantasy piece for your next tattoo, a copy of one of his art pieces might be the perfect choice.

Gruesome and Yummy

Tattoosue — Sat, 22 May 2010 18:58:22 +0000

I like to pride myself on having a strong stomach. Talk about gross ugly stuff during dinner – I can handle most of that and still enjoy my grub. But this – I’m thinking this would psychologically override my huge love of homemade bread. Thai artist, Kittiwat Unarrom is the “mad” baker who combined his experience working in the family bakery with his artistic talent. He went from painting portraits to creating 3 dimensional works of art out of dough. His art got some attention when he was still a fine arts masters degree student. I haven’t been able to find more recent stories about Kittiwat so I cannot say for sure he is still practicing this art form. The stories found about his art range in the 2007 era – if anyone knows of what he is doing now – or of other macabre artists you think are worth a post – let me know.

Realistic Bowie

Tattoosue — Sat, 15 May 2010 23:29:03 +0000

Adam Beane must have been born with this outstanding talent. He was meant to sculpt realistic characters. Besides taking some classes in his high school and college years, he had only attempted sculpting the human figure 4 times when he was offered the opportunity to work as a freelance artist with McFarlane Toys. According to Beane he was one of their top freelance sculptors in just a year’s time. His gallery of artwork includes realistic miniature sculptures of characters that can be found in movies and comic books. He recently rendered a likeness of our president that definitely catches our leader’s likeness. In addition to his talented pieces which can be found both on his site and this site called Asylum, the plastic compound he uses in his art was created by him. He said he was frustrated with the materials available to artists and he created CX5 after substantial experimentation. He’s offering a chance to sign up for a mailing list that will enable him to notify everyone in July – when his product is expected to be sold to the masses – I know I’m curious – and I signed up. You’ll also find out when his sculpting video and other products are released.

Castpaper Artwork

Susan — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:09:00 +0000

I have never heard of this type of medium and was just looking for celtic related art when I stumbled upon it – castpaper. This particular artist, Kevin Dyer, has a page that describes the process in addition to having some beautiful pieces like this Celtic Love Knot piece. His earlier career originated as a street artist painting the occasional wall mural. I went to a celtic fair this past weekend and ran across some very talented artists but the ones I talked to either don’t have sites or their sites are not up to date and don’t really show their true talent. This site has good examples to view and this man’s work is beautiful. Enjoy.

Ink-N-Iron

Susan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:38:00 +0000

Big Tattoo Convention coming up in June in Long Beach California. It has one of the most professional advertisement campaigns I’ve ever seen for a tattoo show. They are combining a Kustom Hot Rod and Bike show along with it. The artists include big names like – Bob Tyrrell, Corey Miller, Jack Rudy and Joe Capobianco. Visit their site to learn more.. Tickets are cheap – looks like a good show.

Best Tattoo Conventions

Susan — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:29:00 +0000

Tattoo Conventions are lots of fun and good way to mix with people of our own kind – ink sinking lovers! – Here is a link to Tattoos.com’s page of conventions broken down by location. Makes planning so much easier rather than trying to keep with upcoming events via magazines. The year is still young.

Photo Shop Magic

Susan — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:24:00 +0000

Photoshop is the best image enhancing software on the market and has been for quite some time. People are able to render great special effects – the only limitation is technical skill and imagination. This example from the site is the work of a 25 year old graphic designer from Melbourne, Austrailia – Justin Maller. Visit Justin’s site to see more of his work.