Finished

You can see the original at the Unplugged show at Magnum Opus.

CLASSICK!

IF YOU FELLAS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO GET. YOU CAN NEVER GO WRONG WITH A CLASSICK PIN-UP GIRL. THEY WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE OR BECOME OUTDATED.

LADIES NIGHT..

WOMENS BACK PIECES ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR AND THATS A BEAUTIFUL THING.. FEMALES SKIN IS ALWAYS EASIER TO WORK ON. A WOMAN DEDICATING HER BACK IS ALWAYS THE BEST CANVAS AN ARTIST COULD WANT. MY BABE JULIE RECENTLY BUSTED OUT HER BACK AT THE SAME TIME AS HER FRIEND MICHELLE SEEN HERE. SHE OWNS A FEMALE BOUTIQUE "NATIVE" LOCATED ON FRANKLIN IN HOLLYWOOD.

"celebrate the knowledge of a dangerous, crazy father"

Reader Kat has emailed me yesterday this photo of her husband's back:



He got it done four years ago and the characters should be Knowledge, Loyalty, Courage, Warrior, & Father.

Since Alan just got back from Japan, I forwarded this to him. Here is what Alan concludes:

Besides the terrible calligraphy, the character 識 is missing a dot at the upper right-hand corner. Also, the stroke at the bottom center of 寿 is supposed to be a separate dot rather than the incorrect connected stroke pointing down and to the right that we see.

Anyway, the characters mean roughly as follows:
識 knowledge, consciousness
寿 congratulations, celebration, long life, sushi
危 danger, dangerous
狂 crazy, insane, mad
父 father

Is this supposed to mean "celebrate the knowledge of a dangerous, crazy father" or something?

I don't get the whole picture but it doesn't sound very complementary to the "father." The characters do not seem to mean anything like they think they do.

Mirrored Death

http://www.rankmytattoos.com/tattoo-designs/chinese-symbol-tattoo-11776006292354.html

Another gem from Rankmytattoos.com, it is a mirrored 死 (death).

THE "REMIX"

YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DO A COVER UP OR LASER REMOVAL, SOMETIMES ITS BEST TO LEAVE WHAT YOU HAVE AND BUILD AROUND IT. UNLESS ITS AND EX GIRLFRIENDS NAME THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO REMOVE. MOST TATTOOS CAN BE REMIXED, TOUCHED UP OR FRAMED.

BONNIE AND CLYDE IN THE '09

THIS IS MY FAVORITE THING TO DO, ANGLES AND GUNS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A VICTORIA SECRET ANGEL GONE BAD. THIS GIRL NEVER MADE THE AD CAMPAIGN, SHE WAS TO BUSY DRIVING THE GETAWAY CAR IN THE SEVEN ELEVEN BEER RUN. OH YEA! HAVE A HAPPY TURKEY. STOP THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF FOR FIVE HOURS AND SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY.

It's aliiiive!

Another Antler lady is slowly coming to life. My day started a bit off when I had a strange reaction to some American cold medicine that made me feel like I had a bad coffee overdose (like that is even possible). It was supposed to be a half day off for drawing but when I came home and started to paint I was still too buzzed so it just didn't work! Frustrating!!! So I started to clean up an old sketch I had lying around so I would get something done. Later this evening it started to wear off so I actually got to paint a bit today!! WEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Hopefully I will get to finish this pretty soon so I can post it.

Later

SIN CITY

THIS IS A PIECE THAT I DID FOR A HOMIE FROM VEGAS. HE WANTED TO GET A PIECE TO REP HIS CITY AND HE DIDN'T WANTED IT TO BE ONE ICON SO HE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS AS THE CONCEPT...

REMEMBER THE PEARL HORSE

On Dec 7 we will be hosting a benefit for Mr. Takashi Makino. Throughout the day we’ll be offering free skull tattoos and cheap beer for the connoisseur. Stop by and socialize if you’re so inclined.

Thanks always for your support!

LIFESTYLE POR VIDA

CHECK OUT THIS BACKPIECE I DID ON ONE OF MY CAR CLUB BROTHERS BOBBY FLORES. I FIRST MET BOBBY IN 1990 AT A CARSHOW. I AIRBRUSHED A PORTRAIT OF HIS CAR ON A T-SHIRT AND WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS EVER SINCE. BOBBY DEDICATED HIS BACK TO THE LIFESTYLE OF CLASSIC CARS AND HARLEY-DAVIDSONS. WE WILL BE SHOWING FLIKS OF HIS SHOW CAR "COTTON CADI" SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT...

LOST ANGELS

CHECK OUT THIS TATTOO OF SOMEONE PAYING HOMAGE TO THE CITY OF ANGELS. THESE KIND OF TATTOOS NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE AND I WILL PROBABLY DO A THOUSAND MORE OF THESE BEFORE I PUT THE MACHINES DOWN.

Out for a walk

Last night we went out to see our friend Martin, aka Pato, aka Siebenhaar as in Trolle//Siebenhaar play at Loppen. I had brought my Canon G9 to try out some stuff. I wanted to take some shots Martin style but it didn't really work as I wanted. My plan was to take some pictures inspired of how Martins old digital camera takes pictures, flash with long exposure, but that didn't work out so I tried some other things instead just for the fun of it. I don't really like taking pictures in the point-n-shoot way unless it's in a touristy kinda way. I like having the camera body and lens in my hand and looking through the viewfinder and I just don't get that same feeling of what you are doing with a small compact camera. The good thing is that it still has all the settings as a slr. It's not the best pictures I have ever taken but I wanted to post something from a good show. Check out Trolle//Siebenhaar.

The Old Looking ones

The Blue Ones

The Guitar

DR. GREENTHUMB

I BEGAN TO WORK ON A 1961 IMPALA "BUBBLE TOP" IN DEDICATION TO THE TIME I SPENT TOURING WITH CYPRESS HILL, DOING TOUR SHIRTS AND ALBUM COVERS. AS A TATTOO MEMBER OF THE SOUL ASSASSINS CREW I HAD TO DEDICATE A LOWRIDER TO THE BUDDHA GOD. THESE ARE JUST A SNEEK PREVIEW OF MY WORK ON THE CAR. I WILL BE POSTING PROGRESS SHOTS AS I TAKE THEM.

Shark ethic

This shark does not know what is going on!! What is up what that stupid buoy?? Is the shark hunting the rubber duck or is it the shark who is the victim here? A lot of good and relevant questions to this piece...answers? None!

South Of Heaven

...in Valby Hallen to be exact, I went to see Slayer last night. I had (still have) a cold but I had to go anyway since Mastodon was playing too and I had never seen them live!
Some one might have asked me and Amalie if it snowed in Denmark around this time of year and we might have answered noooooo, maybe a bit in January or Febuary but not november...well we have to take that back. I don't know if it was because Slayer was in town so the temperature went down but it had snowed all day and when we left Valby Hallen the ground was white and the road slippery. Nothing crazy but still sucks when you can't get a cab and you have a cold. Anyway. Here is a few Iphone shots of evilness!!!

LIFE AND LIBERTY!

CHECK OUT PEOPLE WHO LOVE FINELINE LOWRIDER HANDWRITING. THERE IS MORE TO LOS ANGELES IN THE '60'S. WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE 80'S EVERY KID COULD WRITE HIS NAME IN SCRIPT. THANKS TO TATTOOERS LIKE JACK RUDY AND FREDDY NEGRETE TATTOOERS ALL OVER THE WORLD ARE TRYING TO EMULATE THIS STYLE OF WRITING.

SUPER SEXY COOL NEW SHIRTS!!!!

BUY 'EM HERE

'NUFF SAID!!! WEEEERD

GENKIDESUKA?

I STARTED GOING TO JAPAN IN 1992. BACK THEN FEW PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IT. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE CULTURE AND THE PEOPLE. THEY REMIND ME OF MY OWN PEOPLE, SOMETHING ABOUT FAMILY LOYALTY, PRIDE AND AN EYE FOR DETAIL. JAPANESE PEOPLE DO NOT PLAY WHEN IT COMES TO LOWRIDING THEY TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS. A JAPANESE CAMERA CREW RECENTLY SHOWED UP AND WANTED TO GET FOOTAGE OF US CLOWNING IN DOWNTOWN L.A. SO THIS IS THE FOOTAGE THEY GOT OF ME AND MY DUECE LAYING AND PLAYING IN THE "SOUL KITCHEN".

LONG DISTANCE AWARD...

GOES TO MY MATE JASON WHO DROVE ALL THE WAY FROM DUBAI. CHECK OUT THIS BLOKES DEDICATION TO THE MOVEMENT. HE GAVE ME SOME RUFF IDEAS BUT LET ME DO MY THING. ITS ALWAYS WISE NOT TO ART DIRECT THE ART DIRECTOR.

STAY ToON'D

DONT FORGET TO STAY UP ON THE LAST LAUGH BLOG. I WILL BE POSTING STUFF ON THERE THAT YOU WILL NOT SEE HERE....

ARMED TO THE TEETH

THIS IS STEVE WHO CAME DOWN FROM S.F. AND WANTED TO FINISH HIS SLEEVES AND MAKE SURE HE NEVER GETS A REGULAR JOB... ONCE YOU GET SLEEVES YOU EITHER HAVE TO GET CREATIVE, START YOUR OWN BUSINESS, START A BAND OR PLAN A ROBBERY! WHAT A COUNTRY.

COOKIN UP N THE KITCHEN!

YOUNG RUBEN CAME BY SO WE CAN FLIK UP HIS LATEST TATTOO. HE IS A CHEF IN A ONE OF BEVERLY HILLS BOMB SPOTS AND KNOWS THE INGREDIENTS WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING INKED AND DOES HIS RESEARCH .... IF YOU DIG THROUGH MY BLOG ARCHIVES YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OF ALL HIS WORK.

SERVO 0.2

If you have to ask you’ll never know but… perhaps one could say the wheel just got a little rounder. We’re calling it the Servo and this be version 0.2. Version 0.1 was dismantled in order to put together this new prototype. If my arms were long enough, I could tattoo from across the room… sometimes I do it with my foot on the wall, or in various odd positions, just to amuse myself. Works like a charm.

Very soon we’ll have a final prototype. At which point, if anyone takes interest, we’ll start taking a few orders for handmade versions. Keep yer eyes peeled!

HEAVEN OR HELL!?!

HERE IS SOME MORE PROGRESS ON RAYS BACK PIECE. TATTOOING IS ALOT DIFFERENT THAN DRAWING ON PAPER. DRAWING ON A LIVING CANVAS IS DIFFERENT EVERY TIME I DO IT. BACK PIECES ALWAYS SEEM TO BE MORE DIFFICULT CAUSE IT TAKES MULTIPLE SESSIONS TO FINISH BUT THEY END UP BEING THE MOST GRATIFYING BECAUSE IS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND COMMITMENT TO DEDICATE YOUR WHOLE BACK.

News Flash

Here is the news bird with today's headlines.

Viking winter blows.
Yesterdays story about nice Danish weather turns out to be a hoax. After a cold, windy, gray day with no trace of sun we must conclude that the Danish winter is here and that yesterdays weather was just a scam to make the naive people of Denmark believe that there were still some time left to enjoy life before the long cold winter. What evil person is behind this is still uncertain.


Thermo coffee mugs is a hit.
Tests showed that having hot coffee, for a long time, is a good thing. The people who participated in this test agreed that there were no drips from these newly imported cups and that they could keep coffee hot doing a cold winter day.


That Awesome Magazine.
Rumours has it that the upcoming issue of Tattoo Artist Magazine, a highly respected magazine, will feature Uncle Allan. Sources close to Allan says that the layout has been approved and that it looks nothing less than amazing. Something to look forward to.


Finally here.
The long anticipated shirts from Uncle Allan has finally arrived. These has been on their way for quite some time now but has just arrived this morning in time for the Christmas shopping coming up. So who knows if there will be any soft uncle Allan presents under the tree this year. Since this news is so fresh we havn't had a chance to get a good picture of this new hot item yet but pictures and more info about how to buy this sexy fashion item will be announced soon.


The Palma Crest.
The ongoing project on Mr. Martin came closer to an end today after a 6 hour session. The project in a bigger piece on the front of him and portraits his dog, Palma, framed in a crest, surrounded by deers and leafs. Pictures of this will be released soon.

Late-lag.
It seems that Jetlag can appear days after arriving from a travel. People used to believe that it was only the day after arriving in a different country that jetlag could appear.
On this news we will end this nights broadcast and go to sleep.

Good night.

LADIES FIRST!

CHECK OUT A MURAL I DID THAT IS NOT ON YOUR AVERAGE LOWRIDER. THIS ONE I DID FOR BIG CHRIS OF ELITE C.C. ON THE HOOD OF HIS MOTHERS '08 LAMBORGHINI GALLARDO SPYDER. ALOT OF PEOPLE TRIPPED OUT AT THE SEMA SHOW. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN MURALING ALOT OF HIGH END LUXURY CARS, ALOT MORE SUBTLE THAN A LOWRIDER BUT NEVER THE LESS THEY STILL HAVE MURALS ON THERE WHIP. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE MURAL I DID FOR CHRIS AND HIS '64 IMPALA "PURPLE REIGN" IN DECEMBER OF '07.

Insert sound of a...wookiee

Well...I think this is one of those tattoos that looks way better in real life than on pictures. I was really happy to get to do a Star Wars tattoo and it was fun to do Chewie as a old school tattoo. It was a strugle to minimize the use of details and I actually had to redraw the design 4 times to make it more and more simple. Next time we go back to Japan we will do someone else from Star Wars on the other foot. Maybe Yoda. Maybe Greedo. Maybe Jabba...who knows?


This other piece was this little guys first tattoo and was originally ment to be a small piece on one side of his chest but Hata talked him into getting a full chestpiece. Why the owl had to be a viking I don't really know but it's cool! To be continued next year.



Not the picture post I was hopeing for but I promised a picture of a wookiee so here it was.

Kittenish

We are back in Denmark and despite the cold welcome (it was freeeeezing cold) last night, today turns out to be a pretty nice day. The sun is shining, our box with crap that we sent two days ago from Japan got here, playing with Lucifer (soooo good to have him back),had a nice breakfast and now we are just chilling in our appartment, listening to our new J-pop cd's . We got the new Yui and our new addiction, Meg. Our friend, the good Kapten Hanna, told us about this Japanese music video with this girl and these "dancing cats". After seeing the video we had to buy the cd so that is what is playing right now. Thanks Hanna!!!

Later I might look through some more pictures from Japan and maybe upload some here...maybe a picture of tha Chewbacca foot I did the last day at Ink Rat!! Maybe!

Until next time...Meg!!

"AINT NO SUNSHINE"

THIS IS A SLEEVE I DID FOR A DUDE FROM TEXAS. THE INK HE WAS THINKING ABOUT WAS SOMETHING TO REMEMBER THE TIME HE SPENT IN THE JOINT, HE CHANGED HIS LIFE AROUND BUT DIDN'T WANT TO FORGET WHERE HE CAME FROM.