THE RELAPSE

CHECK OUT THE COVER OF THE XXL EM FLOSSIN HIS TATTOO'S PREPARING THE WORLD FOR THE COMING OF HIS RELAPSE ALBUM. SH*T IF I RELAPSE IT WILL BE ON THE COVER OF THE LA TIMES.

COLE AS ICE

CHECK OUT OUR GIRL KEYSHIA COLE REPPIN HER SKID ROW TATTOO.. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER SHE IS KILLIN IT RIGHT NOW!
SOME HOW SHE STILL LOOKS FEMININE WITH THAT BIG PIECE THAT WRAPS AROUND HER WRIST..

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?episodeId=225122

In April 22nd's episode of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, they have an obviously edit an image of Karl Rove's body with tattoos. Approximately 7' 30" into the show, Jon points out one tattoo, "the Chinese symbol for tenacity", but it is in fact the traditional character for love - 愛.



This is not the first time TDS made fun of members of the GOP. Previous butt of their joke was Condi Rice.


PS. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a parody show made by Comedy Central. I don't want to have more humorless dimwits like this one and this one email in to tell me Karl Rove or Condi Rice does not have any tattoos.

LOYALTY

EM IS ONE OF MY BEST CLIENTS HE DOESN'T GET TATTOOED OFTEN BUT WHEN HE DOES HE GETS ENUFF FOR THREE PEOPLE... CHECK OUT THE 39 CHEVY DOING A DRIVE BY ON HIS RIGHT ARM. THE MAN IS SICK CAN'T WAIT FOR HIS NEW ALBUM..
DON'T FORGET TO PICK UP
VIBE JUNE 2009/THE REAL RAP ISSUE

STRICTLY BUSINESS

CHECK OUT ONE OF THE RECENT TATTOOS I DID.. ON SEATTLE PRODUCER DOW JONES WHO IS NOW RESIDING IN ATLANTA.
DOW JONES PRODUCED "MY PRESIDENET IS BLACK" FOR YOUNG JEEZY. HOMIE WANTED TO BUST OUT HIS PRODUCTION COMPANY ON HIS ARM.. THANKS TO THE HOMIE LULU FROM B.Y.I. FORM BRINGING HIM THROUGH..

MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK-"YOUNG JEEZY ft. NAS" DIRECTORS CUT DIR. GABRIEL HART from GABE HART on Vimeo.

http://www.wickedink.com.au/gallery:48:Oriental:image:132

Alan and I are confused by this tattoo. We are not sure if it is correct or not, simply because we have never seen this idiom.

From the last three characters, we can sort of guessing this person wanted "death before dishonor". However, Chinese idiom for it would be:

寧死不屈

凌辱 is used in both Chinese & Japanese to mean an insult, indignity, disgrace or violation, even to assault a woman. So we can sort of see how 凌 might imply "dishonor" and 不屈 does mean "fortitude" or "indomitable".

But we simply do not understand the grammar or syntax of 凌死不屈, since 凌 could also mean "pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat, encroach; soar; thick ice".

It simply sounds like the words "dishonor" "death" and "indomitable" run together.

An Evening with Horiyoshi III

Saturday April 25th, 2009 8 - 11 PM

This monumental ONE NIGHT EVENT will feature the work of Irezumi tattoo master, Horiyoshi III. 10 full body suits and upwards of 50 original paintings will be on display straight from Japan for the evening. Do not miss this once in a lifetime event! We will also be unveiling the brand new clothing line HORIYOSHI THE THIRD the same night, which bears the art of Horiyoshi III like youve never seen it before! We look forward to seeing you there! ATTENTION TATTOO ARTISTS: Please email info@canvasla.com for special details regarding the event. We are going to do our best to accommodate everyone, but want to give tattoo artists the opportunity to make sure they see the show.

THE ZUCK

Tattooer Jeff Zuck, via Name Brand in Ann Arbor, will be working with us May 14-16. If you're interested in getting tattooed by Mr. Zuck while he's at Analog please email him directly at: jeffzuck@yahoo.com

FRIDAY NIGHT SPOT

CHECK OUT THE FRIDAY NIGHT CRUISE SPOT. WHERE BOMBS OF THE 30's, 40's AND 50's, LOWRIDERS AND BIKES COME TOGETHER TO KEEP THE LOWRIDER LIFESTYLE ALIVE... WHEN WE BUILD CARS WE BUILD THEM TO CRUISE THEM. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE BRING THE FAMILY AND CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.

THE PROTOTYPE

CHECK OUT A PROTOTYPE OF MY LITTLE CHARACTER ON THE FRONT PAGE OF MY WEBSITE.. SOON TO MADE A VINYL TOY

Another winner from Checkoutmyink.com with caption stating the three characters are his girlfriend's initials.



Apparently this man did not receive the memo about there is no such thing as "Chinese initials for English names".



Beyond that, we have no clue what exactly the initials are supposedly to be.

Update: Reader Becki and others have noticed the initials may be "LBP" (somehow it reminds me of O. P. P. aka. Other People's Pussy by Naughty By Nature) written in a font that mimics pseudo-Chinese, i.e. The Choy Suey Font.

By the way, chop suey is not an authentic Chinese dish, rather according to legend it is from table scraps.


Mental Floss magazine, May-June 2009 issue, page 19.

SAVED BY GRACE

HERE IS A RELIGIOUS PIECE THAT I JUST DID.. HE SAID HE WANTED SOMETHING THAT DON'T STAND OUT TO MUCH..

VEGGIE CHOLO

WE DON'T JUST EAT TACOS AND BURRITOS ALL DAY... FOOLS ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND BE AROUND FOR THEIR GRAND KIDS.. AND WE ARE NOT BIG FANS OF COLON CANCER EITHER..
SO WE TOOK OUR HOMIE ANTHONY ROBBINS ADVICE AND TREATED OURSELVES TO A GLASS FULL OF OXYGEN..

LOYAL TO THE GAME

CHECK OUT A FLICK OF THE LATEST SESSION FROM ONE OF MY LOYAL CLIENTS WHO HAS BEEN GETTING TATTOOED FROM ME SINCE DAY ONE...

Share thy internet with thy neighbor...

Well it was great while it lasted. Our neighbor, whos internet we have been freeloading on for the last month, must finally have realised that he was not alone on his connection and there for decided to put a password on it! Damn it! I say that it was all the porn Amalie downloaded that tip him off. Ohh well. So now we are stuck with this poor slow on and off conection. Sucks!
This post was gonna be two posts but I didn't felt like doing this forever so it became one.

First a few shots from the 46th floor in Shinjuku. Then a few shots from ground level in Koenji.




A few pictures from our trip to Takaosan. A great day in the sun on a mountain 600 meters up in the air. A bunch of nice statues and shrines to go along with the great view.
We had lunch when we reached the top and we had some older dude playing his japanese flute as a soundtrack. Nice.








Tomorrow will be the last geekout day with Mattias where we will test out my new
softbox...uhhh...

THE SHOWDOWN

HERE IS A STILL FROM THE PACQUIAO-HATTON EPISODE ONE. IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST EPISODE..
CLICK HERE

Blood and thunder

Yesterday Dom came to get his giant beast finished. I have been wanting to do a whale piece forever so I was happy to see this one done. He had a few scaps in the black here and there so it was hard to take a good picture but next time in Japan we might add a big shark on the other side...if he has forgotten the pain by then.


...and yes we did listen to Mastodon...a few times!

So one out of 3 rib pieces done.

ARE YOU A PSYCHO?

THE HOMIE
BIG DUKE OF THE PSYCHO REALM
COME THROUGH AND SAID "WHATS UP?" ON FRIDAY... WE HAD HIM TRIPPING OUT ON SOME OF THE NEW PROJECTS AND ON A CANVAS I PAINTED ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO...

LADIES CHOICE!

HERE ARE A COUPLE FLIKS OF SOME OF THE LADIES TATTOOS..

This little Viking owl got started last time we were here and after 3 hours of colors it is now done. It pictures how, in the old days, the viking owls used to hide inside roses and then shoot out lightnings from their claws when the enemy comes to close. Great camoflage skills, those viking owls. One of the many questions I get asked alot, frequently even, is: "how do you know so much about these desings of yours?", and the answer is simple. I read it in books filled with FACTS! That's how.



I could tell you the real meaning behind these next two tattoos but I would have to kill you and I don't have to to go around and find you all so you will just have to guess.