TRAILER OF THE WEEK

Trip out on one of my favorite movies of all time.. We have been having it on rotation here at the shop. Go to Amoeba and buy yourself one.

THE EYE OF THE TIGER

Here is another recent one for you. Our client wanted to get a Japanese inspired Tiger with a twist.

CHASING THE DRAGON

Check out this Shoulder to Chest piece that our client just got.. He wanted to go with a Japanese Dragon.

ALWAYS AND FOREVER

Here is another recent piece that is a remix of a memorial tattoo dedicated to his Mother..

BLOODWORK: SLEEVES: EXHIBITION

Comrades,

Please join us for the exhibition and book release of the BloodWork: Sleeves Project on Thursday Oktober 29 at Anno Domini.

On display will be all sixty seven sleeves produced for this amazing undertaking. Additionally, several large motion graphic projections of the sleeves will be running. Last but not least, the completed book will be available for acquisition. The lowest numbered copies available of this 350 page hand numbered limited edition of 1500 will be released at the Okt 29 event. First come first serve.

Later in the evening we will be celebrating the ATAK two year anniversary/BloodWork afterparty across the street from the exhibiting gallery at the Agenda. Free to all.

Also, on Okt 30 ATAK tattooer Jim Miner will be showcasing a selection of paintings from a new series he is undertaking at the always delicious cafe Good Karma. Should be an interesting sneak peek of things to come from Jim.

And dont forget to attend the 2009 San Jose Convention of the Tattoo Arts taking place Okt 30, 31 & Nov 1.

Thanks always for your support!



BLOODWORK: SLEEVES EXHIBITION
OKT 29 2009
DOORS 8PM TIL LATE
ANNO DOMINI // the second coming of Art and Design
366 S FIRST ST
SAN JOSE, CA 95113 (MAP)
408.271.5155


ATAK 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY / BLOODWORK AFTER PARTY
THE AGENDA
MUSIC BY: RS2, UGLY WINNER, PANTHELION
399 S FISRT ST
SJ, CA, 95113 (MAP)


JIM MINER PRE SERIES EXHIBITION
OKT 30 - NOV 30
GOOD KARMA
37 S FIRST ST
SJ, CA 95113 (MAP)

SAN JOSE CONVENTION OF THE TATTOO ARTS
OKT 31, 31 & NOV 1 2009
SAN JOSE CONVENTION CENTER
150 W SAN CARLOS
SJ, CA 95113 (MAP)

THUG LIFE

Trip out on this Chest Piece.. He wanted to blast key to his success across his chest!

EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!

NEWS from the Conspiracy Inc. world. We will be moving to a bigger better place. Go see the teaser here.

I have been working on taking pictures of the dirty antler girls all day so it looks like they will be ready for your xmas shopping. Who doesn't want to open a sexy present on xmas? Sexy you ask? Well too sexy for some apparently. Last night I censored all the dirty stuff with pixels and put them on my myspace. I went for a walk with Lucifer and when I came back all the paintings were deleted and I had gotten a mail from Myspace telling me that they had deleted some picture that were to dirty for myspace. I am guessing that some one saw them and snitched on me since it went so fast. How else would they know 5 min after I uploaded them? Well now they are back up on my profile with Mysoace Toms big head on top of all the dirtyness. You can still enjoy them here but even more if you buy the prints when they get here. More about that as soon as I figure everything out.

Later Bloggers!!

BLOODWORK: BACK ACHES

17,195 lbs... reiteration, we just unloaded seventeen thousand one hundred and ninety five pounds of books. Takashi, Marcus, Blake, Sibel, Tony & I got seriously mancore on the twelve pallets. The physical hangover is already creeping into my body tissue.

Of course this complaint of my/our minor physical ailments is overshadowed by the fortunate fact that we have the books in hand!! The arrival of which has drastically reduced the risk of me having a grand maul anxiety attack>>postal nervous breakdown>>checkout.

So now we're busy packing all the books into their individual mailing cases. First come serve...

DIAMONDS ARE FOR EVER

This is a recent tattoo on one of our clients who came through from New Zealand.. He wanted to pay his Respect to his mother with a dedication portrait.

WARNING!!!! This post contains Naked Antler Girls!!

Thaaaaat's right!! I am finally done with all four very sexyfull, nakid antler ladies!! It has taken me long enough but with what little time I have outside of tattooing I guess it wasn't too bad. The plan is still to make a limited batch of fine ass prints of these babies so keep and eye on this here blog for info about this. Since we are going to Japan for 3 weeks soon it might not be until after we are back...BUT in time for ya'll to get it before xmas...wink wink!! When we figure it all out there will also be a way to order the Satanic antler lady who previously only have been for sale at the London Convention and the shop. She is a bit bigger that the other prints so we have had a hard time finding the right transportation for this fine lady with out stuffing her into a gigantic tube of some kind. So the plan is to have them ready for sale in the beginning of December.

But now...Here they are:

BLOODWORK:PRERELEASE:PACHECO

My man Marcus Pacheco did this beautiful tattoo on Karina. Nuff said...

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE BLOODWORK: SLEEVES BOOK FEATURING MARCUS PACHECOS'S TATTOOING

SOUL SUNDAY

Check out this song by Joe Bataan. Born on the East Coast but supported on the West. He started his music career in 1965 and formed his first band, Joe Bataan and the Latin Swingers.

from: Haribo S.
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 7:50 AM
subject: Submission

Hi there.

One of my friends posted this on Facebook and claims it says "william beloved son", is this accurate?
http://imgur.com/iU0i7.jpg
Thanks :) love the blog



This is another case of Chinese-Japanese mismatch.

威廉 is Chinese phonetic transliteration of "William", however 愛息 is translated as "love [to] rest" when read as Chinese.

While Japanese for "William" is ウィリアム and 愛息 (あいそく) is interpreted as "beloved son/cute boy".

SOGGY BOTTOM BOYS

This is one of the sickest movies. It's a couple years old but a classic. There is supposed to be a connection between this movie and the Bible. Lets see if you can see find the connections.

Goatwhore and cupcakes.

Monsieur Joseph, maker of ladies undergarments, came back for his two new pieces, picturing the tools of his trade. He previously got the inside of his upper arms done by me and this time he went for the lower arms.
With him from Paris he brought cakes that he found appropriate for a shop of the Heavy Metals as our own... fairy cakes. And what better way to enjoy a delicious fairy cake than with the soothing sound of satanic metal and a good cup of coffee? Thank you Monsieur J for the treat!

Left, Thursday.

Right, Friday.

Hazardous mutation

Marcus got his sleeve of Radioactive madness finished the other day. We had some background left and some colours in the fishes but that was it... one sleeve done!
I got to warn you all that this tattoo is based on real events.

This tells the story about what can happen if you dump nuclear waste in a pond. This poor fisher man got in serious trouble one fine Sunday morning when he went fishing for the European perch. Little did he know that some big dirty industrial baddy corporation had been dumping their radioactive waste in the little pond and that this had resolved in the mutation of all living in the nice little pond. The flowers had grown huge, the perches were the size of a small whale and there were now a giant monster of an octopus ruling the waters.


Here in this tattoo we see the struggle between the helpless fisherman and the giant pond monster. Will he make it out alive? We don't know but we do know that if he does survive, no one will ever believe him. He simply drinks to much. You can tell by the red wine nose and the red cheeks. I guess there is two morals of this story. Don't throw nuclear waste in your pond...who knows what will come out of that radioactive green water. And don't drink too much...people won't believe you if you see a big bad monster in the pond.

A little something to think about!!

THE PEACEMAKER

Tony Touch came thru today to get his first tattoo.. He wanted to pay homage to his culture with a Taino Indian.

FALL FROM GRACE

Trip out on this one.. Our client wanted to go outside the box and get a Baby Cherub Angel with a twist.

BLOODWORK:PRERELEASE:MINER

Jim gracefully belted out this beauty for the BloodWork:Sleeves project. He put quite a lot of work into it and it shows.

KEEP IT O.G.!

This is the latest from our client Yone from Yokahama Japan.. Trip out on the Bull Original Lettering done by Jack Rudy..

BLOODWORK:PRERELEASE:RUBENDALL

This is an example of tattooer that really pisses me off only because he's so good. Rubendall did a really nice one here.

BLOODWORK: MANUAL

This beast is so overwhelming it requires we include instructions... a user's manual if you will.

ARMED TO THE TEETH!

Check out this new collaboration project we did with Sony Pictures. The Armored truck under went a complete makeover from what you see in the film.. We had to lay a black to be a base coat before we started the mural.. The Mural itself took to days to execute and clear. Customizing the interior was next. A jail cell theme is what we went for inside. Trip out on the custom jail bars, stainless steel sink, the centerfolds and graffiti that give it an authentic feel.

BLOODWORK:PRERELEASE:MCSTAY

This sleeve done for the BloodWork:Sleeves Project was tattooed by none other than Trevor McStay. Holdin' it down...down under.

DEMON OF DRAWING

Ichibay will be doing tattoos at the workspace before and after the Oktober SJ Convention. Contact us if you would like to acquire some of his highly skilled imagery.

Another note, Ichibay has a book of drawings and sketches coming out very soon. Check it out here.

The Black Rider

I got me a new set of wheels...FROM HELL!!!
It's not like I have given in to the cult of fixies (that would be the death of me...no really...I would kill myself on one of those) but I really wanted something that wasn't killing me every time I had to get to the shop in a hurry. My other big bike, that I am keeping for transport purposes, is really heavy to ride which is nice when you are cruising but when you just want to get somewhere fast...well, then it's not really all that awesome.
The thought of a faster bike had been brewing in my head for a while but when I saw a picture of my friend Matthias' new black bike (also check out his crazy Bike crew) I was in love. I had just written him a mail, telling him that I was thinking about getting a faster bike, when I went for a walk with Lucifer and decided to go in and talk to the local bike shop about a bike for Amalie. That went so well that I decided to talk to him about something for me. I turn around and there is a black bike staring at me. It was a sign!! Nice, black, cheap and nothing too fancy but still made well. So without thinking to much about it (or at all) I heard myself say; "I'll take it!!"
So today he had finished it and given it the black handle that I wanted. Now, there still is a few things that could be made black but that might happen later. I would like to get rid of the fenders as well to make it look more simple and nice but since there most likely will be a lot of rain in the next couple of months, I think I will keep them on for now. Now I just have get used to ride on a real bike and I can't wait to take it for a real ride, full speed ahead with Goatwhore blasting in my ears...or maybe Judas Priest, painkiller!

Treasures from below

Amalie went down to the basement to find some winter clothes but with her from the deep she brought these fine jewels. We are not sure if they work but even if they don't they will look awesome on my shelf. Soon they will get cleaned up and dried and taken for some tests. Who knows what these fine machines will bring.

NYC NOVEMBERS 16th - 25th 09

ITS THAT TIME OF YEAR, AND WE WILL BE TRAVELLING TO NYC FOR 10 DAYS IN NOV !!! FOR APPOINTMENTS, ASST@MISTERCARTOON.COM

SOUL SUNDAY

This song is the bomb and it brings to mind hickeys and hair nets. This song never plays out and sounds incredible coming of a 39 Chevy on the way to a car show. We have also featured the song Million Dollars by The Soul Generation on Soul Sunday. Check back with us next week for another classic cut.

GET YOUR "GFE" RIGHT HERE!

Check out this movie! Sasha Grey does great acting and is very believable as a high end prostitute. Check her other films like "Road side Ass-istance" where she is as equally good.

BEHIND THE SCENES!

Estevan Oriel + Mister Cartoon create Snoop Dogg album cover

Snoop Dogg | MySpace Music Videos

Here is a clip of some of the behind the scenes on the album artwork for the new Snoop Dogg project..

THE FASHION WALK TONIGHT

Tonight is the Downtown Fashion Walk. Stop by the store and check out some of our new merchandise. Check this site for more info or on their blog.

GEORGE CARLIN

We
just watched George Carlin Its bad for ya in the tattoo shop and I
don't think I've laughed harder. So here is a clip from one of his shows.
shows..

FROM THE ARCHIVES

Here is a tattoo from the Archives of Freddie Ljungberg when he came thru to get his tattoo..

BLOODWORK: STENCILING

More work on the mailing case stencil. Marcus at the wheel. After thirty minutes of rolling the whole workspace reeks of the heart swiftening scent of MARSH vapor. Is fun.

from: Anonymous
to: tiangotlost@gmail.com
date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:02 PM
subject: Another "Asian font" tattoo

Hi there,

Some guy in Facebook is showing off his tattoo.

As an avid reader of your site, I know that this tattoo is his name ‘K-H-A-L-E-D’ in the ridiculous ‘Asian font’.

I thought you might like to see it.

THE WALK

Here are a couple fliks from the last Artwalk.. Thanks to everyone who came out to support and Willie T for the images.

The chances of anything coming from mars is a million to one...

...But still they come!!!

Last night we had our War Of The Worlds geek night...a WOTW marathon!!! Awesome!! Tripod High five!!
Amalie and me started our second day of our extended weekend with some nice coffee and buying what was needed for this night of crazy tripodness.





I have a thing for synthetic tasting stuff and specially sodas so I got us a good selection in case others wanted to join me. Root beer, Funny blue sodas, strawberry and lime and cream soda. Also cheddar cheese chips was needed.


Nick had to work so Amalie, young and I started with what had brought us all together for this event: The musical version of War Of The Worlds. Many of you frequent readers and the frequent visitors of our shop knows how we love this musical masterpiece. In fact I grew up with it...hell, my mom was listening to it while in the hospital, waiting to give birth to me...That's how long I have been a fan!!
Well Young made delicious muffins that we enjoyed with some of my crazy sodas while watching the live concert of Jeff Waynes masterpiece.








After that awesomeness Nick was done working and came over in time to make these epic tripod burgers. Here spotted helping their tripod buddies destroying Thunderchild...man's last hope of survival.


After awesome homemade martian burgers we continued our marathon with War Of the worlds movie from 1953. Kinda funny but I think we all kinda dozed off now and then after the meat overdose.
But then it was time for Tom Cruise to take action against the martians. Awesome and yet terrible...but awesome!!







We ended the night with something not from mars but still damn awesome and epic: Dr. Horrible's sing-along blog. More musical madness!! Awesome! Musical high five!!