Tattoo and T-Shirt

Hey all, I received this in an email the other day, I thought it was really cool...


Brian James had this tattooed on his arm. It was done by artist Shannon Archuleta. I think she did a real bang up job, you can see more of her work here.

Here is the original image:


The original piece was altered a bit, but I think thats cool. If I had thought of making the creature a unicorn while I was drawing it, I probably would have. He is getting more work done, I'm not sure if it will be my work or not, but either way I can't wait to see it.

While we are on the topic of, ah, what is the topic exactly? I guess the topic is collaboration. While we are on the topic, I want to post this:


Its a photo of a shirt that Yves Neron of Ottawa made with one of my images, I think he did it with an iron on transfer, and I think its pretty badass... I meant to post this back in the spring, but, well, I'm not always good at posting stuff on here... I think I will be more diligent now that facebook and myspace are R.I.P.ing...

I want to say too that if anyone wants my stuff tattooed or you want to make your own shirts for personal use with my images, anything like that, just go for it... I don't want money and you don't have to ask for my permission or anything like that, just send along an image when you are done so I can take a looksie cause stuff like this makes me feel good. Inside. It makes me feel good inside.

Thanks to Brian And Yves for making my day:)

The Big Smoke

So last week I was in NYC for my buddy Sean McCarthy's opening at Fredericks and Freiser gallery... I'm bad at taking photos and didn't take any of Sean or his art, but the show was absolutely stunning. If you live in NYC, you have to check it out... Here is a link to the gallery.

In NYC I just saw some old friends, met some new friends, and spent a lot of time in my hotel either drawing or throwing up in the sink... Ah...here are some photos of my room...




So I didn't get up to much when I was there... I was usually hung over in the morning. Once I could deal with getting out of bed, I would draw all day, go out with the gallery for dinner, come back and draw another couple of hours, then meet my friends and drink.

I liked this schedule, I got to draw all day, I was well fed, and well watered...

I did go for a couple of walks though, and Zak showed me this new store:

toyzipangu

Don't judge the store based on the website... The real store has tons of stuff, all vintage Japanese toys... I've stopped collecting toys myself, but I bought a couple to bring back to my studio mates... Anyway, if you live in New York, or are visiting it soon, check the store out. Also, the girl who runs it is really friendly and easy to ask questions to... Thats important for me cause I get kinda weird in stores, or public in general I guess....

Here are my two best buds in the City, Maia and Kate... I met them about 6 years back, the first time I visited the city...


Ok, I'm realizing that this post is sorta lame... It has the potential to be very similar to when a girl says: "Hey, do you want to see my family photos?!" and you say: "ah, ok...", and 2 hours later you are thinking to yourself: "help me...".

So this is the last NYC photo. Its of my friend and sorta hero Zak Smith, he got one of my drawings from an old sketchbook tatooed on his leg. Zak's in porn, so now I have a drawing in the porn industry...


OK, now we are on the topic of tattoos... here is my old friend Aaron Hill:

We lived with each other for a couple of years. Then he moved to Oakville to apprentice as a tattoo artist, and I moved to Italy for a little while...

One day he was using my computer and he saw an image I made, a mashup of two photos... The top part was a skull, the bottom was my face, just my lips and beard. He saw it and said: "I want to get that tattooed." and I said: "Really?" and now he has a tattoo of my face on his arm...



If I am ever married, I would trust my wife with Aaron above and beyond any other person. I imagine if she were to ever leave me for another man, it wouldn't be a man with her husbands face tattoed on his arm...unless I did something to really piss her off... Ah, did any of that make sense? Shit, being on the computer too long makes me weird, I need to get back to drawing...

Ok, still on the topic of tattoos, here is a tattoo a girl in Vermont got, its of the Pegasus, a satellite launching centre... Agh, I can't find the actual title of the drawing right now, I think its on my other computer...

Ok, so last thing.... I get lots of emails asking if I will design people tattoos... Unfortunately the answer is no, I'm pretty swamped with work, and designing tattoos isn't really my passion... Although, if you want anything that I have already drawn tattooed, go for it... Just email me with photos afterwards, and its all good...

okok, thanks for reading such a long post...