I'M ALIVE - Just busy.

Busy life. Busy things. All proactive. Hallelujah.

Blizzards

Gonna shut myself in and get some work done. Here is today's workload.

HLA/Hoist Art Show, New Zapper

The homies at Higher Level Art teamed up with Hoist and Columbus' own Milk Bar to put on an evening of art from some notable Midwest artists. I'm one of the honored and lucky artists to be featured at tommorrow's event. It's sure to be a fun event. My friend Rick rolled through before he heads out for Army Training and got a cool Hannya Mask today as well. All in all, a good day.

Hannya's are fun. Straight up.

Had fun jamming on this one. He's gonna eventually tie in more Japanese stuff. The three-eyed Tiger and lotus is on this arm as well, high up. This was a blast.


I also finished up a quick sheet of flash. I like doing these pseudo-traditional flames on stuff... so I said fuck it, and made a whole page with it implemented somehow. I had a nifty time with it.

Slow Day, Confrontation, Fun Art

What a day today has been! A new shop opened up directly across the street from us today... inside a hair salon, on the same level... hell, a few feet away from a barber chair. The scratchers that work there came into our shop not to long ago SMOKING A CIGARRETTE IN OUR LOBBY! Needless to say, I was bored and ventured to their new establishment... after I spoke my mind, we were told to leave. And we did. But the message was sent loud and clear - We are legitimate tattooers doing rock solid work, and we won't stand for this industry to be screwed and exploited by hackjobs such as them. I can't stand and watch food get taken off of my girlfriend and forthcoming child's table because these guys are 100 feet from us giving people Hepatitis.

On another note... I did this post-angry encounter: