A.S.O.L Tattoo adventures

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2008-03-05T18:31:00.001-08:00

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Sorry Illustration Friday

2006-05-22T01:15:00.000-07:00

Wow it's been so long since I've updated this blog.

I've got so many people wanting me to design them tattoos, it's getting a bit out of hand, once I get the first lot out of the way I should have a lot more tattoo designs and photos of them getting done to show on this blog, which is good.
Also on top of all this I've got a new job to go to, getting my drivers license and more Studies, it's gonna be a rough couple of months hehe.

The pen and ink drawing is about regret, respect and honor.

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Illustration, friday, Sorry, Tattoo, Design

Pencil Cases

Robot Illustration Friday

2006-04-26T21:27:00.000-07:00

I like drawing robots, as I got to this point in drawing this robot it dawned on me that it looked kind of like Iron Man, so I stopped drawing it.

Hope y'all like?

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Robot, Illustration, Friday, Robots, Drawing

Pencil Cases

Design a skin contest for xbox360 game Kameo

2006-04-20T16:22:00.000-07:00

Came across this contest and thought I'd pass on the info, Kameo is an Xbox360 game, this contest gives you the chance to design a character, there are 11 winning spots.
If yours is a winning entry it will be made downloadable to hundreds if not thousands of xbox live members.
Seems farely simple, with huge exposure payout.
For more info go to Xbox360 Kameo Contest

Xbox360 Kameo Design Contest

Pencil Cases

Jay Anacleto and Greg Capullo

2006-04-18T18:01:00.000-07:00

I haven't been able to find proper websites for them, these are the closest I could get to official sites, Jay Anacleto and Greg Capullo .
Jay Anacleto is a penciller, I love his pencil work. Greg Capullo did a lot of work on the Spawn comics, his work has so much detail, I used to spend ages just soaking it in.
With both these artists I think I spent more time looking at the art work than actually reading the comics.

Just a couple more people who inspire me.

Pencil Cases

Forgotten tattoo design

2006-04-18T08:10:00.000-07:00

Saw a friend I hadn't seen for awhile and noticed a few tattoo lines poking out from his t-shirt sleeve, I asked him if he'd gotten a tattoo, he lifted his t-shirt sleeve up and saw his full shoulder tattoo that was in progress, it seemed familiar to me and I asked him where he got the design from and he said "you". LOL I had totally forgotten I had drawn something for him. What I drew was the basic out line for the design, the tattoo artist is filling it in with patterns that pertain to my friends cultural background, She's doing a very nice job too.

Need to get some pictures.

Pencil Cases

Martin Emond one of my favorite artists

2006-04-12T07:17:00.000-07:00

Martin Emond died awhile back, I've always linked his art, just thought I'd let y'all know who some of my inspirations are.

http://www.illicit.co.nz/martinemond/

Airbrush artist at 2hot2handle

2006-04-08T19:09:00.000-07:00

Went to a car show yesterday and they had an airbrush artist named Tony Vowles painting the hood of a car, I spent a good 20 minutes watching him apply his technique to the hood, soaking up every little technique I could see, his work was amazing... So amazing I forgot to take some photos, he had one of Clint Eastwood and another of Bob Marley that were absolutely beautiful.
I always relish seeing artists in action applying their art, I always learn so much from it.

Oooo I don't need photos, I found the website Airbrushventuri.com , he runs courses in teaching the art.

The hood he was painting was the prize in a radio competition, I think.

Airdrush 2hot2handle Clint Eastwood Bob Marley

Speed Illustration Friday

2006-04-07T07:19:00.000-07:00

I like this kind of speed... Blurry, photoshoped, I hope I'm getting better with photoshop, needs me some more practice.

Photoshop Speed Illustration Friday

Spring Illustration Friday

2006-03-31T20:54:00.000-08:00

Looking forward to strawberries.
For me spring is a distant memory, we're goin into winter down here, I miss the sunny days so much. The image above is a photoshoped photo made to look like a pencil drawing it took me less than 30 seconds to do, when I was showed this technique I thought to myself "dang I'd better find something else to call a job" but hey as you can see from that image I don't think we need to worry.

Spring strawberries Photoshop

Monster: Illustration Friday

2006-03-25T04:36:00.000-08:00

Alil thumbnail sketch for alil demon.

EDIT:sorry i forgot i allready submited one to the topic

Monster Tattoo Illustration

Quick Sea Monster: Illustration Friday

2006-03-24T22:24:00.000-08:00

A quick sea monster drawing done in pen and ink, I based the shape mostly on an eel with alil cat thrown in.

The Tattooed Banana and Meetingdoodles

2006-03-20T06:03:00.000-08:00

I came across this blog and it cracked me up completely, great artistic fun with bananas.

People submit photos of bananas that are made into pieces of art, LOL the grizzlysharknana cracked me up.
tattooedbanana

Also has another nice blog with a similar theme called meetingdoodles , about those little sketches u do while talking on the phone or waiting for some one.

Tattoo: Illustration Friday

2006-03-16T16:28:00.000-08:00

I've posted the first photo b4 but had'nt posted the design for it yet and this IF is perfect for it. Its sooooo big! Link to original post

Blanket Man of wellington

2006-03-05T22:36:00.000-08:00

Ben Hana (blanket man) is a homeless person who lives in my home town of wellington, he's been getting alot of media attention lately and hes just been put on to the wikipedia site, heres a link Wikipedia blanket man .

Blanket man Wellington Ben

Fairfax buys TradeMe

2006-03-05T22:11:00.000-08:00

Well something a little different, found it interesting. Trade me is an auction site created and owned by a 25 year old who just sold it for 700 million dollars, man i wish i was a stock holder in that company. Heres some better info on it, Xtra report on sale of trademe

Simple:Illustration Friday

2006-02-13T17:49:00.000-08:00

Been a long time since my last proper post.
Simply paint on some water colour and simply do a lil sketch of my uncle as a kid simply eating.

Been awhile

2006-01-27T06:22:00.000-08:00

I've been pretty busy lately and haven't had much time for the blog. Im hoping to have some tattoo chronicles up, i just need to finish a few peoples tats. Illustration friday comes along and i never seem to finish in time, also im a lil drunk at this time and i hope it comes out ok.

Small: Illustration Friday

2005-11-27T00:56:00.000-08:00

Behemoth and the man. Lol looks like something outta Star Wars, i didn't intend that.

Strength : Illustration Friday

2005-11-11T19:55:00.000-08:00

Photoshops my new favorite thing, this took me 10 minutes to whip up, just playing with photoshop, the lines from a weight lifter. A personal trainer told her client that if it doesnt hurt its not working the weight lifter over heard and said "if it hurt your doing it wrong" was just realy funny to me.

Art, life and New Zealand

2005-11-10T16:00:00.000-08:00

Some interesting blog entries ive come across

This is a nice read about a Canadians travels through New Zealand, the blogs not being updated anymore, she has finished the trip but its still very interesting.

Very nice comparisons about hiding behind a mask and Ta Moko which shows who you are through facial tattoo.

Very visual blog about a guy in New Zealand, lots of cool photos and a few about art.

Art New Zealand Tattoo

Night: Illustration Friday

2005-11-10T14:50:00.000-08:00

Top image is photoshoped, thought id play around with photoshop, I really want to get better with it but all I seem to know right now is gradients and adding filters lol.

The bottom is the original drawing, You know those late night takeaway stores yea that's what this is about, lol nothing like a night out on the town and then munching out on greasy fried food, tastes so much better when you've had a few.

Happy Birthday Kayla

2005-11-03T18:38:00.000-08:00

Its my cuzs 14th birthday, so
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLA

First Tattoo

2005-10-31T00:40:00.000-08:00

Came across this post on another blog, i found it pretty interesting. Its about his first tattoo and some insite to why and how he got it. I think all who are thinking about getting a tat should cheak it out.
adrock2xander Tattoo

Another on first tattoo

Came across this post from a girl whose gonna get a tattoo, i then relized she lives in my own home town, shes lookin at getting it done by a tattoo artist named Roger ive never met him before but i have alot of friends who've gotten work done by him and ive heard nothing but good things about him and the work looks awsome. you can check the post out here anxiety-before-tattoo ( im also not entirely sue if Roger is his name)

Nice little story about chinese character tats. oops

This is a very nice post. Tats , she writes about each of her tats individualy, Each with a pic and description of what they are about and why she got them.

Nice story and nice design for a tat. A celebration of reaching ones goals Tattoo

Art Tattoo Design First

Broken: Illustration Friday

2005-10-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

About a broken man and all he had to do was ask for a little help.

Remote: Illustration friday

2005-10-27T20:46:00.000-07:00

Remote home: not sure if thats correct iknow of mobile home but im sure you can call them remote homes, Well anyway first time posting to Illustration Friday.

This is all so the complete image of my profile pic.

Illustration Friday

2005-10-27T20:22:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday This sites pretty cool, each friday they post a topic to draw upon, you add a link of your post that contains the picture, Pretty cool.

The process

2005-10-27T03:06:00.000-07:00

Most of the previous drawings are my working drawings when i get serious about doing a finished work i draw a smaller version and take the bits out i like the most, i then draw them larger and add to the final work as i go, i cant seem to do what my tutors told me to do and draw the same design like 20 times before i start on a finished work, i never did get into that grove of things.

If any of yall who come to my blog have a blog with your art on it id like to see em.

Another drawing of mine

2005-10-25T03:01:00.000-07:00

I want to draw very large picture of a cityscape so I did this test, the drawing would be of a wooden city, no concrete.
Im trying to teach myself some tricks to simplify the detail but still have an amazing amount of anal attention to detail.

Another drawing of mine

2005-10-24T17:49:00.000-07:00

This is for a fan art section of an online game i play sometimes. The game involves elves, knights, mages, ogres, try and guess what game it is.

Some interesting links.

2005-10-22T16:30:00.000-07:00

Pretty funny, he points out the mistakes of chinese character tattoos. loads of pics and loads of mistakes.
http://www.hanzismatter.com/

Really nice blog here.
http://www.needled.com/

Another nice blog.
http://modblog.bmezine.com/index.html

Some tattoo related content, seems like a cool blog.
http://publicpolicyandkinkythoughts.blogspot.com/

A few links to studios in my town of Wellington.

2005-10-21T06:13:00.000-07:00

Just a few links to tattoo studios websites in my area.

http://www.tattoofreaky.com/

http://undergroundarts.co.nz/index.htm

http://www.fleshwound.co.nz/ just piercing

What my Brother wants me to design him.

2005-10-21T05:31:00.000-07:00

I mentioned earlier that I was designing my brother a tattoo, well he wants a Moko (a traditional Maori tattoo). I am of Maori/European descent, so I thought some research was needed and man this is gonna be a tough one.
Here are some links about Moko explaining the history and meaning of the symbols:

http://www.tamoko.org.nz/artists/uruora/moko.html
http://www.tamoko.org.nz/artists/tumoko/history.shtml

Man my brother just cant keep it simple and ask me to draw him a dragon or something.
Well it should be good learning about my culture, genealogy and designing it correctly, im going to have to find a really big family tree that goes back like 30 generations or something (exageration maybe).

here's a link to an example of what my brothers may look like:

http://www.tamoko.com.au/tattoosp7/SHOULDER20a.jpg

Bypass protest graff

2005-10-19T16:44:00.000-07:00

I took these photos in my home town of Wellington, their protesting the building of a bypass, heres a link on the story http://www.greens.org.nz/campaigns/transport/wgtnbypass.htm .

I just like the imagery of the stencils, i like the "post no buildings" line too, the council is moving historic buildings to make room for the bypass. There was alot of protest against this but its died down now. Alot of people had to move house because of this.

Playing around with blogger

2005-10-18T02:30:00.000-07:00

Playing with links and stuff, just to get used to what i can do, figured out how to post video links, so im gonna need to take some videos soon to post on here. I have alot of links to directories they look abit messy probably remove some soon, the imges on bottom of the side bar link to a pretty cool video blog site, lots of videos, pics and sounds from other blogs. Okie docky then thats it for now...

"Not even ow" - Jeff da Maori

2005-10-16T03:20:00.000-07:00

These previous post have been a little bit about what i have done previously, im hopeing to finish a design for my brother soon and document the process and post it on here, take photos of him getting it, some research into the tattoo artists in my area and see if they want to buy some sets from me.

2005-10-16T03:14:00.000-07:00

This is the rough i did for the larger piece.

This is a photo of a framed drawing i did, the photos pretty bad but i cant scan it, its A1 size thats about a metre in hieght, it was my final assignment at art school 3 other pices went with it.

2005-10-14T22:26:00.001-07:00

another pic

This is a friend of mine who got a tatt i designed.

2005-10-14T22:26:00.000-07:00

This is a friend of mine, i designed this tatt, i thought he was gonna get it pretty small like the size of a CD cover but man he gets back from getting it done and shows me and im like wtf thats huge, i also wasnt happy with the design too i was gonna do him another. Hes was also the first person to get one of my designs. It was inked by an artist in wellington new zealand, i forget his name. I will post a pic of the drawing as soon as i find it.

2005-10-14T05:24:00.000-07:00

Was playing resident evil at the time, felt like drawing zombies.

2005-10-14T05:23:00.000-07:00

This is a conseptual sketch for a bigger piece, i didnt go with this idea should have coz people liked this more than the one that went into the gallery.

2005-10-14T05:20:00.000-07:00

These are some old drawings i did when i was about 19, im 25 now. This image has been cropped to focus on the 2 stylelized mutts.

Welcome to my adventures

2005-10-14T04:43:00.000-07:00

I decided to make a blog, everyones doing it and everyones saying everyones doing it. I am a clasically trained artist in illustration, painting and print making. Ive allways had an interest in body art, pop culture comicbooks and stuff and ive design a few tattoos for people, so i thought maybe i should try it hard out, this blog will follow my adventures in becomeing a good tattoo designer i will post my flash design and photos of people who actually get my designs inked (hopeing), allso the process of it. Cher Cher OW

A.S.O.L Tattoo adventures

Privacy Policy

Sorry Illustration Friday

Robot Illustration Friday

Design a skin contest for xbox360 game Kameo

Jay Anacleto and Greg Capullo

Forgotten tattoo design

Martin Emond one of my favorite artists

Airbrush artist at 2hot2handle

Speed Illustration Friday

Spring Illustration Friday

Monster: Illustration Friday

Quick Sea Monster: Illustration Friday

The Tattooed Banana and Meetingdoodles

Tattoo: Illustration Friday

Blanket Man of wellington

Fairfax buys TradeMe

Simple:Illustration Friday

Been awhile

Small: Illustration Friday

Strength : Illustration Friday

Art, life and New Zealand

Night: Illustration Friday

Happy Birthday Kayla

First Tattoo

Broken: Illustration Friday

Remote: Illustration friday

Illustration Friday

The process

Another drawing of mine

Another drawing of mine

Some interesting links.

A few links to studios in my town of Wellington.

What my Brother wants me to design him.

Bypass protest graff

Playing around with blogger

Previous posts

This is a friend of mine who got a tatt i designed.

Welcome to my adventures