tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19362472927188577712023-11-15T07:15:00.706-08:00PennyBlack Tattoo & ArtPennyBlack Tattoo & Art 438 Richards st. Vancouver Canada 604-568-1643PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-37996689126773815032013-03-19T14:15:00.001-07:002013-03-19T14:15:21.892-07:00Social Medias. We has them.We've had a FaceBook profile for ages, and our MySpace is ancient... but we've just added a couple more, so here's how to track us down on all the various places we're at on the intarwebs.<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/PennyBlackTattoo">Facebook</a><br />
<a href="http://www.myspace.com/pennyblacktattoo">MySpace</a><br />
<a href="http://instagram.com/pennyblackink/">Instagram</a><br />
<a href="https://twitter.com/PennyBlackInk">Twitter</a><br />
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I always feel like I'm really, REALLY far behind the curve.<br />
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There are local studios that have some mind-blowing artists. I look at their work and in fits of purest jealousy I feel horrid about my own little zappers. I see their bold lines, deeply saturated colours, and clever little flash designs, and I just feel like I'm running in place.<br />
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Now some of these artists, I'm not personally on the best of terms with them- and part of that is surely rooted in jealousy.<br />
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For the most part though, the only genuine criticism I could ever aim at them is that they're all basically doing the same thing. They're all kinda just scamming on styles like that of Derek Noble, Uncle Allan, and Myke Chambers. Sure, these locals artists are just -killing- at what they do, but really it's just incredibly polished imitation.<br />
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Cold comfort for my delicate ego though. I still look at their imitations and think, "fuck, I can't even copy as well as these guys."<br />
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Then every so often one of them will try to do something outside their comfort zone, and botch it so badly it becomes laughable.<br />
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That is when I feel the warm glow of a little schadenfreude.<br />
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"See?" I smugly say to myself, "THAT is why all they do is rip off the innovators- it's all they CAN do!"<br />
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Then I remind myself that it doesn't matter- they're still absolutely killing the one style they've adopted.<br />
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And you know what? Good for them. I can be, and will be, jealous until the day I'm put in wormy earth- but in the end, what's most important is that I tattoo in a city drenched in talent, and so long as I'm perpetually playing catch up with all these locals, it means I'll be perpetually getting a little better with each piece.<br />
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So keep blowing me out of the water you little fuckers.<br />
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HA!PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-84959930027083410502012-07-30T12:57:00.000-07:002012-07-30T12:57:10.040-07:00Some of Tangles tattoo work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-29903432409777064882012-02-12T14:12:00.000-08:002012-02-12T14:12:36.357-08:00Effervescent EnnuiSheesh, we just do NOT update this thing as often as we should. I blame FaceBook- it's too easy to be lazy when one is suckling on Zuckerbergs teat.<br />
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So yes, here's an update for those of you paying attention.<br />
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We have some staffing changes. Matt has left (for reasons we still don't entirely understand- so far as I'm concerned, if you're going to quit a job, at least have the decency to be able to explain why), but we've regained Charlotte. This makes us giddy, as no other artist we've ever had work with us so perfectly exemplifies the spirit of PennyBlack.<br />
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We've also picked up an apprentice, one Alex Cardosa. Keep an eye out for this one- I have a feeling he's going to excel at this medium.<br />
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Looks like we're doing this years West Coast Tattoo Culture show. Seems like only yesterday I was standing on a soapbox, raving about why we wouldn't support this convention. Amazing what a new promoter can do, isn't it?<br />
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We're hoping to have as much fun as we possibly can, so we call on you all to come out and help. You don't need to do much- just come by our booth and fuel our general lunacy.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-64463089164727078712011-11-18T15:23:00.000-08:002011-11-18T15:23:27.081-08:00We want YOU (if you're awesome)So we're down to just three artists here now. We'd like to get more staff, but honestly- good help is nigh-impossible to find.<br />
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What's most amusing is that, no matter how detailed our 'looking for artist' ads are, we keep getting inundated with scratchers, hacks, wanna-be's, and art students who think tattoo is an easy-money solution.<br />
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ALL of the above are specifically mentioned as what we DON'T WANT, yet repeatedly these are the types who respond to our ads, as though miraculously we'll just forget our standards entirely.<br />
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For the record, this is our actual ad- and yes, it's technically still active.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are looking for a quality artist, with good energy and enthusiasm. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our goal here is to craft a tight-knit crew, a small family with the common goal of furthering the development of fantastic tattoo art.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Our --preference- is for an artist who is established, but it isn't a prerequisite. Our concern is more for the art than our bottom line.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As well, we feel it important to point out that, to us, how long you've been tattooing isn't as important as the quality of your work. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Your portfolio is more important than the time spent developing it. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">That said, we aren't looking to train someone- if you don't know anything about tattooing, then we have no place for you here.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What we want:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Excellent drawing skills.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-The drive to continue developing those skills.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Enthusiasm about TATTOO- the culture, the history, and the current state of the business. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When asked, "Who are your favorite tattoo artists?" a blank stare will not serve. Nor will the inability to back up why any named artists are your favorite.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Strength of character, and strong convictions.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-The flexibility to lead AND follow, as the situation requires.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Excellent customer service and the ability to sell yourself. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tattoo artists are their own commodity, and so we need artists who can do more than just create pretty pictures- marketing of yourself and the studio are critical qualities.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-A superlative grasp on aseptic procedure, cross-contamination prevention, and blood-bourne pathogen control.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Preference will also be given to women- we want to maintain the level of Sister representation on our crew.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What we DON'T want:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-People who see tattoo as just a way to make easy money.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-People who don't know or care about our history and culture. If you don't know who Stoney St. Clair is, you're not going to fit in here.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Casual arrogance- people who think that just because they're in a tattoo studio, that somehow that makes them better than anyone else.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-Homophobia, racism, or any other form of bigotry. We are queer-friendly and intolerant of intolerance.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Do be advised that the interview process will be brutally honest. Do NOT apply if you don't have thick skin. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We won't be needlessly cruel, but if we don't feel your art is up to our standards (Meaning if you're not as good or better than us) </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">we're not going to hire you. Our goal is to develop a crew of talented and creative individuals who will inspire us as much as we (hopefully) inspire them. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Please submit at least 5 examples of your work, in web-ready format, to pennyblacktattoo (at) gmail.com </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We would like to see examples of custom, reproduction, colour, b&g, and script tattooing. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If your material looks promising, we will contact you to arrange a casual interview somewhere downtown. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">WE DO NOT require apprentices OR SHOP MANAGERS/COUNTERSTAFF. Not yet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PennyBlack Tattoo & Art is an award-winning studio that crowns Vancouver's historic Gastown district. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Located at 321 Cambie street (between Hastings and Cordova), we offer only the best to our clients- art, design, comfort, and atmosphere. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Look us up: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Facebook (search PennyBlack Tattoo & Art)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blog ( www.pennyblacktattoo.com )</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">See you soon!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">-The PennyBlack family of artists.</span>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-73114346865522728342011-11-18T15:12:00.001-08:002011-11-18T15:12:37.415-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNMxEjqksFo/TsbmOexiB5I/AAAAAAAAAWw/BhlOTPSuVh8/s1600/Bloody+Skulley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PNMxEjqksFo/TsbmOexiB5I/AAAAAAAAAWw/BhlOTPSuVh8/s200/Bloody+Skulley.jpg" width="136" /></a></div><br />
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PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-8926862715386497652011-08-19T13:08:00.001-07:002012-02-07T21:50:35.849-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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It's summertime, and things are hectic and chaotic and crazy. From the heat? Possibly...<br />
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No more LA Ink. Gosh. Whatever will the post-Kat-Von-D tattoo industry landscape look like? Less face-stars I guess...<br />
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We have a new coffee place about to open next door to us. Their coffee is amongst the best in all of Vancouver.<br />
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Just what I'm sure you all want to hear- your local tattoo studio will be stuffed full of artists so jittery and over-caffeinated that our work will look like Michael J. Fox did it. Fan.......tastic.<br />
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That's all for now. Will try to actually have something interesting to talk about next post.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-80765521130950293602011-06-17T11:22:00.000-07:002011-06-17T11:22:10.240-07:00Absolutely almost no absolutesNot a week goes by that we don't hear, either via walk-in or phone call, the following statement (or a variant)<br />
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"Hey, yeah, so I've gone to X studio(s) and they told me they won't do Z. Will you guys do it?"<br />
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In this case:<br />
"X" = the number of different studios the person has gone to or contacted, usually between 2 and 12<br />
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"Z" = hand tattoos, face tattoos, script tattoos, 'offensive' tattoos, etc.<br />
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Rarely, if ever, will we refuse these tattoos that so many other studios or artists flat-out will not do.<br />
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This hard-line refusal is confusing to us for the most part.<br />
Our job is not to be the final arbiter of an individuals life decisions.<br />
We facilitate your experience, that's all.<br />
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Want a hand tattoo? Get one. Our only rule here is that we won't do this as a starter tattoo- we will insist the person prove to themselves that they're ready to brand themselves an outsider to societal norms. This is also true of face and neck tattoos. Nothing visible until you're already tattooed.<br />
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However, there are countless studios (usually the 'cool kid' studios) that won't do these tattoos at all- at least not until you're part of their elitist cliques. Then its game on- sleeve up that neck, Jimmy Hipster!<br />
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Another example we've heard of is studios refusing to tattoo the word 'fuck' on someone.<br />
Errr... Why not?<br />
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This notion of placing ones own moral or ethical standards as higher than the clients is totally confusing to us.<br />
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Now, don't get me wrong here, it's not as if we're exploitative bastards, looking to capitalize on ignorance. You come in asking for say, your name on your forehead backwards so you can read it in a mirror, we'll do it- but only after you get an hour long lecture on every possible facet of how that tattoo will bite you in the ass repeatedly.<br />
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Same with getting your girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/husbands name... We'll do it, but only after you hear a repetitious tirade about how each and every time couples do this, it kills the relationship. (My personal record is less than 24 hours after a name tattoo, the couple had broken up.)<br />
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To sum up- you want to get something, we'll do it. You'll get an education, whether you wanted it or not, but in the end its your decision.<br />
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We'll even toss in how much the inevitable cover-up will cost you too.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-16685477004093354202011-06-17T11:21:00.001-07:002011-06-17T11:21:58.534-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSDIiEi6xgE/TfubN606wNI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wLoeaNApsts/s1600/lil+bugger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MSDIiEi6xgE/TfubN606wNI/AAAAAAAAAJs/wLoeaNApsts/s200/lil+bugger.jpg" width="170" /></a></div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-55513127649824219172011-06-01T12:20:00.000-07:002011-06-01T12:20:45.521-07:00S.F.T.S.A couple of days ago, a last-minute walk-in client came in, he wanted a tattoo of the letters 'SFTS'.<br />
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At first he seemed somewhat embarrassed about it, in a self-deprecating sort of way. I think he's used to people not getting -at all- what SFTS means.<br />
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Sheepishly, he told us that it stands for "Search For The Stoke". When we pressed him for more details, he warmed up to it and revealed to us that its his (and his close circle of friends) personal philosophy.<br />
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Search for the stoke.<br />
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The stoke.<br />
What the fuck is the stoke?<br />
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Only you can answer that question.<br />
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The stoke can be anything.<br />
A surreal mushroom trip, a deeply meaningful tattoo, a superb spread of Sushi, gaggingly cute videos of kittens on YouTube, a mindblowing (haw) blowjob... Anything.<br />
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The STOKE.<br />
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The more we talked about this concept, the warmer I got to it all- Fuck yes. Search for the stoke.<br />
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It's not about -finding- the stoke.... It's all about the search for it.<br />
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It's worth thinking about at length- perhaps we could all use a little more stoke-searching in our lives.<br />
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One can't help but pick up a little wisdom along the way too. An incidental perk associated with the search for the stoke.<br />
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Go forth, good ladies and sirs...<br />
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Search.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-22567479443582050892011-05-29T18:03:00.000-07:002011-05-29T18:04:58.391-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MNGS1ZGxBFs/TeLraFU6P_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/NURtzvMQek0/s1600/erin+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MNGS1ZGxBFs/TeLraFU6P_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/NURtzvMQek0/s200/erin+1.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Agko-9lUeV4/TeLrrktGahI/AAAAAAAAAJU/t6N4S8cHYo0/s1600/cherry+finish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Agko-9lUeV4/TeLrrktGahI/AAAAAAAAAJU/t6N4S8cHYo0/s200/cherry+finish.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><br />
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These 'artists' think they're doing something life-altering, that what they do has some form of world-defining weight.<br />
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This line of thought and action leads to a smug arrogance, and elitism. It's epidemic. All of you who've walked into a studio full of artists who behave this way have felt that condescension, that sense of "what makes you think you're good enough to get a tattoo from us?"<br />
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You can practically hear their internal monologue- "Move aside mere drop of water, let the Ocean pass."<br />
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What is most amusing about this is that the vast majority of these people are all doing the same thing. ALL of them, it's the same old-same old.... "old-school-with-a-twist", yet somehow they're convinced that what they're doing is somehow new, unique, and NOT just completely self-congratulatory onanism.<br />
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They're all scamming their drawings from each other as voraciously as possible, but standing on a soap-box about how much better they are than studios (like PennyBlack) that exist for the people, <i>as well as</i> the art... As though giving clients exactly what they want is a bad thing, but cloning each other is the be-all/end-all of existence.<br />
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So whats the point to all this? Simply this- We draw on people. That's it.<br />
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We don't save lives, we don't make a lasting global difference.<br />
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We draw pictures. On skin.<br />
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I am proud to be anti Art-Elite.<br />
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I know my place in the world, and I will never think that just because I'm allowed to place my art on other peoples skin that makes all others inferior to me.<br />
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Anti. Art. Elite.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-82015461232233568232011-05-27T15:59:00.000-07:002011-05-27T15:59:06.506-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HFGjOV4AHrc/TeAsanCLKvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/St1jbSVrJYM/s1600/All+Three+Fish+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HFGjOV4AHrc/TeAsanCLKvI/AAAAAAAAAGY/St1jbSVrJYM/s200/All+Three+Fish+small.jpg" width="135" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A small selection of my art.</div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-70823715393992835132011-05-27T13:42:00.000-07:002011-05-27T13:42:44.300-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXJkngMTTuo/TeAMYMx16aI/AAAAAAAAAGA/LsC78_fQqA4/s1600/Davitas+wrist+flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXJkngMTTuo/TeAMYMx16aI/AAAAAAAAAGA/LsC78_fQqA4/s200/Davitas+wrist+flowers.jpg" width="155" /></a></div><br />
Not the greatest photo, but it does illustrate how extreme this re-work was. The original artist didn't use any black whatsoever, and as a result there was zero contrast- so the heal softened the flowers into oblivion. These are a little more robust.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-10539347322182839622011-05-27T13:40:00.001-07:002012-02-07T21:51:10.473-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-68559410553496535612011-05-25T18:50:00.001-07:002011-05-25T18:50:54.413-07:00Pro-krass-tinn-ay-shunnWe've been entirely slack in updating this here blog, but I promise thats going to change. New photos, new bio's for each artist, new information on whats new and current here at the studio.<br />
THIS will be our portal for information, not Facebook. Sheesh.PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-90889959737115209102011-05-25T18:44:00.000-07:002011-05-25T18:44:52.634-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5IwenPlmbYs/Td2vcZWag-I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/235KgMJJXpM/s1600/Andrews+Reworked+sugarskull.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5IwenPlmbYs/Td2vcZWag-I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/235KgMJJXpM/s200/Andrews+Reworked+sugarskull.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Reworked sugar-skull.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mi_mUauiG4/Td2vdxVEroI/AAAAAAAAAEU/IChOZTSO0vU/s1600/Bon+Jovi+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mi_mUauiG4/Td2vdxVEroI/AAAAAAAAAEU/IChOZTSO0vU/s200/Bon+Jovi+Logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bon Jovi logo.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HFrcYuOCSTM/Td2ve8ANl_I/AAAAAAAAAEY/VxavV9N-KeU/s1600/Daves+sugarskull+reworked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HFrcYuOCSTM/Td2ve8ANl_I/AAAAAAAAAEY/VxavV9N-KeU/s200/Daves+sugarskull+reworked.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another re-worked sugar skull.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZBfdJk2Y0wg/Td2vgJihrsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/dCj9lZm6V9Y/s1600/Dead+Burd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZBfdJk2Y0wg/Td2vgJihrsI/AAAAAAAAAEc/dCj9lZm6V9Y/s200/Dead+Burd.jpg" width="109" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dead bird, original art by Brandon Bond.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DjshA9SJUuU/Td2vgs-iT8I/AAAAAAAAAEg/RpEL_Uz1Gm0/s1600/Mystery+Ladybug.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DjshA9SJUuU/Td2vgs-iT8I/AAAAAAAAAEg/RpEL_Uz1Gm0/s200/Mystery+Ladybug.jpg" width="140" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiny lil' ladybug</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvrLwW_Krdg/Td2vh2HhbeI/AAAAAAAAAEk/swoVyX0x1PQ/s1600/Owlzuzu+Unfinished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TvrLwW_Krdg/Td2vh2HhbeI/AAAAAAAAAEk/swoVyX0x1PQ/s200/Owlzuzu+Unfinished.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Owlzuzu, the 8-winged owl.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JVSbvGDnJw/Td2viXoRKEI/AAAAAAAAAEo/4lcQ6vK182Y/s1600/Robins+Feather.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="136" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7JVSbvGDnJw/Td2viXoRKEI/AAAAAAAAAEo/4lcQ6vK182Y/s200/Robins+Feather.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fedders.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjXAwo6fJzs/Td2vjfm4-RI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Hd7FJclxEKw/s1600/Tiny+Owl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UjXAwo6fJzs/Td2vjfm4-RI/AAAAAAAAAEs/Hd7FJclxEKw/s200/Tiny+Owl.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tiny Wisdom, yo.</div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-72416671146661221872011-04-14T16:33:00.001-07:002012-02-07T21:51:24.424-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936247292718857771.post-76586377875583923892011-03-04T13:03:00.000-08:002011-05-25T18:45:43.801-07:00Grotesque<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-245ak3R2jXg/TXFTY67sx8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/WkjRFgad-qo/s1600/Gargoyle+one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
</a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-245ak3R2jXg/TXFTY67sx8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/WkjRFgad-qo/s1600/Gargoyle+one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"> </span><img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-245ak3R2jXg/TXFTY67sx8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/WkjRFgad-qo/s200/Gargoyle+one.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">...In the old-school sense of the word. This is the beginning of a large-scale project, we will be covering the entire arm with grotesques taken from Notre Dame cathedral.</div>PennyBlackTattoo & Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09870055749266375168noreply@blogger.com3