Ornamental Conifer {0}
Love watching this guy work.
Tattoos
May 3, 2013
Feb 26, 2013
I Was On A Mountain {0}
Most of my favorite memories growing up were hitting the mountains with my family in this rad old tent-trailer my folks had – every summer we’d pack up the family and drive across this great country of ours and beyond. We’d camp at Banff, Jasper, though the BC Rockies and eventually to Switzerland (obviously in a rented camper) where we hiked to the glacier lake at Oberhornsee.
It’s been a long, long while but the call of the mountains never leaves you. I’d been doodling these mountains and laurels on my arm for a while so Dan did just the same…
…and got to work!
As per usual, Dan Innes at The Pearl just nailed it and I couldn’t be happier.
Sorry momma.
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Jan 7, 2013
A Short Visual Study Of Decorated Skin {0}
Courtesy of Thomas Hooper
Aug 16, 2012
#1 Good Boy X The Pearl. Sick Collabo! {2}
#1 Good Boy – #1 in the park and #1 in my heart. Seeing as I wear my heart on my sleeve, I figured it made sense to give lil Walty his rightful place, front and center.
Daniel Innes at the wonderful Pearl Harbor Gift Shop met the mandate perfectly; match his likeness without being too photorealistic and make it illustrative (mostly so that it’ll fit with the rest of the stuff I have & will have on my arm) without it being cartoonish.
I’ll post better pictures once it’s healed (ok, probably not) but here it is. We’ll likely go back in and darken some stuff up later if need be but it’s better to start light and darken later than go too dark and not be able to pull back. Totes obvi.
Sorry momma.
Jul 11, 2012
Apr 9, 2012
Make It Pop {0}
Everyone’s got tattoos they don’t love… Well, everyone who has a lot of tattoos, anyway. I’m fortunate enough to have a great many that I really do love and am proud to wear – I’m also ok with having a few that I’m not crazy about because for me they are all about time and place and you take a chance every time you put needle to skin. What do you do when you have one that you don’t like and it’s in your line of sight constantly? Take it as a sign that tattoos are a bad idea and keep it as a permanent reminder? Nope! Get rid of that fucker!
Such is the case for this little guy I got a while ago on my wrist. During the tattoo, the artist (who, in general, I think does really nice work) assured me that the little grey keyline was going to enhance the tattoo once it healed… I disagreed and thought it was going to make it look blown out… I was right.
Unfortunately being right is little consolation for having a shitty tattoo in your face every day from that day forward for the rest of your life so I asked Dan Innes at The Pearl Harbor Gift Shop to have a go at it.
I’m really happy with how he handled it without making it just a giant black blob on my wrist until the end of time. Once it heals we’ll probably go back in and hit it with some more black but Dan didn’t want to go too dark if we didn’t have it. It’s easier to add later than to take away. True story!
Thanks again, Dan! As always, I’m super happy and really appreciate your ability to turn turds into gold! Well, and make gold appear from thin air as well but the point stands.
Sorry, Momma.
Feb 29, 2012
Fuck You Robear! {0}
Tim Hendricks may be subjecting himself to embarrassment on the 2nd worst tattoo show on television; which is no easy accomplishment – the competition for that particular distinction is steeeeeep (anyone wanna take a guess at what the #1 worst show is?) but in his defense I think he’s a solid tattooist, seems like a good guy (unlike literally everyone else on the show, he never says anything retarded and sometimes says awesome stuff) and I really enjoy watching him hand-make these machines. Thumbs up, Tim!
Nov 2, 2011
Tattoo Age: Freddy Corbin – Part 1 {0}
In an age of tattoo television shows that are fueled by network driven drama and hold about as much substance as “I’m getting this tribal dragon because my little brother stubbed his toe this morning” – Vice’s “Tattoo Age” series is a real breath of fresh air. The most recent installment is no exception.
Previous Episodes:
Mike Rubendall Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
Sep 28, 2011
Stay Dirty, My Friends {1}
As the mighty, mighty Dirt Balls… 7 time champs… Toronto’s winningest dodgeball team of all time embark on our first season back from a long hiatus, I hit up Kris to make a little mark for me and he absolutely killed it – so stoked.
Sorry, momma.
Sep 2, 2011
Bless This Mess {0}
I think it might be official; I’m a Scott Campbell fanboy. Thanks for sharing, Ayalah!
Aug 26, 2011
Mighty Kuti Fiyo! {0}
I like getting tattooed at The Pearl a lot – it’s full of good folks, super talented tattooers and (as I’ve gushed over several times in the past) the space itself is second to none.
I’m starting to fill my left arm up with black and grey floaters and I figured my man Dan Innes would be a good fit for this little Tipi I’ve been doodling in my workbook for the last many months.
…he took that and mixed it with references from a book called “Manners & Customs of the American Indians” from the 1800s which was perfect…
I decided to throw a little Doublenaut jammer in there for good measure and Dan knocked it in.
It’s healing well and I’m super, super happy with it! It’s nice to have this arm back on track…
Sorry, Momma.
Aug 8, 2011
Thangs & Stuff & Stuff & Thangs & Stuff… {0}
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Apr 3, 2011
That’s The Way Things Are Sometimes…
Most Of The Time {0}
I met up with my brother from another mother (and continent) Adam Sage on Saturday morning and he set me up with one of these fancy little bandanas.
There is a small stock at Bikes On Wheels, otherwise you can order them via Urban Hunter from the UK.
He also set me up with some of these awesome Ghosts of Roubaix prints that he had made while he was here, just in time for Paris-Roubaix which begins next week in France.
We’d made plans to get some dinner on Sunday night before he headed back across the pond but we both had some time on Sunday afternoon and he was gracious enough to bless this mess with another little souvenir before chow-down.
Let loose your arrows; fire quickly and straight for the heart.
Sorry, momma.
Thanks to the Speakeasy folks for letting me in on family dinner at Tati which was delicious and they were very accommodating of both Adam’s and my “food problems” aka veganism.
I’m bummed that we only found (or made, rather) the time in the last couple of days to hang out when he has been here for the last month because Adam is a truly talented individual an amazing guy – the likes of which I’m proud to call a friend. Safe travels, hombre.
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Mar 13, 2011
Feb 21, 2011
My Shine Wore Off As Time Wore On {3}
I had a very nice, relaxing weekend full of great friends and great times. As always, I feel very fortunate to be surrounded by such a good group of guys and gals, I really couldn’t ask for much more. Well, I could, but I don’t need much more…
Congratulations Katie & Philippe! Killer Fiesta!
Sunday Dinner – Huge thanks to SBD & JD for hosting!
Bikes On Wheels Queen West – Opening Early March
Crowsnest Barbershop – Open always. Go get your grown man on.
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While I was at Crowsnest today getting my hair did Jon was listening to this band called Iron Horse who does bluegrass covers of Ozzy, Metallica and Guns N Roses jams… Like a lot of things I end up loving, once you get past the novelty of it all, you realize that most of these jams translate well across genre and are pretty rad in this form.
Think About You
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Mama, I’m Comin’ Home*
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Nothing Else Matters
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*Lemmy Kilmister gave him that line… One of the few amazing things I learned about an amazing dude while drinking Jack & Cokes at the Royal watching Lemmy this weekend.
While we’re at it, let’s just revisit this jam right hurr.
Feb 19, 2011
Draw To Death {0}
Generally speaking, ordering a t-shirt isn’t something you normally do with any particular sort of pride – but ordering a t-shirt which was designed by a good friend that has been working extremely hard for so many years to get to the point where a company wants to release t-shirts as designed by her? Well, I’d say that this is something to be proud of… Enter Alex Snelgrove
Earlier this week, the first of Alex ‘s designs went online at Shirts & Destroy and this is a serious banger – dancing baphomet? Pfffft, get outta here. I ordered mine today and can’t wait for it to arrive. Fans of Thomas Hooper and the like should take note – Alex is such a tremendous talent and such a serious babe of life, you don’t even know.
