SWINGING DICK!

So I arrived in San Diego last week with a few slots available to tattoo. The first day I walked into Five Two Tattoo there was this fella sitting there waiting for me. After talking a bit he asked me if I would be interested in tattooing a "dick on a swing" on his inner thigh. Initially I was really not feeling the idea so I told him I'd think about it and get back to him. After a couple days of dishin around the idea I decided to give it a try. This is what I came up with.

In today's news, Pick and I took a train from San Diego to L.A. It was about a 3 hour trip total. Arrived in L.A. at about 7PM and have been hangin around the hotel catchin up on some internet time. Tomorrow we're gonna stop by the Tattoo Lounge here in Venice beach and talk to Bugs a bit before we head out to the beach to take some photos and do some sketchin. Gotta a couple tattoos that I did in Miami that I'd like to post so hopefully I'll have a little time tomorrow to post them. Till then, Enjoy my Swingin Dick:)

BATTLE FOR THE BRAIN!!

I dropped this piece off about 2 weeks ago in Miami beach for the first annual Tattoolapalooza. I stayed super busy and got to hang out with one of my bestest friends Jason Stephan. All in all I had a great time!

I ended up scooping up "Tattoo of the Day" on Sat. which is pretty awesome being that there were a ton of Awesome tattoo artists there. The collector of this piece had been battling a disease that ended up requiring surgery and changing his way of life. During his battle with this disease he thought that it would ruin his quality of life. So I created this piece to illustrate that although the disease may have won the small battle, there was a bigger battle to be fought. The battle for the brain and his ability to continue a high quality life even with his loss.

Today Electric Pick and I are gonna go chill out at a cafe' and release some of this creative energy that has accumulated over the past couple of days. We just spent two full days at the comic-con and are overwhelmed by the inspiration. Hopefully I'll have some fun stuff to show you soon. Till then, stay safe, it's a dangerous world out there!!

IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD!!

The pieces posted below were created for a show called "Pint Size Paintings". We were given two 2"X3" canvas' and told to decorate them using paint (either oil or acrylic). Being that the canvas' were so small my first instinct was to create a composition that would stand up not only as two separate pieces but also as one. While sketching on the canvas' I decided to try and connect them on every side. It took me about 4 hours to figure it out and 21 hours to paint it.

Dan Hazelton Collabo Sketch!

Just got back from a week in Milwaukee visiting and drawing with my buddy Dan Hazelton (www.danhazelton.com). The sketch below was one of two collabos that we started while I was there. We started sketching around midnight and finished up around 7 or 8 in the morning:) I'm about to pick up a Wacom tablet this week so hopefully we can get this jammer knocked out!

AGAINST THE GRAIN

Although the path is rocky, it'll make you stronger in the long run:)

HELL CITY TATTOO CONVENTION!!

The Hell City Tattoo Convention was all that I had expected and more.  I had loads of fun.  To all of you who stopped by my booth and buried me with compliments, "Thank you".  It was good to put some faces to some avatars:)  

Below is a tattoo I dropped off on a client who flew in from Ireland to get tattooed by me (I was super flattered!).  Took me about 6.5 hours to complete.

MINI ARTICLE!

  If you find yourself browsing the magazine section at Barnes and Nobles and don't wanna look like a total pervoid buying a bunch of porn mags then scoop up the July issue of Savage #101.  It'll add a little variety to the mix.  

PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE!

This is the second of three pieces I am putting together for a series called "Create your own Chaos". The print run will be limited to 50 and each print will be signed and numbered. All prints are on William Turner 310 paper which is a mould-made, 310 gsm natural white media, 100% rag, age resistant paper with a fine toothy surface. They will be printed 16"X20" and $60 a piece.  If you'd like to scoop one up click the link above and it'll take you to my Website's Store.

JASON (MUTHA-EFFIN) STEPHAN!!

My boy Jason just jumped on the bandwagon and started a blog.  Check him out:

http://jasonstephan1.blogspot.com/

SKWIRL!!!

As promised, a better picture of the Skwirl piece all cleaned up and ready to wear:)

FINALLY FINISHED!!

After about 3.5 months (roughly 110 hours) worth of painting it's finally finished:)  If you want to see the whole process from start to finish you can click the tab below that says  DUMB POLITICIAN PAINTING (IN PROGRESS).  

The last 22 hours I spent just bumping contrast, cooling and warming specific sections of the painting and re-rendering areas that bothered me.  

I should have prints available in a couple of weeks so if you're interested in scooping one up keep your eyes peeled!!

HELP!!

I'm in the process of putting together some T-Shirts and was wondering which colorway you guys thought looked best.  Lemme know!

GIRLY T

POOR SQUIRREL :'(

Apparently he didn't hear about the zombie jellyfish infested waters :'(

BEAUTIFULLY BROKEN!

NEW INTERVIEW!

I've got an interview running on Acclaim Magazine's website. Check it out!  
 

SKWIRL!!!

6 Hours worth of Tatt Zappin!!  Sierra sat like a champ!!

Got a touch up session in two weeks.  I think I'm gonna push that Skwirl logo a bit as well as pump some baby blue into the background.  That should cool the palette down a bit.  I'll post some final photos when it's done:)

FOOD CHAIN SKETCH!

'09 Itinerary!!

Below you will find this years Itinerary. I am currently only booking for the Hell City Convention, the Evolved Guest Spot and the guest spot at Dan Hazelton's private studio. If you are interested in getting tattooed by me at any of these locations please contact me via my website (www.jessesmithtattoos.com).  Make sure to include the location at which you would like to get tattooed (ie. Hell City/Evolved/Dan Hazelton's) and a brief description of what it is that you would like to get. I have been receiving a lot of emails inquiring about this trip so I expect it to book up pretty quickly.

COLUMBUS, OHIO 
HELL CITY CONVENTION 
(WWW.HELLCITYTATTOOFEST.COM) May 29, 2009 to May 31, 2009

COLUMBUS, OHIO
EVOLVED BODY ART 
(WWW.EVOLVEDBODYART.COM) June 2, 2009 to June 4, 2009


MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
DAN HAZELTON'S PRIVATE STUDIO June 9, 2009 to June 11, 2009

MIAMI, FLORIDA
TATTOOLAPALOOZA
(WWW.TATTOOLAPALOOZA.COM) July 10, 2009 to July 12, 2009

COCOA, FLORIDA
KING ST. TATTOO July 14, 2009 to July 16, 2009

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 
FIVE TWO TATTOO 
(HTTP://FIVETWOSYNDICATE.COM) July 27, 2009 to July 29, 2009

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
LOCATION TBD August 1, 2009 to August 2, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO 
LOCATION TBD August 5, 2009 to August 6, 2009
August 10, 2009 to August 11, 2009

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH LAS VEGAS 
(HTTP://WWW.TATTOOEXPO09.COM) October 2, 2009 to October 4, 2009

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 
MASSIVE TATTOO 
(HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/MASSIVETATTOO) October 6, 2009 to October 8, 2009

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
FIVE TWO TATTOO 
(HTTP://FIVETWOSYNDICATE.COM) October 12, 2009 to October 14, 2009

And to those of you who are interested in getting tattooed by me at the Miami/California trip, I'll be booking for those shows and guest spots right right before I leave for Hell City. If you would like to be notified as soon as I start booking, please go to my website (www.jessesmithtattoos.com) and join my mailing list.  Till then, Take it easy,

Jesse

SKWIRL!!

THEY'VE BEEN BULLIED LONG ENOUGH!!  THEY WILL PREVAIL!!