新年に面白そうなギャラリーが開始される。町の周りにこのステッカーはめっちゃ貼ってあるはず。（もう気付いている人もおると思う）めっちゃ近所のPROHIBITで日本全国のグラフィティ達人の展示！（２０１０年１月１６日〜２月１６日）
It’s going to be sweet to sing in the New Year with this sick exhibition opening up only blocks from the shop. You might have already seen the stickers around town – PROHIBIT is hosting the gallery (running from 2010.1.16~2010.2.16) featuring graf talent from all over Japan.

2ヶ月前の１９７７展示にいけなかった人、いろんなライター先生の作品をいっぱい見るチャンス！まだ先やけど楽しみやわ。
If you missed the 1977 Inkspot Exhibit 2 months back this is your chance to check out some serious writers that run the gamut of graffiti.

現場で会おう！
See you at the opening!

もうおもっきり秋なんで、季節に似合お花を選択してアレンジした。
It’s completely and totally fall now, so it’s time to choose more appropriate flowers for the season.

SUGAアンドMANABUが遊びに来たぁ！旅人達がよぅ廻っているなぁ！羨ましぃんしん！
Suga and Manabu, the wanderers from Peach Flash Tattoo and Biorhythm Tattoo are back! Oh, how I envy your travels to the mysterious west!

お客さんの美容室のマーク、デザイン完成！CASPER文字、DEPASの絵、そして僕のレイアウト。
One of our clients just opened a new hair studio so we whipped up some identity for him. Casper on the fancy characters, Depas on the scissor drawing, and myself on fonts and layout.

印刷会社から連絡あった！タトゥーフラッシュのプリントが今月中に届きそう！きたらまたアップするんるん！
News from the crazy print crew at Wild Zero Studios, the flash I ordered will be arriving (hopefully) this month! I’ll post it here on arrival!

MAGOSHIさんと食事を。兄貴の目はずっとこんな感じやったでぇ。裏山鹿！！
Had a nice dinner with Magoshi. He kept makin’ these suspicious eyes the whole time though.

のりぴーになりたい人の為、この特集番組！録画設定すればよかったぁ。タトゥーの入れた場所、大きさ、色等をいちいち説明された。マスゴミはどんだけ暇やなぁ！
Hey, for all y’all out there who love getting ‘celebrity’ tattoos – hope you remembered to record this program – they gave a nice play by play on the tattoos of fallen idol Noripi and her husband.

After the Graphite Show at Elixir last week I headed down to Rockets again after picking up this flyer for FUTURE REVOLUTION. Amazing hardcore (Masterpiece, UG Man and others)
先週のGRAPHITEの展示OPENが終わってからロケッツのHARDCOREイベントに行って来た。

There’s skateboarders flying in front of the stage, but this shakey photo was taken with an iphone in the dark under the influence of certain substances so you’ll have to take my word for it.
あまりこの写真には見えないけどスケボでステージの前でめっちゃワザをしている。

The air was sickly sweet with Belton fumes as this incredible collaboration piece by Casper, Depas, Dise, Espy, and Cook unfolded before our eyes.
あぁ、BELTONの甘い匂い！コラボのピースは目の前に現れてきた – by Casper, Depas, Dise, Espy, and Cook

Lum! Where have you been?
ラムちゃん！一体どこにいっていたの？！

Osaka Kustom Kulture master practitioner Monk! Live pin-striping for the free-hand-loving inclined.
カスタムカルチャーマスターMONKさん！ライブでピンストをやっていたぁ！

Monk had his brushes on hand and whipped up this Hannya piece on the back of my iPhone. Sick!
ブラッシュを現場に持って来たMONKさんにわしのiPhoneに描いてくれた般若！

His “Metallicaesque” signature is the ‘charm point’ of this piece!
メタリカ風なサインはポイントや！

That’s not all though, No Bondage was on hand doing live silk screening on whatever clothing item you wanted… and all I had was a kimono that I had to keep nice so I forked over for a shirt.
それだけちゃう。NO BONDAGEもライブシルクスクリーンをやっていた。着物だったんで別のシャツを買って写してくれた。

Love that character pose on the flyer!
フライヤーにのっているキャラクターのポーズは気に入り！

TITIさんがブラックブックに描いているとこ
TiTi Freak scribblin’ in the ol’ Blakk BookK! Aburigadou!

Sick DBZ piece by Depaster1! Love those ‘whooshes’
Depaster1のドラゴンボールタグ。こまっかッ！！

なっがっ！DEPASのキャラクターが上手いわ！
Another Looooong! DBZ piece by DEPAS!

自分でやってみると…やっぱりエロしか描けへんゎ。以外と難しい！人のブラックブックに描くのは（慣れてなさ過ぎ、多分）
Tryin’ my own hand at it – with the Ero-styles. Shit’s harder than it looks! Or maybe I just make it too hard.

モデルDISE!後５枚ぐらいしか残っていないんで欲しい人は早くきてね！
By the way, Dise got almost the last shirt – we have like 5 left if L, come and get one if you want one!

TATTOO ART Cover

新発売TATTOO ART！！

AMAZONの説明文：
タトゥーカタログシリーズの第6弾。日本及びアジア・欧米のタトゥーアーティストによる秀逸な作品の中から厳選した約1000点を、定番から人気のモチーフまで約30のカテゴリーで一挙紹介! タトゥーファン必見、待望の一冊!!

BENの写真も何枚も選ばれたんで是非チェックしてください！

印刷オタクノート：表紙のマットコーティングはめっちゃいい感じ！いっぱい触っても指紋は絶対に残らへん！YASさんのトライバル・デザインはかっこいいです。画像だけをみたら分かりにくいけど実物をみると赤い部分だけが綺麗にてかっている。

TATTOO ART is the latest volume in a series by Tattoo Tribal (Fujimi Publishing) featuring 1000+ photos of various tattoos from artists all over Japan. (sprinkled with a few other countries it seems) The collection is broken down by genre and is really easy to navigate – whether you’re a collector of tattoo reference or a prospective tattoo collector looking for inspiration this is by far their nicest release to date!

I’ve got a few snaps in TATTOO ART as well, happy hunting! The release date is today (4/13) so grab ‘em while they’re hot!

Print geek stuff: nice spot-varnish white soft cover featuring cool artwork by Japanese tribal master YAS!

Graffiti Monsters ESOW and ESPY from Tokyo will be teaming up with DEPAS and CASPER from Osaka for another amazing art show!!! The live painting of the front shutter of the DownTown Building (Chopstick 1st Shop) will kick off the opening party. Work from all artists will be on display on the 2nd floor.

If you caught the ’13th floor’ opening on Nagahori last winter then you already know the show is liable to take a few unexpected twists along the way. (Impromptu silk screening, lady-painting, black book swapping, and guest drunks just to name a few)

DJ Very will be keeping the beat topside while the artists work below.

The show opens August 20th – live painting starts after dark!