Posts Tagged ‘Tokyo’

Mortal Combat Vol.11@ AtlantiQs in Amemura

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

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今夜はMORTAL COMBAT

Mortal Combat kicks off again tonight!
OPEN 23:30
CLOSE 5:30

今年LOUD PARKは東京だけなのでHEAVY ROCKが好きな関西の人ならこのイベントはおすすめや!
Couldn’t make Loud Park in Tokyo? Than this is the event for you!

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今回のフライヤーのイラストはベン作や!
Also, I did the artwork for the flyer this month, so there you go.

ごっつえぇマシン!

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

sticker flaking nastiness

僕のPAUL ROGERSマシンのコイルがはげていたんで変えようとおもった。マシンの大事な部品なので守らなくちゃあかん。

The coils on my Paul Rogers shader started balding so I thought I’d try my hand at sealing them.

bald coils

まず、前のビニールの全てを綺麗にとる。コイルが全裸まで!
えぇっと…そして、デザインが要る。なんでか知らんけど自分の絵を使うのは嫌。でもせっかく二つのコイルがあるので漫才のコンビを使おうと思った。(やっぱりダウンタウン!)ネットで画像を検索したけどあまりえぇやつは出てこなかった。

First, scraped off the old cruft.
Um… Then think about a design. Since there are two coils, I thought Osaka manzai comedians (they come in pairs as well) would fit perfectly. (Starting with Downtown) But I couldn’t get any good image results on the net…

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その時、この人のブログを発見した!(Cuttingsweetbitter)KATOさんは東京のアーティストや。切り絵は無茶苦茶上手い!!ばっちりのダウンタウンの絵ものっていた!でも勝手に使っちゃNGかなぁと思って、KATOさんにメールを送って、使う許可をお願いした。

Until that is, I stumbled upon this site “Cutting Sweet Bitter. This guy Kato is a Tokyo artist who specialized in ‘kirie’ or images cut out of a single sheet of paper. I didn’t want to just use it and post it here, so I mailed Kato and asked for his permission.

a design appears!

個人用(売り物じゃない)やからOKサインがでて(どうもありがとうございました!!)マシンの修理を進んだ。大きさを図ってプリントアウトした。(どう?このカッティングマット?)

Kato said cool since it was for personal use (Thank you!!!) and I was able to continue on with my repairs. First measure the size (to get the length of ‘wrap’ simple use some pi action on the radius of the coil and then tack on a couple millimeters for overlap) – PS like that cutting sheet?

color sides on thick paper

でもやっぱり白いコピー用紙はしょぼいな。もう一回デザインのバックを黒くしてちゃんと写真用紙にだす。写真用紙自体は分厚いからちゃんと横も黒く塗らんとみえる。

But Copy paper is crummy and cheap and gets dirty easily I discovered… So I remade the image with a black background, printed it on proper photo paper and colored the ‘white’ edges so they wouldn’t stand out.

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そして切って、チューブに入れて、並ぶ!最後は火をつけて、熱でチューブがシュッ!としまる。

Next cut, stick inside the tube, line it up, and then shrink the tube with a lighter.

ジャーン! Downtown Shader!!!

要らない部分を切って、組み立て直して(コイルの並びを気をつけながら!)、出来上がり!大阪のダウンタウンがのっているタトゥーマシン!

Slice off the excess, reassemble the machine, make sure the coils are realigned properly and bam! A Downtown shader with some personality!

TOKYO LOVE DOLLリリパー

Monday, May 11th, 2009
The man himself!

The man himself!

TOKYO LOVE DOLLの関西リリースパーティは最高だった!ELIXIRのFBページに写真いっぱいのっています!僕はやっと自分の1冊をゲットしたぁ!

The Tokyo Love Doll release party was amazing! Check out Elixir’s FB page for event photos.

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盗撮禁止!!!けどやっちゃった!ごめん…
Sorry Maylisse, I had to sneak one photo for the ol’ blogeroo!

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ぉおおお!珍しい人物が現れました!昔の世話になった先輩ザ・みやわきでございます!また会えて嬉しい!!
My old friend and senpai Miyawaki back in Osaka! Too bad I only got a snap of this rare human from the side! Great to see you again mate!

Osaka Love Doll!

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

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Event Flyer

この度、LUKAS・ZPIRAの最新写真集『TOKYO LOVE DOLL』が発売される事になりました!つきましては、5月6日(水)に肥後橋のELIXIRで、リリースパーティーが行われます。

皆様のご来場をお待ちしています!!

Lukas and Satomi Zpira have been hard at work producing this opus – a beautiful collection of photos well worth the wait! Unfortunately there are only a very limited number of units available in Japan… but cheer up! Luckily for everyone here in Kansai there will be an Osaka release party (in addition to the Tokyo release a few days before)! The Kansai Edition of the Tokyo Love Doll release party will be held on May 6th (Wednesday) at the Elixir art space in Higobashi beginning at 9PM.

If you are not familiar with the photography of Lukas Zpira you’ll be in for a real treat! The artist and model will both be on hand for meets and greets (as well as yours truly, to get his own copy.)

See you there!
リリパーで会おう!

(PS – I hear tell there will be special edition Postcards available for purchase at the event!)
イベント現場

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INFORMATION:

Publisher (出版社):ed.treville / pan exotica
Admission is FREE 入場無料
Book Price: ¥4000

Dakota house 1F 1-23-30 Edobori Nishi-ku Osaka
〒550-0002 大阪市西区江戸堀1-23-30 ダコタハウス1F
TEL.06-6444-2001
営業時間 : 11:30 〜 Late / 定休日 日曜日・祝日
CLOSED Sundays & Holidays
www.elixircafebar.com

Lukas Zpira back in O-town!

Friday, April 17th, 2009
Wataru, Lukas, and ???

Wataru, Lukas, and ???

ルーカスさん来日来坂!!(最近、こんなニュース多くない?天気のおかげやろう!)

Lukas Zpira is back in O-town! (Lots of that news lately – must be the weather?)

この子は?...そう!僕の右足の甲にタトゥーを入れた人!

この子は?...そう!僕の右足の甲にタトゥーを入れた人!

マイフレンドLUKAS ZPIRAさんは久しぶりに大阪に戻ってきた!ミステリーゲストと一緒に!

Lukas is back with a mystery guest of sorts (the person responsible for a certain foot tattoo)

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そういえば大昔、背中に練習さしてくれたね、ルーカスさん。懐かしい〜!その写真はやっぱり残っていた!ご覧くださいませ〜!

Speaking of which, Nostalgia! I can’t believe I still had this photo sitting around! Old “practice” era photo (sorry Lukas, thank you for your kind skin donation)

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皆さんはルーカスのボディーモディフィケーションの仕事が知っていると思うけど彼の写真の作品はめっちゃすごい!本当に「光」で絵を描いている感じです。その新しい写真集(TOKYO LOVE DOLL)はもう発売中!おすすめです!(日本語版はこちらです)

Special Guest: 東京Hiro x 大阪BEN

Monday, April 13th, 2009
East and West and East... and West.

East and West and East... and West.

Surprise visit today from Tokyo Hiro!!
でた〜!東京HIROさんが来日来坂来店!

Not merely a visit, I was honored to do a little pre-gig tattooing as well!
ライブの前、タトゥーを入れる時間を作ってくれた。痛いぃ!…けど嬉しい!

The reddish haze indicates today's work!

The reddish haze indicates today's work!

Artist's concept of what a submission photo to a tattoo magazine might look like.

Artist's concept of what a submission photo to a tattoo magazine might look like.

It was a real east/west vibe today. Me from the west, and Hiro from the east… but me living in the east and him living in the west… except that in America, LA is the west… and in Japan Osaka is the west and Tokyo is the east… so uh… anyway, it was good to finally meet the man who’d done guest work in Kagoshima, my old stompin’ grounds! And to find out that we had some decade long mutual friends to boot – strange and wonderful coincidences the day long.

(PS – if you haven’t seen the Draven shoes this guy did, hurry up and google it! They’re 5 flavors of sick!)
HIROさんのデザインした靴(Draven)はめっちゃヤバいでぇ!見た事ない人google検索して下さい!

Event Report: King of Tattoo

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

With Purchase of Tibet of Equal or Lesser Value

東京のKingOfTattooに行って来たぁ!まず、この「フリーチベット」運動の歩道。さすが東京。
Back from Tokyo’s 3-day tattoo event – King of Tattoo!! Here’s a brief recap of the festivities. First, some rogue concrete.

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Getting set up.

沢山の友達が待っていた。オランダ/東京ハードコアタトゥーのROYや!あぁぁ、髪型かぶっているぅ!!!
Hollish Roy from Tokyo Hardcore!… sportin’ the same hair… oh, how embarrassing!

ECCENTRICのゆきのたんぽぽさま!!パンダカフェの女王様!
Yaay!The queen of the Panda Cafe is here!!!

針三昧のもちこぉぉ!
Mochi-poo!!!

SUNDANCEのGENZIANAはずっっっっっと彫っていたでぇ!ご苦労さーん!
Genziana from Sundance working 10 plus hours with no breaks… *swoon!*

うわ!ちょっと待ってよぉぉ。JKタトゥー発見!!!
Excuse me there son, is that a schoolgirl tattoo yer sportin’ there?

The Legendary Hori-Hide!!!

My dinner with Sabado…
ミスターSABADOさんと一緒の食事

反省会タイム!
The Koz-man drinketh!

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Being the occasionally bilingual journal of a Professional Ex-Pat Tattooist trained and apprenticed in Osaka Japan.