Osaka Ben by Hori Benny » UPDATE 更新 http://www.benher.org/blog The occasionally bilingual journal Ben Her (Hori Benny), the professional Ex-Pat Tattoo Artist trained and apprenticed in Osaka, Japan Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:56:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 New oil, session 1 http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/13/new-oil-session-1/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/13/new-oil-session-1/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:35:32 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1209 skullsplosion

昨日の約束したアップや。なんでか知らんけどいっぱつでやっちゃったゎ。
Biggest oil painting to date. First session finished day-before-yesterday – no update due to ‘rain.’

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/13/new-oil-session-1/feed/ 0 Updated the ol’ tattoo gallery http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:03 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1172 Continue reading →]]> 今日、久々に新しいタトゥー写真をアップした。いつも遅くて御免なぁぁぁさい！よかったらチェックしてください。
Updated the ol’ tattin’ gallery today. Sorry to be so slow on the draw. Check it out!

ダウンタウンビル新しいシャッター

こんあいだのINKSPOTギャラリーのため、ダウンタウンビルのシャッターは新ペイント！
The Downtown Building shutter got a facelift for the Inkspot1977 Gallery (blogged here last week) Sick!

タトゥーはメーンになっている証拠は以下(もちろん、スペルのミスあり！)：
More proof of Tattoo shark-jumping below – complete with awesome misspellings!

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]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/11/02/updated-the-ol-tattoo-gallery/feed/ 0 Hiderow Memorial Prints are here! http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:03:01 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=1122 Continue reading →]]> just a box!

今朝、このバカでかい箱が届いた〜！どんな宝物が入っているやろう？
Today, this big ol’ honkin’ box arrived at the shop! What treasures await!?

Damn Matryoshkas!

アナザー箱や！なんでか知らんけどあのロシア人形みたいなやつを思い出す！(本当にWILD ZEROのERICさんよ、丁寧にまとめてくれてありがとう！無事に着いたぁ！)
And inside is… Another box! It’s like those damn russian dolls! (Seriously Eric, thanks for packin’ these well – he even sleeved ‘em for me! Woot!)

Better than the original

色具合はすごい！まさかオリジナルより綺麗？！
Is it possible that the coloring is even better than the original?

Obligatory plug for the Wild Zero folks

WILD ZEROのERICさんは本当に立派な人間です。何回も地球を救ったそうです。私はこのプリントを頼む前に、サンプルを無料で送ってくれました。品質管理ももちろんばっちりでした。ミス１枚もない。用紙の品質もよく、原版と同じぐらい綺麗です！

彫師同士はやっぱり気になるところが一緒で、似ている様な悩みもあるから任してもいいです。ありがとうございました！

Gotta take a sec to plug Wild Zero and thank Eric for his help on these. Not only has this guy saved the world more than once, but the quality of the prints was amazing – far surpassing my expectations. The quality of the paper was high and there was not a single mistake in the entire lot – which I cannot say for so many other companies I have dealt with in the US. I dare to say that the color quality exceeds even the original!

But Eric is also a tattoo artist and so when you leave a job up to someone in your industry, you know that they are going to have a similar mindset toward the work and treat it with care. Thanks again brother!

]]> http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/10/18/hiderow-memorial-prints-are-here/feed/ 0 選挙の準備 http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/08/28/%e9%81%b8%e6%8c%99%e3%81%ae%e6%ba%96%e5%82%99/ http://www.benher.org/blog/2009/08/28/%e9%81%b8%e6%8c%99%e3%81%ae%e6%ba%96%e5%82%99/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:13:29 +0000 Hori Benny http://www.benher.org/blog/?p=998 IMG_0752

みんなさん、世界征服の作戦の為、大変忙しくてごめんなさい。ブログのネタいっぱいたまっていますが選挙が終わるまで少しバタバタです。

終わったらあそ〜びましょう〜！

Sorry for the lack of updates. Due to plans for universal subjugation I have been extremely busy. More news following the house elections!

Then… shall we play?

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They’re here. New cards updated to match my hairstyle. I even sprang for froo-froo rounded corners and matte finish. Ooh-lala! Even more dated style than the ones before!
来たぁ！新名刺！現在の髪型に合わせてデザインした。マットPPコートもちゃんとしたでぇ。
もしかして、前よりもっと時代臭い！

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Maybe next time I’ll have to do a ‘real’ version of my Glico rip-off.
次回は実写版かなぁ？

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