Monday, December 27, 2010

Native Indian Day of the Dead Chic



This piece was done on a good friend of mines son.  He came in to the OC shop to get it in and wanted sum art that mixed Native and Mexican stuff together.  So we collaborated sum ideas and this is what we came up with.


Latest tattoo's by Ant




Friday, December 24, 2010

Rick Ross- Ashes to Ashes




Tracklisting:
1. Intro (Cashous Clay)

2. Made Men Ft Drake (2 Tall Beats)
3. 9 piece Ft TI (Lex Luger)
4. John Doe (Beat Billionaire)
5. Black Man’s Dream Ft Luda (Boy 1da)
6. Retrosuperfuture Ft Wiz Khalifa (Young Fyre)
7. Play Your Part Ft Wale, Meek Mill & Chester French (Inkredibles)
8. Ashes to Ashes Ft Kc (Nasty Beat Makers)
9. Even Deeper Ft Barry White (Cashouse Clay)
10. She Crazy Ft Aaliyah & Ne-Yo (Clinton Sparks)
11. 10 Bricks Ft Birdman (A One)
12. Aston Martin Music RMX Ft TI & Big Sean (Justice League)
13. Bonus – Another One – Bugatti Boyz (Lodi Lucci)

Monday, December 13, 2010

Forever to Infinity

This is a cool client that came down from OC. "Forever to Infinity" tattoo took about 3.5 hours and she sat thru this thing and didnt make one face or move once! well maybe once now that i think about it! check it out...




Creation of God

Creation of God necklace freehand this session took about 2hours.  Whats funny is every time I do these lettering tattoos i think back to grade school when the teacher would pass out papers to do work on and ask everyone to make sure you put your name on it. I would basically get it draw my name on there really fancy in cursive and sketch on the paper and that was it! lol  Now all the cursive handwriting practice is paying off.


New Tattoo's by Ant

It was a good week for tattoo's my dude Jaws came by the shop to get laced up and Kim finally found the courage to lose her tattoo virginity! lol...  We also had the 1st tattoo party at the shop hosted by Rodney and Luv'd Ones Barbershop.




Video: Dr. Dre KUSH feat. Snoop Dogg & Akon

Friday, December 10, 2010

Tattoo Party Hosted by Luv'd Ones Babershop

Location:
Ink Yard Tattoo
155 E. Highland Ave.
San Bernardino CA 92404
Starts at 2 till whenever

$ come get sum new ink $

Monday, December 6, 2010

How to roll a joint with Wiz Khalifa



It is a common occurrence to see Wiz Khalifa smoking weed. He is not one to shy away from expressing his love for sweet Mary-Jane. Heck, he even has his own brand of papers. Check out this video of Wiz explaining how to roll a perfect joint.





Thursday, December 2, 2010

From the archives...






2010 Summer Flashback 2- N*%gaz do shit like this but its usually in there DREAMS!

Here's a second set of pics from this summer which this aint even half the events that took place since i lost a few phones and at that I never take pictures.  More pictures below...


2010 Summer Flashback 1- Dear Summer...

Newport Beach CA
2010 Summer flics I know im late on this stuff but this blog site is new so I figured I would drop these images to bring you up to speed on what me and the gang had going on this summer... "Dear summer i know you gonna miss me even though we go together like nike airs and crisp t's!" more pics below.

New York Magazine: George Condo Explains His Five Covers for kanye West's Twisted Fantasy Interview


Brilliant

George Condo may not be a household name, but his work has been pushed to the forefront of pop-culture with the release on Kanye’s latest album. Most are familiar with the controversial cover of My Dark Twisted Fantasy, which has been banned by Target, and depicts a representation of Kanye positioned against a nude Phoenix. Condo describes this cover as “challenging” Kanye with imagery. Condo goes on to explain his meetings with Kanye as well as the thought process behind the 5 alternate cover. Excerpts from the piece can be read below.


Via NY Mag



Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Sunday, November 21, 2010

A few pieces from this past weeks sessions.

Politics as usual at INK YARD tattoo were everybody and anybody wit money and a taste for fine work come to get blasted. Although this week was a lil slow for appts several clients showed up to get it in!  Check out the pics NAHIMTALKINBOUT!!!...



Not finished yet still needs green n red stripes 

Gettin a Cali piece from BOOG!

A while back i linked up wit my boi and world famous tattoo artist/flash extraordinaire BOOG at the Pomona Expo. Boog's all gas n no brakes so its hard to catch up with em let alone to get in his appt schedule to get inked. So me and Emo grab a few bottle and show up at his hotel room where he had 2 clients ahead of me. Anyways finally around 4am its my turn i discribe of few details of what i want, Boog pulls out a sharpie marker and goes to work!

All freehand 
Done!

More of Boogs work after the jump, also you can check his work out here.


Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Swizz Beats X Reebok collabo

New swizz beats signature boks he previewed earlier today via his twitter acct. Two colors shown set for 2011 release so i heard. The neon green pair are raw business hopefully they drop in black!

Virgin Mary

My homeboi and barber Lex from Luv'd Ones Barbershop came thru the shop today to get his Virgin Mary Chest piece finished up.  After sum Bakers, In-n Out, and Henny we got started!

More pics after the jump...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Freddy Corbin for HUF Capsule Collection


Check out the crazy colab with  legendary and well respected tattoo artist Freddy Corbin x HUF to design a capsule collection for the brand’s Holiday 2010 line. The Graphics and lettering of Freddy is ill as shit! His interpretation of a club jacket, cardigan, two graphic tees and a set of snap backs will drop tomorrow at all HUF locations, as well as the HUF online shop. Photographer Dennis McGrath hit up Freddy’s Oakland-based shop, Temple Tattoo.  The photographs below give a little taste of Freddy’s authenticity and aesthetic, with a closer look into the product offered here.

Influencers: How trends & creativity become contagious. A film by Paul Rojanathara & Davis Johnson

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Air Jordan VII Retro Premio Bin 23


Stupid FLY FRESH! Get em if u can confirmed release on BLACK FRIDAY!!! Anybody who knows anything about the Bin 23 collection knows u cant walk into Foot Looker or Shiehk shoes and get these, exclusives!  I got my eyes wide and ears to the side for these joints!

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Street Art: The Underbelly Project



The Underbelly Project has gained an immense amount of traction over the course of the last few weeks. The whole art initiative hinges on an eclectic mix of artists both established and up and coming who each took one night to make their mark on an abandoned New York City subway station. The show spans 103 different artists and took 18 months to complete and poses some discussion as to its illegal nature and the commentary it’s posing to the art world.