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what i want

ok, what i want you to be a part. your pictures your ideas your input your intentions to be pure and not driven from jealousy to vioce your opinion to be righteous to be positive and constructive the world is full of haters, leave them there. draw something new today with no intention of ever using it mail someone a hand written letter. they are awsome. i want your story tell someone.

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

things i experienced in Chicago

- saving a bird who hit a window - getting hugged by a schizophrenic, homeless dude - getting tattooed twice in one day (thanks Mario and Nick!) - having the best vegan ruben (earwax was awesome!) - seeing articles of faith and less than jake twice, both in a club that only held 150 people - eating a snack two seats away from keith morris at skewerz - seeing john josephs just chillin’ against a benz - watching a two year old demand to get tattooed - meeting El Brad who is my dead uncle’s

MsRad

MsRad

Greetings

A big hello from Canada to everyone out there. Looking forward to contributing to this site and seeing contributions to others.

Adrian

Adrian

t-rex tattoo

I get to do a sweet T-rex today here at Anthem Tattoo. Check us out at Anthemtattoo.com

mike

mike

Juan Puente Video Interview by Scott Sylvia - Part 4 of 4 Bitches!

Here is part 4 of 4 of the interview with Juan Puente. If you missed the first 3 videos or would like to read the back story, here is: Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 1 of 4 Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 2 of 4 Juan Puente Video Interview: Part 3 of 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6rGU4Qq0-I&rel=0

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Juan Puente Video Interview by Scott Sylvia - Part 1 of 4

I first met Juan Puente in 19-something-or-other at the San Diego convention at the Bahia. The convention was righteous, I believe that it was the one Zeke Owens rode his bike cross country to attend. It was the first time Juan and I ever hung out, and we have been comrades ever since. We have worked together at two shops and have traveled the world together, including Japan, Italy, France, England, Holland, Bali, Mexico, even the cultural mecca of Long Beach. Juan and I have a brotherly bond a

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Who HAS tattooed you?

we saw the wish list, now who have you been tattooed by?? here's my list, i think it's complete... this might be a bit off topic, or the opposite, but here's who HAS tattooed me... -adrian luna -adam siehr -dan trocchio (multiple) -jon reiter (multiple) -jeremy tupta -poohbear -mike bruce -myself -dan gilsdorf -jerry ware -seth ciferri (multiple) -scott sylvia -jeff zuck -tim biedron -harlan thompson -tomas garcia -adam shrewsbury -dave cavalcante -jeremy swed -nick colella

mario desa

mario desa

Working at Sid's in Cali

Anyone else work here before? What a great place and cool dudes. Sid has his mark all over this place and it's wildly cool.

Lizzie

Lizzie

New updated Website

so with all this social networking Facebook, Shop Blogs,Twitter and all the other crap i had let me website fall to the way side, but recently i updated it and added a little tattoo history photo section I still need to tweak it a little more but for now its up and actually has some newer(within the last 2 years) photos. I think this LST thing kinda lite a fire for me to rework it http://www.lostsoul.com any input would be appreciated

Nick Colella

Nick Colella

song lyric tattoos

i've been a song lyric fanatic for years. if a song has good lyrics, but the music's just meh, i'll still love it for the lyrics. here's a list of what i hope to get done so far: - "times are hard it's true. i'll cope" - GB of course - "be open hearted!"- GB - "we all know, that soul is hard to find" - Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros - "hearing that noise was my first ever feeling" - the Clash - "i'm not down!"- the Clash - "as in heaven, as in hell" - the Clash - "just look to the clou

MsRad

MsRad

Who do you want to tattoo you?

With a finite amount of available real estate, I have compiled a list of tattooers I want work from before I run out of space. Who else has a similar list? Let's see it! Anyways, here's mine: Steve Byrne Danny Reed Erick Lynch Aaron Coleman Scott Sylvia El Monga Grez Steve Boltz Eli Quinters Jay Cavna

Patrick

Patrick

Juan Puente

I just got my second tattoo from Juan. This one is a raven which stretches from shoulder blade to shoulder blade. The other is an old open book wrapped in vines being torn open by an eagle's claw on the left shoulder/upper arm. Both tattoos are beautifully shaded and perfectly done. Juan is an excellent artist, very thorough and a super sweet guy. He has been in the biz for a long while and it shows in his craft and demeanor. I get so many compliments on my tattoos he has done from every kind of

R_V

R_V

Now i want to be your blog

It's almost here folks... Less than a month away... San Jose's Convention of the Tattoo Arts is now at the Hyatt Regency by the San Francisco Airport and we are now calling it the SFO Convention. We at State of Grace are working tirelessly to get this thing together and the list of artists that are coming this year is INSANE, you cancheck it out here. The convention is taking place in the host hotel so this year will undoubtedly be a blast, I will be blogging about all of the exciting book rel

Jill Bonny

Jill Bonny

Tattoo Book Review: "In A World of Compromise...I Don't" by Bob Roberts

Published by State of Grace My first experience with Bob Roberts was in 1989. I had just moved from Monterey, a nice quiet place, to this mega asphalt hell called southern California. I was 17 and working as a union apprentice butcher. I had been tattooed a few times by my high school friend Aaron Cain. He had told me where to find Bob Roberts, who was know to me as the guy in the "tattoo times" who tattooed all the punk rock folks, so away I went. I drove from West Covina to Hollywood, w

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

I want to be your BLOG

My name is Jill Bonny, Horiyuki and Jill Mandelbaum. I tattoo, I write for tattoo magazines and I write and publish books on the subject of tattooing. I am a die hard idealist and live to preserve and defend tattooing as I know it. I work at State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose and live in San Francisco. I look forward to sharing all of the comedy and tragedy that this great industry has to offer with all of you out there in the interweb...

Jill Bonny

Jill Bonny

Artist Sabbatical

"Sabbatical" is a word I like to use a lot because it seems like such a nice set up for artists that tattooers don't really exploit. We have been offering the shop for some time as a place like this, taking a set of tattooers during the summer who can work as much or as little as they like for a minimal, cost-covering daily rent. This summer was the first attempt, I feel like it was a big success. I tried pretty hard to find a nice location for my shop and actually got my dream spot: Harbor

Lizzie

Lizzie

Qualities that make for a successful tattooer

I'm intrstd in what people feel are the qualities they see most often in their mentors or respected peers in the industry; and similarly the qualities that sem to lead to successful business across the board. Skill obviously will play a part in my idea of a good tattooer, so that's a given.

Lizzie

Lizzie

Sammy Winston (Spiderghost) and The Three Questions.

Sammy Winston has contributed to the Bay Area Hardcore and Punk scenes since he was a teenager from being in bands (All Bets Off then Grace Alley), promoting shows, producing albums, writing articles for various magazine & zines to now owning and running Spiderghost. He's a man of many trades and I gurantee you what he has done for our scene out here has trickled into your scene at some point in some way cause he is just that in love with music and bands that his reach is endless. Here's th

Lochlan

Lochlan

the juan

so tonight i did the juan puente interview. i think it went very well for my first one, now i just have to figure out how to down load the damn thing to the computer..totally retarded..supose to do freddy corbin tomorrow if it all works out, that will be awsome he has been a huge influence in my life as a friend and a tattooer i hope i can get this stuff up soon so you can all see it. cody is in florida and is going to interview mike wilson, jeremy swed, and josh arment for me. lots going on h

Scott Sylvia

Scott Sylvia

Trying to find a balance

Ive talked to Scott and to Chad about this a bunch but I would like to hear how others find ways to handle family time, kid time, wife/husband time, and do all the things needed to try to keep up on painting and doing decent tattoos and handling shop BS all the while not losing your shit. It’s a rough go and with our families and careers are not getting any smaller I would like to know what others do to balance it all out.

Nick Colella

Nick Colella

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