Last minute mayhem!

“Procrastination avoids boredom; one never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do”

So today was my last day "working" and by working, i mean drawing pretty pictures onto people. I wasn't best pleased about my 6 o clock appointment to go and just not show up....at all. I've been turning a lot of people away this last week coz i've been fully booked for a while, and then this! typical.

Anyways, moved my last guy forwards and managed to finish at a fairly reasonable time. Once again, i came to realize how NOTHING has been done in preparation for my trip! well, not nothing, but not enough! never enough! nada! Bah!

Anyways, i managed to get some of the pieces booked in in London (Haunted) sketched out, still got all the ones for Flamin 8 to draw still, as well as my ol' mate Pieman's piece, which is gonna be a beauty! Not too worried about his, wont take long to draw... just the way i like it! haha

Got some really cool pieces booked in! Getting super super excited! Got ..... (in no particular order.....) a mary rib piece (ouch!), a Russian Doll (always wanted to do one, and now i got the chance! :) ), sugar skull gypsy, a pilot like my print on a neck (ouch again!)... and more!

I'm getting more and more psyched to be going as time passes, and simultaneously more and more frantic about getting everything ready! Checked out who's gonna be playing London while I'm over and looks like we'll catch some awesome gigs (obviously aside from the 4 day festival we r going to!)

So in London we got.... Chris Murray (i love him, especially live when he makes
trumpet sounds and does his oh so good "bom bom bom bom's") it's all well and good he's playing with bands and stuff now, but i still think he's awesome solo.



Gonna go see Snuff (if we get tickets)...i cant remember the last time i saw them.

The Freeze, haven't ever seen them play but it's gonna be good!

And many many more!

I'm also getting really excited about going to spend summer in a country where you don't melt the minute u walk outta the door. Where your face stays above chin level, and where you can wear an outfit, not just throw on the closest piece o' crap coz it's gonna be drenched in sweat as soon as u go outside anyways. AND...... (drum roll.......) a country where the humidity doesn't gimme an Afro! (ok i have really curly hair, and it's hard to do at the best of times, but oh my god, my head is gonna thank me for not either wearing a bandanna or a hat every day! I can have finger curls, or a quiff, or nothing, and it's gonna stay in place! SO AWESOME! i went shopping for hair accessories just to celebrate! i didn't have time to go sham shui po'ing, so no glue gun hair clip action with awesome bit and bobs, but i still found some awesome ready made flowers, and bows, and other goodies!

My biggest dilemma, is trying to decide which sunglasses to take. I'm slightly obsessed with sunglasses, i have many many many many sunglasses. sunglasses are goooooood. (looking forward to wearing them in the sun, and not having them slide down my face too! BONUS!) here's a few i gotta choose from......



and here is my baby, much better, almost totally back to his normal self, just chillin' like a villain! i'm gonna miss him so so so much!



Now i'm gonna chill with Ross and watch Raising Arizona. May be a good film (i havent seen it yet....) but i still think there should be a law against Nicholas Cage being allowed to act. Especially recently.......
minus 10 points all round.

walkin' down the street just draggin' my feet

ok, so very busy work. too busy if that's possible, and coz i'm fully booked, i'm ending up squeezing little bits n bobs into places that shouldnt be squeezed into....that's not meant to sound as odd as it does.... anyways....
i've been getting pretty sick to death of Hong Kong recently, and the few FEW good gigs that i've had the pleasure of going to recently have almost ALMOST been keeping me sane.

Anyways, I cant wait to go back to the UK in Aug. Its gonna be awesome AWESOME! 4 days of sweet bands @ Rebellion Fest, then a tattoo convention, then a week or so more in London working half the time at Flamin Eight, and half the time at Haunted. Needless to say, I'll be coming back with some new tattoo! woo hoo WOO HOO! i havent been tattooed since january, so i'm well due.

Got to do a nice little snug piece up in the armpit region of a guy with a beautiful BEAUTIFUL (i dunno why i'm typing like this, dont ask) sleeve by Dana Helmuth from New York Adorned. It's always nice to see sweet work up n close in person. When I went to Beijing for MxPx, Mike (the bass/singer) had some awesome work by Oliver Peck, and that too was great to see in person. I dont think I've posted any recent work for a while, but to be honest, i've either been starting big stuff, or doing stuff that's not my kinda blog post stuff (script, tribal, bio mech, etc etc....)

so i figured i'd just post something, anything recent, so here's a teeny tiny flower on a wrist i did the other day. enjoy!