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Freehand drawing: Commit to the Line

As an artist I feel like the best way to create is to “commit to the line”.  When drawing with a pen (no initial pencil sketch) you have to use a lot more concentration and control which develops your drawing style and technique.  Pen renderings don’t allow you to make mistakes and similar to Bboys…

Snow And Ink

Snow in the city and at almost 70 degree weather and on Halloween weekend. Get the hell out of here! Meanwhile at the SFO Hyatt Regency, a collective of the absolute best tattoo artist converge to show off and display their talents to fans alike. Don Ed Hardy. Yes, the same guy with that clothing…

SCRATCH MUSIC “Naissance d’un art ” (Birth of an Art)

DJ QBert and other Legendary DJs are in this French Skratch documentary. Wish there were subtitles, because I want to know what they are talking about… but I can really understand the music! That’s universal like Close Encounters of the Third Kind. [update] Looks like the original vid was taken down… here’s a trailer for…

Pow Wow Hawaii 2012 Videos

A few months ago, I posted about Pow Wow Hawaii 2012…here’s the official three part video series as documented by Michael Inouye.  And a summary from the Pow Wow Hawaii site “As the unifying collective behind POW WOW Hawai’i gear up for its fourth showing in early 2013, Director Michael Inouye presents a video compilation…

Oaktown is Kickin’ It

I’ve been hittin’ up First Fridays for a good minute and I gotta say…it’s WAYYY off the hook now.  The media finally got word of this monthly street party in Downtown Oakland so now everyone and their mama be comin’ out to feel the love.  And with the new addition of closin’ streets rather than…