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By: thelovelylo

May 23 2008

Tags: art fusion, columbus, convention, hell city, ohio, tattoo

Category: tattoos, art and music

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i had a blast!!!

i have to say for my first full convention experience, it was pretty great.
i feel a little spoiled.

our booth was in between greg christian of tattoo faction in cleveland
and kevin starai of a+ plus studio in chicago.
those guys are phenomenal.

greg did a painting all weekend and gave it to me!
i’m so super stoked!
i’m going to have it framed and then post a picture.

sean herman and josh woods were a little down the way.
they stayed pretty booked up all weekend.

larry bone was a couple booths down.
he did this t-rex tattoo eating some cereal.
it was incredible!

there were so many people…
krooked ken, the godoy twins, joe capobianco, durb, justin weatherholtz, sweet laraine, lyle tuttle… and many more. i can’t even recall half the names… sorry.

guy aitchison and michelle wortman are completely overrated… in my humble opinion.
when you call your work a phenomenon… i dunno. whatever.

anyway.

i did the art fusion thing. it’s basically a bunch of canvases
and artists get up and start a general idea for 5 minutes
then switch every 3 minutes for about an hour or so.
people usually do skulls or biomechanical stuff… LAME!!!
it was really cool though. i threw in a bunny rabbit and a gingerbread pirate.
haha! they never knew it was coming.

dude… the history channel is doing this series and interviewed me at the convention!
it was so strange. i prolly looked real dumb. hahahaha!
oh well. we shall see i guess.

and then there was an act with the torture king and rubber boy!
you need to check out my myspace album to see all the stuff… it’s crazy!!!

hell city tattoo convention 2008 pics

all the pics are there. good weekend!!!

now, i’m back at the shop.
and things are rolling along.
getting more appointments… getting busier.

it’s pretty cool.
i’m learning more and more everyday!

jacob (doughboy) came back in to get a skull and crossbones.
so, i drew one up in 10 minutes for him and he liked it! yay!

and that is about it for now!