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           Take some time and do it right…re-draw it…again.  I think about the design…turn it over in my mind.  Think about the individual.  Where they want it.  Re-draw it.  The body.  The movement.  I want to make it fluid…a motion of art…a persuasive line…a burst of color…a subtle shade.  Some times the images come out very organically…sometimes it is a hard delivery. 

           At this point in my career I have pretty sloppy sketches.  I make a stencil out of my slop and I already see where the design needs to go in my head.  When I apply it to the skin there are a few changes at that point…I can see what needs to be changed once it is on the flesh.  Get a pen out and re-draw some stuff on the skin.  Changes come through my hand during the application of the tattoo.  Stop and think. 

A lot of times I don’t even draw the design until a day before the clients appointment.  That’s how I studied for a test at school.  That seems to be how it works best. The urgency of the deadline.  I become completely focused on the drawing.  Of course all of the above doesn’t apply if I am doing a tazmanian devil.

So we have had some attention from the people behind the cameras!  I though I would just let everyone know some of the film opportunities I have had at Broken Art.  People always tell me the shop has a good vibe,  feel , feng shui,  etc.   Some of these people make television shows.  Some make movies.  Others make videos.  Well, here are a few things that caught us on camera. 

Good Charlotte video “The River”

 This was supplemental material and none of the GC boys were there for the shoot.  They filmed me putting a fake tattoo on some ones back that said “City Of Los Angeles” They cut all the footage of me out and all that ended up was a snap of Shady Jeff’s “L.A.” hands and a picture of our sign.  They brought in some sandwiches from Gelsons.  Word.

           Next we had a client of mine who you might know from the FOX show 24.  Greg Itzin played President Logan on Season 4 and 5.  He was in an indy film that will be called “Float.”  They had a tattoo scene where he got a big dragon on his shoulder.  I really did the tattoo on him previously.  We were just “acting” the second time around.  Greg is a lot of fun.  They catered in some sandwiches from Gelsons.  Fresh!

          The most recent shoot was for a new network only available for HD subscribers.  The network is MOJO and the show is called Technology Jones.  That is slated to come out in October and I am in the 6^th episode.  It features my good friend Joe Hursley.  This series performs a human experiment: how people can live without all the gadgets and gizmos they now depend on for their personal and business lives. Eight successful professionals from a broad range of industries give up their varied electronic aids for a week and live with antiquated technology from a year randomly selected in the past.  So he is riding a horse down the street with cars all around him…Joe finds his way over to Broken Art Tattoo.  One foot in front of the other.  Sandwiches by Gelsons…again.

Finally, there is a new website for video heads…Its VIMBY.com.  They are shooting a couple of short webisodes with me tattooing…REALLY TATTOOING.  This website launches October 11^th and is chalked full of all kinds of culture.  Plenty to see and do on that site.

So that is Broken Art Tattoo in Pictures.

Thanks,

J. Swan