Los Angeles Tattoos - BrokenArtTattoo.com http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog The Official Broken Art Tattoo Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 en ART SHOW http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/12/art-show/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/12/art-show/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:28:49 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/12/art-show/ hey…we’re in another art show this Saturday the 20th.  Come and check us out!

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]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/12/art-show/feed/ 3 YEARS! http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/10/3-years/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/10/3-years/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:20:38 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/10/3-years/ Last month marked the 3 year anniversary for Broken Art.  Thanks to all our loyal collectors of fine ink.  The last year has been awesome.  Justin, Derrek, and myself are turning out some amazing tattoos!  We were very excited to add Yushi to our team this year.  He moved here from Korea a few months ago and fit right in with Broken Art Tattoo.  If you are looking for Japanese work then look no further than Yushi.  He started my back piece and it is amazing.  We are all so busy we also had to bring in a full-time shop manager.  His name is Josue and he will be handling all your phone calls, appointments, and taking care of the shop. We strive to make your tattoo experience the best ever.Jeremy Swan 

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/10/3-years/feed/ Los Angeles Body Art Expo ‘08 http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/09/body-art-expo/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/09/body-art-expo/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:48:14 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/09/body-art-expo/  September 26, 27, 28,  the boys from Broken Art Tattoo will be attending the Body Art Expo at the Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles.  Come by and say hello.  If you want to get a tattoo from Jeremy, Justin, or Derrek then call the shop to book an appointment.  Otherwise we will be taking first-come-first-serve.  Hope to see all of our loyal Broken Art clients.  Come down to help support the scene.  check ‘em out…bodyartexpo.com  best, (more…)

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/09/body-art-expo/feed/ Musink 08 http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/musink-08/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/musink-08/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:16:22 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/musink-08/ Kat Von D’s First annual MUSINK Convention

What a weekend.  February 22, 23, and 24th was a non-stop tattoo frenzy at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  The night of the 20th I got a call from Roxan…telling me there was a last minute cancellation and she asked if I wanted the spot.  So I took it.  I had always been very anti-convention and had never worked one before.  The last one I went to left a bad taste in my mouth.

Thursday night was set up…Derrek and I went out and checked out the scene, set up, met the neighbors and went home.  Friday morning I started tattooing at ten in the morning at my shop in LA.  I made it to the convention at 6 that night and it was slow going.  No work.  So I sat Derrek down and finished off his rib piece.  That got some attention.

Saturday Musink was sold out.  I had a sign up list and was working away.  I did a portrait of my main man Jesus…I free-handed a rose and skull on a hand, and finally, a first time tattoo for a young Japanese kid who got a little grim reaper on his wrist.  Half-way through the day Derrek went and entered his rib piece…He came back a winner and handed me the 1st place plaque for Best Traditional Tattoo.  Thank you judges.

With the plaque on my table the next day I was busy from the minute the gates opened.  I did a bunch of little traditional tattoos to start, then, a treble clef with some roses…and finally a heart and dagger with a Bengal tiger head.

Well it was a great time…I caught up with some old friends and made some new ones…Thea, Dixon, Andy and Ryan of American Graffiti.
Regards,

Jeremy Swan

p.s. dont forget to contact the shop for your limited edition Musink t-shirt

   

   

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/musink-08/feed/ Dillon-Webisode 2 http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/dillon-webisode-2/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/dillon-webisode-2/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:34:14 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/dillon-webisode-2/ Client: Dillon

Tattoo Maker: Jeremy Swan

Video: Erik Sandoval

Music: My Bloody Valentine

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Tattoo Maker: Jeremy Swan

Video: Erik Sandoval

Music: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/16/feed/ New T-Shirts http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/new-t-shirts/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/new-t-shirts/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:39:52 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/new-t-shirts/ We have two new t-shirts available for 20 bucks each.  The first is a Broken Art shirt that has tattoo elements aplenty.  Black image on super comfy fitted T.  The second is a limited edition T that I did for the Kat Von D MUSINK convention in Orange County.  It has a grim reaper playing a tattoo machine fiddle.  Black image on white T.  Both shirts are available in S, M, L, XL. Call or email the shop and order one or two up.

regards,

Jeremy Swan

323-661-4777

swan@brokenarttattoo.com

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2008/02/new-t-shirts/feed/ APPOINTED http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/12/appointed/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/12/appointed/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:55:43 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/12/appointed/ Christmas is right around the corner.  Jesus…literally.  My wife just opened her boutique This Or Die in Los Angeles.  As my 10-month-old daughter crawls around my feet I realize everything comes too quickly.  Including my appointments.   I just have something to say about getting drawings done in a timely manner.  This is something I use to be able to stay on top of pretty well.  Now it seems I can’t get them done until the day of the appointment.   This is by no means a shot at the unimportance of the clients tattoo.  I have just been overwhelmed by everything this year.  Just be patient with me folks.  I promise you will get all of the imaginative fodder I can squeeze out of the left side of my cranium.    And as always, thanks for your continuing interest in my tattoos.  It never goes unappreciated.   As Bob Dylan’s ‘One More Cup Of Coffee’ plays I get ready for another day.  As does everyone else in this city…I’ll just try to BE ready…’before I go…to the valley below’

Merry Christmas,

Jeremy Swan

p.s.

Calling all fashion conscience females

If you are in Atwater Village, make it over to my wife’s boutique-

THIS OR DIE BOUTIQUE

3205 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90039

323-661-5777

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/12/appointed/feed/ Broken Art Video on VIMBY!!! http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/broken-art-video-on-vimby/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/broken-art-video-on-vimby/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:55:07 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/broken-art-video-on-vimby/

Hey…Thanks to Eric Sandoval and VIMBY, Broken Art has a featured video on their website (although its on myspace too). Just go to VIMBY.com and type broken art in the search field. Click around on their website and support local video enthusiasts.

word,

Jeremy Swan

]]> http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/broken-art-video-on-vimby/feed/ How Do I Create a Design? http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/how-do-i-create-a-design/ http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/how-do-i-create-a-design/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:44:59 +0000 broken art http://www.brokenarttattoo.com/blog/2007/10/how-do-i-create-a-design/            Take some time and do it right…re-draw it…again.  I think about some ones 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 persistence of lines…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 those and I already see where the design needs to go in my head.  So when I apply it to the skin there are a lot of changes at that point.  When its drawn on paper and the stencil is stuck to the skin…I can see what needs to be changed once it is on the flesh.  So those changes come through my hand during the application of the tattoo.  Get a pen out and re-draw some stuff on the skin.  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.

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