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Have you at one point or another felt so passionately about something that you just can't seem to get it out of your mind?I'm sure a vast majority of you have experienced it. Some of us even get caught up in it twice or 3 times more often than the rest. That passion right there, be it negative or positive, is the fuel that we use to take action and accomplish whatever task or tasks we are restless, or sleepless over.I call that sweet lil drive right there; "Hustle Fuel" and it can be a blessing …

Playing Cards have been around for a very long time. Some say that they may go all the way back as far as the early 13th Century in China, other sources that they go back even further to the 9th century where the first reference to the card game in world history describes Princess Dongchang (daughter of Emperor Yizong) playing the "leaf game" in 868 during the last reign of the Tang Dynasty. (Imagine that, no instagram, texts, snapchat, no facebook, even worse no electricity and no run …

The year was 1960, when an american U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia, the Flintstones air on television for the first time, as well as the introduction of Sprite by Coca Cola, Lucy and Desi Arnaz call it quits after 19 yrs of marriage, that same year in south america a massive earthquake that registered as a magnitude 9.5 on the richter scale hits Chile. It is the strongest ever recorded to date, It is also the year John F Kennedy is elected to become the 35th president of this country.Thi …

The "Man's Ruin" design is a tattoo collage classic. It is such an iconic, cool and popular theme today as it was over a century ago, maybe even longer.It depicts the vices or pleasures that can very often lure a man into the grips of temptation. Gambling, alcohol and women are the three basic elements that have given this design its popularity throughout all of those years.In our version of it we decided to add "power" (gun) and "time" to it, which somewhat makes it more relate-able to the ment …

The AK-47 has long been a popular firearm in the hood and around the world. This powerful weapon was invented in 1947 by Mikhail Kalashnikov of the Soviet Union. I remember the first time I saw and held one of these reliable and dependable bad boys, I was in my early teens. It belonged to one of my older homies. This beautiful assault rifle with its "Russian red" stained maple wood stock is symbolic of the power many south central LA drug dealers and gang leaders portrayed and sometime …

Introducing the new WBO World Super Bantamweight Champion; Jessie "El Peligroso" Magdaleno of Las Vegas Nevada.Here are some pictures from that very important and memorable night for the whole team (November the 5th, 2016) as he gets ready to face the always dangerous, very fast, former world champ, Nonito "Filipino Flash" Donaire.Jessie showed calmness even as his turn to walk out to the ring was nearing. His confidence level is high and the look on his face is that of someone that has trained …

We captured this video of the complete sketch from start to finish before it was scanned into the computer.Adding detail to the legs.Close up of detail on upper torso.This is the final look of the sketch once it was scanned in and recreated in Adobe Photoshop.Signed and numbered limited edition of 100 on stretched canvas. Sized accordingly knowing most of us that collect art have limited wall space. (click on image to buy)Final design is also available on a girls soft form fitting racer tank top …

Every design we do starts out as an idea or concept. It is either typed or written down somewhere so that it can be accessed at any time in the future. This is an example of one that has been chosen to be brought up to the next step which means it will be sketched out and refined, re-drawn and in a few directions if needed. The image below is of our "Money Rose Praying Hands" design as it is finalized in pencil.A hard leaded 4h or 2h pencil is preferred when laying down the first draft (It …

On Oct 17th, 2015, "Noche De Calaveras" was the first event held at our friend Risky's, (MSK, TSL, WCA) "Buckshot Gallery" in Santa Monica California. It was a group show featuring the works of Risk, Seen, Tristan, Eaton, Saber, Kenny Sharf, Axis, Sharktoof, and Steven Lippman to name a few of the total of 36 artist enhancing skulls for this special show.I was fortunate enough to have been invited to be a part of it. Here are some pics of my piece (Sold), starting with this one, a pencil ou …