THIS IS THE OLD BLOG!

Hello! Thanks for checking out my blog- however, this one is no longer in use. Please go to my main site for all blog posts and new updates- its all at www.sobaone.com

Paintings!

Okay, so- these aren't tattoo machines. But Ive been playing around with paintings for 6 months or so. I started with acrylics, and recently began experimenting with oils. The hand study is oil on aluminum, and the TeddyBear is actually my first ever finished oil painting. It is a gift for a friend of mine who recently had a baby. I kinda like these two pieces, so I thought I'd share. Let me know what'cha think!

(PS- Click to see larger images.)

PHANTOM 5

Here is a quick sneak peek. Not too sneaky, as these bad boys should be hitting the Workhorse site in a matter of hours... but anyway- BOOM! Phantom 5. Iron frames in Antique Black and Antique Copper. Limited Edition of 30 of each style. All liners. (Except 10 of the coppers are set up for B&G.)

Boxes were screen printed, spray painted, and laser engraved.

For the coils, I took the box illustration and did some digital painting to it- Color tweaked to match the frame finish of course. I hope you all like these- They were crazy fun to make..... enjoy.

SAMRULZ

What can I say about Sam..... She really does Rulz. Once again- requests for customs amaze me beyond words- so here are pics.

Sharks. With. Boobies.

Enjoy....

Happy New Year!

Hey! Well it is my pleasure to announce that the first post of 2011 is to officially say- THE NEW PHANTOMS ARE ALMOST DONE!!

I have been getting tons of requests for the Phantom 5 to be released, and I finally got my ass in gear and got it done. I'm SUPER stoked. These are going to be SICK!! This will be the biggest run of a Phantom model yet. Fancy boxes, multiple finish runs- the whole nine... or 5. Whatever. Here are a few sneak peaks of the project..... and as for a solid release date- stay tuned. I'm hoping for the 1st week in Feb- but ya never know....

New Pics!

So- I have not made a post in a while, so Ill just throw up a bunch of images of stuff Ive been doing for the past few months.... Enjoy!

Learn Sompn'!

Check this place out. I just finished taking the course "Digital Painting" with Bobby Chiu. You should see all the other classes and single videos they offer! There is seriously like 4 more classes I cant wait to take.

Tattooers- if you want to stop making art that looks like everyone else, and challenge yourself to GROW and LEARN- this is a very convenient place to start. I took the self study version- so I could work at my own pace- and it worked out amazingly well. At least register there, and get on their email list- even the images are inspiring! Get to it!!