I'm not much of a blogger kind of guy, and keeping a steady journal really isn't my thing - but I do like to take time to occasionally say hello to my DevArt friends and mention the things I've been occupying myself with.
First, tattooing is - as always - a time consuming business! Right now it's just myself and my brother working at our shop (Skin City) so we're putting in a lot of hours. I'd much rather be at home painting, but hey, do I want to be a starving artist, or a well fed tattooist who has a little spare time for fun now and then? Hmmm... well, i do like to eat.
My latest hobby is ATC / ACEO art. I encourage all of my friends and fellow artists to take a look at this trend. It's apparently been around for a few years, but has grown in popularity thes past couple of years.
Artist's selling trading card sized drawings and paintings, originals mind you, in a miniature scale (3.5"x2.5" - the same size as common collectible cards, baseball cards etc...) and Collectors assembling books full of these little gems to display.
Ebay has literally thousands of listings for ATCs at any given time (I find them easily searching for "ACEO" or Artist collectible editions and originals) and some of them are quite phenomenal. Many styles, many mediums, all very reasonably priced! Do take time to check it out!
I submitted a half dozen or so of my ATC scans to my deviantart gallery, have a look!
I'm *hating* summer, it's been so hot and muggy that all I do lately is hang out indoors where the air conditioned environment is. I'll be happy when autumn arrives!
To all my friends, thanks for being there! Nice to see you doing your things, your art, your hobbies! Keep in touch!
fond regards,
CatBones
