Tattoo Age is a documentart which follows Dan Santoro at Smith Street Tattoo Parlor. The first clip gives us the chance to get to know Dan Santoro, alongside his shop mates Bert Krak, Steve Boltz, and Eli Quinters. Dan takes a nostalgic view on how destiny landed him at Smith Street, and what a person [...]
Categories: Art,Codes,Documentary,Heroes,Looks,OutoftheBlog.com,Portraits,Rebellion,Skills,Street culture,Tattoo
Tagged: bert krak, dan santoro, eli quinters, flash, flash sheets, shop, smith street, smith street tattoo parlor, steve boltz, tattoo age, tattoo parlor, traditional, traditional tattooing, vice, vice magazine
- Published:
- August 2, 2011 – 19:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
The City of Angels has got a lot to offer (or so is said as I have not experienced this firsthand yet) and like each city, its a place where people with different backgrounds, cultures, interests, and lifestyles live next to each other. I Am Los Angeles gives us a great series of portraits and stories told [...]
Categories: Art,Branding,Codes,Connectivity,DIY,Documentary,Everyday life,Gathering,Heroes,Looks,Movies,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Rebellion,Skills,Street art,Street culture,Tattoo,Travel,Urbex,Youth culture
Tagged: BMX, Echo Park, El Clasico Tattoo, Fallen Fruit, fixed gear, fixed gear bike, fixed gear bikes, fixed gears, fruit trees, I am Los Angeles, Joris Debeij, LA, Los Angeles, mapping, portraits, public, Salvador Preciado, Sean Martin
- Published:
- February 21, 2011 – 19:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
Ever wondered how ink is made? Well, in the following clip a Chief Ink Maker shows us how colour and ink is created from the raw ingredients: powder, varnish, and passion. Everything designers and printers need to know about the process, the challenges and joy of ink making and this in under 10 minutes.
Categories: Animation,Art,Consumer goods,Documentary,OutoftheBlog.com,Quickie,Skills,Tattoo
Tagged: black, cartridges, chief ink maker, cmyk, designers, how ink is made, ink, inked, inks, magenta, powder, printer, printers, printing, prints, toner, toners, varnish
- Published:
- January 23, 2011 – 11:58
- Author:
- By Andrew
So, the year has neared its end and guess we should do a little round-up, check if our predicted 2010 moments lived up to what they would be or not. We can already say it lived up to be way better than expected Met some great people, had some great experiences, (re)discovered artists, heard some [...]
Categories: Art,Bookreviews,Codes,Connectivity,Consumer goods,DIY,Documentary,Entertainment,Events,Everyday life,Exhibit,Gaming,Gathering,Gent,Ghent,Gigs,Graffiti,Guestblogger,Heroes,Looks,Mixtapes,Movies,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Reviews,Skills,Sports,Street art,Street culture,Tattoo,Technology,Travel,Twitter,Youth culture
Tagged: 2010, 2011, awesomeness, concerts, experiences, holidays, jong tuig, jongtuig, meetings, OOTB, people we met in 2010, trips, visits, what else should I put here?, year overview, young scum, youngscum
- Published:
- December 31, 2010 – 10:00
- Author:
- By Andrew
Amazon dropped some fresh stuff last week. Amongst several Christmas gifts some new books for yours truly. The Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia is a nice addition to my bookshelf. Fascinating stuff the Russian tattoo, especially the fact it goes hand in hand with criminal culture in which tattoos are codes one must learn to master [...]
Categories: Art,Bookreviews,Codes,DIY,Looks,OutoftheBlog.com,Photography,Politics,Quickie,Rebellion,Reviews,Street culture,Tattoo
Tagged: amazon, criminal culture, mobster tattoo, russian criminal tattoo, siberian education
- Published:
- December 19, 2010 – 18:03
- Author:
- By Andrew
