Thursday, April 30, 2009

Tattoo Design Post 8

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This is a tattoo design I did for a friend, Dave. We are going to tweek the drawing a bit; raise the balloons, lose the tie, and darken the silhouette. I had a good time designing this tattoo and I think it captures the subtle concepts that Dave wanted the tattoo to hint at. We should be tattooing around the beginning of May, so look out for the final tattoo post.

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Tattoo Design Post 7

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This is a tattoo design I just did for a friend, Carina. She has an existing tattoo, that I previously finished, on her upper, outer-arm and we are going to continue it around with the above image, creating a upper arm half sleeve. It has a nature vs. city type-of-theme and I stuck to a more simple, children's book illustration style. The tattoo will be black and grey for the most part and will be heavily line driven. Watch out for the post of the finish tattoo and check out some of my other Tattoo Designs.

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Saturday, April 25, 2009

News: 4/25/2009

Hello Everyone!

I'm going to make this news update quick and dirty... so here it is:

-We are moving to Boulder, Colorado for June 1st... we will no longer be occupying space on the corner of Forty Fifth and Pine. To all of you who have unfinished tattoo work by me, I will be tattooing in Boulder so just hit me up and plan a trip and will get it done.

-I am working on finishing up a bunch of long-standing tattoos... and it feels amazing, I really love tattooing lately.

-Meredith and I started Chloe's mural and we should be finishing that within the week.

-I'm going to Chicago with my friend Pat. We are setting up for Art Chicago. He works for the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery in Philadelphia. We are going to have a bro's field trip and setup some pretty high society work... it should be awesome. I will be gone from Sunday till Tuesday. I looked up some Raw Restaurants and I'm stoked to visit them.

-We might be starting a mural at Rutgers before we go, that is still up in the air but last word was that it is a go... so we'll see how that goes... I will be posting updates.

-I will be doing a Film/Painting project with my friend Ben Webb on the 9th/10th of May and we will be compiling a short film for the internet and maybe to send out to some festivals, if Ben wants to? There will be plenty of updates on this project because I'm really stoked to be working with my friends on this and it is going to take a group effort. It is also a farewell to the great city of Philadelphia.

-I am also finishing up some work I'm doing for my friend's band, which I will also be posting momentarily.

-There are two new additions/contributors to the Hundredth Monkey Effect, I will introducing them in the next coming posts and they are great additions to the essence of the Hundredth Monkey Effect.

-I will keep posting updated projects and thanks for the continued support!

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Tangent: Living Raw

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So recently I've noticed that I have a serious aptitude for rambling, going "off on a tangent", so to speak. Where I find myself starting in one area of conversation and ending up somewhere completely different and far from the original topic... but somehow it all makes sense. For instance, I will talk about the deliciousness of an apple and by the end of my long-winded throat trajectory, I some how end up on, how The Revolutionary War was funded, on both sides, by British Secret Societies, Intelligence Agencies, British Banking Institutions and Royal Bloodline Families... America is, from one perspective, just an extension of the British Empire, we are just the "Great Experiment". So you see this may pose a problem in normal human banter, where the majority of topics center around how "fucked up" we got on the weekend, how much our jobs suck and how we love to go shopping and our new favorite show. But...

Enough of that whaky-ness. This specific Tangent isn't going to be about Mystery Schools, Secret Societies or anything Political. It's not going to be about how insane our society has become or how most people just drudge through life thinking that they are the victims of some cruel experiment that was concocted by some outside source . It's not going to be about that. This Tangent is going to be about Health. Something that has long since been ignored and really requires an age of Enlightenment, to inform the populous that we are poisoning our bodies and living shitty lives when we don't really have to. So with out further introduction here is my tangent on Living Raw.

Living Raw - by Dustin Kellogg

Tomorrow I will be 180 days Raw. Normally I don't care about dates, or find particular meaning in the amount of days something is or anything of that nature. But tomorrow I will be a 180 days Raw and when I first started this serious transition in my life I had no idea where it would take me and how I would feel about it. The Raw Lifestyle is a commitment to eat everything and anything 100% Raw, Organic, Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, Seeds, Raw Cacao(Chocolate), and Raw Concoctions(lasagna, burgers, bread, desserts, any and everything). I mean we all have the little things that we hold onto, like I still eat mustard, which isn't a 100% Raw and I eat raw dairy cheese(in moderation) and cow dairy isn't the best thing for you(if you disagree, do the research). And I drink warm tea from time to time, but I've been finding myself just naturally moving away from this... I love tea too! I'm 180 days into "being Raw" and I am 60 pounds lighter, five years younger(and I already looked young, I get carded from movies and I'm 29.) I feel the best I've ever felt in my life. I feel calm and clear. I feel like I am dealing with my emotions and clearing some of my attachment karma. I feel like I'm judging a lot less and I'm really deepening my spiritual practice(which isn't clearly defined). All these new ways of being are completely satisfying and seem to come natural, with out forcing anything. I seem to find life a whole lot more positive and see how amazing the earth and cosmos really are. I'm not saying this is completely from my change in diet but more from a transition into a whole new, fluid lifestyle, where anything is possible and pretty much anything ever told AT me was and is bullshit... for real... do the research...

I felt particularly blessed today to have had the courage and fortitude to dive head first into the "Raw Lifestyle" and I felt extremely amazed at how far I had come and the accomplishments that I've made. I feel fortunate to have discovered the dreadful secret that eating like a "Rabbit" could be so enlightening and so freeing. I feel liberated... truly.... Liberated. There is nothing that can stop the force that is behind a complete universal paradigm shift and an evolutionary leap into the awesome future that awaits us... the awesome thing is the future is NOW... it's not tomorrow or five days from now... it's NOW... in the present... happening. As soon as I started taking responsibility for myself, my emotions, my actions, my speech, and my livelihood, I started realizing that life is completely what you make of it. There are no rules, regulations, borders, nations or creeds... we are all free and liberated men and women and we can do anything we want. Just because some foolish people happen to control a bunch of resources doesn't mean that we can't find our own resources and become completely self sufficient. Honestly, we don't need Rules, Laws, and Code... we need liberation because that is all that is Real. Liberation, flow and creativity are the driving forces, on some level, to the everything... why try to fight that? Fighting is futile. It only perpetuates more fighting. War is over... if you want it... and I want it. War has to end. Conflict has to stop. Peace is the only state of being that can completely sustain itself, all other actions are self perpetuating modes of destruction. Creation creates. Human beings create. Doesn't that mean that human beings are apart of the big creative process? And this creative process is evolving... so human beings must be evolving as a whole. Why would someone choose not to evolve? Evolution is not just subjective, especially when Peace solves so many of the worlds problems... if not all of them. Through peace human beings are extraordinary creatures. We can evolve quite rapidly, create amazing things, and adapt to most situations. We can also get a glimpse at the subtler energies of this universe and really experience, wholly, our environment. Through peace we can see the truth to many situations and also understand our place in the Kosmos.

The Raw Lifestyle may not be the answer to everyone's problems and it is not an exclusive club or choice. It really is the only choice if we are going to sustain and create an awesome environment, and not just individually but as a whole. The earth can sustain itself on it's own, it is a living, breathing organism that resonates on a serious frequency. Humans face destruction on all levels. The Political systems are revealing themselves for what they truly are, systems of manipulation and control. Our Governments are run by people who think War is profitable and just. The "Health" system will not be bailed out by Government money, it will transfer all the power to the Medical Industrial Complex and the Chemical and big Pharma companies. The economy is being revealed for the fraud that was and a monetary system will not save us... no PR firm can get us out of this one. We are truly at a crossroads. We either recognize our potential as divine creatures and except our evolutionary process or we fall into the the darkness, which is only perpetuated by an existence attached to the Ego. It may be an infinite cycle... but why not take advantage of the present moment and really accept how truly awe inspiring it can be and is. This, physical, universe exists for you to learn what you need to learn... why ignore that and not take complete advantage of that. No one has the answers, no one knows what's really going on and no one will lead us into anything... except YOU! PEACE MOTHA FUCKAS!... and eat as much Raw Food as you can stomach... it will be amazing!

Om Eim Saraswatyei Swaha!

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Illustration Post 10

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These images are illustrations I did for my friend Mike. Mike has been getting tattooed by me now for about three or four years. We finally finished his lower leg sleeve. He sat for a grueling seven hour sitting and we finally got it done and it looks amazing. I will be posting the pictures of the tattoo soon with a more in depth description.

The images above are for his new venture in growing amazingly large crops. Check out his Blog for more info on that. Mike came up through the hardcore/punk/metal scene as did I. So this design is kind of a tribute to a new scene, where being angry and disappointed with the state of humanity can be turned into something positive like growing your own food. NY Farm Core represent! I'm thinking about starting a chapter out in Boulder, Colorado when we move out there in a month. Maybe we can integrate a love for music, art, growing and eating food and represent it with a real grassroots movement to help liberate each other. Farm Core! Look out!

These designs will hopefully be made into Tshirts so look out for those!

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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Mural Session: Chloe's Wall 1

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These are the first set of pictures from the the first session of a new mural project I just started. Meredith is helping paint the mural, she is my "Mural Assistant". She is a worthy assistant and as held her own up until this point. She also took these really awesome photos. Brady, the younger fellow in the pictures, is the guardian of the first professional mural I ever did. He is four years old and can tell you where you can find most of the murals in the city of Philadelphia and he can also describe, in detail, the color and layout of most ever flag that exists... for every country. Extremely gifted and intelligent young lad... He was teaching me a thing or two about proper mural technique as you can see from the pictures. Mer and I worked on this for three hours on Thursday and we will going full force on it mid next week... I expect to get this job done fairly quickly.

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Mural Session: Chloe's Wall 2

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This is the second installment of pictures from the first mural session on Chloe's Wall. Chloe is seventeen months old and is perhaps one of the luckiest kids I know to be the recipient of such an awesome piece of artwork. Someday Chloe will grow up and be successful at whatever she decides to do... this will bring her great fortune and wealth... and she will buy all of my artwork... I trust that the universe will make this happen. Look out! Because I'm going to be posting updated sessions as we continue to finish the mural.

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Tattoo Session: Desiree 1

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I'm going to start posting more tattoo session pictures. Meredith, my fellow evolutionary life partner... haha, has been taking pictures of not only her awesome raw creations but my tattoo sessions as well. I think she is a pretty amazing photographer and I'm pretty excited at how well her photos came out. So here is the first installment of pictures.

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Tattoo Session: Desiree 2

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This is a continuation of the previous post. Desiree was a great client to work with and she is a really awesome artist herself. She sat like a trooper and has an awesome tattoo to show for it. If you would like to see the final version check out the Tattoo section of my Art. Look out for future posts of tattoo sessions. Now that I've lost some weight I feel a bit more comfortable in front of the camera. I used to never like pictures of myself... now I don't mind so much.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Illustration Post 9

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This is illustration I did for my friend's band. The Ghost is on her way to the Great Ball... which is where the journey begins...

This image was going to be used for a Tshirt design, but we decided against it for now... maybe in the future. Anyways, this was really fun to draw because of all the flowy flow that's going on.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Illustration Post Politik #3

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This illustration is the third illustration of the first round of Politik Posters. I will be collaborating with my man main Eric Duffy on these, he has told me that I will be getting the written word accomplices momentarily... as soon as I get them I will post them jointly and I will be sending them out to some publications as well... so watch out for that!

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Illustration Post Politik #2

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This is the second illustration for the new poster collaboration, between my main man Eric Duffy and myself. I was inspired to draw this after hearing about the man who threw his shoe at president bush(lower case emphasized), Muntadhar al-Zaidi. Now I don't condone violence of any kind. But when you mess with people long enough and they are frustrated, I think shoe throwing should be allowed. Although I am not a huge fan of our court system, it seems to be extremely corrupt on so many levels, I think bush, cheney, wolfowitz, rumsfeld, and the lot of them should be held accountable for their heinous actions. It is unacceptable in a free and open society to allow this much war and aggression to be the forefront of our existence. It seems that we must find a balance and stop the aggression and just slow down a bit. We are entering a crossroads, we may already be there, and we need to make a decision; are we going to allow war, greed, exploitation and aggression to define us or are we going to find the peace within ourselves and start a true liberation on all fronts and facets of being and culture? Again, I will be reposting these illustrations with their written word counter part in a few. Thanks... and don't wait for the Revolution... it's already happening... you just have to hop on in!

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Show: APW "Sketch It Out" 1

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These photos were taken by my seriously cool wife,Meredith. She was awesome enough to take some pretty dope pictures on our way up to NYC, for the APW Gallery, "Sketch It Out", show. I was really excited to be able to show my work at the APW Gallery. This was my first group show in NYC and I'm looking to get my work "out there" a bit more, so this show was a good kick off to that.

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Show: APW "Sketch It Out" 2

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These are a continuation of the previous photos. As we were leaving the Gallery/City there was an awesomely epic sky over the skyline of lower Manhattan. I had a great time at the show, there was a good turnout and the gallery was really big. My friend Erich and his lady friend, Nicole, accompanied us to a serious Raw dinner before the show at Quintessence, I love this place. I hope to show again at the APW Gallery in the future and it was an awesome experience. Thanks.

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Monday, April 13, 2009

Illustration Post Politik #1

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I was going to wait to post these because I'm collaborating with my fellow Evolutionary, Eric Duffy on this new fusion of written word and illustration but I couldn't wait... I will repost this with its proper written accomplice, momentarily. I don't want to pontificate on them too much but I will say that our collective expression seems to be a comment on the degradation of a global society.... this global society. We are often not told the truth and not only can you find the truth within you, it's been there the whole time. Conflict, war, aggression, subversive agenda and exploitation are no longer tolerated. We are aware! And now that we are, an Evolutionary Revolution has long since been underway. The New World Order was not only born on September the 11th, so was the awakening of a an evolutionary active society where suffering is no longer needed... We don't need War. We don't need Aggression and Exploitation. We don't need Government. We don't need departmentalization. Peace, Love, Evolution seem to be the best solution. There are two more in this series, I will be posting them over the next couple of days.

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Illustration Post 5

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This is the Old Man's Hat.

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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Illustration Post 4

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This is a drawing I did for a CD Illustration for the band The Revere. She is the Golden Rose.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Sketchbook Post 20

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Charmschool Lady.

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Fine Art Post 8

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This is an 11" x 18" drawing that I completed the other night. It's graphite on watercolor paper. It's a drawing of psilocybin mushrooms. I know that mushrooms don't have seeds and roots but in my universe they do... big fat seeds. I had a lot of fun drawing this other night with my homies Pat and Chris. Good night... Good Session.

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Monday, April 6, 2009

Sketchbook Post 19

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This sketch was inspired by a James Jean illustration. JJ drew a boy with this wave/grid type situation and I really liked how the perspective of the viewer was the back of the boy. I thought that this was interesting so I drew a loosely based sketch.

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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Sketchbook Post 18

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This sketch was inspired by the current state of the State. I just feel like all the bobble heads in mainstream media are just little mouthpieces for people who look like this sketch. And not necessarily people who look like the sketch but people who's insides look like the sketch... their essence has been taken over by a politician, a lobbyist, an administrator or institutional leader. Forget people who try to tell you the way things are... things are how you want to perceive them... try it... it works.

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Friday, April 3, 2009

Sketchbook Post 17

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This sketchbook post is a little more than a sketchbook post. First, I had a lot of fun drawing it because I think I stepped out of the norm of what I tend to draw. Second, I drew a monkey; I think because of the Hundredth Monkey Effect maybe people would like to see me draw monkeys... I don't know. And third, the monkey is my eastern astrological sign and the ram(aries) is my western astrological sign, so I decided to do a East/West hybrid animal with a busted up elbow to symbolize myself. I think I might do more with this character because I really like the outcome of the drawing. I'm pretty sure he will be incorporated in some way into the new Hundredth Monkey Effect painting series.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Sketchbook Post 16

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New Sketchbook Post. I did this drawing while working down in Virginia, I'm pretty sure she is model. The image that I drew from was from a popular fashion magazine.. I always like drawing from fashion magazines; interesting poses and interesting clothes.

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