Chaos Crews Tattooed Poster


I came across this and thought it was absolutely brilliant!

In a celebration of some of 2011′s most newsworthy events, Munich’s Chaos Crew Tattoo Studio created a massive poster that interwove the most important events of  2011 into one huge tattoo.  Check out http://chaoscrewtattoo.com/ for more info on the project.

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Inspiration 104 – Fraser Davidson

Fraser Davidson, London, sports identity, branding, logo design, graphic design, colm o connor, colmoconnor, inspirationWhile preparing the photos for my self branding/corporate identity project for college I was told by the lecturers to check out this guys youtube tutorials on presenting and protecting your work.  His name is Fraser Davidson, a London based designer who specialises in sports identity and branding.  His work is absolutely class so if you get a chance click on the image for a link to his website.

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Lego Charlie Does Costa Rica

On a recent trip to Costa Rica I took Lego Charlie along for a few holiday snaps, he had a ball!

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Catching Whitey Reegan Movie Poster

Colm o connor, colmoconnor, movie poster, illustration, film poster, catching whitey reegan, pizza, pepperoni, illustrator, vector, street art, portrait, tony Kelly comedianMovie poster I did for an upcoming film written and directed by actor, comedian and professional show off Tony Kelly!

The movie revolves around a 70 year old man who’s forced to move in with his estranged son due to failing mental health, starts to suspect his new pizza delivery man is the FBI’s most wanted man.  So he decides to turn him in, collect the reward, buy the car of his dreams and thus regaining his freedom.

Check out http://www.youtube.com/user/tonykellycomedy for some clips of Tony’s stand up shows.

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Threadless Loves Pin Ups Open for Votes

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Inspiration 103 – T-World Presents Next

Check out this video from T-World Magazine.  T-World Magazine is the worlds only totally devoted T-shirt culture magazine. Created and driven by Eddie Zammit, T-World will be holding an exhibition featuring doco’s / T-shirt creators and designers profiles / 1500 Tees from designers around the world and also releasing the first hard cover volume of the magazine.  This video raises the question to designers around the world ‘What is the future of T-shirts and where do you think it is going?’

Check out http://www.t-world.com.au/ for more info.

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Threadless Pin-Up Competition

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This is my entry for the ‘Threadless loves pin ups’ competion.  I need your votes to win so click on the image for a link to the Threadless site where you can vote for this t-shirt to go into production.  I’ll also get $2500 which will come in very handy!

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Inspiration 102 – Luke Wessman

If you’re not familiar with Luke Wessman, make sure you check this out.  Luke is by far my favourite tattoo artist at the moment, he is currently based in New York but is also part owner of Luckys Tattoo Parlor, San Diego. His work is solid, crisp and clean, and his style, attitude and outlook on life are all summed up in the video below, Self Made… says it all really.  Wouldn’t mind swapping a bit of work with this guy!
 

Be sure to check out http://lukewessman.com for more of his work, it’s well worth a look!

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