Jessie Smith and the broken wrist
Posted by Kevin on January 15th, 2010The idea of being injured and having it completely disrupt a person’s life is pretty scary. Not being able to drive, cook dinner, or type would be a huge inconvenience. As a tattoo artist, I couldn’t imagine the fear of a broken hand, wrist, or arm. Even a simple sprain would be chaotic and flip your world upside down. Unfortunately, Jessie Smith is in exactly that position.
Read the letter that Jessie recently sent out:
Dear Friends, Family, and Faithful Creatives,
Last Friday I messed up my drawing hand pretty bad playing soccer and unfortunately it has put me in a position where I can’t tattoo. So I was trying to figure out a way to supplement my tattoo income and I came up with an idea. I had always wanted to see what would happen if I drew up something left handed and thought this was a good opportunity to try. I sat down with the intention to draw a T-Shirt design to sell to people who were interested in giving me a hand financially and to my surprise it turned out better then I had expected.
I ended up sketching a squirrel (go figure:) named Basher who was the sole survivor in the battle for the Golden Acorn. I also wrote a short story about how he ended up breaking his wrist that can be found behind the image on the T-shirt. If you are interested in scooping up a T-Shirt click here. All shirts will be printed on American Apparel and run $23 a piece. They are available in Men’s (Grey or Sepia) and Girl’s (Grey or Muave). Thank you all so much for your continued support,
Jesse Smith
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His off hand work is better than most people can achieve with their “good” hand.