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Pamela Anderson has been the sidekick to a long list of guys, including David Spade and Criss Angel. I guess desperate times call for desperate measures?

Tattoo by: Mike DeVries at MD Tattoos in Northridge, CA

This isn’t the same chimp that Mike did for his Animal Style DVD, but it’s similar. Maybe they’re brother and sister?

If you haven’t watched the promo for that Animal Style DVD, click on the link above. It’s a full chimp similar to this, from start to finish in about 2:00 minutes. Even if you’re not a tattoo artist, the process is pretty amazing.

Tattoo by Mike DeVries in Northridge, CA

I usually don’t post about instructional DVD’s because it only appeals to a small percentage of our audience. However, this video below is too awesome not to post. This 2:00 minute video was sped up to 35,000%, and fully shows Mike DeVries hammering out a gorilla tattoo start to finish.

The actual DVD is real time, and Mike narrates the process, explaining his techniques in detail. This is only available to tattoo artists, and can be purchased in the near future at Mike’s online store.

I’m sure most of you don’t know Pete Rose as Charlie Hustle, or how he acquired this nickname. I’m not sure if this is urban legend or not, but supposedly it was bestowed upon him after he sprinted to first base on a walk.

While I realize most people don’t care about that silly story, it beats talking about the dark years of Pete’s career.

Tattoo by: Mike DeVries at MD Tattoo Studio in Northridge, California

The Pint Size Painting canvas was the talk of the tattoo convention in Detroit on Sunday. As the 2″x3″ canvases were being handed out, some artists gazed at the tiny canvas in amazement, as others didn’t hesitate to get their masterpiece started.

The following week I was fortunate enough to see the paintings in person, and I was blown away. Just when I thought I found my favorite one, it was quickly replaced by another moments later. The amount of detail and time put into these paintings was indescribable.

As we sat around talking about the different paintings, I was able to ask Durb and Tony some questions about the project and their future plans. Read below for the exclusive interview.

Tattoo Snob: What exactly is a ‘pint sized painting’?

Pint Sized Paintings: A Pint Size Painting is a unique miniature masterpiece, art done on a very small scale. All the paintings are on a 2”x3” canvas board, and each one has a huge visual impact.

TS: How many of the paintings were handed out?

PSP: So far we have shipped out almost 1000 canvasses, and received more than 400 back.

TS: With that many handed out, I’m sure you won’t be able to recite everyone that participated. Is there an official list online?

PSP: Yes, you can go to our website, PintSizePaintings.com, and see the list of artists who have submitted art work.

TS: Will we be able to see them live in person?

PSP: We will debut the entire Pint Size Collection at the Hell City Tattoo Festival, May 21-23 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Killumbus. Following that, the show will go to Sacred Gallery NYC in July. From there we will display it at Hell City Phoenix at the Biltmore, August 27-29. Then it will travel to Coil Tattoo Gallery in L.A.

TS: All of the paintings are going to be featured in a book, right?

PSP: Not all paintings received are printed in this first book from Pint Size Publishing. The book is a 224-page hardcover collection of these miniature masterpieces, with 208 of the paintings displayed in full color and printed to actual size.

TS: Will the book’s pages be 2″x3″ as well?

PSP: The book is 6”x9” landscape, and there are two paintings per page to give the focus to the amazing artwork. The book is printed in an art gallery format with bright, white pages and a very clean and simple view so as to not take away from the small paintings.

TS: Where can people pick the book up at?

PSP: You can of course pre-order the book from Pint Size Publishing on our website, Hellcity.com, and they will be available with a limited edition ruler/magnifying glass at Hell City Killumbus, available with the first 200 books purchased.

TS: I hear you’re already working on volume two? Is this true?

PSP: It is true, with the amount of Pint Size Packages we have already sent out, each submission received now is for Volume 2. Submissions pour in on a daily basis. There are hundreds of artists who have not yet sent in their Pint Size Paintings, and more want to be involved every day. Numerous artists have heard of this project heard through the grapevine, plus with the excitement for the release of Volume 1, Pint Size Paintings will most likely have quite a number of editions.

TS: If an artist is interested in being a part of volume two, who can they contact?

PSP: They can simply send us their mailing address to info@hellcity.com and let us know they want to be a part of Pint Size Paintings. We will ship them out a Pint Size Package containing two of our boards (required to use) and a release form, along with some promotional material. We encourage artists from all genres to participate, not just tattoo artists. Spread the word!

If Johnny Cash were alive, today would be his 78th birthday.

Happy Birthday Johnny.

Tattoo by: Mike DeVries

Instead of posting a list of people you should follow today, I’m going to go out on a limb and do something different for this post. Below is a list of tattoo artists that have Twitter accounts, but don’t use them.

Consider this my wish list. All of these artists took the step to make an account – now let’s just hope they start tweeting.

Mike Devries – The occasional tweet does come out from Mike, but it’s typically a plug and they don’t happen all that often.

Carson Hill – Carson was tweeting on a semi irregular basis, but he hasn’t since the end of November.

Joshua Carlton – Without a single tweet, I’m cautiously optimistic that we’ll see this account start up. I’d love to see what Joshua is up to from day to day.

Paul Booth – The man, the myth, the legend. While Paul doesn’t have one tweet yet, there was a “test” tweet yesterday. I’m taking that as a sign of hope that this account will start tweeting soon.

So why follow them? Well, as I said, I’m cautiously optimistic.

As always, I’ve added all of these users to the appropriate lists. Currently we have lists for Tattoo Artists, Tattoo Shops, Photographers, and Clothing Companies.

Saturday night at Pins and Needles Underground is the 5 x 7 Show featuring 57 amazing artists. Artist include Jeff Ensminger, Mike Devries, Nikko Hurtado, Aaron Cain, Bob Tyrrell, Joe Capobianco, Joshua Carlton . . . . . the list keeps going on and on (check the flyer for all 57, and details of the event.)

Carlos Rojas talks about the event, and how it all came about in the latest Sullen Clothing video:

What did the bored cow say when she got up in the morning?

“It’s just an udder day”

Hopefully you’ll at least crack a smile between my terrible joke and the amazing tattoo below. Happy Moo-nday!

Pictured: Jinxi
Tattoo by: Mike DeVries