A whole lotta hooping going on! - Wildwood, NJ
Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was hit with a $100,000 lawsuit last week by his ex-girlfriend Rossie Brovent. She claims that her boyfriend was supposed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back but instead tattooed an image of a pile of excrement with flies buzzing around it.
Apparently, Ryan found out that Rossie had cheated with a long-time friend of his, but instead of confronting her about it he acted like everything was normal and hatched a plan for revenge. Originally, Rossie tried to have Ryan charged with assault, but the ingenious tattoo artist had covered his bases by plying Rossie with wine and tequila shots and getting her to sign a consent form that stated the design was “at the artist’s discretion.”
No word from Rossie on whether the illicit night of passion with Ryan’s friend was worth it. Moral of the story? Never cheat on a tattoo artist.
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Brilliant! I must find out more.
Very clever.
~JL~
This has been the most enjoyable semester of my college career, mainly because of my Mondays. Even when I wake up late, I never feel like, “ughhh, here we go again!” This class has taught me a lot about contemporary artists and their work, most of which I never would have been exposed to in any other way. My most favorite artist was Skip Schuckmann, however Nashat and Richie really stuck out in my mind. I like Schuckmann because he’s really down to earth, his work is about literally recreating the landscape and I find it to be very soothing. Gregory Green is an interesting guy, too, but for completely different reasons. The hardest part of this class has been the reflection aspect. Many of these artists were quite peculiar and I wasn’t sure exactly what to say. The book didn’t seem to match up with the artists once I did me research on them. I love online research, the resources are endless and you’re bound to come up with truly unique stuff.
If I were to give myself a grade; on attendance and participation I would give myself a 9.5, I missed one class because I was really, really sick and went to student health instead of class, which I think should be excused but I still actually wanted to come to class, and on the blog, I would give myself a 7.5 because I really like the research aspect and made the blog my own, however I didn’t always reflect on the artists, but I have commented on other classmates thoughts of the artists.
Thanks, Mr. Lincoln, for a truly enjoyable class. See you on Monday for the potluck!
Laura N
~will you be joining our final critique on Monday? We’re heading to the river to put our boats to the test!
This week we’ve read about
Tony Oursler- Inducing Empathy
Mariko Mori - Envisioning Nirvana
and
Gregory Green - Supplying an Anarchist’s Arsenal
next week read and write about the last three artists in the book.
Daniel Joseph Martinez, Michelle Lopez, and Matthew Barney.
Also e-mail me with a link to your blog and your score for your attendance and blogging in this class. (See the handout for more info. I’ll add your two scores which will add up to a score between 2 and 20 and multiply them by five. I’ll also cross reference with how regularly you updated your blog and your attendance in the class.)
Any knitters out there want to make a few extra bucks before christmas?? i really want a few pair of these but i’m not sure i can teach myself to knit in time…
I was wondering if anyone had any experience with a digital tablet? My sister is interested in a Wacom Bamboo, but i’ve just been introduced to this form of digital art. Any suggestions? Pro’s & Con’s? What about refurbished systems? This will be used primarily for drawing, however i am very interested in what it can do.
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