A shirt I love but don't have the guts to buy

Well, I'm going to bite the bullet and make a post. I promised myself I wouldn't post anything until I finished my book review, but that's taking longer than I want it to and I don't like going so long without posting anything. Since I don't really have anything prepared today, I'm going to show you guys this awesome shirt by a tip-top artist, Kate Beaton (go check out her site if you have a minute, her latest Spiderman comics are too funny).

If you'd like to purchase one of these gems for yourself, head here. I honestly would, but I'm too meek to go around offending everyone that looks at me. This shirt truly speaks to me, though, so it's a darn shame (I'm not a heartless monster, I swear).

I'll also share with you one of my all-time favorite comics by the lovely Ms. Beaton (props if you know what it's referencing!):

Ahhhh, that puts a smile on my face every time. But that's all for now, sorry! I'm going to get this review done if it kills me. I know you're all probably dying to know what I think about all the latest E3 news, but I think I've tweeted about it enough. Just click the link on the right sidebar to head over to my Twitter account and read all about it.

Jayd "Chira" Ait-Kaci is Having a Print Sale!

And now for something a little different! One of my favorite artists, Chira, is having a print sale, and for only $5 you can pick up an 8.5x11" print of any of the great illustrations she has listed here! She has an exceptionally wide range of influences and inspirations, from Prince of Persia to Disney’s Tangled and iconic Japanese tiles such as Revolutionary Girl Utena. I’ve been following her work for a few years now, and it’s really impressive to see how she’s evolved as an artist in such a short amount of time. Right now she’s working on an upcoming comic titled The Fox Sister with Runaways colorist Christina Strain, while single-handedly illustrating and coloring the superb web comic Sfeer Theory, written by Alex Singer. 

Here are some of my favorites out of the prints she is currently offering: 

A humanoid interpretation of Amaterasu from the game Okami, with the Medicine Seller from the anime Mononoke

Fan art of the game Prince of Persia (2008)

Beautiful stylized Revolutionary Girl Utena fan art

You can see more of her work on DeviantArt, Livejournal, or even follow her on Twitter. 

Erika Sports Some Amazing Art and Design

Erika is the first person, in over two years of inkspotting, who asked, jokingly, "Were you stalking me?"

News to my readers: I don't stalk people. I may have followed someone a block or two until I've caught up with them, but following someone longer just seems creepy, and I will bail out on a tattoo if I can't catch up to someone.

But what I told Erika in Penn Station made her laugh.

"I was about to approach someone else about their tattoo," I confessed, "but you walked by and yours was much better."

She appreciated my honesty and showed me the tattoo that had so intrigued me:




















She found this artwork online from an artist named Tim Biedron. She was drawn to this piece because it "looked different and deranged". The detail is phenomenal as well. It reminds me a bit of Picasso's iconic mural Guernica. I believe it is based on his 2003 piece "Catch and the Click Beetle":


This tattoo is on her right shoulder and on her left bicep she has this amazing tattoo:


It's based on a work by Shepard Fairey, an artist and graphic designer who is most famous for designing the Obama "HOPE" campaign poster. I believe this is the original source material, part of Fairey's retired "Stencil Collage" collection:


Both tattoos were inked by John Torres in Yonkers.

Thanks to Erika for sharing her amazing tattoos with us here on Tattoosday!