Return of "BLACK REIGN"

BLACK REIGN is a 2 piece ambient/drone project (me + arthur Arqueilo Urquiola from atv news/rat alley/sedlec)
been on hiatus for nearly a year but think it's time to get things going again. a split with DECAY (terence-discombobulated, eugene-sedlec/dying process) could be on the horizone + we have a couple of old tracks we may do something with & i will be sorting out some new material.
some artwork i've been working on:



ok, had to put it on it's side! click the one below if you wanna have a bigger view.

ME (by me)

CHICO!

Finally finished my Chico portrait! for those of you that dont know, Chico was an incredibly cute chihuahua puppy we fosterd who unfortunatly died of parvo virus when he was just a 3 months. he originally came from a pet shop & when he was ill his owners couldnt be f@#ked to look after him. another victim of the hideous conditions that animals get put through here, if he had had proper vaccinations early on he would have been ok. why the hong kong government allow this to go on i dont know, we live in a society where lift buttons are wipped down evry 2 hours & yet tattoo studios have no hygiene regulations (find a studio with a sink in it's work area) & animal cruelty is a-ok.
anyways, been working on this on & off for a while & decided it was time to finish it! im kinda happy with him, let me know what you think!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!

Hello to anyone who actually reads this (i know there's a few of ya')
it's been a busy couple of weeks, the studio (star crossed tattoo for those of ya that dont know!) is super booked up, to be honest everyday is pretty much overbooked! (none of this "im booked up for two months" but then only do 2 or 3 hours work a day crap that you here from some "famous" studios who spend most of their time on their asses!) Julia is working solid 6 days a week!
anywho, is could be a long one, might be a bit of ranting (you have been warned!)

First up........ MORE COMIC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the new "Red Hulk" storyline being so good, i have recently gone back & read "Planet Hulk" which is even better!
visually it's incredible & so is the story, im not going to give anything away, JUST READ IT!
so far im through the first book, planet hulk, now im moving on to World War Hulk & World War Hulk:Frontline.

Pic from Planet Hulk (Incredible Hulk #96)

I mentioned a couple of comic shops in my last post, here are their details:

Causeway Bay Centre, 15-23 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay.
"METRO COMICS" shop 112
"CLARKS COMICS" shop B7


Ok, second up........ SKIN & INKS EXHIBITION.

im not gonna go too into detail, 'coz it's all in Julia's blog so just check out: http://monkeysandink.blogspot.com/
the exhibition went really well, the closing party was great! Julia tattooed live & most of our friends turned up to support us!
we basically had our own area which i was really militant about, so if i wouldnt let you in im sorry, i didnt want our area to turn into a circus like the studio working next to us. Julia did a sweet anchor design on Danny, see the pics below.




one of Julia's canvasses sold @ auction for $11000, to a guy that spoke to us at the opening party who said his budget was $10000, so were really glad he got it! pic below.....