Glad to see the homie Slick and his Dissizit brand doing it up in LA.

Graffiti Tattoo Vol. 2 is an extensive and well-researched reference work that documents the transition graffiti artists are increasingly making into the tattoo world. With their eye for color and mastery of lettering and wild styles, these spray paint virtuosos are changing the face of the tattoo business worldwide. They use a language filled with graffiti style burners and characters that go far beyond the standard tribal designs and sailor styles. While the first book allowed a rare glimpse into this movement, this much larger successor provides a full-blown compendium of this fantastic art on the most difficult canvas of all: skin.

More than 65 of the best artists and international stars of the scene are featured in this book: Adrian 1 aka Exez, All One, Bezerc One Imok, Big Sleeps aka Enemy, Billy »Flip« Mccoy, Carlos Fahrina, Cees, Ch2, Charlie Shazer, Chez 1, Circle, Crome, Crone aka Rossano Rossi Roncelli, Dan Gold, Daniel »Dufo« Grunditz, Deno, Dorian Serpa, Eaz One, Eric Holmstrom, Fel3000ft, Fibs, Fishero, Franz Jäger, Frog, Fuzi, Jesus Cuesta, Juan Carlos, Juse1, Keet D’Arms, Kev Grey aka Pise , Kinjal Mitra, Leets, Live 2, Logan, Los aka Done, Luis Mendonça, Marco Wagner aka Sheas, Mario Desa, Mark 1 , Marode, Maze & Jeks, Mr. Went , Notch 56, Posk, Ques, Richard Sorensen aka Rase02, Sabe, Scotty 76, Serione, Seve aka Doing, Siren, Sky, Smog One, Špendlo aka Kasa, Stigma One, Super Timor , Swok aka Martijn Van Steenwijk, Tim, Timmi Mensah, Turbo, Turkesa, Veiz and Zeyo.

Written by myself and Don Stone it is for anyone who is a fan of tattoo art and graffiti in general. Next time you consider getting a tattoo consult this book or the first one I did, Graffiti Tattoo, at: http://fromheretofame.com/books/tattoo.html

I caught up with graffiti pioneer Tracy168 and shot a short video of his unique wild-style.

If you are in LA tonight come out and support the homies Teal FC and Evol and buy some art.

A painting by TEAL.

Big Ups to my boy Supe FMK crew for the release of his book and his exhibition in Paris. Supe is one of the coolest and craziest cats in Paris.

Like many of us, Atome (one of Australia’s most renowned writers) takes a LOT of photos. He’s decided to upload over 800 random photos he’s taken, all on random play too. http://www.atome.com.au/atome.htm

Two years ago, Lectrics released several t-shirt series in collaboration with writers, such as Poet, JayOne, Serch, Diksa and others.

They issued another series last Monday in collaboration with Dize from the crews: 156, Ultra Boyz, VMD, Grim Team, UV, TPK, KSF. As you may know he is a talented french writer ever. Dize realized 30 original designs, that associate his famous throw-ups with well-known cartoon characters (Bart Simpson, Taz the Tasmanian Devil, Lucky Luke, Goofy…) These are one-of-a-kind tshirts, as each design is only printed on one unique size L T-Shirt. As a consequence, our 30 original T-shirt collection is available on the Lectrics Website. http://www.lectrics.fr/?p=10485

Happy holidays!

The guys over at Dokument Press are releasing another banger, a biography on the writer Kaos from Sweden. He was a true train destroyer. Check out this trailer they put together about him.

New York graffiti isn’t what it used to be when there were hundreds if not thousands of active writers painting the trains and streets. Luckily there are still a few die hards that keep the streets interesting. Here are a few in the Bronx.

Received this from Inti from Chile recently.

During CityLeaks Festival, a large wall at Vogelsanger Straße became home to one of Chilean street artist INTI‘s enigmatic ninja figures. Seemingly inviting and holding us off alike, the bright fellow with its totemic masks, skull necklace and maize cobs unites all kinds of motives and elements from Chilean indigenous cultures. No matter what ideas it will provoke in the passerby, one will always feel the powerfully radiant warmth emanating from INTI’s beautiful wall that promises to heat up Cologne on cold days to come. See INTI in action and learn more about his art and the origin of its influences.

INTI, Cityleaks Cologne 2011 from CityLeaks on Vimeo.

I received this video from Wesr recently. Glad to see the man rocking.

WESR from WesrFigueroa on Vimeo.

A few images from Detroit…