The next one could be titled "Shop Prank Chronicles".

I'd like to, but unfortunately I'm the only one here. Pranking yourself sucks... But i do have some good ideas for the guys that need some new ways to torture...eh, help train their apprentice.

yeah its that time of year where it slows down. we stay busy for the most part but when we arent, i draw a lot. this is good, i've made like 60 sheets of flash this year. so if i was you i would make as much as u can and since its just you there put up your flash and get a good chance at people getting your stuff. stay up man!

thanks, will do. I draw when i get tired of surfing all the social sites...there isnt a following for this shop yet, so im trying to spend the winter networking and letting people know we are here, so by the time spring gets here i can be super busy.

Keep on drawing.

Stopped in a shop near Sarasota a few weeks back, and both of the guys working there were just sitting zoning at the computer. Now, yeah, I mighta caught em in the few minutes they weren't workiing feverishly, but I don't think so. Shop had NO flash sheets up, nothing on the walls except a few cheap-ass movie posters, and there was no protfolio, only a looseleaf binder of "ideas" in the counter.

Now, if thisw was a start-up, okay, but the guy tells me they've been there over four years. Why the hell weren't these two doing some damn thing to make their shop look like a shop? One of them intro'd himself as the owner, so you'd think at least he'd want it tight looking.

Anyhow-draw. Then draw more. Then when you get bored, paint. Repeat.

had someone ask for some flash, so I've been working on getting a small set put together. It's pretty time consuming to hand paint it all, but its the only option i can afford for the time being, and I like the look it gives it. At the very least it keeps me busy and I'll have some cool stuff to hang on my walls when I'm done. It has definitely helped me get excited about drawing and painting again, and I feel like the painting is helping my tattooing technique, even if i'm not getting to tattoo often right now.