A cognitive dissonance...

Cognitive Dissonance is the feeling of uncomfortable tension which comes from holding two conflicting thoughts in the mind at the same time. Like holding life as a sacred thing but wishing someone dead...

1st post of 2011, I have made a resolution to post more often but we'll see eh! Got a new hub for all my projects running out of www.mdcindustries.co.uk but here and facebook is where the main updates will be. Hopefully have lots of new shizzle to show as this year progresses, although things are tight I've got lots of ideas and gonna push myself to new things. Here's my 2nd new shirt of the year over at redbubble:-



This has mainly been brought to you via the power of The Decemberists... Check out The Hazards of Love, tis a smashing little album.

Face down in the street...

Is generally where I end up if I try to stand on a skateboard, but skate and grafitti art have always been an inspiration to me. So I decided to do this design on a skateboard available in my new Zazzle store, more to come soon!



Oh if anyone knows of a site that prints bandanas then let me know, fancy an 80's metal comeback!

I just don't feel like growing up today...

Well I never feel like growing up so its not specific to today. Seem to be stuck in a period of stasis, money is tight and I keep ending up having to wait before I can do anything. I'm only generating income from stuff I sell at the moment, so its frustrating when I start to run out of books and am dependent on selling some more to print more. It starts to feel like your on some permanent holding pattern orbiting the airport of your life.

Still there is always music, friends and tattoos to keep us moving on! My leg tat was in Total Tattoo in the article about Jayne Doe http://www.myspace.com/jaynedoetattoo , the awesome shop that houses Tiny Miss Becca and Steve Vinall, go see them and get some ink (book ahead tho, they are always in demand)... Got inked by my mate Ben not so long ago, he resides at Tattoo Boom in Southampton, go check out his blog http://oldtimetattoo.blogspot.com/ for a bit of his sweet old school magic. My better half is gonna be working Tattoo Jam in Doncaster this year and still has some spots available, get in touch via her myspac http://www.myspace.com/hel_demonica .

The creative process was aided by the tunes of Carpathian, Baroness, Hope Conspiracy, Cursed, Harvey Milk and Heiress. Lyrics on the pic are from The Gnashing by Baroness if you don't already know them you should check them out http://www.myspace.com/yourbaroness and as always the artwork of John Dyer-Baizley is a joy and inspiration to behold http://www.myspace.com/johndyerbaizley (sometimes you wanna hate on these all round talented fuckers)...

Well heres the new shizzle, lemme know what you reckon and prints are only available direct from me, not from DA for a change...



Close up of the heart detail, and no I'm not a frickin West Ham supporter. The hammers are more of a nod toward my love of casual violence!



Slightly greeny version available on a shirt at the usual Redbubble address... Damn I need to work out how to optimize the colours for PNG's. Cos she looks a bit like the Green Lady now, which I'm not totally against.



Ooh and look no skulls!

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