Super stoked on this new tattoo Cris did on my bicep from his newest flash. Not the best photo (my apologies), but a brilliant and conceptual tattoo I really wanted to share. So stoked to have this, and so excited to get more work done by Cris now that we are living in New York… [...]
February 18, 2012 – 11:05 AM
Beautiful!!! More of Cris’ amazing work on his site.
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Art, Painting
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Tagged beauty, blue velvet, cris cleen, david lynch, dennis hopper, Isabella Rossellini, painting, playing card, skeleton hand, victorian
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January 20, 2012 – 5:15 PM
Some really juicy prints available for $80 from artist Cris Cleen. Get them here. Love the “Talk to Me” design, I think this is a really fantastic piece.
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Art, Design, Prints
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Tagged beautiful tattoos, cris cleen, cris cleen movie, folk art, idle hand tattoo, saved tattoo, Tattoos, turn of century, victorian
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January 10, 2012 – 6:51 PM
Cris Cleen, ultra-talented artist and tattooer recently did some beautiful erotic-themed ink on comedian Margaret Cho. Cho writes an absolutely lovely description of Cris’ work and her desire to get tattooed by him. I was super stoked she mentions the short documentary I shot on Cris, and thought this was so cool that it resonated [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Ari's Posts, Art, Art objects, Documentary, Fashion, Film, Inspiration, Vintage
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Tagged anais nin, beautiful tattoos, cho tattoo, comedian, cris cleen, ed hardy, erotic tattoos, erotic themed tattoos, margaret cho, sensitive tattoos, turn of the century tattoos, victorian tattoos, vintage tattoos
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December 13, 2011 – 6:07 PM
Absolutely mental article about this woman who decided to go and tattoo “Drake” on her forehead. If you don’t know already, Drake is a really awful hip hop dude and R&B singer. Kevin Campbell, the tattoo artist from the LA shop Will Rise did her work. Good luck with your life hun… Hopefully you can [...]
November 21, 2011 – 1:03 PM
Tattoos and Tentacles, a new coffee table book by photographer Julian Murray showcasing pretty people covered with ink and a creature that makes ink. Nice logo design on the front of the book. Get it here.
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Animals, Photography
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Tagged alt porn, burning angel, exotic erotic, ink, pin up girls, softcore, squid ink, suicide girls, Tattoos, tentacles
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October 17, 2011 – 2:33 PM
Found and watched this very depressing movie yesterday about the evolution and symbolism of Russian criminal tattoos entitled “The Mark of Cain.” They really treat their prisoners horribly over there, some scenes are difficult to watch. Also found out about this book called “Siberian Education” written by Nicolai Lilin, about a man’s autobiography growing up [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in 1980s, 1990s, Crime, Documentary, Drugs, Politics
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Tagged alix lambert, john malkovich, mark of cain, nicolai lilin, russian criminal tattoos, siberian education, tattoo symbolism
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September 28, 2011 – 1:53 PM
Got this on Sunday from Cris’ book of original flash he’s bringing off to Saved Tattoo in Brooklyn for his next adventure. Super stoked on this tattoo and the whole “How to Love” theme. Check out the movie I filmed on Cris and his beautiful work if you haven’t seen that yet. Got to do [...]
By Andreas Tagger
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Also posted in Art, Art objects
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Tagged beautiful tattoos, cris cleen, cris cleen flash, cris cleen girl tattoo, delicate tattoos, english flash, flash art, how to love, traditional tattoos, turn of the century
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August 24, 2011 – 11:09 AM
The last Grime episode (part three) airs on VBS.TV. This episode explores the “The Grime Style” and his well-roundnesses as an artist, and ability to flip different styles into something cohesive. The film also delves into originality and Grime’s feelings surrounding his self-expression.
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Also posted in Books, Inspiration
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Tagged chris grosso, chris o donnell, diary, grime, grime monster, paris, skull and sword, two year autopsy, vbs, vbs.tv
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August 24, 2011 – 12:26 AM
Short documentary I shot on artist and tattooer Cris Cleen. Please reblog and enjoy. Also check out Idle Hand Tattoo SF and Saved Tattoo Brooklyn where Cris works.
August 24, 2011 – 12:15 AM
Just watched this movie tonight entitled “Zardoz” directed by John Boorman from 1974. Really “out there” film, but worth checking out. I liked the cinemtography, lots of mirrors and tripped out projections. Also has Sean Connery as the main character, who I am a big fan of. Reminded me a bit of Holy Mountain or [...]
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Also posted in 1970s, Movies
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Tagged guns, holy mountain, illustrated man, john boorman, man, sean connery, skin illustrations, sperm, tabernacle, zardoz, zed
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August 17, 2011 – 9:36 AM
VBS follows Grime into his home, pissing him off and making him feel self-conscious by rifling though his garage and personal life. Very cool seeing his skate collection and memoirs of his early life.
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Also posted in Documentary, Film, Graffiti, Skateboarding
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Tagged grime, mark gonzales, oakland, primal urge, rare skate decks, san francisco, skullandsword tattoo, vbs
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August 12, 2011 – 7:48 PM
Just launched a movie on brilliant tattoo artist and painter Cris Cleen. Took me quite a while to wrap this project up, but I think it came out pretty nice for my first foray into documentary film making, and I learned so much from pre-production, to audio mixing to color correction, editing and not being [...]
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Also posted in Brand Content, Brothers By Choice, Documentary, Film, Inspiration, Photography, San Francisco, Travel
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Tagged andreas tagger, cris cleen, cris cleen movie, cris cleen works, grime, romantic tattoo, tattoo age, tattoo documentary, turn of the century tattoo, vbs, victorian tattoo
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August 10, 2011 – 10:47 AM
VBS Documentary on SF Tattooer Grime Monster and his shop Skull and Sword, which has a cheeky web site worth checking out. In the first installment of Grime’s series we hear from tattoo luminaries, Civ and Chris O’Donnell, as they try to put in perspective how revered and unique Grime’s style is. We meet the [...]
Got a new tattoo by artist extraordinaire Cris Cleen. Very stoked on this one – it features a beautiful lady, a dagger and a snake.
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Also posted in Art
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Tagged classic, cris cleen, dagger, girl face, idle hand tattoo, saved tattoo, snake, tattoo, timeless, traditional tattoo, victorian
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VBS’s “Tattoo Age” is doing an upcoming feature on world famous Bay Area tattoo artist Grime, which should be super cool. Also realized yesterday, while browsing some tattoo magazines, that there’s a pretty amazing Grime book out as well, entitled “Iron Will.” You can buy it on grimemonster.com ‘Iron Will’, the second self published book [...]
February 21, 2011 – 5:30 PM
Really great article about artist and tattoo artist extraordinaire over at Pas Un Auture. I think they did such a great job in capturing Cris’ sensibilties, and I love the writing and conclusion. Check it out, well worth a read. The ubiquitous proliferation of tattoos in today’s mainstream culture has peeled away all but every [...]
February 21, 2011 – 5:17 PM
Recently got this dagger by Cris Cleen over at Idle Hand. As usual, super stoked on the craftsmanship and attention to detail. He did this really fast, I think it was like an hour and half to two hours. Cris also did the owl chest piece I have.
August 30, 2010 – 10:25 AM
Tattoo TV interviews SF’s tattoo legend The Grime. Check out Grime’s work here.
September 15, 2009 – 6:57 PM
Second edition available and in print. First edition is rare, out of print and costly. Great book, now at Amazon, again.
