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Rest In Piece

thegiven — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:13:38 +0000

With my natural afinity to graffiti and my love for the Beastie Boys, this brilliant homage from artist AROE was always going to find a spot on the blog. Absolutely quality work as a tribute to MCA and a nice homage to their debut album License to Ill.

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Flashing Lights

thegiven — Tue, 08 May 2012 07:15:00 +0000

Tron meets the horse men of the appocolypse, that was my first thought, when seeing these works from Mateusz Sypien. Pretty trippy stuff, but very rad indeed. The series is entitled “Death in Motion”.

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Not your Everyday Tattoo

thegiven — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:46:57 +0000

I just got a new addition to my tat artist wish list… Peter Aurisch. Damn! How amazing is the guys stuff? It’s so nontraditional, a whole new style, like modern illustration meets tattoos. Loving the angles and “fake” colour brush strokes. Beautiful! PS one or two shots are a little NSFW.

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Keg O’ Boom

thegiven — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:59:26 +0000

Introducing South Africa’s FIRST 100% Locally Produced and Manufactured Designer Resin Toy. Keg O’ Boom was sculpted by yours truly and will be released in a limited run of only 50 units, including a 1 in 4 Glow in the Dark variant and one super RARE hand painted variant. Head over HERE for more info and to place your order, but best you hurry, these wont be around for long!

View more info and Purchase one HERE

Graf Image of the Day

thegiven — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:48:57 +0000

My graf image of the day come courtesy of the one and only Angry Woebots, this one is super new as well. Sweet!

Illustration Tuesday (Possibly NSFW)

thegiven — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:36:32 +0000

I’ll be honest being back at work on this cold Tuesday morning after the long weekend, has me down something brutal. So what better way to pick yourself up and get inspired with some fantastic illustration. These pieces are from Jace Wallace, the vibrant, playfull nature is just what I was looking for to get things rolling this week. Enjoy (oh and possibly a little NSFW).

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Acid Flow

thegiven — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:19:02 +0000

Here it is, my latest custom, in the form of a 7″ Munny entitled “Acid Flow”. This piece started out as some fun for myself, getting back to my roots in graffiti and letting it come out more heavily in my vinyl work. I was quite happy to be creating a toy with only myself to please, but I must admit I was even happier when it ended up selling before it was even finished! Drop me a comment with what you guys think

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Toffie Pop Festival 2012

thegiven — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:21:50 +0000

So this saturday I will be doing some live shoe customising at the Toffie Pop Festival in Cape Town. I am pretty amped as it will be my first time attending, I will be spending my day on the Toitoy stand paining some shoes, some come and say Hi. But thats not all folks, not even close…

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I will also have some free stickers for anyone who wants one, as well as some limited edition prints. There will only be 15 of them so act fast to avoid disappointment. The prints will be split over The Iron Swallows, The Iron Bear, The Iron Cobra (Remix Version) and something different which you can see at the show. Prints will be A4 in size mounted on card and will sell at R80 each.

Then most exciting of all I will be doing an exclusive launch of my new Custom toy. It’s a 7″ Munny and I do believe its my best piece yet! Here is a little sneak below:

Hope to see you all there!

New Banksy?

thegiven — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:23:18 +0000

So normally a new piece drops from Banksy and within minutes the world is celebrating it, so I am not sure why exactly this piece seems to have a shroud of mystery over it. No one seems to be able to say beyond a shadow of a doubt that it’s definitely his work. Either way this is a rad piece, what do you guys think, his? Or not?

Metamorphosis

thegiven — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:42:47 +0000

Now I am not one for posting ads on this site, but the animation for this short which pays homage to Hunter S. Thompson and Franz Kafka is just too amazingly brilliant to let it slide. By FAR my favourite animated piece of work this year.