2014 EURO TAT DATES

March is the when...

Berlin and Rotterdam are the where!!

I finally figured out the dates for my next Euro-Tattoo-Trip and am officially starting to book them!
Let me know if you're down with any of this!!

Rotterdam: First week of March (2 to 3 dates available / 1 reserved already).

Berlin: Second, third and possibly also the forth week of March (10 to 15 available dates / 5 reserved).


If you're one of the "Reserved" spots, write to me soon so we can figure out your sessions!!
If you're not one of the "Reserved" spots... You should also write to me soon for the exact same reasons!!

If you're in Copenhagen and are waiting for me to show back up there you should know that it has become extremely complicated to organize, way too expensive and way way out of the way for me to go back up there, so far! I do plan on making it back up there one day but I just can't afford it at the moment!


Ask away: pick@electricpick.com

More stuff tomorrow!!!

SPEED CITY!!!

More Turbo Drome news...

Here's the new Hong Kong edition TD poster!! I hope you guys like this one!!!

You can get a giclee print of this sweet super poster at the CR web-shop in 3 different sizes!!!

We've also updated the latest and final printing calendar with all the TD dates you need to know on the CR web-site!! Go check it out!!

And here's a sneak peek at what I've been working on for the last 3 months... Just randomly selected 5 pages so you can have a rough idea of what this TD thing might look like!!!

More to come asap!!
I am planning a quick trip to Beijing next week so that means a few tattoos might appear here as soon as I'm back!!

Stay safe out there!!

BACK TO THE EUROPES....

Hey what's up??

So yeah… I figured out my next Euro-dates, for those interested… And am now open for bookings...

I will be extremely busy running around the northern part of the continent pushing books for CR but will of course also have tattoo dates! Not so many this time but as much as I could fit in!! So… This time it'll be end of September/all of October… Here are the days… Let me know if you're interested!!

ROTTERDAM (second week of October)

2 spots BOOKED

COPENHAGEN (fourth week of October)

2 spots BOOKED

BERLIN (First, Third and last week of October)

10 spots STILL OPEN

For any info: pick@electricpick.com

Also… Here's Spots!! 

It's a sad story, I'm warning you… 

He was apparently a special pigeon and lived on a rooftop in Shanghai… 

But he wasn't spared when the people from the government came to get him… 

Cuz of the flu… 

So sad… 

He will be missed!!  

To Spots!

Ok more asap!!!

Back to work now!!!

The Lighthouse...

Title says it all...

Here's my second day's doings back up in Beijing... One of my new favourite pieces!! I'd love to do more of these actually... More "dream houses"... I loved doing this a lot more than I thought so yeah... If you have some kind of dream house/environment thing ya need done... Don't be shy!!! Ok here it is!!

Also in the news... I've just started to figure out some dates and stuff and stuff... You can have a look at the CALENDAR ... And although I'm not 100% sure yet if the next Euro dates are exact... They will be happening those months! So I'm not booking yet but will keep you informed asap!!!

Ok back to work...

New awesome project epic awesomeness to be announced sooooooon!

STILL ALIVE!!!!

Yup... I'm still alive!! No need to worry... Just, as usual, very very busy with a million things except I'm traveling quite a bit too lately so this here fine Plog has been left unattended, I'm afraid!! Worse ever unattendedness ever... Sorry!!! Truly doing my best!

Truth is I got a lot of tattoos and doodles to post but just no time! So you might have to wait a bit longer till I get back into a more "normal" routine to resume a more regular Plogging schedule!!! Just landed from my last top secret super covert spy mission in China and off tomorrow to the Europes for a month of tat-a-matic mega tattoo action!! I'll do my best to try to keep you up with the quite impressive work I got lined up for me out there this time!!!

So yeah... Bear with me a bit longer... Lots to show!!


Tattoos...

R'DAM on Tuesday
BERLIN from the 7th till the 24th of February


Red Box...

Still a bunch available! Go get one HERE if you're down with my struggle!! Everyone who wrote back to me after getting theirs has thanked me for making their lives better!! True story!! Thanks for the awesome feedback by the way!!

In mid February, we're looking at starting to invade the local (Asia) big bookshop market with the last batch of our inventory and well... These guys have a big appetite so I'll try to keep you up to date with our inventory but yeah, this hardcover, fancy first edition should go pretty quickly after March! Next editions are all softcover and most probably never hardcover again... Just saying!!

And I will try to bring a few with me on the road on this next Euro trip but they will be almost exclusively for bookshops so... If you want one, you should definitely order it online!!!

Ok...

Back to the rat race!!

You guys ROCK!!!

EPIC MEGA NEWS UPDATE... Read all about it...

Mhm... Yup! Here's an epic mega news update!!

I've been so damn busy with everything... You know how it goes... Haven't been able to manage any time for this fine Plog of mine!! So things I need to blog keep piling up and piling up... One fine day, I'll manage to be back on a more regular blogging schedule... One fine day!! I got so much cool shit coming up!! Until then, here's a news update of a bunch of stuff you might be interested in!!

News update Index... Organization is key!!

TATTOOS
-TATTOOS IN HONG KONG
-SOUTH AFRICAN TATTOO TRIP
-EURO TATTOO TRIP

RED BOX
-DISTRIBUTION
-SHIPPING/ORDERS

ELECTRIC PICK TURE BOX
-PRINTS
-ORIGINALS
-SCHEDULE


Here we go...

TATTOOS

-TATTOOS IN HONG KONG

I am absolutely still tattooing in Hong Kong and have added a bunch of extra available tattoo days in the coming month to catch up for the last few months! So if you're one of these interested people... Get in touch with me!!

Also, as soon as I get back to Hong Kong after my next Euro trip (eta: end of February/early March) I plan on raising my hourly prices! Yup! See the thing is there is just not enough consistent work for me here in HK and I just keep getting quicker and quicker and well... It's time to update (been 4 years since I last updated my prices)! So this will only affect all new pieces started after I get back in March! I'm not quite sure what the new hourly price will be just yet (1800 to 2000 HKD/hour) but I will let you know in detail how it all works soon! Just wanted to give everyone a head's up!

My prices in other countries shouldn't be affected!

Ask away.... pick@electricpick.com


-SOUTH AFRICAN TATTOO TRIP

Because of the very little interest (read, zero interest) I've received from my next Cape Town tattoo trip, I've decided to cut my loses and drop doing the convention! So yeah... I'm not doing the show!! Too broke to burn dough right now! But I will still be going and will still have a few available spots for tattooing in Cape Town at a guest spot following the show instead! So if anyone out there wants something from me while I'm there... I'll most probably be able to hook them up! If not, then I'll be at the Dubliner on Long street killing 27 rand pints of Castle Milk Stout for a week!!!

Word

-EURO TATTOO TRIP

Added a few more dates for Berlin! The thing is I keep adding days for people who write to me about it but then figured it wasn't fair for those of you who follow the rules! So I'm making it official to everyone now... If you wanna come down to Berlin at the end of February for some tat action... I added a few days worth!

Let me know... pick@electricpick.com

RED BOX

-DISTRIBUTION

Hell yeah!!! The Clandestine Republic distribution network is growing!! Now it might not look like much right now but we're pretty new so... I think it's starting to look good! Our first objective was to, apart from Hong Kong, have at least a few boxes in the US and Europe before Christmas!! We're constantly expanding it too so keep an eye out for new spots that we will do our best to list on the web-site as regularly as possible!!

Have a look!


-SHIPPING/ORDERS

Although your Red Boxes ordered since this last week will most probably not make it on time for Christmas, we're still shipping Red Boxes almost every day everywhere!! To all of you who have ordered the Red Box, thanks so much for the support! I'm sure now that you can hold it in your hands that you can see how epic of a project that was to make and I hope you love your Red Boxes as much as I loved making them!!!

To all of you who are thinking of getting one... I promise your Red Box will bring you eternal happiness... Yeah you bet!!



CLANDESTINEREPUBLIC.COM

STORE.CLANDESTINEREPUBLIC.COM

ELECTRIC PICK TURE BOX

-PRINTS

The PRINT shop is back up!! Haven't had time to add anything new since the two epic Chinese Vampire chick one's but I now have time (for the next month) to take care of all your fancy print needs!!

Let me know!

-ORIGINALS

Aha! Yessss!! Finally managed to put a few originals up for sale on the EPTB!! Go check it out and let me know what you think!!

-SCHEDULE

And finally... The EPTB is open till the 20th of January! About a month! I'll be on the road again and will be unable to take care of it until I get back at the end of February/start of March.

For any questions about mostly anything, don't hesitate to let me know!!

pick@electricpick.com










YOU ROCK!!!! 

News update!!!

VIP PRE-ORDERED RED BOXES

Yup... Mhm... Been busy... let's just say that 100 doodles in 100 Red Boxes is a lot of doodles... I know myself by now and I know I tend to overwork and over-doodle many said doodles! So I knew this VIP Red Box mission of mine was going to be no different and instead of fighting it, I just decided to embrace it! However... That means a steady 2 weeks of 24/7 doodling! I'm not complaining about it but am asking people to understand the gigantic workload and to be patient!! I'm pumping out about 10 a day now and for practical reasons have decided to ship them all when they will all be done (early next week). The time we spend packing them is time I can't use to doodle them!

So yeah... VIP RED BOXES are all leaving next week (well ahead of any international "Last run dates" therefore securing everyone's VIP Red Box under the tree!!!)

Every other copies sold on the web-shop are shipped every few days! Expect 7 to 14 working days shipping time!!

And it's always nice to hear from you when you get them! Either to me or to Clandestine Republic, let us know what you think about it all!!!


CHRISTMAS RED BOXES

I'd like to personally thank everyone who's getting my book!!! It's really awesome to see all these Red Boxes leave for the 4 corners of the world and I just know you'll be super stoked when you get them!!

Thanks for the support!! You guys ROCK!!!

Once again... Hong Kong Postoffice Christmas 2012 Last Run Dates








FEBRUARY EURO-TATTOO RUN

And finally... I just got 2 last minute cancelations in Berlin for mid February!! Anyone interested? Let me know at: pick@electricpick.com and we can start talking ideas/deposits and whatnot...








I'll do my best to blog as much as I can but I must warn you, the Plogging schedule is one of the last things I have time for right now!!

Ok got to go doodle some Red Boxes!!



You Rock!!!

News from the Front!!!

So like yeah...
I have news for ya about a bunch of stuff, it's true...

Firstly... The RED BOX!!!!!

Thank you so much to the 100 people who pre-ordered the Red Box!!! We sold out about a week ago but wanted to make sure all copies were paid for before we announced it!! Your VIP copies will be extra special, I can promise you that!!! It means so much to me that you guys jumped on this awesomeness from the start!!!! I'll always remember your e-mail addresses for other free-bees and such!!!

Thank you so much for the support!!! You guys rock!!!

You will all get a mail from me when we get the books just to confirm who the books are for and stuff and stuff!!!!

ETA: another 2 to 3 weeks!!!! Add a week to that for me to doodle these sweet copies and at the latest we will ship all of these early December to make sure you get them under your tree in time!!!

Truly can't thank you enough!!!!!!!!!!

Secondly... My FEB-EURO-TAT-2013-TOUR!!!!

Booked!

Solid jam-packed, to be precise!
Thanks for everyone who made this process quick and efficient!!!


Also thanks to the folks from Denmark who expected me to come over and could come down to Berlin... To the rest of ya, up there, I'll be back around the end of the year fosho!


ROCK!!!



Stay real!

That Tattoo thing you do...

Firstly... A lost and found piece!!

Had completely forgotten about this last session on buddy Nic!! I've been forgetting to bring my camera to my few last tattoo sessions a lot and just thought I had showed everything I had... Was wrong! So here's a lost piece... That I found... Next session on this half body piece soon I think... Have no idea when!! 

Have a look!

Secondly... Some awaited tattoo tour dates...

There have been a few drastic changes in the timeline indeed! Due to two conflicting forces... One of these being Hong Kong immigration laws requiring me not to leave the SAR for more than 3 months at a time and the other being an new epic adventure starting right after my last Euro dates... So I've had no choice but to squeeze and squeeze and shorten everything... But hey... I'm still coming so... That's always that!

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
23/01/13-
30/01/13

(few spots at the Cape Town convention and guesting at Cape Electric right after)

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
30/01/13-

02/02/13

(top secret spy shit...)

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
02/02/13-
06/02/13

(3 spots BOOKED)

BERLIN, GERMANY
06/02/13-

12/02/13

(4 spots)

CRACOW, POLAND
12/02/13-
16/02/13

(2 spots)

BERLIN, GERMANY
16/02/13-
22/02/13

(4 spots)

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Nothin'... Zero! Totally gipped this time around!
For many reasons it had become very difficult (read, too difficult) to organize an acceptable place to work with these dates and to tell you the truth I just couldn't be bothered since Berlin is so close and for so cheap too... I do plan on going back up there but not this time around... Sorry!


LE CHATEAU MENERVALE, UNDISCLOSED TOP SECRET SAFE HOUSE, FRANCE
22/02/13-
27/02/13...

(top secret spy shit...)

BACK HOME, HONG KONG, CHINA
30 /04/13-



So yeah... All of these are open and ready to book... Now! Let me know!!

pick@electricpick.com



Ok gotta run but I'm answering all my e-mails almost everyday lately so... You shouldn't have to wait too much for an answer!!

Oh and I've updated the "Calendar" tab too...

MORE TATTOO NEWS...

Yeah you bet!!!

First, here's a random doodle for you to have something to look at!

Now let's get down to business... 

I have some more information about my next tattoo destinations and even though not all these dates are exact, they will all happen and if you're interested... You should know about it!

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER    HONG KONG

Ok so I still have a few spots left for the end of October and a few in early January here in Hong Kong.

November/December are fully booked.

I will be leaving Hong Kong at the end of January only to return around June so if you want anything from me before June next year, NOW is the time to write to me about it!

I will also bring up my prices here at home in Hong Kong for when I start booking again in June 2013 (new pieces only, of course). I'm not sure about all the details about all that just yet but I have just become way too quick in the last few years and it's time for me to adapt.

Let me know soon if interested: pick@electricpick.com

JANUARY/FEBRUARY      SOUTH AFRICA

Will be attending the Cape Town convention on the 25/26/27 of January.

I am not booking anything in advance for this gig... I'll just see how it goes on the spot.

However I will be sticking around town for the following 3 weeks and will be working.

Those spots (8) are open for booking now.

Let me know if interested in some SA tattoo action: pick@electricpick.com

FEBRUARY/MARCH   EUROPE

I am also starting to plan my next EURO tour.

Now I don't yet have the exact dates but I do have the places and amount of spots available. So while I figure out the order of this trip and my friend's shops available room and such and such... I just wanted to give you a head's up so you have time to plan!!

So not booking just yet but soon:

KRAKOW, POLAND

most probably 4 spots available

BERLIN, GERMANY

most probably 10 spots available

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

most probably 5 spots available

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

most probably 5 spots available

You can write to me to express interest in these dates but I can't book anyone yet since I don't know the order of all this!!!

pick@electricpick.com

Ok that's it for today... Got to run!!

Let me know if you have any questions!! 

Oh yeah and... PRE-ORDER MY AWESOME BOOK!!! IT'S AWESOME!!!!

Tat stuff & stuff...

Ladies and Gentlemen… And here's a bit more tattoo news of the day for ya!!

I'm adding stuff to the calendar right away… I seem to have some new tattoo developments you might be interested in…

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER            HONG KONG                        

I am extremely limited for tattoo time and pretty much all booked up for most of November and all of December but have added a few available dates for the end of October here in Hong Kong. So if interested… Hit me up now (asap) before I book those too!!

pick@electricpick.com

JANUARY/FEBRUARY                       CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Will be trippin' to Cape Town, South Africa, just in time for that convention of theirs (last weekend of January)… Am booking a booth as we speak with some buddies and well, I just thought some of you might be interested (my first convention in 5 years)!! I'll have to come up with a stupid yet interesting system for any work done at the convention and therefore won't book anything ahead but I will be sticking around town for a few weeks after the show and am booking those few available spots ahead!

So if you might be interested in getting something done by me down there… Let me know!!

I have about 8 spots to fill and am opening them now!

Send me a mail with what, where on your body and roughly how big (one shots only, I'm afraid but that can be as big as ya want… I guess max 8 hours… That's like a "half sleeve" without the armpit… Roughly…).

Get your Paypal ready for a deposit and… Wait… I got to figure out how much per hour first!!! Ok I'll have to ask and so gimme a day before I have a quote for the 2 hours deposits…

ok yeah… After that (mid February) I will be going back up to Europe for more workings… There will be Copenhagen dates but also other towns too… Right now am thinking of maybe: UK… Poland… Holland… Just got to plan this a bit better before I book!!!

Ok that's the tattoo news of the day!!

Stay fresh!

pick@electricpick.com

The CALENDAR

Here's my Calendar… With all my future planed moving arounds and availabilities, updated as quickly as I find out myself and full of factual facts! So if you want to stay in the know… Here's the page to check once in a while…

Tattooin'

Book makin' (this is actually a stupid label, I make books every day)

-JANUARY

Hong Kong.

4 spots available

-FEBRUARY

Hong Kong.

Bunch of spots available

-MARCH

Europe.
(Berlin 2 to 3 weeks + few days in Rotterdam)

Not Booking yet

-APRIL

Hong Kong.

Not Booking yet

-MAY

Hong Kong.

Not Booking yet

-JUNE

Hong Kong/Europe 
(Maybe a week worth of tattooing in Europe at the end of June and probably all in Berlin)

Not Booking yet

-JULY

Hong Kong.

Not Booking yet

...

As usual, let me know if you have any questions about anything: pick@electricpick.com