Here is my latest tattoo – another collaboration with the amazing Angelique Sanders. Fortunately for me she was visiting San Francisco and guesting at One Shot Tattoo – my favorite place to get inked in The City. I spent a few weeks finalizing my design. The hardest part was...
Outside Lands 2012
posted by Mr. Sid
How do you forget that you bought tickets to one of the biggest music festivals ever? That’s exactly what I did. Thankfully, I remembered on Thursday night about tickets I had bought months ago! Day 1. Kristen and I just finished day 3 of Outside Lands 2012. Held in San...
Unknown Hinson: Live...
posted by Mr. Sid
Sunday night I met up with my buddy Toby and his lady Jessica at The Independent. I think it’s one of my favorite venues to see live music in San Francisco. The event was Unknown Hinson live in concert. Imagine Vegas-era Elvis combined with Dracula and it only begins to describe...
Buy My Book!
posted by Mr. Sid
I am proud to announce that my first book is now available to the public! The book measures in at 10 by 8 inches and is filled with 74 pages of full color glossy images. It shows off the various styles and subjects I like to play with. Makes a great holiday gift for the art enthusiast or...
Metallica’s 30...
posted by Mr. Sid
While we were waiting for the event to being video messages were shown on the big screen. These were messages from: Jimmy Page, Brian May, Lemmy, Green Day, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Death Angel, Aerosmith, Slayer, Hatebreed, Dillinger Escape Plan, Lamb of God, Wolfmother, Mastodon, The...
A First Look at My B...
posted by Mr. Sid
Here it is folks. A preview of the big project I’ve been hinting at for months. I’ve been wanting to do something like this for years and I finally got serious about this earlier this year. So for the last several months I’ve been working on new art, retouching some...
Mahatma Gandhi’...
posted by Mr. Sid
Today is Gandhi Jayanti – the (142nd) celebration of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birthday. The United Nations has designated this also as International Day of Non-Violence. This year I feel his birthday is more relevant than it has been in decades. In the west he is perceived...
Soundgarden Returns!
posted by Mr. Sid
Last Thursday night (July 22nd) Brent and I got some yummy Japanese food (Nara Sushi) and then went to see one of the biggest bands of the last 20 years – Soundgarden! Back in ’97 it was a big deal for hard rock/metal/grunge and alternative plans to hear that this influential...
Desi Ink: the Goddes...
posted by Mr. Sid
*photo by Rez Graham Here it is, my latest tattoo of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati. She is the goddess of knowledge, music and art. A few months ago, I finally drew a design I was happy with: The most important part of the story though, is that the phenomenal Angelique Sanders of...
California Academy o...
posted by Mr. Sid
Spent the day with Kristen at the Cal Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park. I got to see some amazing animals and the remodelled facilites are amazing. They include a roof with 2 domes with vegetation growing all over it, a great aquarium, and an amazing 5 story sphere (inside the...
