Monday, November 29, 2010

MOMS and POPS...

this is not representing of my mother in any way, she barely drinks, and this was on her birthday!! too funny, she's so pretty, which has been a curse due to my friend making unbelievable comments over the years. SHES STILL GOT IT!! go mom!

...and Me and POPS, this was after a MIJA show of which he ran sound, and did ALOT of the footwork for...we were tanked, i cannot deny that. i ended making quite an ass of myself this night. sorry am!

what can i say, i love my parents!

So, i never give  my parents enough credit, they do TOO MUCH for me, not that im spoiled, per se, but they help me out alot, my father has always pushed me to be a better musician, of which ive followed in his footsteps, and for a few years me, my brother and my father had played in a band together called HUMANS. that was a very proud moment in all our lives. My mother on the other hand also sings in a church band, but, ive never had the oppurtunity to record music with her, that is definitely a future plan for me. My rent's are also my landlords for Mixtapes! and Menos Ink(the tattshop/record store i own) yes, they collect rent, i dont have it that easy. As of late me, my brother and cousin's band MIJA went to California to record with 2 amazing musicans, Ikey Owens(free moral agents/the Mars Volta) and Phillip Becker(triclops)...we drove from Illinois, a nice couple day ride. My mother took it upon herself to buy us a TON of groceries, which was completley made of every stoner food you could think of, helping us ALL put on a few pounds.  heres a few pix of the people that im a seed of....

MIJA Nitetrotter session

Jorge about 7hours in..

Joe gettin his percussion credits!

Thomas tellin Nathan what to do...what a mans man!
The beginning of November MIJA recorded in Chicago at Schwag City, with Nathan Gregory! we did  a new track called 'infinite Hex' and a My life with the Thrill Kill Kult cover call 'A daisy chain 4 satan', after that we recorded 7 new EYES tracks for a split 7" with Cold Mold, and a few other releases...heres a few pix from that ungodly day.

Tattoos i've done as of late....

these are all on TINY of MIXTECAS biker club




 


 these 2 pieces are on my bro Andy Earl
they come from the Fulci film THE BEYOND
with my twist to them!!



my cousin Jo Jo, not a very good pic, but a descent piece!
2 friends gettin Ed Hardy pieces

I own a tattoo shop in East Moline,iLlinois...if youre ever in the area and want some custom art similar to my art, or simply have something in mind write me at JorgeAnthonyTapia@gmail.com and ill get you in!!


Sunday, November 28, 2010

NT art....





Sorry ive been behind on postinng NT pix, again i urge everyone to go to NITETROTTER.COM and listen to these bands, NITCO plans on releasing a HASTAS full length in 2011...great great great music being popped out!

All of these pix are handdrawn with Sharpie pens, then i usually run through a gray scale with paint brush and watered down india ink. also making numerous designs to fill in the background after compiling them in photo shop and making a multimedia mesh, of mostly pix i take while im on tour, others off of porno sites(i.e. the hodgepodge of eiffel tour in the background of the HASTAS pic), or random pix i enjoy(like the cathedral in the ONO pic), however im particularly fon of the World History piece, due to the only thing being added in, in adobe was the font...the rest was simply laying down the picture on my floor and making a frame out of my shirt, headphones,cassettes that were also just laying on my floor. i dont know, just thought that was cute. so it breaks down quite simple, that is what the pictures look like, just drawn, organic...i tattoo, so thats the best way i can explain the fine line work and stipling, crosshatching styles ive accumulated over the years.

NITCO releases for free on NITETROTTER









I'm just posting the art, because i prefer you to go to NITETROTTER.COM to get all the free goodies! its worth your time, all we do is make art and music, and give it away! cause thats what we love to do!!

so heres a grip of art ive done for these releases, if you have questions about them, ask me, i may have some physical copies stashed away somewhere if you wanna buy a copy, but, most of these are being re-released on NITETROTTER, because theyre out of print. dig it!

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Chaos Vs. Cosmos

Chaos Vs. Cosmos is my friend Steve, he's a KOOL KOOL cat! i initially met him when EYES was heading to the U.K. for a month long tour with our bro's Skitanja. I think he had a hand in booking a show or something and we ended up asking him to design our tour shirts(which is the picture i put up) He's a wonderful artist and graphics designer... as well as a caring human being involved in the independent music community. Steven plays music under the monicher SLUSHY GUTS of which, i dig quite a bit! i've recently asked him to do a Cass. in 2011 on my label NITCo. and he accepted my invitation! I was as excited about the music as i was the awesome art that coincides with a slushy guts release(of course by chaos vs. cosmos) when he agreed to do the release, he asked if i would do the art!! as honored as i was, i was like FUCK MAN! i like your art! sooooo, we agreed to do a collaboration for this cassette! now this got me all sorts of hot and bothered(in a good way!) making this a extra special release for me and i hope for the eyes that fall upon this little labels Cassette! so keep them eyes and ears on the lookout for this dope ass tape in 2011!




http://chaosvscosmos.blogspot.com/