Drawing robots is one of the most fun thing to do, well, that and people in armor. Ever since the first time I saw Star Wars and Galactica (the original series) drawing robots has been a huge passion of mine. Lately however it has been on hold due to a lot of things, but this site definetly kicks up the inspiration again. The Blog over at Concept Robots has gathered  illustrations, paintings, etc for some years now.

http://conceptrobots.blogspot.com/

Sketch Theatre’s featured artists have all taken time out of their busy schedules to strip down and expose raw inspired concepts on camera. Artists featured on our site can not be reached through the producers of Sketch Theatre, however each artists page contains links to personal sites and links where you may further be exposed to their work.

http://www.sketchtheatre.com/

Being interested in both website design and bikes I often end up sharing links that include either good design or nice content, on Walz Hardcore Cycles-site I found both.

I do however sorta miss a mouseover highlight when ever I hover a link. The black and white design works well and makes you look more at the curves cause there is no color to distract you.

Definitely worth checking out.
http://www.walz-hardcore-cycles.com/

Berserker Comics have a few comic sites out there with some nice art work. Excellent ideas and inspiration for both web design and tattoos.

http://www.13coinscomic.com/
http://www.churchofhellcomic.com/

http://www.berserker-comics.com/
(can’t understand a word but love the pictures)

The Blizzard gaming community has a large Fan Art section with some amazing pieces worth checking out. I often find myself getting inspiration from other peoples art and find ideas for my own work. Games, like movies, have a lot of concept art that inspire and might just give you enough of a kick to pickup a pen and paper.

http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/community/fanart/

Most of us know West Coast Choppers from t-shirts or television but what do we actually know about they guy behind it? Well in short, Jesse James, the owner of the company did something totally different before building bikes and meeting his wife, Sandra Bullock.

From wikipedia:
After several years as the bodyguard with Danzig and occasionally for other heavy metal bands such as Slayer and Soundgarden, James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother’s garage in 1992. The company grew quickly and soon moved to a larger facility for select customers and companies. About 200 bikes have been built at West Coast Choppers.

In short, don’t stop dreaming and start doing something, you never know where it will get you.

Links:
http://westcoastchoppers.com
http://jessejamesworkwear.com/

Tuska Open Air Metal Festival has added 2 more bands to complete the 2010 line up.
Last addition for Sunday 4.7. is the legendary W.A.S.P. who last appeared in the Tuska-festival bill in 2007.
Saturday 3.7. program is completed by the New Orleans based riffmeisters CROWBAR who will be performing their first ever show in Finland.

Bands playing:
Friday 2.7.2010
Devin Townsend – Ziltoid The Omniscient, world exclusive
Satyricon
Tarot
Testament
Ihsahn
Pain
Insomnium
Barren Earth
Obituary
Swallow The Sun
Rytmihäiriö
The Arson Project

Saturday 3.7.2010
Mastodon
Kamelot
Devin Townsend Project
Hypocrisy
Crowbar
Overkill
Survivors Zero
Holy Grail
Sotajumala
Bloodbath
Armed For Apocalypse
FM2000
Torture Killer

Sunday 4.7.2010
Megadeth
Cannibal Corpse
W.A.S.P.
Nile
Trigger The Bloodshed
Turmion Kätilöt
[Amatory]
Warmen
Finntroll

Location: Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland on 2.-4.7.2010
Link to the official site

On the 26-28 of March the Helsinki Ink festival/exhibition will take place again. 50 world renowned tattoo artists, exhibitions, competitions, shows, and much more.

The artist list

http://helsinki-ink.fi/artists/

Nis over in Malmoe started tattooing in 1996 and worked with tattooing on and off in various studies as part owner and hired help. His site has both video and a lot of images of his work. Worth checking.

http://www.onefloordown.se/

Black and white gallery

Joe Petagno is best known for his 1977 design, Snaggletooth. This logo that Motörhead uses has become a known icon and can be found on a number of t-shirts and even tattoes.

Joes site