This just in (OK, I know it's old news!)! Last Gasp Publishing has come out with a full color 264 page book collecting the best of my tattoo designs! It's only $14.95, so for goodness sake, click the link below and get a copy!
Glitter Graphics are HOT! Top friend and the world's #1 designer of glitter graphics Colleen Truscott Fry has been on fire working her magic on just about everything I've drawn! You can see 'em all @ mitchoconnell.com and a smaller selection in the pic section here, but now she's even taken on designing whole backgrounds for your own
Myspace page! Go to http://www.glitter-graphics.com/myspacelayouts.php?ownerID=85249 and pick one out. What makes Colleen even more of a treasure? They're
free!
I'm adding all the great tattoos based on my flash in the pic section. It'll take me awhile to get 'em all up, get the proper credits, etc, but in the meantime, if you don't see yours there, please email a high res jpeg to "mitchoc@sbcglobal.net". I'd love to post it for everyone to see! Thanks!
Thangs I'm fond of? A tie for #1 goes to the 'lil offspring, (beautiful and talented) Leo (13) and Kieran (10), and in no particular order, Big-eyed Keane paintings, kitsch, velvet paintings, flea markets, old school tattoos, demolition derby, roller derby, pinewood derby, self taught artists, funny cars, UFO/ bigfoot/ ghost sightings, black-light, glow in the dark, Russ Berrie figures, peace, macaroni craft projects, vintage magazines (the kind men like), Peanuts, Ernie Bushmiller, pink elephants, 3 card monte, haunted houses, the idea of bowling, nudists, miniature golf, muscle cars, lucha libre, cozies, sideshows, state fairs, shrunken heads, tiki bars, any bar, Big Daddy Roth, Ivan Albright, beehives, jello molds, TV healing preachers, drumming (not talented, but enjoy making noise. Just ask my neighbors!), pin-ups, long walks, listening, sunsets, holding hands, good friends, good times!
Beatles, Cramps, Ramones, Raymen, Cheap Trick, Link Wray, Fountains of Wayne, Less Than Jake, The Supersuckers, Queen, Jet, Alice Cooper, Devo, White Stripes, oldies and goodies plus many off the happening tunes the young folk are listening to nowadays.
Movies
My movie list disappeared! Oh the humanity!!! I'll work up a new one asap (for God's sake, hang in there!)!
Television
Got two of 'em! Brady Bunch Variety Hour, Pink Lady and Jeff, Mrs. America Contest, The Office, Amazing Race, "Special Guest Stars", Larry Storch, Charlie Callas, TV Horror Hosts, The Ghoul, Sir Graves Ghastly and Svengoolie, 6 Feet Under, Deadwood, Davy and Goliath, Night Gallery, The PTL Club, Lovejoy, Putting a coat hanger in one antennae and a wadded up aluminum ball on the other for reception, the TV glow that fills up a dark room, The station sign off, "as we end our broadcast day" to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner.
Books
"Kooks" by Donna Kossy, "Throat Sprokets" by Tim Lucas, "Golden Turkey Awards" by the Medved Bros., "How to Pick Up Girls", "Home Guide to Treating Embarrassing Red Rashes So No One Will Ever Know" by Dr. Frank, "Forgiven" by Shepard (great book on Jim & Tammy Baker), "Carnival" by Arthur Lewis, "An Original Dead End Kid Presents" by Leo Gorcey, "Criswell Perdicts" by Criswell, "The Ghoul S/Crapbook" by Sweed and Olzewski, "Case Closed" by Posner, "Flim Flam" by Randi, "Step Right Up Folks" by Griffin, "Synchronized Swimming is For Me" by Lerner, "Geek Love" by Dunn, all Jimmy Olsen comics, any books by Donald Westlake, Thomas Berger, Stuart Kaminsky's Toby Peters mysteries, and of course, my personal favorites, "Good Taste Gone Bad: The "Art" of Mitch O'Connell" and "Pwease Wuv Me: More "Art" by Mitch O'Connell"
I somehow have been able to make a living as a freelance artist. Big shot clients include, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Spin, The New York Times, Time, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker and Juggs. In-between paying jobs I create fine art masterpieces (I'm keeping a positive attitude) that hang on gallery walls. Also in my spare time I work on tattoo flash. So next time you're in a tattoo shop looking for something to have etched on your skin, check out the flash on the walls for some of my stuff. And, if you have a shop, why not buy one (or all) of my 3 sets today?
I'm a man of simple pleasures. I love to hang in there, hang loose, hang ten and let it all hang out, keep it real and keep on trucking, do my own thing, chill out, mellow out, kick back, take care of business, keep on keeping on, get my groove on, take a load off, reach for the stars, hear where you're coming from, do what I've got to do, mellow out and rock on! Here's an animation done from my art by Dan Janssen for Less Than Jake:
Who I'd like to meet: Anyone with a keen eye for art who wants to hire me to illustrate a logo, tattoo, advertisement, CD cover, skateboard, etc. I'd prefer someone who doesn't use the phrase, "We don't have much of a budget."
Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, Charles Addams, Mark Ryden, Gris Grimly, Michael Sowa, Shag, Edgar Allan Poe, Alice in Wonderland, Coraline, Emily, Lenore, Twilight, Tattoo & Pin-up Art, Dark Décor, Haunted Portraits, Vintage Halloween, Classic Horror Monsters, Vampires, Skulls & Gargoyles, Pirates, Zombies, Alchemy Gothic Jewelry, Villainess, Rubber Stamps, T-shirts, Postcards, Toys, Books, Posters, and much more!
A Grandson and Grandfather are walking down the street. They go into a store to get his tobacco, the little boy asks...."Can I have this little race car?" The Grandfather looks down and says, "does your pecker touch your butt hole? The boy say...no, the old man says "there's your answer." So off they go down the street to another store. The boy asks again, "can I have this toy fire truck? The Grandfather looks down and says, "does your pecker touch your butt hole? The boy say...no, the old man says "there's your answer." Well, down the street they went, they stopped in a store and the little boy looks down on the floor and sees a lottery ticket. He hands it to the clerk and the man says...."Little boy , you just won a million dollars!" The Grandfather says to the boy, "your gonna share some of that with your old Grandfather, aren't you?" The boy says "Does "your" pecker touch "your" butt hole? The Grandfather says , yes...the the boy says "good" then go screw yourself
Mister Brilliant Artist Man, just when I think about getting out of MySpace, I go look at your profile again. Egad! No wonder I have two of your b&w originals on my walls! Roll on, roll on!! I'm here to stay!
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I'm adding all the great tattoos based on my flash in the pic section. It'll take me awhile to get 'em all up, get the proper credits, etc, but in the meantime, if you don't see yours there, please email a high res jpeg to "mitchoc@sbcglobal.net". I'd love to post it for everyone to see! Thanks!
I somehow have been able to make a living as a freelance artist. Big shot clients include, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Spin, The New York Times, Time, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The New Yorker and Juggs. In-between paying jobs I create fine art masterpieces (I'm keeping a positive attitude) that hang on gallery walls. Also in my spare time I work on tattoo flash. So next time you're in a tattoo shop looking for something to have etched on your skin, check out the flash on the walls for some of my stuff. And, if you have a shop, why not buy one (or all) of my 3 sets today?
I'm a man of simple pleasures. I love to hang in there, hang loose, hang ten and let it all hang out, keep it real and keep on trucking, do my own thing, chill out, mellow out, kick back, take care of business, keep on keeping on, get my groove on, take a load off, reach for the stars, hear where you're coming from, do what I've got to do, mellow out and rock on! Here's an animation done from my art by Dan Janssen for Less Than Jake:
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