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Graffiti tattoo – KinGs on sKin documents thmaking into the tattoo world. These spray paint technitheir color mastery and wild s tyles, creating a new viand boldness, burners and characters. Join us in celebhave made the transition from the streets to the tattoo Kundell, Mr. Went, Ces, Sabe, Timmi Mensah, Circle

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Jason KundellPoRTland,oReGon,usa

When Iwasabout thirteenI startedwritinggraf ti.Backthen,a t leas t inmygroupoff r iends ,mos tofusgot in to i t . I twas jus t sor tofwhatyoudida t thet imeinSouthernCal iforn ia .Youska teboardedorsurfed,listenedtopunkan dsomeHipHop, andyoudidgraft i .Oryouwerea jockandyoudidn’tdoanyofthosethings.For metherewas somethingreallyfuckingcoolaboutgoing toablank wallandmakingitintosomething somuchmore soquickly.It’shardtosayexac tlywhatgotmein to i tbu tonceIwasexposedIcouldn’tstop thinkingaboutit.

My very rsttag was Sync.Butit turned outthere was already someone who wrote Sync fromthe TCFcrew in the valley nottoo farfrom me.Af -te ra yearor two I jus t sor tofgot the name Bles .Notexactly sure how itfound me orme itbutwehave been togethereversince.

I’d say my style is kind ofbetween oldertradi -tional graf ti and the really good,crazy stuffthatotherguys are doing.People like Revok,Krush,Saber,Zes,an d Aloy—to me these guys look likethey have the future ofgraff.Ithink everyone inAWR would describe my style as meatand pota -toes,in a good way though.Good meatand po -tatoes.

Igotinto tattoos really early on.When Iwas ateenagerIcould n’twaitto gettattooed,so as soonas Iturned eighteen Istarted getting tattoos.VisionfromVenice gave me some good people in the BayArea to gettattooed by so that’s whatIdid. Ihadsuch a greattime and rightfrom the startIknewthat’s whatIneeded to be doing.

Ibegan tattooing towards the end of1996. Ihad a good friend who had recently started work-ing with AWR (Paco Excel),and he an d his part -nerat the time (Adrian Lee)offered to teach me.One ofthe really big challenges was thatmostof

whatIdrew was justlettering;in tattooing you haveto learn how to draw everything.Also no matterhow good you are atgraf ti you have to startfromscratch in tattooing all overagain.No matterwhat,that’s it.You suck all overagain.

Forme there are a few similarities betweengraf ti and tattooing butIthink my background asa writerhelps me bestwith things like le ttering andfonts.Thattype of stuff,along with coloring andputting togethercolorschemes,comes very natu-rally fromall the graf ti.Aside fromthatI don’tthinkthere are too many similaritiesbetween them.

These days there are a lotofpeo ple who in-spire mytattoos.Some ofthe main ones are thepeople Ihave become friends with orworkedwith overthe years.I have had the good fortuneofworking with some amazing people all over theworld and theyhave all helped my tattooing a lot.Inthe beginning,when I rststarted tattooing orevenbefore Istarted,it was mostly all the people in theleftpage:Dragon with blossoms back piece /2009

“ Tattooshavebecomesowidespread,Ihave clientsthese daysfromallwalks oflife,and allages.I have fty-year- old-plusgovernmentworkerstoeighteen-year-oldcollege studentsandeverythinginbetween. ” JASON KUNDELL

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this book is the long-awaited and fully revised edblack book. ‘Jepsy’ of TRD (The Real Deal) mathe European transit lines ablaze with his classic Neters executed with clear-cut precision. Full aesthetstill is a rare and wondrous sight. Naturally, Jepsy popular demand, this edition is a must-have for all diIts predecessor became a much sought-after coll

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“ ‘OTRBlackbookVol.1– Jepsy’reallyhad agreat impactaround theworld.Itdeliveredwhat peopleexpectedafterthe rstOn The Runmagazinesblewtheirminds. Thosewerethetimes before theInternetand whengraf tibooks weren’tpublishedon aweekly basis.Thisone wasa realmust-haveforevery writer’sbookshelf.WhereverI wenttraveling,it was alreadythere...” Stone

In the last ten years, since the original ‘OTRBlackbook Vol.1 – Jepsy’sold out, it has becomea much sought-after collector’s item;at timeschanging hands for triple-digit prices for thoselucky enough to still nd one of these rare gemsonline or elsewhere.Even today we are inundatedwith requests from all over the world asking forthis book.This demand, combined with our ownfancy, prompted the decision to keep the Jepsylegacy alive with a completely revamped new edi-tion.‘Jepsy – The Real Deal’revisited and revised,is both a tribute to the artist and to the humblebeginnings of the On The Run book series.

ZEBSTER: TheclassicOn TheRungraf timagazines toppedin1992,andaf tera s leep ingphaseof veyears , the rs tOnTheRunblackbookcameout in1997—Jepsy.At thetimeJepsypieceswererea l lyadvanced:c lassicsemi-wi lds ty lepane lswi thEuropeancolorschemesandcr i spoutl ines .Hedeni te lyownedaplace in theGermangraf t iha l lo ffameandthereforewasasu i tab lecandidate foranOTRbook.Whi leo thermagazinesworkedonthe ideaofpubl i sh ingasmanypictures possiblefrom randomwriters, wethought i twas t imeforachange .Theconceptofth i snewOTRser ieswas toconcent ra teonthebodyofworkofonewr i te randpresenth isar t inb igphotos .Theideafor tha t formatcamefromKot thoffakaTopicOne ,whowasedi tor inchie fandlayoutdesigner for theMZEEmagazineandalsomypar tnera tMZEEat the t ime.Topic took

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The‘OTRBlackbookVol.1– Jepsy’wasthe rstpublicationevertoconcentrate “only”onone graf tia r t i s t.Thebookbecameverysuccess fulandthewholepr in t runof8 ,000copieswasa l readysoldoutoneyear la te r. . .Topic thens ta r tedworkonthenextOTRbooks . In1998hebroughtout ‘OTRBlackbookVol .2– Bates ’ in thesameformat , fo l -lowedin1999by‘OTRBlackbookVol .3–Seen’ ,(whichbythena l readyhad138pageswi thglue-binding).Alsothosep rintrunsof8,000 copieseachweresoldout withintheyear.l f pag :JePSY /Mai z /1997



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OTR BOOK # 4: PART ONEOne of NYC’s most in uentialstyle writers, from the mid 70sdevelopmental years until now.

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OTR BOOK # 5: SMASH 137This contemporary European artistis a writer’s writer, with an advancedconceptual take on letter styles andmodes of application.Softcover9,95 € / £ 9.95 / US $ 14.95ISBN 978-3-937946-56-6Limited collector’s edition14,95 € / £ 14.95 / US $ 19.95ISBN 978-3-937946-57-3

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OTR BOOK # 1: SENTOThe life and fantastic pieces ofthe legendary New Yorksubway writer Sento.

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PUBLIC WALL WRITINGIN PHILADELPHIAThe history of wall writing iscelebrated at its place of birth.19,90 € / £ 19.90EU / Asia – ISBN 978-3-937946-07-8

STREET PLAY Photographs by Martha Cooper.70s, NYC, Lower Eastside:A warzone-like wasteland, but stilla perfect playground for children.Hardcover29,95 € / £ 29.95 / US $ 29.95ISBN 978-3-937946-16-0Softcover19,90 € / £ 19.90/ US $ 24.95ISBN 978-3-937946-15-3

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