PHILADELPHIA - Take a trip into Olde City Tattoo where Martin LaCasse talks about the major differences between classic art training, and being a good tattoo artist. www.oldecitytattoo.com
LOS ANGELES - From Viceroy to Miami, the Puma team kicked off the tour with a night of partying before traveling 3000 miles in 8 days. www.gumball3000.com www.pumamotorsport.com
SAN FRANCISCO - VIMBY catches up with San Francisco transplant, Nick Klein, who sees similarities between his skating and photography. www.myspace.com/samuptown
LOS ANGELES - Toeing the line between melodic and mainstream, and edgy and artsy, The Happy Hollows invade the Gibson Showroom. www.myspace.com/thehappyhollows
SAN FRANCISCO - For Robert Harris, the creation process is like a state of meditation and hyper focus. Catch up with him at Make My Monday's where he's live painting for the public. www.om-records.com www.cavecreation.com
NASHVILLE - Jacob and Reno are a part of Electric Western, a production company that throws parties. One of which is called Hot Rocks, a monthly party with bubble machines, great music, and lots of dancing. myspace.com/electricwesternpresents
SAN FRANCISCO - After going through a box of childhood toys, painter Robert Burden realized that he wanted to recapture the larger than life persona that the toys evoked when he was younger. www.robertburden.net
AUSTIN - Rey Shaun Madolora is a photographer who loves to shoot with film. People often assume his photographs are shot digitally, but they're in fact taken on vivid color film. www.reyshaunmadolora.com
LOS ANGELES - You don't need to be able to walk to enjoy life. Jesse Billauer started Life Rolls On to help raise money for spinal cord injury research, in the hopes of allowing 250,000 people in the U.S. to be able to walk again. www.liferollson.org www.zexsports.com www.hottunaint.com
SAN FRANCISCO - Bay Area artist Attaboy lives by the motto that there are entirely way too many nouns and adjectives in the world. Get out and verb something. www.yumfactory.com
DALLAS - Contemporary visual artist C. Kirk draws inspiration from comic books, where he imagines what life would be like if he had super powers. www.ckirkart.com
ATLANTA - Pill wrote his first rap in Kindergarten, drawing inspiration from hometown act, Outkast. Take a trip through Atlanta where he talks about the social implications of certain neighborhoods www.myspace.com/gangstapill
LOS ANGELES - Wolfiskin presents the By Any Dreams Necessary event featuring art by Timothy Teruo Watters, vinyl toys by Col.Abo, clothing by Teruo Artistry and the release party for DJ Skee's Endangered Species Mixtape. www.wolfiskin.com www.timothywatters.com
LOS ANGELES - Unhappy with working for other people, Jessica Louise ventured off on her own, first starting by working on consignment, eventially graduating to designing collections for Hot Topic. www.hottopic.com www.jessicalouise.com
CHICAGO - Native Chicagoan Zore 64 brings an improvisational dynamic to the walls he paints, rolling with the punches even when the perfect equipment isn't readily available. www.myspace.com/zore
LOS ANGELES - With twenty years experience in chopper building, Tom Foster believes that its his aerospace specs and tecs that sets him apart.br>
www.crazyfastcracker.com
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics
LA- MAY 09: Gag me with a Toon 2 pays homage to the cartoons of yesteryear- with a twist
Photos courtesy of Steven Daily and < a href="http://www.meltcomics.com/" target="_blank">Meltdown Comics