Monday, January 28, 2008
Keith Ciaramello featured in New Book!
Four pages in the new book "Kustom Graphics" feature Keith Ciaramello of Kustom Kulture Gallery & Tattoo! WOOO!!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Neuma tattoo machine set-up basics (VIDEO)
Neuma tattoo machine set-up basics (VIDEO)
A quick run through of the way I have my Neuma system hooked up. Compressor, footswitch, regulator and machine set-up.
Keith Ciaramello
www.kustomkulturegallery.com
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
First Day With The Neuma Tattoo Machine
A quick look at my first day tattooing with the Neuma air-powered tattoo system. I'll post a more technical video in the next few weeks to show set-up of compressor, machines, regulators and more.
Thanks for watching!
Keith Ciaramello & Marvin Silva...Art Fusion Part One
Keith Ciaramello & Marvin Silva...Art Fusion Part One
Me and Marvin starting a painting purely from scratch. Inspired by "The Art Fusion Experiment". The idea was to do a dragon and an eagle. That was it. Started with sponges and worked our way up to brushes. Here are the results of the first couple of sessions.....
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Neumas!!! I'm in!
Well, I took the plunge! Just got off the phone with Carson Hill and my Neumas will be here in the next few weeks! Stay tuned for bad-ass air-powered tattoos (I hope...)
Keith Ciaramello
Keith Ciaramello
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Keith Ciaramello & Christian Perez try the Nuema
Keith Ciaramello & Christian Perez Try the Nuema tattoo machine @ Off the Map tattoo. Special Thanks to Gabe @ off the map, and extra special thanks to Carson Hill for setting up his creation, the Nuema tattoo machine, for us to try out. This is a collaborative tattoo on client Steve Woison. Marvin Silva also gets in there and give the Nuema a whirl! Fun Times!!!
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Rabbit Redux
Keith asked me to post some of the pics I had from the BNB show that happened last month. This is the painting I did for the big group show that was up in the gallery. It was the painting I wanted to do for the "Year of the Rabbit", for the Zodiac show , over the summer. Just didn't have time back then to tackle it.
It was done on a 12"x24" masonite board. Some spray can action for the background above. After that, some loose acrylic brush strokes for background lights that will be added at the end.
This stage was the transfer of the art, followed by outlining the character with acrylic paint.Below is a closer shot of the rabbit girl being painted. Wish I had more pics, but it was a whirlwind of painting to get done before I had to catch the plane and head out for the show.
I'll post some more pics from the show when I get a chance. Thanks again for checking out the posts!
-Aug
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Christian Perez & Juan Salgado Tattooing
Christian Perez & Juan Salgado Tattooing at Kustom Kulture Gallery & tattoo. Call 516 623 5665 for more info and appointments or visit www.kustomkulturegallery.com
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
ALL OUR VIDEOS ARE HERE!!
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See all our videos on Blip TV! Juan Salgado & Keith Ciaramello collab tattoo, Gerrit from Tattoo mania, Makoto and more updated all the time!! Stay tuned to BLIP TV!!
See all our videos on Blip TV! Juan Salgado & Keith Ciaramello collab tattoo, Gerrit from Tattoo mania, Makoto and more updated all the time!! Stay tuned to BLIP TV!!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
"Tiki Boom-Boom" for the Tiki Island at the Bali Hai November 2, 2007
New "cut-out" by Keith Ciaramello (1-shot on MDO)Here it is..."Tiki Boom-Boom" for the Tiki Island at the Bali Hai November 2, 2007.
MAHALO for looking!
KK
Friday, October 19, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
New Art By Rick GO!!!!
Here's the art for our new staff shirts. Thanks Rick!!! We never looked better!!
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Tattoo Apprentice Wanted
Tattoo Apprentice Wanted: Apprentice under Keith Ciaramello at Kustom Kulture Gallery & Tattoo, Baldwin, NY 11510. (516) 623 5665. Serious inquires only. Send drawing, paintings and any other art to me via email kustomkulture@optonline.net. Include your name and phone number. Only one person will be selected.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Saturday, September 15, 2007
New work and techniques...(Keith)
New work and techniques...(Keith)
Really getting a lot out of the DVD's' from Brandon Bond, Nate Beavers and Joshua Carlton. I highly recommend them. Please tell them I recommended you! Even after 14 years I am getting a new passion for tattooing. Trying new techniques, pushing the boundries of all aspects from dealing with clients to tattooing itself. It's exciting!
So I have been obsessed with the work of color realistic tattooers like Mike Devries and Nikko (just to name a couple), and the other night I see Nikko on LA INK (I know, it's a silly show, but the tattoo artists are all good. I suggest DVR, fast forwarding to the tattoos, and muting the sound for most of it). I FINALLY get about 6 seconds of insight into NIKKO's technique when they show his stencil. It's like a paint by numbers without the numbers. The whole thing looked like a topicgraphical map more than a stencil, but I had something to think about.
So what do you do with 6 seconds of information and a totally new approach to stenciling and color? Well if your me, you decide you are going to try it on the next guy who walks in the door!!!
Just got done tattooing a little flash rose and the phone rings..."Hey Keith, it's Andy. Can I get a spot tonight? Have you ever seen the bride of Chucky?" DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! The bells were going off in my brain!!! I told him to come on down!
Of course he wanted the entire body from head to toe (why do people always want that?) until I showed him how cool it would be to fill up his whole arm with her portrait. Brandon Bond's advice ringing in my ears...I showed him, and he went for it. I also cut a very special price for the opportunity to do this on him they way I really wanted to. Thank God for customers who trust in your knowledge and ability.
Here she is in progress (about 4 hours in) I would have much rather spent the day and finished in one sitting, but we started in the evening, so at some point I had to bail on the plan and block in rough shapes for next time.
Looking calm and cool while crapping my pants...The stencil was SCARY!!!
OK, you can kind of see it here. I noticed the stencil Nikko used and I also noticed that he finished sections completely as he moved up. Here you can see I finished the jacket, hands and background all in the bottom section. This was new for me, but I understood more as I did it. It was all about "stencil conservation" just like old-scholl tattooing. These types of tattoos are so stencil dependent, if you loose the stencil you are F'D! Excuse me for using harsh letters...
Here is the end of the sitting. Jacket and hand are done. This side of the face is at about 80% I'd say. Looking at the pictures I need more contrast in the face shadows. The hair is at about 10%. Had to block in at the end of the session.
You can also see that I did have to resort to lining the lip shapes with a light gray (not graywash) because I was loosing the stencil. In hindsight I should have rendered the lips first, but I had begun the skin tones in the neck and worked up into the face with them as I moved up. Now I know! LOL!
A week before I did a much smaller scale color portrait of this dog. Just thought I'd throw it in to show you where I'm progressing from. I also did those forget me nots on the blog in this style. I would say they were the first tattoo I applied these new ideas to. I am looking for more specific info on these techniques, so I am hoping to see Mike D in Jersey. I think the best experience would be to get tattooed by one of them.
Looking forward to working with Juan Selgado this month when he guests here. I know he will have some great ideas to share. And my brother from another mother Scot Winskye is on his way for tattooing at the BNB this october at our shop. He ALWAYS inspires everyone he comes in contact with.
Thanks for looking,
Keith Ciaramello
www.kustomkulturegallery.com
Really getting a lot out of the DVD's' from Brandon Bond, Nate Beavers and Joshua Carlton. I highly recommend them. Please tell them I recommended you! Even after 14 years I am getting a new passion for tattooing. Trying new techniques, pushing the boundries of all aspects from dealing with clients to tattooing itself. It's exciting!
So I have been obsessed with the work of color realistic tattooers like Mike Devries and Nikko (just to name a couple), and the other night I see Nikko on LA INK (I know, it's a silly show, but the tattoo artists are all good. I suggest DVR, fast forwarding to the tattoos, and muting the sound for most of it). I FINALLY get about 6 seconds of insight into NIKKO's technique when they show his stencil. It's like a paint by numbers without the numbers. The whole thing looked like a topicgraphical map more than a stencil, but I had something to think about.
So what do you do with 6 seconds of information and a totally new approach to stenciling and color? Well if your me, you decide you are going to try it on the next guy who walks in the door!!!
Just got done tattooing a little flash rose and the phone rings..."Hey Keith, it's Andy. Can I get a spot tonight? Have you ever seen the bride of Chucky?" DING! DING! DING! DING! DING! The bells were going off in my brain!!! I told him to come on down!
Of course he wanted the entire body from head to toe (why do people always want that?) until I showed him how cool it would be to fill up his whole arm with her portrait. Brandon Bond's advice ringing in my ears...I showed him, and he went for it. I also cut a very special price for the opportunity to do this on him they way I really wanted to. Thank God for customers who trust in your knowledge and ability.
Here she is in progress (about 4 hours in) I would have much rather spent the day and finished in one sitting, but we started in the evening, so at some point I had to bail on the plan and block in rough shapes for next time.
Looking calm and cool while crapping my pants...The stencil was SCARY!!!
OK, you can kind of see it here. I noticed the stencil Nikko used and I also noticed that he finished sections completely as he moved up. Here you can see I finished the jacket, hands and background all in the bottom section. This was new for me, but I understood more as I did it. It was all about "stencil conservation" just like old-scholl tattooing. These types of tattoos are so stencil dependent, if you loose the stencil you are F'D! Excuse me for using harsh letters...
Here is the end of the sitting. Jacket and hand are done. This side of the face is at about 80% I'd say. Looking at the pictures I need more contrast in the face shadows. The hair is at about 10%. Had to block in at the end of the session.
You can also see that I did have to resort to lining the lip shapes with a light gray (not graywash) because I was loosing the stencil. In hindsight I should have rendered the lips first, but I had begun the skin tones in the neck and worked up into the face with them as I moved up. Now I know! LOL!
A week before I did a much smaller scale color portrait of this dog. Just thought I'd throw it in to show you where I'm progressing from. I also did those forget me nots on the blog in this style. I would say they were the first tattoo I applied these new ideas to. I am looking for more specific info on these techniques, so I am hoping to see Mike D in Jersey. I think the best experience would be to get tattooed by one of them.
Looking forward to working with Juan Selgado this month when he guests here. I know he will have some great ideas to share. And my brother from another mother Scot Winskye is on his way for tattooing at the BNB this october at our shop. He ALWAYS inspires everyone he comes in contact with.
Thanks for looking,
Keith Ciaramello
www.kustomkulturegallery.com
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Some Gold Leaf and a guitar
Kustom painted guitar with before and after pics. I did the primer, basecoat, gold leaf, striping and clear. Thanx for looking.
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