"Punks" by Mike Giant
1 Comment | June 5, 2009

Few artists are as appealing to me as Mike Giant. His clear, crips black and white drawings and illustrations coupled with his unmistakable tattoo-art influenced visual vocabulary make him one of my all-time favorite artists. As a matter of fact, one of his Rebel 8 T-Shirts is in the mail now for me.
How many people do you know that have a sharpie named after them?
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Mike’s my hero, this one is a great example of his technique, simply awesome.