The NEW ANTI SKETCHBOOK FOREWARD!! READ THIS!!!!

[BRANDON BOND]

dave only comes on here when I tell him theres something he needs to read hahahaaaa

[BRANDON BOND]

and then we both spell everything wrong

[parabellum]

Yeah, I noticed that dave was making some appearances on here lately...I figured either he was *very* bored...or you told him to get his ass on the forum!

LOL...

[cieutat]

Damn it then tell him to get his ass on here.......

[snatch]

To BB and DMFT...and everyone else in the "familia".... WERRRRD!!!!! WERD IS BOND SON!!!! WERD IS BOND!!!!!

[BRANDON BOND]

he was already on here bro - hes done for june now! hahahaaa

[Psychoholic]

Originally Posted by bond

ps Im sure theres like 28 gramatical problems with mine though tooo - good thing we can draw huh!!!

I'll send it over to the mrs. and see... =)

[Psychoholic]

Here is a revised and editted copy for your pleasure (she said it wasn't too bad):

When I created All or Nothing Tattoo Studio I knew it would be a serious undertaking, but I had no idea how much it was going to cost me in terms of blood, time, exhaustion, and hard work. I knew that if I was going to create a shop, I had to make it as comfortable and driven as possible. This was an extremely complicated collision of two opposing forces. An impending existentialist crisis, combining everything I had ever learned in the fifty or so shops I had previously worked in. I had learned some of what to do and what not to do and the rest we just made up as we went along. We have been through what feels like forty years of workaholism, touring, marketing, websites, endless projects, artist promotion, supply orders, sponsors, paperwork, accountants, sleepless nights, arguments, attorneys, phone calls, emails, and a seemingly endless and ever growing list of "things to do.” It has almost killed me several times, and I still often find myself questioning how we can get all these projects done in a timely manner without complete overload and breakdown. The answer is trusting those around you and closest to you. The creation of "The Circle of Trust.”

The most difficult aspect of all this work has been finding the "right" people to involve. I spent most of my career depending on only myself. After opening our doors it did not take long for me to discover that I cannot in fact do all the tattoos, piercings, mopping, graphics, photographs, cleaning, promotion, advertising, web stuff, etc. alone. Strength is in numbers. It is those around me who make me successful: our crew, our friends, and now... our "Familia.” After riding this roller coaster of success and elation colliding with frustration and despair, I have come to a dramatic, unexpected conclusion: Success is defined by those around you and the love and growth of "the whole," not the individual. I value my relationship with every single member of our business family (now exceeding seventy amazingly talented people) above all else in my life. We have seen many come and go and will inevitably continue to; however it is the growth of these individuals that makes it all worthwhile. FAMILY, LOYALTY, TRUST, LOVE, and FOCUS are the factors that determine an organization’s ability to accomplish and surpass all goals. I now find happiness and elation only in the well being and obvious growth of those within our circle of trust. Money, awards, articles, and acclaim have all taken a backseat to seeing my crew grow and learn and succeed. Seeing them build lives and relationships, have babies, get divorced and get married, and all the chaos that comes from crazy people working together is the most valuable thing I have ever done to date. This experience has been so inspiring in fact, that I have made a personal decision to start a family of my own, as in a potential BOND SPAWN... uh oh!

Within the pages of this book, you will find a wide variety of artists and their work, including different techniques and styles, but it is the work you don't see that makes it possible. Our graphics guys who lay it out and make it what it is, the people that post information about it all over the internet, those that take your order and package it and take it to the post office to mail it to you, make this what it is, so I am dedicating this book to everyone you don't see who make us what we are. The web guys who upload this crap onto all our sites with me screaming into my cell phone at 5 am, the people who pack up our stuff for touring, the friends and co-workers who comprise “A.N.T.I. Familia" are not just our tattoo artists, even though they may be often overlooked by the swarms of folks clamoring to our empire. It is our friends who travel to win us awards with their fancy tattoos, and tell everyone who will listen about our shop and why it’s worth flying from Hong Kong to get tattooed by us that bring us all this attention. You know who you are and this is dedicated to all of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I love each of you. Without our helpers, friends, clients, and loyal following we would still be eating Ramen noodles and drinking warm beer, so it is you guys who deserve the credit. We did this together and we have exploded into something bigger than anyone could have ever anticipated. We have blown everyone’s mind and regardless of what anyone says, we have made a huge impact on the industry and the art form. We did it and we did it together. No one can ever take that away from all of us involved.

Those of you who know me personally already know all of this, and you know why the first film we did was called See You in Hell, all Han Solo saves Luke Skywalker style. We are in this together, for each other, and our lives have all in some way been made better because of our experiences together. I'm proud of each and every single one of you. We have endured countless obstacles and overcome them together. We have tolerated swarms of "haters" and critics, and to those folks I say only, "you can’t kill us all.”

See you in Hell, Brandon Bond

P.S. Please do not copy these images and tattoo them!!!! A vast number of these works are already tattooed on our clients who have flown in and paid large sums of money to have a one of a kind piece. This book is meant for reference only, NOT REPRODUCTION, please respect our clients and use this as a tool to grow.

[BRANDON BOND]

daves was though hahahaaaa

[Alli MacGregor]

it's not revised for our viewing pleasure... might take a string of grammatic scientist for figure that out.

PS cant wait for the new sketchbook