Ladies and Gentlemen, My name is Kugan. Founder/Visual Artist of Immortal Tattoos, Singapore. I have been in the Tattoo Artistry for about close to 5 years and have been doing Photography for about close to 4 years.
That is all about me, as Diamond Fangs, my alter ego takes most of the credit and Immortal Tattoos is what it is today, because of him.
Many of you have heard about Diamond Fangs and few lucky ones, have been inked and have mingled with him. To the unlucky ones, you have seen and have experienced Diamond Fangs at full blown, taking the plunge with him, with hands tied. Not forgetting, setting yourself on fire while at it. Well, that is Diamond Fangs for you.
Who is Diamond Fangs?
Well, Diamond Fangs is the egoisitc, psychotic, chaotic, delusion, alcoholic, blood letting, attention seeking, boundary pushing, head banging, fearless, violent, sexual, nuerotic, aggressive, controversial, manic- depressive, schizophrenic, hallucinating, absinthe-abusing, hell bound, suicidal and self sacrificing alter ego of Kugan.
-How did Diamond Fangs come about?-
Well, Diamond Fangs has been living inside me for the longest time I could remember. I came up with the name Diamond Fangs in regards to Vampyrism - A sub culture in which I have been in for like 12 odd years and was active until 6 years ago. When I mean Vampyrism, I don't mean the Goth Lifestyle with make ups and all that fancy PVC clothings. Vampyrism is a Lifestyle, a different understanding to what we see and feel and living life with a twist. I would not elaborate on that, because I am here to open up more on "Diamond Fangs".
Diamond Fangs is the more flashier and loud persona of what I am as a person. Not knowing that He will somewhat take over my conscious and He went further than what I could have imagined.
-Diamond Fangs Vs Kugan. How do you juggle both?-
Thank God, ( Ya right !! ) that I didn't lose myself completely to Diamond Fangs and I was still able to hold back. Of course it was not something easy for me. I will never know when would the persona of Diamond Fangs would take control of my body and do what he does. There has been many scary moments when that happened in which, at most times, I won't have any memory or what so ever of what actually happened.
Some would say I was suffering from some kind of mental instability, but I beg to differ. I am a firm believer to an extend to say that, what we are now, we are just a shell. Sometimes, more than one being (souls) can share a shell (body) - As long it does no harm to anyone else, ( The Law says so) then everything is fine.
When it comes to pushing limits and being straight forward, I can't do that. I am shy by nature. Even without realizing, Diamond Fangs would always come to my rescue. Most of my works I have done through Tattooing, Body Suspensions or Photography, I would give credit to Diamond Fangs. He was that one guy who had the balls to go out there and get things done.
-Why did you decide that its time to end Diamond Fangs?-
I guess, sometimes you have to let go of things that you once cared for or worked for to see where you stand in that period of time. Its a sacrifice which I made. Diamond Fangs has pissed alot of people off. Diamond Fangs could possibly be Singapore's most hated artist for all I know. But He did'nt give a fuck and still did his thing. Events, Projects, Promotions and Live Demostration were all him and Not forgetting the "soap opera" that put Immortal Tattoos, Singapore in the check list. Diamond Fangs was a one man army - He was literally an artwork on His own -
And what is more greater than to sacrifice which you build in your head and let thousands experience that over the years? I sacrificed Diamond Fangs as a being, for Art. Its time for Him to go.
-Did you plan for the Death of Diamond Fangs?-
Nope. I knew the time was right, when it was just days before Halloween 2010. You see, there was an event held by Immortal Tattoos, Singapore called -XVI- which pushed Diamond Fangs a step further. Putting His name in the line against the Devil. It was a bet, a deal made between the two about a year ago. If Diamond Fangs failed to fulfil the Devil's request, Diamond Fangs would serve the Devil in Hell, forever. -XVI- was an event in which Diamond Fangs has to find 66 Sinners and ink them, but, He Failed.
Diamond Fangs was a man who keeps his words. I am very sure, if someone else were to put their "career" on their line for one of their projects, they will lie and cheat their way through just to be on top. Diamond Fangs took failure like a Champion. May His soul never rest in Peace and I am pretty sure, He will haunt a few of you out there who is reading this.
-Do you think Immortal Tattoos, Singapore would be affected after the Death of Diamond Fangs?-
Well, like I said. Diamond Fangs has made a name for Himself and made Immortal Tattoos, Singapore, reputable. I got no issues how things are going to be from now on. We still have our clients, our models and our friends and not forgetting our "fans" who have helped me over the years through the struggles I had.
It might be a chapter closed for Diamond Fangs, but a new chapter has opened for Kugan.
-Since, Diamond Fangs is gone. Are you thinking of carrying on another Persona?-
Diamond Fangs was a Legend. No one can take over his place. He made so much sacrifices and I don't think I can deal with another persona. Mentally and Physically I am drained out struggling with Diamond Fangs. I do feel better as a person after all these. So, no. There won't be another persona.
-What do you have planned for the future for Immortal Tattoos, Singapore?-
Right now, I am just inking in my studio. I won't be doing much events or such for sometime. I guess, I am taking a break from the "drama" after all these years. But, if I do have something planned out for my studio, do check out my site - http://Immortal-Tattoos.blogspot.com/ now and then for updates.
-Any last words you want to share with our readers?-
We all live once, live life to the fullest with no regrets. Do what to want and don't be disheartened by failure. And ya, Don't abuse Alcohol...~smiles~
Sunday, November 7, 2010
BFC & New Swaps for 2011....Very Long Post..be Warned!
I thought that would get your Attention....lol
First to All that are in the New Birthday Fat 1/4 Club 2011 Your Lists are being Posted out to you this week...I am a bit more Organized with it this time round so hope it will be easier for you to keep track...Thanks Again to All who Joined.
I have 2 New Swaps Happening for the Start of 2011....I know but it will be here before we know it..so Thought I'd get in early.....
First is the COLOUR SWAP...this is how it works...You will be required to send 4 Items.
In Your Choice of Your Favourite COLOUR....Send me Your Name.Address & Blog Address by Email mareew@live.com.au..Sorry but You will Need a Blog for this Swap as it will help the Person who is sending and Preferably Someone who Blogs Regularly...
This swap is for Australia & N.Z ONLY..
Here is the 4 Things that you Will have in your Parcel...
1-Fabric...one Fat 1/4.
2-Thread....one Reel of Thread of whatever you choose.
3-Pretty....something Girlie can be Bought or Made.
4-Food....something Yummy to Eat & Don't forget you have to stick to the Colour.
So in your Parcel you will have 4 Things all in the Same Colour Range wether it be Pink.Green etc whatever your Recipient sends to me I will email you back with the details....AND THIS IS A SECRET SWAP......No One will Know Who they are Recieving From until the Postie Comes to Their Door.
Now Remeber don't go Overboard with your Gifts think of Postage .....But it is Entirely Up To You how Much you put In....
You can sign up ASAP..Names due by 25th JANUARY ...You will have 6 Weeks to get your parcel ready...Post between Monday 14th-Friday 18th March.
RAK...random act of kindness...
This Swap will Run over a 6 month period so it's not dragged out over the year...It will start on the 1st March..
When you sign up for this swap you will go onto a List & the List will be sent to you in the Mail...with that List I will give you a Month eg: March or May..whatever Month you have been given by Me that is the month that you send someone a RAK...You must send your RAK within that Month's time frame.....You will send a RAK to someone that you have Picked Yourself from the List...it can be someone that you know or someone new.....this is also a SECRET SWAP...Everyone on the List will recieve a RAK so when You Do YOU MUST Return the Favour that way Everyone Gives & Recieves which is only Fair...
Your RAK can be as Little or as Big (please not too big or overwhelming) as you Wish..It can be Anything you want...Bought or Handmade... something Crafty or Personal..it is Entirely up to You...its the Thought that Counts Remember.
Send me your Name.Postal Address. Blog Address....Yes you will need a Blog for this one too..sorry.
This RAK is for Australia & N.Z. Only.
You can Sign up ASAP as the list will go out in Febuary.
Phew!! I think I Need a Coffee.....
cheers for now
Maree
First to All that are in the New Birthday Fat 1/4 Club 2011 Your Lists are being Posted out to you this week...I am a bit more Organized with it this time round so hope it will be easier for you to keep track...Thanks Again to All who Joined.
I have 2 New Swaps Happening for the Start of 2011....I know but it will be here before we know it..so Thought I'd get in early.....
First is the COLOUR SWAP...this is how it works...You will be required to send 4 Items.
In Your Choice of Your Favourite COLOUR....Send me Your Name.Address & Blog Address by Email mareew@live.com.au..Sorry but You will Need a Blog for this Swap as it will help the Person who is sending and Preferably Someone who Blogs Regularly...
This swap is for Australia & N.Z ONLY..
Here is the 4 Things that you Will have in your Parcel...
1-Fabric...one Fat 1/4.
2-Thread....one Reel of Thread of whatever you choose.
3-Pretty....something Girlie can be Bought or Made.
4-Food....something Yummy to Eat & Don't forget you have to stick to the Colour.
So in your Parcel you will have 4 Things all in the Same Colour Range wether it be Pink.Green etc whatever your Recipient sends to me I will email you back with the details....AND THIS IS A SECRET SWAP......No One will Know Who they are Recieving From until the Postie Comes to Their Door.
Now Remeber don't go Overboard with your Gifts think of Postage .....But it is Entirely Up To You how Much you put In....
You can sign up ASAP..Names due by 25th JANUARY ...You will have 6 Weeks to get your parcel ready...Post between Monday 14th-Friday 18th March.
RAK...random act of kindness...
This Swap will Run over a 6 month period so it's not dragged out over the year...It will start on the 1st March..
When you sign up for this swap you will go onto a List & the List will be sent to you in the Mail...with that List I will give you a Month eg: March or May..whatever Month you have been given by Me that is the month that you send someone a RAK...You must send your RAK within that Month's time frame.....You will send a RAK to someone that you have Picked Yourself from the List...it can be someone that you know or someone new.....this is also a SECRET SWAP...Everyone on the List will recieve a RAK so when You Do YOU MUST Return the Favour that way Everyone Gives & Recieves which is only Fair...
Your RAK can be as Little or as Big (please not too big or overwhelming) as you Wish..It can be Anything you want...Bought or Handmade... something Crafty or Personal..it is Entirely up to You...its the Thought that Counts Remember.
Send me your Name.Postal Address. Blog Address....Yes you will need a Blog for this one too..sorry.
This RAK is for Australia & N.Z. Only.
You can Sign up ASAP as the list will go out in Febuary.
Phew!! I think I Need a Coffee.....
cheers for now
Maree
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Rise and Sing
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Pre-Order your Vignette from Ollie and May.
New Stock is now in my Store...Basting Glue.Needles no:11.Papers & Templates.
I have a shipment coming for Issue 1...it will be limited so if you haven't Ordered your Copy yet pop on over to the Shop and put your Order in...FREE p/h in Australia....cause I'm a Nice Person.
ALSO I have had a delivery this morning of more Papers.Glue & Templates from Busy Fingers Patchwork...they will be going into the shop Today.
..Thanks for stopping by.....Maree
Tips Untuk Bermain Musik Rock On Guitar
Apa yang menginspirasi seseorang untuk mengambil sebuah gitar bisa bervariasi, tapi bagi banyak orang, sebuah riff tertentu atau solo dalam lagu rock favorit mereka adalah dorongan yang membuat mereka ingin memainkan instrumen sendiri. Hal ini terutama berlaku dalam musik rock, di mana gitaris legendaris seperti Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend dan Eddie Van Halen telah menginspirasi banyak penggemar untuk mengambil gitar dan menjadi musisi itu sendiri. Pada artikel ini, kita akan meninggalkan anda beberapa tips untuk belajar memainkan musik rock pada gitar Anda.
Salah satu hal yang paling penting bagi pemula gitaris rock untuk belajar tentang adalah akord kekuasaan. Buka chords - mereka bermain di dekat bagian atas leher, baik dengan catatan cemas dan membuka - pasti memiliki tempat mereka di musik rock, tapi power chords jauh dan jauh fitur yang paling menonjol dari musik rock.
akord Power dibentuk oleh pemasangan catatan pertama dan kelima dari skala besar di salah satu tombol dan pada string berdekatan. The power chords yang paling sering digunakan melibatkan menggunakan jari telunjuk dan cincin, dengan jari telunjuk mengeluh satu catatan dan jari manis mengeluh catatan dua frets dan satu string yang lebih tinggi. Bentuk ini dapat digunakan dengan jari telunjuk baik pada E rendah atau A string dan dapat bergerak di mana saja atas dan ke bawah leher gitar.
chords Power juga dapat diperpanjang dengan menambahkan catatan satu oktaf lebih tinggi dari catatan root (satu jari telunjuk Anda mengeluh). Jika jari telunjuk adalah pada E rendah atau string A, ini catatan tambahan dapat ditemukan pada fret yang sama dengan catatan cemas dengan jari manis Anda, tetapi satu string yang lebih tinggi.
Meskipun power chords merupakan dasar untuk suara rock, riff gitar adalah blok bangunan untuk lagu-lagu rock. Sebuah riff catchy - sebuah menahan diri yang diulang pada waktu yang berbeda sepanjang lagu - adalah mereka langkah pertama untuk menulis lagu rock besar. Riff dapat mencakup kombinasi catatan tunggal dan akord.
Dalam bentuk yang paling dasar, musik rock dimainkan di 4 / 4 waktu dengan irama mengemudi yang mencakup menekankan turun stroke pada ketukan pertama dan ketiga mengukur. Hal ini dapat berubah tergantung pada gaya rock yang dimainkan. Punk, misalnya, masih dimainkan dengan kebanyakan stroke bawah tetapi biasanya melibatkan memetik pada setiap denyut dalam mengukur. Progressive rock banyak memanfaatkan tanda tangan waktu yang berbeda tapi masih sering mengandalkan riff untuk mendorong lagu ke depan.
Gitar solo, sering memanfaatkan sisik biru dan pentatonik minor, yang umum dalam kebanyakan genre musik rock. Mengenal diri Anda dengan ini dan skala umum digunakan lainnya akan menjadi penting jika anda berencana untuk memasukkan solo ke musik rock Anda.
Ini juga akan bijaksana untuk menjadi akrab dengan banyak efek yang digunakan dalam musik rock, terutama distorsi. Ketika membeli gitar dan amplifier, pastikan untuk menunjukkan kepada salesman jenis musik Anda tertarik bermain. Beberapa jenis perangkat keras yang lebih berguna untuk beberapa jenis musik rock.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Vignette...by Leanne Beasley.
NO: 1....Glossy..Recipes..Mystery Quilt with Great Instructions & even swatches of the Fabric used...Beautiful photo's...Yes I will be subscribing for the next 7....The Only Negative thing...the Postie folded it in half to put it in my letter box...grrrrr..bad postie!
..Thanks for stopping by.....Maree
New, Non-Politically Partisan or Sweary Blog Started
Yes, I've decided to start a new blog, with Ms Drummer, in which I write for the first time *under my real name*.
But in the spirit of the new Coalition era, I'll not be whinging about the govt (though I could do plenty of that if I chose). It'll be what I wanted TTD to be, before I got obsessed by NuLab.
I note that several bloggers have given up since the erection: LFAT, Mr Eugenides, to name but, er, two. Mr E is the real loss, for although LFAT was reasoned and liberal, Mr E was the genuine voice of anguished anti-NuLab sentiment.
Centre right blogging was born in the UK out of a sort of proto-Tea Party movement. It was born and flourished on the basis that NuLab were in charge of the country and the world's biggest media organisation (ie the BBC) and that they were virtually unchallenged, given that the Tories were so crap. This was something like 04/05. Blogging really took off during 06, when the Tories got their act together. Then the Left got really sorted, with outstanding blogs like Liberal Conspiracy doing what the left do best: agglomerating voices against an enemy. Then we were back where we started: voices in the dark, shouting at each other.
You need a certain nerve to be a political blogger, one I never had, despite being referenced once by the Staggers as a Tory blogger...I never wanted what I became as a blogger, though I asked for it right enough.
Where do I stand today, as if matters? Well, I was happy enough to see the end of NuLab, but I don't really know what to make of the new govt. Part of me sort of hopes to see elements of the Tories and Lib Dems merge.
The new party could be called something like...oh I don't know..The Liberal Party, maybe?
Anyway. The new blog is being set up and written with Ms Drummer, who is some way to the left of me. That's probably part of it all.
It's here: http://severnside.wordpress.com
I may keep open TTD for random witterings when I'm in from the pub or whatever I want to write. But I'll also refer readers here to new posts at Severnside.
But in the spirit of the new Coalition era, I'll not be whinging about the govt (though I could do plenty of that if I chose). It'll be what I wanted TTD to be, before I got obsessed by NuLab.
I note that several bloggers have given up since the erection: LFAT, Mr Eugenides, to name but, er, two. Mr E is the real loss, for although LFAT was reasoned and liberal, Mr E was the genuine voice of anguished anti-NuLab sentiment.
Centre right blogging was born in the UK out of a sort of proto-Tea Party movement. It was born and flourished on the basis that NuLab were in charge of the country and the world's biggest media organisation (ie the BBC) and that they were virtually unchallenged, given that the Tories were so crap. This was something like 04/05. Blogging really took off during 06, when the Tories got their act together. Then the Left got really sorted, with outstanding blogs like Liberal Conspiracy doing what the left do best: agglomerating voices against an enemy. Then we were back where we started: voices in the dark, shouting at each other.
You need a certain nerve to be a political blogger, one I never had, despite being referenced once by the Staggers as a Tory blogger...I never wanted what I became as a blogger, though I asked for it right enough.
Where do I stand today, as if matters? Well, I was happy enough to see the end of NuLab, but I don't really know what to make of the new govt. Part of me sort of hopes to see elements of the Tories and Lib Dems merge.
The new party could be called something like...oh I don't know..The Liberal Party, maybe?
Anyway. The new blog is being set up and written with Ms Drummer, who is some way to the left of me. That's probably part of it all.
It's here: http://severnside.wordpress.com
I may keep open TTD for random witterings when I'm in from the pub or whatever I want to write. But I'll also refer readers here to new posts at Severnside.
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