MD+B2= Mike devires Mike Demassi, Brandon Bond

working togther fucking shit up.

We hope that you all have a great and SAFE holiday season.. We are running lots of specials at STRANGLEHOLD MERCH. You should get yourself over there and check it out NOW! And remember, it's not too late to get your Christmas shopping on. The hoodies aer AWESOME and make a perfect gift for the cold cold winter we're having!!!!! So head on over, check out the clothing, the new BELT BUCKLES WE HAVE! As well as knifes, books, stickers, and SOOO much more.
************All or Nothing Voted Best Tattoo parlor in Atlanta AGAIN! ************** We were recently awarded SIX more "BEST OF ATLANTA" awards this year. We have won these awards and countless others since our inception. All or Nothing would like to thank Creative Loafing Magazine for another year of awards and trophies and we would like to thank our loyal clients, friends, fans and family and everyone who voted for us!!!!! Heres a list of the awards for this years "Best of Atlanta" edition of Creative Loafing Magazine:
"Best of Atlanta Tattoo Studio 2006" All Or Nothing Tattoos

"Best of Atlanta Piercing Studio 2006" All Or Nothing Tattoos

"Best New Trend in The Arts 2006" All Or Nothing Tattoos

"Best Friend of the Arts 2006" Brandon Bond

"Best Local artist on the National Scene 2006" Brandon Bond

"Best Emerging Visual Artist 2006" Dave Tedder

The cool thing about this set of awards is that THIS MAGAZINE has NOTHING to do with TATTOOS! It seems like we get awards from somewhere every month, but it is always a tattoo industry type thing like tattoo conventions, bike shows, tattoo magazines, tattoo contests at bars or car shows, etc... So thanks CL for the mainstream type metro magazine nod.... we appreciate it!

We are ALSO releasing an instructional "how to" seminar DVD from BRANDON BOND. (we do not yet have the exact release date, pricing info, or order info, but as soon as its released it will be availible at www.strangleholdmerch.com) . Full Lock Media and Stranglehold Publishing are going to release the most awesome seminar video ever (late 06 early 07) We filmed (with multiple cameras and great sound) the North Carolina tattoo Convention seminar and the Jacksonville Tattoo Fest seminar!!! We are editing them together with interwoven shots of up close, for real, tattooing by Mr. Bond and the All or Nothing staff. Everything discussed in the seminar will be shown up close and all totally easy to understand.

There is also a LARGE section on promotion, internet precence, portfolio building and it comes with the "secret list" of all worldwide tattoo magazines contact info and exact people to mail them to. In some instances you will be sending your art to the actual editor at home, or at his/her tattoo shop skipping the magazine process altogether and getting your stuff directly to the most important hands.

This section is highlighted by an appearance by JOY SURLES editor of SKIN ART, TATTOO REVUE, TATTOOS FOR MEN, TATTOOS FOR WOMEN, HARDCORE INK, OUTLAW BIKER, AND HARDCORE INK MAGAZINES. She explains exactly what to send, when, where and why and how to get articles and how to saturate issues and why what Brandon Bond and All or Nothing did woked so well. We discuss photgraphing tattoos, digital vs 35 mm, healed and unhealed photography etc! This is the most information of a top secret nature that you will EVER find in one dvd! Its fu*king amazing. We are extremely pleased with what the production team and camera men came up with! The video covers EVERYTHING. It will blow your minds. Heres MORE of what the seminar covers...
"Tattooing from Beginnning to End" Presented by Brandon Bond of All or Nothing Tattoos and ANTI Art Elite.
Selection of illustration
Photo reference
Body positioning
Cropping an image
explaining to clients: bigger and better artwork
Beginning a custom portfolio
Machines
Needles
Ink selection
Color pallette
COLOR BLENDING
How to get a client to be able to sit longer
Highlights
Negative space
When is a tattoo is really finished?
Open discourse of question and answer involving everything from making the stencil, whether to even use lines or not and how to properly do both.
How to properly photograph an image, what magazines are looking for and how to get the right shots. Unhealed vs. healed tattoo photos, background, cropping, printing etc. Where to send it (everyone will recieve the "secret list" of worldwide publications, contact numbers, editors names, best times of year to send your s**t etc.) How to get an ARTICLE in a tattoo magazine, what to send and what NOT to send, when and how often to send it, as well as web presence, promotion, running a buisness, attracting great artists to work for you and much more!!

"I start at the beginning and discuss image placement, selection of illustration, photo reference, body positioning, cropping an image, enlarging, talking clients into bigger and better artwork, beginning a cust