On the 9th + 10th of April I will be in Belfort / France for the 16th annual Belfort Tattoo Convention.

I have been invited as a guest by the organiser and good friend Jean Marc Bassand.
Last years show was real good and this year promises to be just the same!
Whilst there I will be Judging the weekend’s Tattoo contests aswel as using the time to have a little break which i rarely get!

At the convention I will also get to catch up with Jilted sponsored X-games winner Shiest D

And finalize the design for the Jilted ‘X’ Alex Mister-P Tshirt collaboration.
….GONNA BE RUDE!

As if it couldn’t get any better im gonna be doing my 2nd shoot with Lukas Zpira and video interview for his new on-line community BODY HACKTIVISM

……..GOOD TIMES AHEAD!

LINK - Belfort Tattoo Family

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UPDATE ….

After speaking to Rise Magazine‘s photographer P-mod I will also be shooting with him at the convention!
Gonna be a busy weekend!
F##K! ha

Claudia De Sabe for those that don’t already know is a world renowned artist who works from Jolie Rouge tattoo in London.
She is also one of the leading female traditional artists in the country with her own unique vintage style.
Unlike a lot of the continually repeated old school shit you see being produced Claudia’s work stands alone and is identifiable from a mile off!

As you know Jilted is not your average brand and my designs are influenced and inspired by
my life (so far), my feelings and my thoughts!

Jilted Royalty  =  Jay Read

I have walked in many circles worldwide in my 29years and in this short time I have lived the life of a thousand men, I have also came to appreciate many different styles and throughout 2011 Jilted will be collaborating with different artists / brands worldwide.
These collaborations will show a different side to what people have seen so far from Jilted as there is obviously more than 1 person working on the design but as always I am confident in everything I do an I know you will all ‘get it’ and love it!

Many of the artists / brands are from completely different circles and have their own completely different styles yet all of them understand and appreciate what Jilted is about n stands for!
……..Claudia is one of them.

Jilted aint about money, its a Family affair!

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What are you working on lately besides tattoo?

“I am starting to cooperate with the brand Jilted Royalty (BAD ASS!!)”

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LINK - ClaudiaDeSabe.com

As we all know things that begin on Facebook can lead almost anywhere and its the perfect way to ‘network’ which is obviously the only reason I use it!

It was on Facebook that a little gem appeared in my inbox in the form of Sam Travis
……..and so the shooting began!

Sam is quite young and hasn’t been shooting for long but as you can see has great potential and is definitely gonna go far!

Checkout his website and get in contact with him if you need a photographer in the Birmingham area.

LINK - Sam Travis Photography

Was in Manchester lastweek shooting Video for Murkage.

Today received final cut of the vid from the lads.
(Respect to PingPong rockin the Readers Crew)

LINK - Murkage

Interview I did couple months ago.

Thursday shot with the legend that is Tom Barnes!

Spent the day in his new studio workin on a few different shots we had in mind

………We got em all!

One of the most productive days shooting iv ever done! (And had a laugh!)

Respect mate!

….Shots from the day up in about a week!

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Check him out – Tom Barnes Photography

In Manchester today shooting music vid ‘Paperweight‘ for the Murkage boyz.

It dont look like i had to do alot but between me and you i dont think they could of done it with out my valid input!

The final vid will be released in a few weeks so you can all see my amazing acting skills then!

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Links =

- Paperweight, Tune

- Murkage, website

Last week got chance to have a 3 day break in Italy when I got invited to shoot with Stefano Giacomini.

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Stefano and his lovely wife Silvia

Jean out n about as always!

On route to the shoot on taxi boat

Fuck Sake, no matter where you go their never far away are they!

Taxi boat took us 20mins out into the middle of Venice

Just 1 cornetto….

Shoot was in a 1500 year old Palace! AMAZING!

A.D tryina rock my speckz at dinner!

Had an amazing 3days!
A special thank you to our 2 hosts!

….Been invited back again to shoot in a months time, CANT WAIT!

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Pic’s from the shoot will be up soon just keep an eye on the blog!

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LINK – Stefano Giacomini Photography

This Sunday March 6th Example ripped up Birmingham’s 02 academy,
this was also the 1st night people learned of
Example’s affiliation with Jilted
and where better to announce it
than on home soil!

….Now its out there and now you know!
Expect to be seeing a lot more of him reppin Jilted!

NEWEST MEMBER OF THE FAMILY ….ONE LOVE!

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(PHOTOGRAPHER LINK - Jordan Hughes)