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

[BRANDON BOND]

-By Brandon Bond, CEO of ALL OR NOTHING INC, A.N.T.I. ART ELITE, and Stranglehold Publications

When I created All or Nothing Tattoo Studio I knew it was going to 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. Which is an extremely complicated collision of two opposing forces. An impending existentialist crisis, combining everything I had ever learned in the 50 or so shops I had previously worked in. I had learned some of what to do and what not to do and the rest I just made up as we went along. We have been through what feels like 40 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 of this work has been finding the "right" people involved. I spent most of my career depending on myself alone. 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 70 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 organizations 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 back seat to seeing my crew grow and learn and succeed. Seeing them build lives, and relationships and have babies, and 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, 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, 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 that makes 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 thier fancey tattoos, and tell everyone who will listen about our shop and why its 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 raman noodles and drinking warm beer, so it is you guys that deserve the credit. We did this together and we have exploded into something bigger than anyone would have ever anticipated. We have blown everyones mind and regardless of what anyone says, we have made a huge impact on the industry and the artform, 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 cant 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.
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Brandon Bond

CEO/ALL OR NOTHING INC.

CEO/Stranglehold Publishing

2569 South Cobb Dr. Suite A

Smyrna, GA 30080

(770) 435-9966
www.allornothingtattoo.com
www.atlantatattootv.com
www.tattooingatlanta.com
www.antiartelite.com
www.antiartatlanta.com
www.brandonbond.com
www.strangleholdmerch.com
www.davemftedder.com
www.imyourenemy.com
www.seanherman.com
www.albierock.com
www.mjdunlap.com
www.chrisvennekamp.com
www.bucktoothtimmy.com
www.joshwoodsart.com
www.tattooingtheworld.com
www.antiartelite.net
www.myspace.com/brandonbond
www.myspace.com/atlantaart
www.myspace.com/antiartaon
www.myspace.com/strangleholdmerch
www.myspace.com/aonteam
www.h20cean.com

[BRANDON BOND]

ps the book is amazing!!! waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better than the first one - availible to everyone as a childrens coloring book and sketchbook mid july - same as the seminar

[parabellum]

Damn...that was a very eloquent and thoughtful post. I try to tell people why AON is a FAMILY not just a business...and what you wrote is exactly why.

I am *definitely* getting this book when it comes out.

i felt it as soon as i got down there

[BRANDON BOND]

hey dave dont forget to watch the previews for the seminar finally huh? - its been out for three weeks tardo - and your mentioned and featured in the movie quite a bit yo!

[BRANDON BOND]

that rhymed huh?

[davetedder]

that is an incredible foreward, our entire family works together like a well oiled firearm, and just like that firearm, without the the unseen, internal parts we could not explode. thank you all, you know who you are.

here's the afterword i wrote...


Here we are again, with volume two of what I’m sure will become a never ending string of All or Nothing Sketchbooks. It really is amazing how quickly these images pile up around the shop. This time around we have some new talent in the shop, and have had a quite a run of skilled guest artists come through the studio and I think it shows in the quality of the previous pages. The best thing about working with such a diverse crew is the constant interaction with each other, and the flow of ideas being passed back and forth both vocally, and visually on paper. It’s a common site inside the walls of All or Nothing, to see artists passing a sketchbook back and forth, and a lot of the art inside this book is the result. Working with another artist on a design can be one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences ever. I’ve learned so much in the 3 that I’ve been here, and I definitely believe that is the effect caused by working with some of the most talented artists in your field.

On the roster this year, you’ve just viewed collections of sketches and line drawings from a whole crew of bad ass artists. Including but not limited to Brandon Bond, Joe Waulken, Sean Herman, Chris Vennekamp, Bryan Renolds, Tim Orth, Tim Mcgrath, Tim Victim, Josh woods, Jeff Paetzold, Richard Queke, Anthony Orsatti, and of course, myself. All of us have worked very hard, in one way or another, to get to where we are, and we’re extremely excited to be able to present them to you in the form of this sketchbook. I hope you have as much fun referencing it, as we had making it.

We respectfully request that you do not reproduce these images exactly; as they are our clients tattoos, cutom, and personal. The idea is reference for the artist, or a coloring book for kids if you get down like that. The other purpose is for the clients of the universe. Tattoo enthusiasts around the globe can benefit form these inspiring concepts and work with their artists to produce another level of art. Many of these images can be viewed in their completion on the majority of our websites. We invite you to compare the end of the process with the beginning, and enjoy these pieces as much as we do.

Dave MF Tedder

[BRANDON BOND]

thats awesome - but you should add "years" after the numba 3 and spell check that biotch mang - theres a few rough spots!

but yeah we both reminded folks to stop straight up copying huh??? great minds think alike.

xoxoxoxoxo dmft xoxoxoxox = BB

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

[reedboy]

you fellers spell real nice......

[cieutat]

Man i can't wait till the sketchbook and seminar dvd come out....I will be one the first in line for it....


Dave i need to get up with you on scheduling a guest spot.....