2017. ././ . Its been a seriously long year, its been a seriously tough year and I’m only just reaching the end of the the beginning…
There has been a massive shift and change of course in my art work. The past four years have seen a long and slow decrease in the out put of Original Artworks and a sharp increase in the output of Drawings and Tattoo designs. it has been a conscious effort to pursue a career that allows me to create everyday, change peoples lives and develop as an Artist. I am on the cusp of achieving this goal and becoming a licensed Tattoo Artist, But that’s not the end of the journey it is in fact only the beginning of a new field to explore.
While Painting will always remain a true love of mine, Drawing, Design and Tattooing will be at the forefront of my output now, which has over the past few years given me completely new ideas to explore, New challenges to overcome and new skills to master.. ././. The body too is an canvas and one i cannot wait to start making my mark on. . /././/. . Let 2018 be the year for Ink. ./ /. Black Ink. ./ .
A Selection of Designs from 2017. ./. Black Ink Only. ./ Black Book
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Daruma Happy New Year 2018
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Noh Masks
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Nishigikoi
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Ram
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Totoro
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Chihiro and Haku
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Swallows
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Pigeon
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Moths
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Noh and Peony’s
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Skull
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Pagoda
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Carp
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No Face
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Black Carp
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Oiwa
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Catbus
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Neko
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Noh
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Narwhal
January 2, 2018 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: 2018, abstract, Abstract tattoo design, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, black, Black Ink, Brighton, Cat bus, chihiro and haku, Crysanthemums, Culture of Japan, Daruma, death moth, drawing, evolution, freelance tattoo design, Glitch, Glitch Art, glitch tattoo, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, japanese koi, Japanese tattoo design, koi, life, love, Narwhal, Neko, New, news, Nishigikoi, No face, Noh, Noh masks, Oiwa, Pagoda, Peony, Ram, skull, skulls, studio ghibli, Swallows, Tattoo, tattoo art, Tattooist, Totoro | Leave a comment
I have been so rubbish at posting absolutely anything for a good year now./../.I put it down to getting married. /. From the bottom of my now full heart i’m so very sorry. . //.
March 30, 2015 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: Acrylic, anatomical, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, blood, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, death, drawing, fragments, Glitch, Glitch Art, heart, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, love, marriage, Tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design | Leave a comment
Since i exchanged the brush for the pen my work has changed so dramatically, while it still holds the hallmarks of my fine art, it has grown into a completely different monster. . /./.
‘Courtesan /./. GLitch’
January 19, 2015 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, courtesan, drawing, evolution, expression, Fine Art, Geisha, Glitch, glitch tattoo, gltich, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, kimono, New, Paint, Painting, portrait, posca pens, Tattoo, tattoo design, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, woman | Leave a comment
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January 18, 2015 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, crane, Culture of Japan, design, drawing, expression, girl, Glitch, Glitch Art, glitched, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japnese art, origami, paper crane, paper cranes, portrait, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Its finished! The biggest drawing i’ve done in a while and the first finished piece of 2015.. . /. . I give you a pirate themed sleeve with a slightly more modern take on it. I’ve mixed up the order and scale of the main themes, where in most sleeve the ship takes center stage, I’ve given credence to the octopus and compass and added a huge abstract paint smear which blends into the waves instead of filling exclusively with flowers and treasure.. ././. .I am very pleased with how its turned out. /
Pirate sleeve Commission ../ .Black ink and Blue Posca on Card
75cm x 30 cm
Below.. Close-ups.
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The Ship./ .
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The Girl. . /./ .
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The Compass./.
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The Anchor. ../.
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The Octopus../ .
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The Treasure. . .
January 7, 2015 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Black Ink, black roses, boat, Brighton, compass, coral, drawing, freelance tattoo design, full sleeve design, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, New, octopus, pin up girl, pirate, pirate pin up, pirate ship, pirate sleeve, portrait, posca pens, roses, sailor, sails, sea, sea weed, Ship, Tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, traditional pirate sleeve, treasure, Visual Arts, waves | Leave a comment
Making progress on the pirate full sleeve design.. . /. /. Finished pictures to arrive tomorrow. . /
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Sails. . ./. .
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Compass. ./ .
January 5, 2015 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: anchor, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, black roses, drawing, human, Illustration, Ink, Jakob Belbin, New, octopus, pin up girl, pirate, pirate ship, portrait, sea, Ship, Sleeve tattoo, Tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, traditional pirate sleeve, Visual Arts, waves | Leave a comment
Taking the idea of GLITCHED koi further, by adding more fish and colors, water ripples and flying lotus flowers. /. ./.
Koi Fish GLITCH
Ink On Card.
January 4, 2015 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Brighton, drawing, Error, flowers, freelance tattoo design, Glitch, glitch tattoo, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, japanese koi, koi, koi fish, koi glitch, lotus, New, Prints, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Working on a new commission, a full length pirate sleeve, drawn to scale./. . ./ .
The brief was to include an octopus, a pirate ship, a compass and a pirate pin-up girl./ I decided to keep it quite traditional, so after a bit of research i also included treasure, black roses , an anchor and coral to fill up the gaps and tie the whole piece together./.
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Octopus Outline
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Penciled Outline../. Blue Smear
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Inking The Compass
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Inked Pin-up
After a days work i managed to get pretty much the full outline inked and the blue water/paint smear filled and tidied up./.
The rest of the piece is going to be shaded with black ink for a dark high contrast finish./
So far.. . .. /././
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Shaded Roses and Compass
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Compass Close Up
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Ship Close Up/ Crashing Waves
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Pin Up Close Up
January 3, 2015 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Black Ink, black roses, compass, coral, drawing, freelance tattoo design, full sleeve, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, New, octopus, pin up girl, pirate, pirate ship, skulls, Tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, traditional pirate sleeve, treasure, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Shogan Glitch Tattoo Design.. . /./../. Black ink and Posca on card. /
December 29, 2014 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: Acrylic, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, drawing, Glitch, glitch tattoo, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, Samurai, shogan, Sword, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
The finished product. . ./../ The newest piece of fine art i have created for quite some time./ (i’ve been busy designing tattoos) and for those veteran followers it will come as a surprise that it is in fact a celebration of Christmas. ./. I’m clearly softening up.
‘A Christmas Carol’
Black and Red Ink on Distressed Paper
A3
20/11/2014
This is now available in limited edition print and can be posted in time for xmas.. .//.. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141481091823?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649./.. Alternatively you can contact me privately and order personally (jbelbin@live.co.uk)
All prints will be hand numbered and signed and delivered tied with ribbon for just £20.
Not forgetting those not so friendly with Christmas http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141457845819?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
November 22, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: a christmas carol, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, candy cane, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, christmas drawing, cracker, drawing, EBay, explosion drawing, Facebook, father christmas, festive, ginger bread men, holy, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, mince pies, muppet christmas carol, New, nutcracker, penguin, portrait, presents, Prints, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, reindeer, santa, Seasons Beatings, Snow, snow flakes, snow globe, snow man, stocking, street art, toys, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, xmas | Leave a comment
It’s been a hell of a while since i was working on a new explosion../../ But here it is kids.. /. Ready in time for Christmas, A new limited edition Christmas Explosion Drawing. . /.//.
Through the stages so far.. /.
Black Ink on Distressed Paper
November 5, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, candy cane, Christmas, christmas crackers, christmas drawing, christmas presents, drawing, explosion drawing, Illustration, Ink, Jakob Belbin, life, love, mince pies, muppet christmas carol, New, news, nut cracker, Painting, pen, penguins, presents, Prints, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, Snow, snow flakes, snow globe, stockings, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, wooden toys, wreath | Leave a comment
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Expanding on the ideas of bringing classic Japanese tattoo bang up to date/.. Glitt—-chE/D KOI F¦¦¦s+.. /.
October 23, 2014 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Culture of Japan, design, Error, evolution, expression, Fish, freelance, freelance tattoo design, Glitch, Glitch Art, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese tattoo, koi, koi glitch, New, Tattoo, urban, urban art, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
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October 18, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, drawing, flash tattoo, geiko, Geisha, geisha girl, Glitch, Glitch Art, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, Japanese tattoo design, meiko, New, orchid, portrait, Posca, Tattoo, tattoo art, tattoo design, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Noh Mask Glitch Tattoo Design.. ./. A3 Ink on Card
October 14, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bespoke designs, Cherry Blossom, chrysanthemum, crane, drawing, flash tattoo, Glitch Art, gltich, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, New, noh mask, origami, portrait, Prints, sakura, tattoo design, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Free art drops today in Brighton.. . …/./.
October 13, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Brighton, city, cold, death, expression, Free Art, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, news, news papers, Paint, Painting, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, Sad, street art, suffering, town, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
A recent commission for a good bunch of guys, The guys in question are a local Punk band called Primeval Soup, who as well as preaching against wrong doings in the world and standing up for what they believe in they actually fight it.. ./. Raising money for charity, hunt sabotaging and boycotting . ../. This art work is designed to couple with a track focusing on animal rights, and whilst i am a vegetarian myself i’ve never had the guts to take it as far as these guys.. ./ . More to come. /.
October 13, 2014 | Categories: Illustration | Tags: Animal, animal rights, animal testing, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, badger, band, birds, Brighton, Cat, Chicken, death, deer, destruction, dog, drawing, England, expression, farm, ferett, hedgehog, horse, human, hunt sabbotage, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, life, mouse, music, New, news, owl, pig, primeval soup, Prints, protest, punk, rabbit, squirrel, street art, suffering, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, vegetarian, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
September 20, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, drawing, Error, evolution, Glitch, Glitch Art, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, New, Prints, swan, Tattoo, tattoo design, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
The more i practice for the art of Tattoo the more my half finished ideas of art and expression slip away, today i sought to rekindle one such project, changing the pen for the brush to take on an old adversary
In 2012 i started a series entitled ‘Life In Little Pieces’.
The idea was to create a wall of 12 ‘saints’ all of which have had their place in my life past and future. essentially they are all self portraits /. They would be exhibited in a row, like the imposing art in a christian church, but take on a more gothic and self reflecting tone. Rather than these idols that celebrate the idea of virtue and sacrifice i wanted to focus on the parts of humanity which we might not want to fully admit, misdeed, alienation, heartbreak and ultimately, mortality.
Today’s two new additions means that there is only one more step to complete this long forgotten project././ The hardest step ‘Passing The Seed’./.
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Fig. I Allergies
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Fig. IX Self Control
July 6, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, christian art, church, death, evolution, Exhibition, expression, Fig., Figurative, Figurative study, Gothic, heart break, human, human condition, Humanity, Idols, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, life, Life In Little Pieces, loss, love, Mortality, New, news, old, pain, Paint, Painting, portrait, project, Reclaimed, recycling, Saints, skull, street art, suffering, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
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Birds
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Butterflies
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Dragon vs Samurai
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Flowers
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Koi
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Kokeshi
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Nautical
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Noh Masks
Here are some of my most recent work sheets for tattoo design. . . ./././. As you can see it is heavily slanted towards Japanese themes of design.
I do take commissions and can be contacted via email or facebook../. jbelbin@live.co.uk facebook.com/jakobbelbin
June 20, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: anchor, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Butterflies, butterfly, Cherry Blossom, chrysanthemum, compass, Crab, dandelion, doll, dragon, drawing, Facebook, feathers, Fish, flowers, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, kabuki, kabuki theater, koi, kokeshi, lotus flower, mermaid, nautical, New, news, noh mask, omiyagi, orchid, pettals, pipe, portrait, Prints, Samurai, shells, Swallow, Tattoo, tattoo design, tattoo flash sheets, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
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June 20, 2014 | Categories: Tattoo | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, chest piece, crow, crucifix, custom drawings, death, demon, Devil, drawing, feathers, Flying, hands, Illustration, Ink, ink drawing, Jakob Belbin, jin, New, portrait, Prints, raven, release, rosary beads, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
‘Dragon vs Samurai’
Black Ink on Paper
June 6, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: amour, Cherry Blossom, Cherry Blossom tattoo, dragon, drawing, Flower, freelance tattoo design, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, Japanese tattoo design, portfolio, Red Dragon, Samurai, smoke, Sword, Tattoo, tattoo design, tattoo portfolio, Visual Arts, Water | Leave a comment
This is a new chest piece I’m working on..It’s done to scale using black ink and posca pens //. There’s gonna be a lot more tattoo designs coming this way over the next week or so. . / . Its nice to be sat back at a desk drawing in comfort. /. 🙂
Still loads more colouring to do for the background/. But you get the idea
June 1, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: birds, black bird, chest piece, crows, death, demon, drawing, freelance tattoo design, hands, human, Illustration, ink drawing, Jakob Belbin, New, raven, Religion and Spirituality, religious tattoo, rosary beads, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
A little while back a was commissioned to design a half sleeve of Alien Vs Predator../ . I never posted photos here so ./. here they are
Black ink on paper. /.
Below are stages in the drawing process. /
May 31, 2014 | Categories: Illustration, Tattoo | Tags: 1980's, alien, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, death, drawing, face higgers, human, Illustration, Ink, Jakob Belbin, predator, sci fi, skull, Sleeve tattoo, Tattoo, tattoo design, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Couple of new bits im working on as i dont have a camera to take photos of paintings .. / / /./.
April 26, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, crow, Digital art, Error, evolution, expression, Glitch, Glitch Art, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, New, pixels, portrait, Prints, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Pirate sleeve Commission ../ .Black ink and Blue Posca on Card
Koi Fish GLITCH
Jakobbelbin Tattoo Artist 