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

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
Today i took a walk along Brighton beach with a bag of heads.. ././. . ../. Though i felt a bit bad for leaving them there, i didnt think they’d last long and at the very least they’d be returned to a natural origin.. / ./. So my conscience wasn’t too heavy i left with a couple of buckets of beach rubbish, leaving the beach better than i found it.,. . ..// .
These slate paintings were painted over two years ago, from a series of photographs i took at a small intimate gig at the Bargate Monument in Southampton. The head in question was that of Franz Nicolay.. . /. Good bye Nicolay. /.
October 26, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bargate, beach, beach combing, Brighton, brighton beach, city, Exhibition, Franz Nicolay, Free Art, head, human, Jakob Belbin, Paint, Painting, portrait, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, rubbish, Slate, Southampton, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | 2 Comments
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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
Chest infections can be brutal. . . ./. Thats why I’ve made these images so brutal.
When I’m ill the biggest pain is not being able to work, draw or paint. . //.
October 11, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bed bound, bed ridden, bile, chest, chest infection, cold, cough, expression, illness, Jakob Belbin, life, New, pain, phlegm, portrait, scan, scanning, sneeze, snot, suffering, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, virus, Visual Arts, work | Leave a comment

Nine Tattoo studio in Brighton were gracious enough to place my birds center stage.. /. Not to mention the amazing work that goes on here. / //. /
September 26, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Tattoo | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Brighton, Exhibition, expression, Jakob Belbin, New, Nine Studio, Paint, Painting, pigeon, portrait, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, tattoo art, tattoo studio, town, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Brighton 2014 Free Art Exhibition

You may remember, if you are a regular follower, the 100 pigeons exhibited in my last show ‘Pecking At The Sidelines’
Last week i set them free in Brighton, sadly but consciously in their most inhabited environment, The window ledges of empty buildings.. . ./.
They lasted two days. .. ./. I hope they are loved. . /.
Acrylic on reclaimed plywood.
September 15, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Brighton, city, Exhibition, expression, Free Art, Jakob Belbin, life, love, Love birds, New, news, Paint, Painting, pecking at the sidelines, pigeon, portrait, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, town, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, window | 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
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
For the show fragments i put together a series of prints././ The ideas follow on from my “Virus” series where i became obsessed by pixelated images. I followed on with the same concept of fusing pixels with organic objects, this time using animals as my ‘host’. These images were created using computer manipulated ink drawings./ ./.
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Killer Weight (Turquoise)
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Killer Weight (Rust)
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Bird Brains (Stone)
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Bird Brains (Orange)
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Bird Brains (Turquoise)
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Bird Brains (Pink)
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Sucker (Stone)
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Sucker (Blue)
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Woodlousey (Turquoise)
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Woodlousey (Stone)
April 5, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Illustration | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Black Ink, computer, Computer manipulation, drawing, evolution, Exhibition, expression, Hand Drawing, human, Illustration, industrial, Infected, Infection, Jakob Belbin, killer whale, life, maniplulated, New, octopus, Organic, pixels, portrait, Prints, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, virus, Visual Arts, woodlouse | Leave a comment
Just some of the birds on display in ‘Pecking At The Sidelines’
April 3, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Uncategorized | Tags: art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Brighton, city, Exhibition, expression, Free Art, Jakob Belbin, love, New, Paint, Painting, pigeon, portrait, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
There’s been a few hitches and and a few spelling mistakes.. /. But Pecking At The Side Lines is up for a month. /./ 90 pigeons later./. and a whole bunch of new prints and paintings its definitely my most happy show to date./. Whats wrong with me. >?

Heres a few pictures around the show… / / Incl the wall of pigeons/
March 19, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Brighton, cafe gallery, city, destruction, doll, drawing, Exhibition, expression, Facebook, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, Japan, japanese, kokeshi, life, love, New, news, Paint, Painting, Painting Pottery Cafe, pecking at the sidelines, People, pigeon, portrait, Prints, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, suffering, town, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
And heres another. ./ ‘Kokeshi City’ Both pieces are being displayed at the Painting Pottery Cafe Gallery, Brighton until the 4th of April 2014. Both pieces are currently for sale. Message for further details./ ./
Apologies for the abysmal photos . /.
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Outlines
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Heads
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Heads II
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Base
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Faces and Hair
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Kimono
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FIN
Acrylic and posca on reclaimed canvas print.. / .
March 5, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Big City, Brighton, city, doll, drawing, Exhibition, expression, Facebook, Geisha, human, Illustration, industrial, Jakob Belbin, Japan, kokeshi, life, love, New, new york, Paint, Painting, Painting Pottery Cafe, portrait, Prints, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, sale, street art, town, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
I have a new show opening tomorrow at the lovely Painting Pottery Cafe Gallery, North Laine, Brighton. ./. ./
I quite excited for this show as it has a lot of new unseen pieces in and 100 original pigeons on display.. /./. Its set to be my most colorful show to date!
The show will run for a month../ . Private view TBC

March 3, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, Brighton, cafe gallery, city, Color, drawing, Exhibition, expression, Facebook, Free Art, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, life, love, New, north laine, Paint, Painting, Painting Pottery Cafe, pecking at the sidelines, pigeon, portrait, Prints, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
Something new in the studio../. Fabric pigeons ready to be sewn on to all manor of things/../ ./ Watch this space../ . and keep an eye on this shop, they’ll be available soon. . /. https://www.etsy.com/shop/Pigeonnest

February 26, 2014 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, coloaboration, Crafts, etsy, evolution, Jakob Belbin, life, love, Love birds, New, news, Paint, Painting, pigeon, pigeon party, pigeonnest, portrait, Prints, Shop, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
A new slate portrait commission just completed. . /. /
Three friends took an epic journey mountain biking and wanted to commemorate it with a Belbin portrait../ .

Hope you like it Anth. . / //.
February 25, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, adventure, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, bicycle, expression, friends, friendship, human, Illustration, Jakob Belbin, journey, life, Mountain biking, mountains, New, Paint, Painting, portrait, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, Slate, Sport, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts | Leave a comment
The weather has been particularly shit so far this Jan,,., So I’ve spent all day everyday indoors going mad making pigeons for a new show TBA .././. 86 so far.. /. ///. Here’s the process ./ (missing the sawing and sanding ./ who wants to see that)
The original piece of wood was in fact huge though././.
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Black Squares
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Black Squares
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Black Squares
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Outlines
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First Batch
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First Batch
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Second Batch
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Tower
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Final Count
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All Out
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All Out
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February 6, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, Bad weather, birds, Brighton, city, cold, Exhibition, expression, Free Art, Jakob Belbin, New, Paint, Painting, pigeon, portrait, rain, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, street art, urban art, urban expressionism, Visual Arts, weather | Leave a comment
So tomorrow it will be two weeks until valentines day/. /.
And in the spirit of things I’m going to get all soppy and offer buy one get one free on ‘Love birds’../. Choose your own colors and objects and i will paint the perfect matching partner for free.. /. /.
13 cm x 13 cm – £15 incl post
20 cm x 20 cm – £20 incl post
You can contact me directly via jbelbin@live.co.uk or you can order straight away via my shop/Â ./.
http://www.freewebstore.org/jakob-belbin-arts1/index.aspx?pageid=1056698
Here’s some of the ‘Love Birds’ Featured in my previous exhibition ‘FRAGMENTS’
January 31, 2014 | Categories: Fine Art, Uncategorized | Tags: Acrylic, art, Artist, Arts, Arts and Entertainment, birds, expression, Free Art, gift, human, Jakob Belbin, life, love, Love birds, New, Paint, Painting, Partner, pigeon, portrait, present, Reclaimed, recycle, recycling, romance, romantic, self representing artist, Shop, street art, urban, urban art, urban expressionism, Valentine's Day, valentines, Visual Arts | Leave a comment