Here’s some fancy skeleton hands representin’.

Tattoo by Dan Smith at High Voltage Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA

You’ve read our previous posts about Dan Smith’s straight edge book, With the Light of Truth, but you’ve never seen this video.

If you’re not familiar with the book, read more about it here and buy yourself a copy of it here.

It’s been a while since we’ve brought you something new from Dan Smith, so I’m glad we’re breaking the fast with this independent (and well-shot) mini-documentary. Enjoy!

I feel like this tattoo should’ve been posted yesterday along with all the other “lettering” tattoos… but something tells me the first thing you’ll be staring at with this tattoo isn’t the lettering. (Or is it?)

Tattoo by Dan Smith at High Voltage Tattoo in Los Angeles, CA

You may have missed the first three Quick and Painful dates, but you can stil make the last one (assuming you live near Miami, Florida.) The event takes at Art Basel on December 3rd.

In case you forgot, let me tell you a little bit about this unique exhibit:

Quick & Painful is a traveling exhibition produced by Hope Gallery, one of the most prestigious tattoo art galleries, that features the work of more than 15 important artists and designers with backgrounds in fine art, graffiti, and illustration in a unique exhibition for one night only. During the exhibition fans are able to pick their favorite designs right off the wall and get them tattooed right on the spot for only $40 by World renowned tattoo artists like Joe Capobianco, Eric Merrill, Julio Rodriguez, Jime Litwalk, Dan Smith, Jesse Smith, and more.

Quick & Painful features today’s most elite low brow artists doing original Tattoo Flash. Among the artists and designers that will be presenting Flash Prints for the exhibition are Alex Pardee, Amanda Visell, Brandt Peters, Camilla D’Errico, David Horvath, Devilrobots, Frank Kozik, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Huck Gee, Joe Ledbetter, Junko Mizuno, Kathie Olivas, Pete Fowler, Ron English, Sam Flores, Shawnimals, TADO, Tara McPherson, and Tokidoki co-founder and Creative Director Simone Legno.