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pick up a machine and some needles and think that ’ s what it is , and everyone is doing portraits now . It ’ s easy to do a Freddy portrait because we know what he looks like . Even if it ’ s done wrong , it ’ s Freddie , but hand that person a kids ’ portrait and see what happens because our brains aren ’ t conditioned to see that . I just want these new guys to give respect to the older guys . Portraits aren ’ t just picking up a photo and study it and mimic that . There ’ s more to it . I have so many guys come to me and say “ Yo , Poch , how do you get your colors like that ?” I say “ you know color theory ?” How are you doing color realism if you don ’ t understand color theory ? In my seminar those are the things I ’ m gonna talk about . This isn ’ t a race to see who can do a portrait in 4 hours . It ’ s not something to brag about . It takes time to plan everything .
I ’ ve seen Bob Tyrrell spend 4 hours on just the drawing ! Fuck yea , Fuck yea ! I saw him recently at Sullen spend 11 hours on a Frankenstein . The size of a baseball ! You have to give respect where respect is due . Give respect where respect is due . People talk shit about a lot of artists , take Kat Von D . I don ’ t hate her dude . She capitalized on what she did , she moved on and she banked !
Funny , I ’ ve been bringing her up a lot lately with the younger female artists . People do talk a lot of shit about her and I don ’ t care if she isn ’ t easy to get along with , she ’ s the reason they ’ re on TV . You have to give her credit ! She ’ s a businesswoman . You have to know your history . I met Mark Mahoney and I shook his hand and told him he was a big inspiration , and thanked him for all he did for the industry , and this young kid came by and pushed his hand out of the way and walked into the hotel . I had to catch myself . I pulled him aside and said listen , the shit that you do is because of him . Show him some respect .

pick up a machine and some needles and think that ’ s what it is , and everyone is doing portraits now . It ’ s easy to do a Freddy portrait because we know what he looks like . Even if it ’ s done wrong , it ’ s Freddie , but hand that person a kids ’ portrait and see what happens because our brains aren ’ t conditioned to see that . I just want these new guys to give respect to the older guys . Portraits aren ’ t just picking up a photo and study it and mimic that . There ’ s more to it . I have so many guys come to me and say “ Yo , Poch , how do you get your colors like that ?” I say “ you know color theory ?” How are you doing color realism if you don ’ t understand color theory ? In my seminar those are the things I ’ m gonna talk about . This isn ’ t a race to see who can do a portrait in 4 hours . It ’ s not something to brag about . It takes time to plan everything .

I ’ ve seen Bob Tyrrell spend 4 hours on just the drawing ! Fuck yea , Fuck yea ! I saw him recently at Sullen spend 11 hours on a Frankenstein . The size of a baseball ! You have to give respect where respect is due . Give respect where respect is due . People talk shit about a lot of artists , take Kat Von D . I don ’ t hate her dude . She capitalized on what she did , she moved on and she banked !

Funny , I ’ ve been bringing her up a lot lately with the younger female artists . People do talk a lot of shit about her and I don ’ t care if she isn ’ t easy to get along with , she ’ s the reason they ’ re on TV . You have to give her credit ! She ’ s a businesswoman . You have to know your history . I met Mark Mahoney and I shook his hand and told him he was a big inspiration , and thanked him for all he did for the industry , and this young kid came by and pushed his hand out of the way and walked into the hotel . I had to catch myself . I pulled him aside and said listen , the shit that you do is because of him . Show him some respect .

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