DETH OR  DONALD EDWARD TALBOT HARDY  IS THE QUINTESSENTIAL OLD SCHOOL ARTIST. I LOVE HIS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIFFTIES STYLE. HE DISCRIBES HOW ART IS EMERGING IN THE FIFTHIES TIME PERIOD AND AS A TEENAGER BEING HEAVY INFLUENCE BY IT. ED HARDY IS SURPRISINGLY A CLASSICLY TRAINED ARTIST AND IS VERY KNOWAGLEABLE DUDE EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKS LIKES EVERYONES GRANDPA. OF COURSE THEY TALK ABOUT THE EMERGING OF TATTOOS IN AMERICA AND OTHERS LIKE SAILOR JERRY AND HOW HE MET HIS WIFE. JUST A GOOD DOCUMENTARY ON A COMING OF AGE AND A COMING OF ART. HE MENTIONS THAT HE TRIES TO GET BACK INTO PAINTING BUT ALWAYS LABEL AS A TATTOO ARTIST. HARDY ART WORK IS CLASSIC BUT YOU CAN GET DESENSITIZE TO SEEING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. HE DIDN’T LEARN THE LESSON OF BEING OVEREXPOSED, HE SHOULD OF REALIZE THAT WHEN COMPANIES MADE ED HARDY CAR AIR FRESHNERS. IT WAS A NO THRILLS RIDE AND ENDS THE SAME WAY.

FOR SOME REASON SOMERWHERE ALONG ED HARDY COMMERCIALIZATION THERE IS KINDA OF A BACKLASH ON HIS CLOTHING LINE. MAYBE BECAUSE A BUNCH OF DUCHIES ALL DECIDE TO START WEARING HIS CLOTHES. HATE THE BRAND BUT LOVE  THE MAN HE HIS DEFINETLY A COOL KAT