Mister Cartoon (Tattoo and low rider legend)

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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Mr Cartoon is one of the most famous tattoo artists to ever put ink to skin. His artistic journey began in graffiti before moving to airbrushing clothes and low rider cars. He's got a line of Turtle Wax car care, designed wheels, and has an amazing garage of his own. We talk about the history of low riders; how hydraulics work; the legality of them; how he got into cars; wild builds over the years; the hardest form of art; whether a celebrity makes him nervous; the hardest body part to tattoo; and so much more. Stars such as Eminem, Travis Barker, Slash, Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, along with athletes like CC Sabathia, Kobe Bryant, Lewis Hamilton, and Carlos Boozer wear Cartoon’s art on their skin. Cartoon’s art has been featured in numerous publications including Rolling Stone, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Complex, Juxtapoze, XXL, GQ, and he's had art showing in London, Paris, Tokyo, and his hometown of Los Angeles. Recorded April 24, 2024 https://www.instagram.com/misterctoons/ https://www.mistercartoon.com/ https://www.turtlewax.com/collections/turtle-wax-x-mister-cartoon Head to https://www.factormeals.com/tire50 and use code tire50 to get 50% off your first month plus 20% off your next month. That’s code tire50 at https://www.factormeals.com/tire50 to get 50% off your first box plus 20% off your next box while your subscription is active! AutoTempest has all the cars. One search. Head to https://www.Autotempest.com/tire now so they know we sent you. That is https://www.Autotempest.com/tire and start searching for your next car. Use Off The Record! and ALWAYS fight your tickets! Enter code TSTPOD for a 10% discount on your first case on the Off The Record app, or go to https://www.offtherecord.com/TST Want your question answered? Want to watch the live stream, get ad-free podcasts, or exclusive podcasts? Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesmokingtirepodcast Tweet at us! https://www.Twitter.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Twitter.com/zackklapman Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/thesmokingtire https://www.Instagram.com/therealzackklapman

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0:00.0	Instagram is evil and it's also motivating a lot of young people to get into it and so it's a double-edged sword
0:08.0	they would maybe never even see striping done or know that it's done with the striping sword and its free hand unless they
0:16.1	seen someone doing it on the gram or on Tik-Toc.
0:19.6	All right folks on this episode of the podcast very special guests live in studio it's Mr
0:25.4	Cartoon you may know him as one of the most famous tattoo artists on the planet
0:31.1	here in Los Angeles he's also known for his other on the low riders. He is almost a historian of the style of car building. He knows a ton about
0:49.1	them and all the people that have really made them what they are and he's got a bunch of his own he took me for a ride in his legendary low rider penny lane
0:58.8	and uh... we're talking about low riding we're talking about tattoos plus he's got a new line of car care products with his name on it
1:06.0	talking about all that stuff with Mr. Cartoon
1:09.0	on this episode of the smoking tire podcast.
1:12.0	Let's go
1:14.0	This is a cool opportunity. Thank you for making the time for us. Oh yeah. I really appreciate it
1:19.0	You know Victor speaks so highly and you know had to come see this place.
1:23.4	Oh yeah, Victor's a boss.
1:25.1	It's well, you know, unites everyone together man, paint, motors, you know.
1:29.2	Yeah.
1:29.8	Four wheels moving.
1:32.0	Yeah. You know, I've had different cars, you know, from but mainly more like luxury ones I guess classes. Uh-huh. I like E63 so like that type of stuff, you know, we love that too like my son's got a little three series and it's carbon fibered and lower
1:47.0	Uh-huh
1:48.0	for his generation you know he likes all the old school shit but you know the daily it's fun to do well when you when you first
1:56.2	got into cars were there people older than you during doing low riders or it's
2:00.9	mostly it's like it's kind of folks your age and a little bit older right there were
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