About

INTRO

Dizzyland is a tattoo studio concept created by cartoon designer, illustrator and upcoming, self-taught tattooist, Otee "Bandog" Thomas. He focuses on New School techniques with an Old Skool flavour. 

This tattoo style isn't aimed to be for everyone. It's for the freaks , the weirdos , the odd and the bizarre but most importantly, it's to let you know that it's ok to be different. 

He creates and designs original cartoon character tattoos or twists ideas from your favourite cartoon characters or comic books. Re-live your youth with classic characters from your decade or have him design, illustrate and tattoo a cartoon character completely from scratch. The imagination is endless.

He does NOT do generic commercial tattoos, realism or geometric styles.

 

WHAT ELSE...

Dizzyland focuses entirely on custom or original cartoon/comic character style tattoo designs, hand illustrated and freestyled, that represent the more weird and wacky side of watered down commercial cartoons. Our rubber-hose style presents a more adult, twisted and bizarre take on your modern day Disney work, by looking back at creations as early the 1920s where cartooning was much more trippy and politically incorrect, and of course, all created by hand and stop motion.

Expect bold, irregular lining work and plenty of coloured ink, in a world where pink elephants play saxophones, panda's rock knuckle dusters and little blue beavers threaten bullies with shotguns. 

WORD FROM OTEE...

" I'm not a fan of entirely digitally created artwork or "print & trace" artists. I've always been fascinated and inspired by the early work of traditional illustrators such as Max Fleischer and Ubi Iwerks. ( who was actually the original creator of Mickey Mouse) and artists who are naturally gifted with a pencil and paper. I remember looking through vintage books and watching VHS tapes of the weirdest short cartoon films and from a very young age, started creating and drawing my own crazy cartoon designs and characters."

I also passed on an opportunity to apply as an intern for Walt Disney Studios when I was about 13 which is something I always regretted.

Now with my journey into tattooing, I aim to push my style into the industry and be recognised as one of the best in my style over the next 5 years and grow Dizzyland Studios into a name that the tattoo world doesn't forget."

Otee (Bandog)

Welcome to the weird & wonderful world of Dizzyland.