Opie Ortiz
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Opie Ortiz is an artist specializing in tattoos, pop art and murals. Ortiz is most well known for his art featured on Sublime album covers. Murals painted by Ortiz can be found in and around Long Beach as well as Sunset Beach, which is the location of American Beauty Tattoo Parlor, [1] which Opie owns. Ortiz was also responsible for the "Sublime" tattoo across Bradley Nowell's upper back, which appeared on the multi-platinum self titled album Sublime, along with the flower art covering the front of the CD. He also created the burning sun on the cover of 40 Oz to Freedom. Ortiz has also been a member of the bands Long Beach Dub Allstars and Dubcat.
