You know, it figures that the post right after I talked about how impressed I was with my success in finding the groups behind stickers is one that I can't find. I probably just jinxed myself with that previous post if we're honest. Granted I may not have given myself enough time to research it before attempting to write about it. I didn't have this image ready to post until late last night and then I didn't start looking into it until about 9. True, I really haven't been posting until late at night any way but I do try to at least have a rough idea of what I'm looking at before it gets too late into the evening. It was just one of those nights where you just can't help but doze off for a bit.
It also doesn't help that this sticker is as vague as it is. I'll admit that I kind of thought it would come up pretty easily but spelling atomic with a k is a pretty common thing in the end. There's a company named Atomik that designs the different grips and holds that you find on indoor climbing walls. Then there is Atomik RC which apparently makes a battery of some kind. I also found a brand of bicycles and a special kind of weed that use Atomik as part of their name. And searching for Atomik skull just brings up the DC villain from the Superman comics. Now I rather doubt any of these finds actually pertains to this sticker, since they each have a fairly distinct logo or image that are in no way similar to this, but I thought it was an interesting collection of items and felt it was worth sharing. This is also only the first page of results, there are so many things that use Atomik that I could probably spend days clicking on links without finding anything. The closest things I found that could be pertinent to tonight's sticker were a graffiti artist and a rapper. Atomik, the graffiti artist, is originally from Miami and seems to specialize in using spray paint to create his work. However looking through the collection on his website, I really only see his orange and tag which makes me doubt that he's behind this. His orange certainly an interesting image but doesn't really seem to be in the same vein as the skull. But then again you never know, I've been mistaken before because of an artist's varied style. My other possible option is a man who goes by the name Pittsburgh AtomiK. He looks to be a local hip-hop artist and mix engineer but I can't really tell how active he is in the music industry. He has a couple of videos of his own on Youtube but they're from 7 years ago. There is also a separate Youtube channel and twitter account for him that give the impression he is now more focused on producing others. If I had to guess, I would lean more towards Pittsburgh AtomiK as the individual behind the sticker. I may be generalizing things but this seems like an image that could fit into the hip-hop world, at least more so than any of the other things I found tonight. But looking over his various social media platforms I again have to doubt this thought process. Doesn't really feel like this kind of image would be his schtick in the end. So I guess for now this image remains a mystery.
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