Ollie's Coming Back to Edmonton

Ollie's coming back!!!!!

Making the long trip from Montreal, he'll be at the studio November 10-17.

To check out his portfolio and book an apt, visit his website at goodoldfashionedtattoos.com and email him directly at ollie@goodoldfashiontattoos.com.

I got tattooed by him last time he was in town. You should too. Don't miss the boat, book and appointment. Do it now.

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I haven't had the time or energy to edit tattoo pics from this week... oh well...

However, the snow is starting to fall on Lake Lousie!!!! Beyond excited....

Pictures from the Lake Louise Lowdown. Last season= crap. This season will be amazing. I will chase the snow where ever it falls...

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A word from the wise, if you're REALLY excited to take a photo of something, make sure your camera's batteries are charged...... like if you're about to finish a really cool deer tattoo...... yes, I finished Kim's deer, but didn't even get one photo.... lesson learned....

So how about a few iPhone photos. They're really neat too.

Here's one of me tattooing Teagan's mom.

And one of her Dad waiting patiently for us to be done.

A few days ago Teagan and I wanted to spend a bit of time with the beautiful fall trees. I had the day off so I went out to Elk Island Park to see if they had fire pits for hot dogs and marshmallows. They do.

Toy Camera is a great application. It's always fun to see what the end result will be.

Before leaving, I realized that for the last week or so I've been driving around with a quart of wood, and axe, and a shovel in the back of my car. This makes me very happy. Very happy...

I picked Teagan up from work and we went back out to Elk Island for fire and BBQ. Two visits to Elk Island in one day, THIS made me very happy... VERY happy...

It was just getting nice and dark when we were visited by a buffalo.

I don't think this is a photo of Teagan seeing the buffalo, but let's pretend...

He was big, really big, so we packed up and left him to graze, just in case. I wish I snapped a photo of him, but again, he was really big, and only a few feet away... besides, we're on his turf, not the other way around. I respect the buffalo and their right to graze in private.

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There's been quite a bit of drawin' going on at the old log cabin the last few weeks, and new drawings mean new tattoos.

I love doing big tattoos, but there's also something extremely satisfying about doing one-shots. Start to finish, the client gets a tattoo in on sitting, I get a photo at the end. Awesomeness. Like Phil Holt said ' "Custom" is not synonymous with "huge" ', I couldn't agree more.

Today my friend Noel wanted a teacher tattoo, so that's what he got. He's a teacher. He already has a traditional skull on his other ankle by my friend Jesse Dicey. He got it a few years ago at the shop I owned in Vancouver, Free Range Studio, so I was more than happy to compliment that tattoo with a apple skull, complete with No 2 pencils (like the kind you used on the PXJTs, NUMBER TWOOOOOOO).

Awesome.

A week or two ago, Teagan's parents were in town for a short visit. Her Mom wanted to get her first tattoo. No problem.

Pretty sweet first tattoo. Start to finish none the less. Nice work Mom.

Both are photos of fresh tattoos, so please excuse the glare from the flash. Can't wait to get healed photos!

Tomorrow I get to finish Kim's deer. Super excited, can't wait.....

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Last week I was lucky enough to be invited out to Deadly Tattoos Inc. in Calgary to work with my friends. I had a great time. Truly an inspiring yet humbling trip. I didn't take too many photos because I was completely overwhelmed with all the action around me. At the end of the last day, I did remember to take out iPhone and snap a few.

James and Dan....
...and Dave


Dave painting one of the blanks I brought down

Dan Tattooin'
James Tattooin' Belinda who was in town from Switzerland
Next time I'm bringing my bike....
...parking lot out back of the hotel....
Thanks for the AMAZING week!

I'll be back in Calgary working at Deadly October 26-30. Email me or call the studio (403-264-3091) to book and apt.

Welcome to the Log Cabin

I hope you enjoy your stay. I'm changing the format of the blog a bit. Hopefully as the leaves start to change colour, which they already have, there will be more and more activity around the log cabin. Photos, music, sketches, lots of fun...

I've also uploaded a new website. Have a look around. It's easy for me to publish and update right here from the log cabin, so there will be plenty more shenanigans over there as well. It's up and I'd say about 85% complete. Over the next few days I'll be opening up The Gift Shop.....

shawnoconnor.ca

Thanks again for visiting,

---Shawn---

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It's been a while.... this summer/August has been the busiest I've ever had. I'm way behind on answering emails, and I've fallen asleep while tying to edit photos for the blog on more than one occasion.

However, I guess being busy means being productive. I've finished a few bigger pieces and have gotten to tattoo some really fun 1-2 session tattoos, especially this last week.

I tattooed a deer with wheat blowing in the wind on Kim the other day. I Love this tattoo so much. Thanks Kim!!!

A few more from this summer...



more soon...

May 25-29 @ Stix Ink- Penticton, BC

Teagan and I will be taking the first of our small summer vacations May 25-29th. We'll be back in Pentiction to enjoy fine wine, and hopefully great beach weather.

I'll be tattooing a bit at my friend Kai's studio Stix Ink. I'm only looking to do 2-3 tattoos while I'm in town. If you're interested, please view my portfolio at shawnoconnor.ca, and email me at shawn@shawnoconnor.ca to book and appointment.

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Busy Saturday at the studio.

Today I worked on Kelly's cherry blossom tree for 3 hrs. Here's what we have done so far.
(I didn't do the blurry flowers)

Then I worked on the background to the Jizo tattoo I've started on Paul's lower arm. Again, 3 hrs.

A demain...

Post 32- CAT BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Tomas Magnum and Aku!!!!!!! Today you're 5 years young, hope you guys enjoyed your day doing what you do best, sleeping. Well.... sleeping and eating..... and for Tomas, hanging out in boxes.....


You guys are the best cats ever.

Post 31

Yesterday all I had booked was this small cover up.
So after, I went for a 4 hr bike ride. It was great. From Millcreek to Goldbar Park, across to Rundle Park, down Ada Blvd over to the museum to meet up with Teagan, for a ride home together.

Today I tattooed Brad's elbow. He took it like a champ.

It's always fun to get mail. Excited about "grape" and "light grape."
This is the biggest sharps container I've ever seen. 8 quarts.
And some random bandaging items. Probably boring for you, fun for me.

My bike currently has a $10 plastic, old, stella saddle, which was murder on my behind yesterday on my 4hr ride. Also sad to say, last year I experienced far more saddle sores than I'd care to speak of. Those two facts, combined with Teagan going on about how comfortable her new saddle on her new bike is, I invested in a Brooks today.
Teagan and I also decided to day was the day for FIRST BBQ OF 2009. I went to get the propane tank for a fill up and was happily surprised to find a box hidden by the mailman. 2 new sets of super comfy plastic double clips.
I like how they came as a gift, marked "hat" valued at $10.
Like I said- FIRST BBQ 2009!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BBQ, BC beer, BC wine.... life is good.....