5.15.11

Aussie appreciation day at the studio today.  Rhys and Chelsey came down to see a show and get tattooed.  How 2 people from Australia have been living in Ft. McMoney for the last few years is beyond me.  Anyways...

I think I almost killed Rhys today, but he finally filled in his stomach.

Chelsey and her friend Sam got matching Sailor Jerry tattoos, with modern day colors.  It's amazing how fun these simple designs are to tattoo, I love old flash.

3.18.11

Today was a long day.... The first tattoo I did was earlier this morning, a quick script piece on Tammie's forearm that took just over an hour.  I took photos but there's a huge flash burn going right through the middle...

Then I had to wait a few hours until my good friend Jon came in to add another piece to his arm.  Without even telling him, I just took the liberty of shaving his Mom heart and dagger so I could get a healed photo.  Hopefully he doesn't read this blog because next time I tattoo him I'm going to jump back down there and touch it up a bit.

Then we spend a bit of time adding a piece in his ditch.  When I don't get much direction from the client as to what to draw and how it should look... things get tend to get a bit weird....  Jon's awesome because he's always down to get crazy stuff done in crazy colours.  He's definitely real man and not scared to have a bunch of pink in his tattoos.  Next session we'll add a bit of color to the bottom jaw and colour the other rose.

 

Unfortunately I didn't take photos of the new flash I'll have for sale and upload them to the web shop tonight.  Teagan and I went to visit our friend's new apartment after work and now it's late and now I'm tired.  Soon...

Post 46

...Going back a few days....

Last Thursday I had to start a new sleeve of roses and skulls. Mike want's to have this sleeve done asap, so you'll see this happen pretty damn quick with him booking 2 days in a row, once a week.

Here's my drawing area Wednesday night.
Drew Wednesday night, cleaned up Thursday morning...I had sketch and a line copy ready to go...
We stared Thursday around 11am. The stencil and drawing on went to skin extremely fast for a client who I had never met. A few hours later, we had it all outlined...
Friday he was back the same time, 11am, and we coloured for about 3 hrs.Super fun tattoo, AMAZING client. Mike was overseas when he emailed me about getting tattooed, so with the exception of the few emails we had exchanged, we had never actually met until the morning of his appointment. I had no tracing for size, he didn't even ask to see the drawing. He showed up 15 mins early both days, only took breaks when I needed to refill pigment or paper towels, and sat still like a rock. He was the perfect client, no distractions, no interference at anytime, full cooperation at all times.

Thanks Mike.