touched up one spot in the light green, the rest is healed!
I did a bunch of tattooing on saturday. It was the kind of day when I grab a few bites to eat in between talking to people and tattooing, when I don’t get to spend much time in the waiting room with people because I’m working every hour I’m there. In other words, it was my favorite kind of day.
I also got to work on an old friend I haven’t seen in FAR too long. So that was just gravy.
first round of pictures from this Seattle visit. Pictures of jewelry from the shop here, the dogs that live in my friend’s house, and drawings I am working on.
Also some pictures of the shop kids and people around the place.
Since I’ll be working a convention in early March, I’ve been going through all my unused sketches, drawings, tattoo flash collection, and sketchpads and assembling some big sheets of flash to bring along. I want to make it possible for people to look around at a bunch of things and pick something; to let people be spontaneous, and to give them ideas. So I’ve been doing this rather than putting a ton of smaller drawings in books to flip through.
These big sheets are pretty common in tattooing. We call them porkchop sets or pick and sticks, flash wallpaper. When a tattoo artist wants to do a bunch of small-to-medium sized things in a short time, they’ll often be using a sheet like this for people to choose a design from. You can see them pretty often when shops do a friday the 13th sale, or events similar to that.
(if you like something you see, hit me up at the evergreen convention. I’ll have these with me and be ready to roll! or email me, too.)
This was a great visit. I’ll be back february 2, you can book time by calling or emailing laughing buddha. Hope it’s still mild weather when I come back next! More photos after the jump.
I’m here until tomorrow night, and I’m having a great time.
I’ll be at Laughing Buddha taking walk-ins until tomorrow night at ten; I come back through in February too.
I’m spending all my off time getting ready for the Evergreen Convention in March. SO STOKED. After that convention I’m going to be in Oregon for a few weeks too, working. Can’t wait to see all my people there. The convention is a big thing for me though- I’ve been feeling like I need more learning time, and there are some seminars going on that weekend I’m really looking forward to taking. I always feel like I could be better at my work and sometimes I get really dejected, and feel like I’m not making progress. Having a teacher here and there banishes that feeling pretty fast though!
I really don’t like winter, but this year has been ok so far despite all the chilly moments. It’s been icy and snowy in Spokane but Seattle is just chill and damp, how I like it. If you live in the ice-bound states, I’m sending you an e-cup of cocoa.
I’ve been working on these the last few days. I don’t want to carry a pile of sketchbooks, flash sheets, and such with me, but I want to be able to work from pre-drawn images so I don’t have to spend time at the show drawing and redrawing. Here’s some sketches and images of the first sheet so far, I plan to do between four and six of them. Check out the event site for dates and location of the show- I’ll be working first-come, first-serve the entire weekend.
Added a better illustration of the tinted window effect, and added a video interview I found that I liked. She reminds me of me, back when I started, except she’s better-looking.
Since I’ll be working a convention in early March, I’ve been going through all my unused sketches, drawings, tattoo flash collection, and sketchpads and assembling some big sheets of flash to bring along. I want to make it possible for people to look around at a bunch of things and pick something; to let people be spontaneous, and to give them ideas. So I’ve been doing this rather than putting a ton of smaller drawings in books to flip through.
