September ’25
just tattooing and doing the garden and learning to sew. stepped on a nail. building a cold frame raised bed. doing some traditional pieces. grew myself a war club.
reworking my patreon with YOUR feedback!
I’m rebuilding and restructuring my Patreon today, and I’m wondering what you all would like to see:
- for free (there will always be some free content there!)
- for small monthly subscriptions (what would you pay 3 bucks a month to look at?)
- for bigger amounts (tattoo classes or info that’s more guarded? art tech? readings from my books? what???)
- physical goods- books, preprints, zines, art prints? early access to sales of originals, discounts?
if you have suggestions, ideas, things you’d like to see, thoughts about what you would pay for or what you think would be worth paying for (and your thoughts on costs!)
please let me know. you can see my patreon at this link.
feel free to go look at the free content there, see what I’ve been posting behind the paywall with the previews, and let me know what you think. I’m interested in YOU and your thoughts; your criticism is more than welcome!
most recent post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/talking-about-116394983 is talking about flash, history, and showing some pieces from my collection.
November 2024; the light to see
It snowed just a tiny bit tonight.
My camera has been on the fritz so I’m using all my spare cash to replace my phone after about 5 years; refurbished stuff is all I ever buy so that gives you an idea how old the thing is.
Got to do a few fun tattoos today-
Will be working tomorrow too.
I’m going to likely be spending Monday trying to figure out how to revive the local Food Not Bombs, which seems like it’s currently defunct (I haven’t been able to do anything with them in over a year and lost track) so that should be an interesting day!
bummer of a season huh
check the resources post if you need to get involved; there’s a whole list there.
light hearted:
(to book a gumball machine tattoo use this link!)
recent works spring 2024
tattoos; I’m working on the website a bit to restructure, but here are some recent works.
a few days in November
flower tattoos, and a mantis. 
and it’s snowing
it’s been up into the 70s F the past week and today it froze and snowed.
Halloween flash time coming up!
I LOVE HALLOWEEN as you all know. So I drew some things and set aside a day to do them, October 28th-
use this link to book time that day directly,
no need to email or call. just click through and scroll down to pick a time.
smog monster!
Thing Dog!
IT IS BATS
let me know which design number you want; each has an orange number next to it. if you’re not sure, add a lil description.
come in costume if you want, but you don’t have to- I just love halloween.
flash vs “want to do” art – what’s the difference?
22×30″ sheet of flash.
it’s pretty simple.
flash is a drawing or design that a tattoo artist will do on anyone, repeatedly, it’s not a unique or singular image.
they’ve drawn or purchased the rights to tattoo it as much and as often as they want, and it’s often really cool.
“want to do this” means the artist has drawn a custom design and wants to do it, once, on one person.
the word “flash” is the difference: flash means images you can “flash” to show customers what you can do.
in the old days it was up on the walls, or in racks, in every shop and you would walk in and pick something.
it was all pre drawn, repeatable, ready to go.
vintage flash from a friend’s collection
a floral day- sunflower and dahlia
adding to an older tattoo.
