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.
added a few originals for sale, been working
I’ll be in Oly at spidermonkey for a guest spot next weekend!
I added new things to https://resonanteye.net/shop/ – books, paintings I have ready to go.
I updated the resources page.
I’m putting a simple forum on here for tattoo tech people and for general chit chat and shit talking, it isn’t done yet.
That’s the news right now
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.
things that are like magic to me:
repairing mechanical things, electrical things, modern tech and programming, car repairs post 1995, taxonomy (plants), internet structure, building things like shelves, most power tools, how potholes get fixed.
things I understand enough to know they’re not magical:
the basic scientific method, tattoos (all related subjects), painting, drawing, writing, poetry, gardening, framing (construction AND art), composition, jokes, propaganda, plumbing, taxonomy (animal), internet constraints on expression, building things from scrap, trees.
everything else? could go either way really. dunno if it’s magic or process but interested in finding out. I love reading about everything I don’t know.
in the gutter, I can see the stars.
some recent works, smoky days
air quality is so bad right now.
I’ve been tattooing as usual, though:
putting together the art studio
all of my gear has been packed up for months waiting to be moved into the studio building.
the last few days I’ve started to set up.
where to find my work and me
active:
here! resonanteye.net
https://tiktok.com/resonanteye (mostly garden videos)
https://tumblr.com/resonanteye
rarely active:
https://youtube.com/resonanteye
https://patreon.com/resonanteye (art not tattoos posted here first, I don’t make anything from it at the moment)
inactive/reposts only:
twitter.com/resonanteye
facebook.com/resonanteye
instagram.com/resonanteye
I’m backing away from most social media as a primary posting location, it’s a process, but my work and essays and events will be announced here and on Patreon going forward. reposts from the site will go to sm after a brief pause.
I’ll be maintaining groups, friendships and portfolios at all sites but am in the process of removing content and migrating it here.
love you guys. thanks for still being around!
live paintings: two streams
I’ll be doing this on Friday at 7 PST this week again, feel free to join in! If you have questions or suggestions, comment here or there. See you Friday!
screenprint action!
I’ve had to cancel my Seattle trip due to family health issues. I’ve got a fund going to cover my own medication and therapy in the meantime, that link is here in case you’re flush.
During the free time I have had, I dug out all my screenprint stuff from my art hoard. I had another tattoo artist make some shirts for me and realized I had all the stuff at home (big thanks to Christian Lyze!!!)
So I made some screens
after burning those, I started printing.
the more I did, the better they got. I forgot how fun it was to do this. I’ve been pressing them with an iron but thanks to a loved one I’ve got a heat press on the way! in this weather, that’ll help a lot.
you can find all the shirts I have finished in the resonanteye.net/shop link. I’m gonna make a lot of these, this fall, I think.
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bring your soul to the surface
Seminar: Passive income and social media use for tattoo artists
Seminar: Passive income and social media use for tattooers.
Even though we all make our daily bread tattooing, we all are also human beings, living inside bodies that can get broken or worn. When you’ve got slow times or an injury or illness, passive income is a good backup, and if done properly it will complement and improve your work on skin.
If you’re using social media at all- to share your tattoo work – or if you would like to start selling your other artwork online to reach a wider audience- this class is for you.
If you see the internet ad social media as a chore, hate pinterest, and fear theft- this class is for you.
Learn to use social media properly — without compromising your copyright.
This class relates to the sale of secondary mediums beyond tattooing, and will go over the relationship between your existing client base and the collectors who will buy your work on paper rather than skin.
We’ll cover print-on-demand services, pros and cons of social media use, networking as a strategy to find collectors, consolidating your media management, and getting more reach with your work online.
Seminar text and cheatsheet handout packet, aftercare instructions, and legal consent form templates included.
