in progress moment
I love my job.
repairs
I love fixing old tattoos. Seriously love it.
I like it I think because I can just sort of play. Someone else has done the hard part- the conceptualizing, the drawing, all that, and I get to just make something a little bit ragged into something WAY new for the person.
People seem to be really excited when they get stuff repaired or retouched, too. I do free touchups on all the work I do, but not all artists offer that…I mean most of the tattooers I know do, but I have heard of some that don’t. So I end up with people coming to get things fixed every once in a while, and every single time I really enjoy it.
liz
liz’s leg. finally finsihed!
phoenix visit
Arizona was hot, dusty, dry. I got to spend some time with my good friends Dana and Michelle and JD, Mary, Derek and Richard, and Paul, and Kat.
Several nights it rained, lightning in the desert is amazing, hot fat drops pounding us. Michelle and I danced in the downpour and JD and I tried to catch lightning in our cameras (and failed). I saw a javelina. A lot of elk. A coyote. Some jackrabbits. Lizards everywhere!
I had a rough time getting back but all in all it was a great trip.
corn valley days
- In clients, female tattoo artist, geek, hobo, pictures, tat zap wizard, Tattoo, tattooing, travel,
I’m working at our Corvallis shop for the duration of our back to school sale. I love being around these kids.
It’s especially nice, after the difficulties and the hard road lately.
(Our sale continues to the end of the month, so if you want to get a piece of that action now’s the time.)
I love my job
Seriously, I do.
mustache tattoos
I did a fun mustache joke tattoo on my friend Fedora last year, and she’s got a few shots of it up on her page. Since it’s in a … an intimate area? I’ll just let you click on her name and scroll down to find it.
She has been making underwear that match her mustache tattoo, too, which I think is great! I got a complimentary pair but if you think the cunnilingus mustache is great, you should definitely pick up a shirt or some undies from her page.
owly
- In art, female tattoo artist, learning, motivation, pictures, tat zap wizard, Tattoo, tattooing, tech, travel,
I made a barn owl tonight. It was really, really fun. I love owls.
This took a few hours, not too long. Lots of white, pale violet, strong browns, black.
I love using a natural palette like this especially when I can throw a bit of bright behind it. It’s kind of backwards, usually the brighter colors pop forward but once in a while there’s an opprtunity to defy the laws of color theory and use the subtle hues and the foreground.I had a great time doing this tattoo…
My road trip continues tomorrow, when I get to go stalk the wild and mighty javelinas with my camera. After that a few more tattoos on the fine folks here in AZ, and then it’s off to see my sweet gentleman friend up in Seattle.
spending a whole day listening to a co-worker sing
two workers, one rock
her first tattoo, and she sat still and did great!
I love collaborations. I spent one whole day last week working solely on collabs with splat. We worked some more on the tree/phoenix backpiece we started a while back, and also began working on a peacock/lily half sleeve.
It’s hard to sit for two artists at once and both of these women were great, strong people. I’ve had collaborative work done on me and it’s no picnic. I’m always hoping that the people who come in and sit so well for me and my co-workers know that they should be really proud of themselves because it’s very hard to do that, and they do it with such aplomb.
It makes you feel good about yourself to be able to handle something like this; I know for me, sitting for two artists at once gave me a whole new idea about how strong I could be and made me a lot less afraid of physical pain than I had been before.
Kudos to the collab clients, you guys are the best. A few more pictures after the jump.
