ms.vader, and a zombie tattoo
what I did at work today!
head tattoos, and pirate skeletons!
I worked on some friends yesterday. FUN!
It was my day “off”, so I worked on my best friend, her brother, and another very close friend of mine…
It was a great day. I even put on my mp3 player and we listened to the most epic playlist I’ve ever made, all damn day long.
At one point I serenaded my friend with a Stevie Nicks song while tattooing the center of his head.
I also haven’t seen my best friend in a while so getting to hang out with her was awesome.
We’ve both been a bit reclusive lately so have only been in touch online and on the phone.
It’s the one problem with living where I do right now- my best friend is an hour away. On my way home last night my car got stuck in the snow on marys peak, too, and I had to chain up just to pull it off the road…and hitch a ride home from my partner in his four-wheel drive. So there are downfalls to my woodsy life. Worth it though- and the days when I DO see my friends I am so glad.
A few finished-product photos after the jump.
sparrow
work in progress…
darth marth day.
one finished, one in progress!
excuse the crappy photos,
I left my good camera at home, and had
to use the crappy phone camera.
saviour complex
What I worked on today.
tattoo convention! ink traveler’s photos.
Here are some pictures from the tattoo convention, what a great time!
Thanks to my clients who sat so well this weekend, and everyone who bought some of my art, I really had a great time chatting with everyone and talking shop. xox
more after the jump.
dick fez.
today I had fun.
the gayest tattoo in the world
I’m not even joking!
This was so fun to do.
Rainbows make me happy…
original post here.
on learning to tattoo.
I get a lot of people asking me how to get started, wanting to show their art and find out if they should try to be tattoo artists.
They will ask about apprenticeships, teaching, equipment, schools, kits, “practicing at home”, “teaching themselves”, and all kinds of other stuff. I took the time a while ago to write up an article explaining how to get into tattooing the right way, how to learn without fucking people up, and how to find a decent place to learn from.
I hope this helps someone decide to go the right path to tattooing, and helps others decide it’s just not worth that much to them.
If you really are dedicated and persistent, if you really, really mean it, then you will eventually get there.
Unless you take shortcuts. Don’t take those. Do it the right way, even though it’s harder at the start.
I don’t review portfolios or teach anyone; but if you have more questions after reading this article, feel free to email me.
“The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.”
– Leo Tolstoy
skellytons and candy, it must be halloween!
some tattoo work from today. so, so fun. color and black and grey, from one extreme to the other.
