current portfolio gallery update! 2022-2024
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!
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.
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.
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.
minor site updates!
I’ve rearranged and freshened up a little.
there’s now a garden page, I will be fleshing out a little better.
I finally put in a portfolio gallery, it still needs a little work.
And the main page has new image and links!
fresh tattoos under the fold.
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.
