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Break from Reptiles

Break from Reptiles

The reptile piece has reached a point where the client will be taking a break. 17 hours in and I’ve only gotten part of his upper arm covered. This is by far the most time-consuming piece I’ve ever worked on. We wrapped up after only 2 hours today – the shortest session we’ve ever had….

Shop Declutter

Shop Declutter

I forgot to take pictures of today’s tattoo session. I need to start remembering to do that. I’m using my new release forms now so getting started with a client is taking awhile. At the end of the session I am logging the lot numbers of all the needles and inks that I used on…

Shirts and Jesus

Shirts and Jesus

After dropping my son off at school, I took water samples from my shop sink and then drove to Reno to give them to the lab for analysis. This should be the last item to complete for my health permit. I drove back to Fallon and worked on a Jesus design for a client who…

Floor and the Cranium

Floor and the Cranium

I hate when I fall behind on my blog. I finished up the day of the dead full sleeve a couple days ago. Yesterday I finished the Alaska half sleeve (wow her inside arm swelled up a ton!).  I didn’t take a picture, but I’ll post an older pic from a few months ago. After…

Inspections and Dracula

Inspections and Dracula

I was working on round two of a big dragon side piece today and I had to stop after 2.5 hours to get ready for the health inspector. My client was doing really well but I think she was happy to be done for the day. We’ll finish it up in a few weeks. I…

No-show design day

No-show design day

My 11am client must have forgot she had an appointment today. I’ve been working on her lower leg for months and I have to admit I didn’t mind having some free time. I made another attempt at getting closer to getting caught up on my designs. And I was able to get two more done…

Hector and the Wrench

Hector and the Wrench

I’ve been slowly working on a 3/4 sleeve full of tools.  Yesterday we added some feeler gauges, a crescent wrench, and some vise grips. I saw a noticeable improvement in my technique after spending the weekend practicing with my new digital brushes. I’ve been tossing around the idea of selling tee shirts for the shop,…

Skulls

Skulls

My back hurts today. I had two 3.5-hour tattoo sessions back-to-back. My first client had gotten a bunch of work from me a few years ago. We went to a Mastodon concert together up in Reno during that time, had a lot of fun. I liked his skull and house design that he found. I…

Another reptile and coverup design

Another reptile and coverup design

One of those tribal arm bands from the early 2000s came through the door in need of transformation. He wanted a lighthouse and a cardinal implemented in memory of his grandparents, and possibly a ship for his Navy service.  My first thought was to use the rolling flow of the tribal as crashing waves.  The…

Tattoo Brushes for Procreate

Tattoo Brushes for Procreate

I’ve been using my iPad and Apple Pencil for over a year to draw and design artwork. I, like a gazillion other artists, am using the Procreate app. One really cool feature of Procreate is that you can make custom brushes to draw and paint with. Today after my morning tattoo session, I decided to…