in progress
Lotus and Skull
I worked some more on that coverup/sleeve design. I’m using Hector’s skull as reference, still gotta add the clock hands. I may be spending too much time on the design, but it does look cool. I finished a lotus flower tattoo yesterday. She brought in a set amount of cash – which put in an…
Cody Deegan
Being Versatile
I know a lot of tattoo artists specialize in one particular style and don’t do anything else. As much as I would love to just do realism all the time and nothing else, I feel I can’t just turn away clients if I am capable of doing the work. Yesterday’s client wanted this particular style…
Fellow Artists and Stuff
I had a friend from college contact me on Facebook a couple months ago. I hadn’t seen him in 24 years. I haven’t had any contact with anyone from college, so it really got the wheels in my head spinning. I was in the character animation program at CALARTS with another friend who I learned…
Dancer and a Wolf Hat
I devoted some time over the past couple days to working on a new oil painting. I had the 4th of July off and needed something to do other than Tattoo-related stuff. 4 years ago I had seen a post on a friend’s Facebook showing his son dancing at a pow wow. I asked him…
Style and the Client
The new thermal stencil printer arrived, and I got a new power supply. My first use of the stencil printer did not go so well. The stencil printed fine, but it didn’t go onto the skin very good. I was trying out the new red stencil paper along with the transfer gel that came with…
Crest and Xion
I started a crest Tattoo the other evening on a guy whose family can claim lineage to William Wallace, the freedom-fighter made famous by the Mel Gibson movie “Braveheart”. The Tattoo is going to have a lot of color in it, but for this first session I wanted to get the values in place. It…
Bands and Stuff
Tonight I worked on designing a coverup of a name. I was excited to finally order a new tv to replace my aging 12-year-old rear projection beast last week. It arrived yesterday and was so super awesome until I turned it on and saw the black splotch with cascading lines spread across the screen. I…
TattApp and some Tats
I had a tattoo artist from Germany contact me a few days ago wondering how to find my new app after seeing my YouTube video. The app hadn’t been approved yet, but by the end of the day it was in the App Store. Pretty cool, I was excited. Yeserday I worked on the ongoing…
Recap of days gone by
I’ve spent so much time over the last week pulling my hair out over writing code and developing the new TattApp that I’ve neglected my other duties – including updating my blog. I finished up a black and gray skeleton on Kim who happens to be my most frequent client. She’s been coming to see…
Beginning a Sleeve
Day one of a new full arm sleeve involved three-and-a-half hours covering the shoulder with a hawk carrying a compass. I used the Empire white-wash inks and worked as diligently as I could, but still felt there was more to be done in the hawk. I may feel differently at the next session, but if…