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Lines and Bad Reviews
Tattoos with hard lines have never been my specialty. I tend to avoid them when I can. Today’s session was a tattoo that was only lines – no color, no shading, just lines. Well I got through it. And so did she. I think it was her first tattoo. She heads off to Texas for…

Cosmic Stuff
Well I’ve fallen behind a bit as usual and today I remembered that I needed to update the blog. I got to show off my iPad Pro to a good friend today by sketching up this quick little design. Spontaneous art can be fun to do. I continued work on a sleeve a few days…

Back to Work
I got a new design drawn up for the video game villains piece that I think I am starting this week. I had a server migration on both my website hosting accounts and I think it screwed up my email. I had sent my client some wardrobe ideas a while back and a few weeks…

Some Time Off
I was supposed to go to Jarbidge yesterday but the guy I was going with forgot the days we agreed on and he ended up going there 3 days early. I wasn’t going to have a motel room and I would have had to drive an hour longer because he said I had to go…

Advertising and Tough Tattoos
I figure TattApp won’t sell if no one knows about it. I have some YouTube videos on my channel that have gotten tens of thousands of views, so I thought making a demo video with TattApp would be enough to get the word out. However after a few days the views on that video have…

Skull Octopus and Copyrights
Today was a repeat client getting a skull-octopus on her arm. Black and gray work is always fun. I enjoy creating depth with shading. We were going to run some tentacles down her back but ran out of time since I had to go pick up my son and my niece from school. Last night…

New Demo Video
I spent all morning creating a new video for my YouTube channel. I wanted to demonstrate some high-depth tattoo shading techniques and also showcase my app. This is the piece of art I created on the video. I think I have a day off tomorrow so I’ll do all the editing then. I have like…

Skulls and a Sunflower
I did this black and grey skull with headdress the other day on the back of a calf. Client was originally from Chicago but has been here in Fallon working on the navy base since 2009. He has tattoo work in progress by another artist in Reno, but after I finished this one he said…

Horror Weeds
I continued work on the horror movie leg sleeve today. The upper thigh will consist of the four phases of Dracula from the movie – Prince Vlad, Werewolf, bat creature, and old man. I did the werewolf phase today. Midway through the tattoo I switched to a 23-mag needle, which is pretty wide. While dipping…

Pen Lost
I spent yesterday frantically searching for my Apple Pencil that I use to draw with. Not sure how I lost it, but luckily Walmart carries them. One of my clients runs the electronics department and he helped me get a new one. Work continues. I had an afternoon appointment today, which I don’t normally…