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Flowers and School
Yesterday was the first day of school. I’ve been driving my son Kaleb to and picking him up from school for over 11 years now. For those who don’t know, I left the hospital with him the day after he was born and have raised him by myself ever since. I won’t go into the…

Goodbye, My Painting
I did this oil painting last year. It was the only thing I wanted from my divorce. I was refused. Life goes on. I touched up a tattoo on my crossfit client a few days ago, adding some colored lines around the entire piece to tidy it up. She’s tossing around the idea of a…

Snake and the Female policy
A while back I had correspondence with a new client who booked up this weekend for her and her friend. I was having trouble getting her to respond to messages and confirm times, and I woke up Saturday morning to a message from her saying she was cancelling. So I had the entire weekend off….

Bunny Escapades
I did a simple design from the Destiny video game on a young client yesterday. Notice it took a couple tries to get the stencil placed in the right spot. I usually start a session placing the tattooing where I think looks good (with the client’s assistance), then I have the client check it in…

Painting Idea and Scuba Women
My visit to Jarbidge recently has got me thinking about an idea for a new oil painting. I started a sketch and reached out to my Facebook people for some reference materials. I’m supposed to meet a guy tomorrow to discuss early 20th century Nevada cowboy attire. Vacation put me behind on all sorts of…

Vacation in Jarbidge
Last week I did another session on the reptile sleeve… …then I packed up the Jeep and drove 6 hours to a remote mountain town near the Nevada/Idaho border. A client of mine had invited me to come see Jarbidge, Nevada. A couple months ago I crossed out the soonest 4 days on my calendar…

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…

Dramatic lighting
It had been a month-and-a-half since I updated my business paperwork stuff. I keep spreadsheets in the cloud with all my business expenditures. I have a few simple formulas that calculate my totals and how much use tax I owe. Keeping track of all the business dealings is super important come tax time. After the…

Coverups and Rubber Muscles
It has been a week of coverups. I don’t have the before picture of the first one, but it’s interesting to see how faded the first pink rose is. We did that one probably a year ago, and I recall the client not enjoying the experience at all. I mention that because I used to…

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…