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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…
Cody Deegan
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…
Hats arrived
Today’s Tattoo was a 3pm appointment – the Marilyn Monroe. I was able to complete it in 2 hours 10 minutes. It was about 7 inches tall on an outer thigh. I always want to spend more time with pieces like this, but they get sore fast and I never want to push the pain…