Tattoos
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…
Cody Deegan
The Warrior
Today was the day to ink the woman fighting off a lion attacking her horse. I posted previously the story behind it and some of my sketches. About ten minutes before my client arrived I had a sudden urge to make some changes. The placement had changed from a thigh to a forearm, so I…
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…
Practice, Flare, and the Dummies
Lloyd and Harry got put on an inner thigh today, riding their scooter next to the big Jim Carey portrait I did a few years ago. I should have grabbed a picture of the Harry portrait on the other side, but after 3.5 hours, my client and I were anxious to part ways. We decided…
Tats be Dumb
A couple days ago I started a dripping skull clock with chess pieces tattoo. I didn’t design this one. The client had found a picture of it and liked it a lot considering his firefighter profession and dealings with life and death on the job. We got 3 hours in and hopefully can finish in…
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…
Forgetting Pics
The week has been very busy and I failed to take pictures of a couple tattoos. Two days ago I did the ‘skeleton hunter and dog in a boat’ tattoo. It took over 4 hours. I’ll be sure to get a pic when he comes back for a touch-up. And I forgot to get pics…
5-hour Tattoo Today
My son has braces and his mouth was very beat up yesterday so we headed to Reno this morning at 7am to see the orthodontist (60 miles away). We were supposed to leave at 5:45am but I must’ve turned the alarm off in my sleep. My tattoo appt was at 10am but I pushed it…