Tattoos
Flowers, Ships, and Lions
I added mama lion to my Fernley client’s chest and arm piece. I didn’t get finished but made a lot of progress in only two hours. He wore a shirt throughout his session so I didn’t get a picture of the healed up papa lion on his chest, but hopefully next week when we start…
Cody Deegan
So much to tell
I got this design drawn up tonight for an upcoming tattoo next week. Client is a first-timer and she seems pretty excited. I realized earlier today that I hadn’t written anything in awhile – lots going on lately. I started building a fence in the backyard for Lenny when he arrives in a few weeks….
Medusa And a Puppy?
My frequent client couple from Elko made the trek to Fallon again in a hideous snow storm with icy roads so the wife could get her new Medusa tattoo. We had to take a break at the 4-hour mark so I could go get my kid from school, and when I got back to the…
Concepts and Tats
The weather has been changing here in the Nevada desert, and my body has been feeling it. I had a few days of artistic inspiration and worked on a conceptual design, mostly from the comfort of my bed. It evolved a bit from start to finish, and that can sometimes be frustrating when the finished…
Pandas, Art, and Video Games
I had a day off on Thanksgiving. We ate at my sister’s house and then I fell asleep on her couch. A couple days before Thanksgiving I started work on the big Panda Bear eating baseball bats. It went smooth, no problems – close to three hours. I think I have about an hour and…
Putting in the Time
We’re getting close to the end of a full sleeve. I was able to fill a good portion of my client’s forearm with this menacing woman. I didn’t get completely finished with her. After 3 and a half hours we were both getting hungry. I was happy with the progress. I reversed the design last…
Rawwrrr!
Look at that big ole cat! I got in session number two and was able to get the rest of him finished in just under 3 hours. My poor client was hurting for certain! I think I primarily used a 17 curved bug pin magnum and my four shades of Empire whitewash inks. In our…
Beggars and Collectors
One of our local beggars paid my son and I a visit while we were parked at Sonic. A friend of mine calls him Paco, says he’s well-known in that area of town. Gary Oldman played four versions of the famous vampire in Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I started work on the third one. That upper…
Mining and a Turnaround
I have been avoiding checking reviews on my app since I first developed it 7 months ago out of pure fear. A few days ago I looked for the first time and posted on the blog about how dismal they were. There were only three reviews, and two of them were 1-star. I actually wasn’t…
Crosses and Flowers
The time change almost screwed me up on the additions to the Jesus tattoo. I thought I had been working on his arm for three and a half hours, so when it was time to pay I almost charged him too much. Luckily I realized I hadn’t set the clocks back in the shop yet….