Tag: reaper

Fire Fighting
I finished up the firefighter tattoo with a late night 3-hour session and filmed it all. I spent the next two days editing the new footage with the old footage and cutting 7-hours down to 45 minutes. I uploaded the video to my YouTube channel last night before bed. This morning I finished up a…

Backpiece and Sleeve
Two hours on session two of a full back piece commenced today. I’m using Empire white-wash inks in 4 shades of gray. I only used a 27-mag and 17-mag curved needle today. My client informed me that we may be feeling the effects of a hurricane this week coming up from Mexico. I did more…

Sleeves and a Foot
I did a colorful peacock feather on the foot of a client who I last tattooed 18 years ago. Feet are painful. She did good but I could tell she was gritting her teeth. I finished up the Hawk/tree/soldier sleeve with some cloud fill and a wash of color up top. He’s going to come…

Working always Working
Trying to keep on top of drawing designs, scheduling clients, inventory, ordering supplies, and tattooing can overwhelm me sometimes. Hence no blog the past few days. I worked in some cloud fill on what I believe is session number six on this particular sleeve. We should be done on his next session. Sad story –…

Reaper
I forgot to get a picture of yesterday’s tattoo. It was the start of Arlington cemetery on the inside of the upper arm. But today I remembered to grab a picture of the grim reaper tattoo that I started. I think it can be finished in one more session. Today’s conversation topics were movie westerns,…