Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Busy, of late.

An 8.5 inch celtic cross--outline only. We're going to go back in and do shading & color later.
Righto, this one is upside down....so just pivot your head or your monitor. It's part of a larger piece that will be finished in stages. 4 skelletons, dancing on a stone border.

Here's the other upsode-down skelleton. I honestly have no idea why these are flipped. When the work is done, I will post the whole thing right side up.

And a manga fairy. This one is only half done as well, it was her first tattoo and she hit her wall at 2 hours.

It's challenging to work in the confines of somebody else's limitations. But you start to get a sense of when your client's body is nearing the point of quitting. The nice thing about doing many tattoos on one person is that it allows you a little more freedom--the freedom to make the work the best it can be, the freedome to let your outline walk out the door because you know it'll come back.
Today I did a tattoo of a Tyranosaurus Rex, and I have to say I surprised myself with its awesomeness. Photos of that later.
Ciao, lovelies. Stay sweet.


Thursday, October 22, 2009

Last week

Last week was a busy week. In addition to these 3 here, I started 2 (an eagle & a celtic cross) that still need shading.
This is a daisy that was drawn by the woman on which it is tattooed.


Another sugar skull. This one I drew up from scratch. Like I said, sugar skulls are quickly becoming my specialty.

A name on the inside of a wrist. This woman has gotten me 4 bodies to tattoo. This is the only tattoo I'm allowed on her, as she is my boss' client.
In other news, I am back in the studio, working on jewelry. More on that later!


Thursday, October 15, 2009

Sugar skulls!

Sugar skulls are now my specialty. I've done 9--8 of them were on Patti. And I have 2 more slated to happen soon.
Patti's left foot: girly sugar skulls

Patti's right foot: traditional sugar skulls.
Fun fun fun. Today I tattooed a 6 inch daisy, and a sugar skull. Tomorrow I am doing a Lion with 2 cubs and a celtic cross.
And next week, I am up to eyeballs in prep for a 5 year-olds pirate birthday party. Ar matey, and all that.
More as time allows!