Shovel coal and clap hands

I've been messing with acrylics on cardboard. Here's one to share.

My Thigh - Session 03

This is actually more like session 6 and half. As time permits, I've done some tweaking here and there. (You can smooth out blends as many times as you want on yourself.) But I covered some ground today, so it's an official session for me. My goal is to improve my …

A Special Ops tattoo

I'll be skimming over details, but I'd like to share a look into a recent tattoo:

The client wanted a relatively close version of this patch. My goal was to retain the look and make it a solid, more traditional style tattoo. Well, traditional takes me extra time to …

Thanksgiving

Here's to celebrating family, tattoo family and the successful harvest. (I'm not sure what we're harvesting, but it sounds good)

Free Tattoo Contest - Day 02

I'm a bit tired, so I'll post pictures and hopefully you'll get the gist. And Brad, once again, was a rock.

Quick update: there are more pictures online in Brad's Flickr site.

Free Tattoo Contest - Day 01

We'll be back it tomorrow, but today was intense. Brad flew in a little sick, and my family has been as well. But it doesn't matter. Once you get in the tattooing zone, the aches disappear and little tattoo fairies hover in song. I was impressed with how well he's …

John Montgomery - A Seminar

John Montgomery held a tattoo seminar over at Joshua Carlton's Great American Tattoo Company, so it made sense to take a day off to travel and learn. So I woke up early and packed some essentials for my one man road trip: Gatorade, Red Bull, and season 4 of the Wire …

The Bride of Frankenstein

This was so much fun. Her third tattoo, Alyssa sat like a seasoned veteran. I ended up taking my time, but making sure to tweak as much as I felt possible. I want to get some better shots with my Nikon later this week, but we'll see how that goes.

Also, I used an 11 …

Managing external doubt

I've had folks question me and my tattooing directly; right in the middle of the process. I know how it'll turn out in my head - well, at least close, but I don't express that. I just tattoo.

So I've tried to pay attention to two different scenarios that have been …

The Eyes have it

Lately I've been starting black and grey pieces with the middle to light greys. I jump into pure black relatively soon, but not first. As if I'm saving the delight of seeing depth as a mid dinner mint.

Then I remembered overhearing a conversation. Something about …