Monday, March 29, 2010

Tattoos. The first ones.


I will never tattoo a palm again!! This is the most awful skin i've done- its super thick, full of weird creases, and her hand, no matter how still i held it, would not stop curling up. She chose the palm because tattoos don't last there.

"always" was already there, I went over it with the "void" stamp tattoo. By far the funniest one i've done yet.

BUSINESS! On the other apprentice. He originally tattooed these himself, I went over them and fixed em a bit. We're doing some more lettering soon between the first and second knuckles.



Rampant lions! Did these two and the next piece in the same day. (thats a lot when youre beginning and worked on a grapefruit for 2 hours prior to.)



A (nerd) symbol on a co-worker, my first out-of-shop client!




Second attempt. Redid the word loyalty on another piercer's hand. Touchy spot, was definitely more difficult than the arm.
First attempt. On the boss. Not too bad, circumstances considered. Will need to be retouched but that's expected with your very first tattoo. (especially when its that big)

more more more! grapeyfruits.

For Brendi, our awesome piercer


Rocket ship!


Happy st patty's, of course!

Heart in a grid- its a good test to see if your depth is consistent and boring as hell to get you used to not rushing through a piece.

Grapefruits. Again.



There's another artist at the shop who does really good portraits, she draw a caricature of one of the other apprentices so i tattooed it.


Part of the Japanese sleeve i helped draw on. Had some reference of a flash sleeve, drew it all on with some help from sniper.



<3 mom

<3 dad

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Grapefruits.

My first grapefruit tattooed at Extreme Graphix. i got so excited i did two more later that day. Talk about a cramped hand. I can't wait to do more!