For those who haven't been in recently I have been gimping around since my knee surgery in February. I have been able to keep up with my work schedule but I have been a little slowed down with the extras like the blog. to the left you can see the awesome photoshop job rob did for me as this is what I pretty much look like these days! I am thankful that the shop has been super busy, all of us have been pretty booked up! I love all the business! I just decided to include a couple of pieces Ive done recently just to start the ball rolling again...Ill be back soon!
This is the finished work for an ongoing project started last year. The piece took 11 hours total and was done in two sittings. This is a tribute to the clients Father who is the portrait in the upper center of his back.
Those who know me know that I am a workaholic who is constantly pressed for time. So that being said I have been trying to take one day a week to create some artwork. I have truly missed the freedom to be creative on my own terms. Hopefully this year I will have some spectacular artwork to show off to you all.
Working our way to finishing this back piece. It has no lines and absolutely no black. Just an array of bright colors which gives it a watercolor effect.
The colors in the center are about three years old and as you can see they have remained bright and beautiful.
This can be attributed to the excellent care the client puts into her skin (she is an esthetician), as well as no tanning which will fade your color.
This client has been working on a body suit for the past few years. He comes in for long stretches of time over the winter months and takes the summers off. This is the smartest way to go about getting tattooed. During the summer months, you must keep the tattoo out of the sun and water while its healing which puts a damper on the usual summer activities. Also its nice to have your tattoos healed and ready to go once the warmer months hit!
What can I say, Im posting a bright beautiful summer flower on this nasty snowy winters day. Just daydreaming of better weather!
Tis the season for finishing up those unfinished projects. We proudly were able to finish up this beautiful cherry blossom piece which will now lead into a second piece connecting to it. People sometimes will get a little down if they have unfinished work BUT collecting tattoo art is a lifelong process and should not be seen as a piece by piece process but rather how the artwork interacts with the body over time as you add new additions.
