Free Hannya tattoo...

I have an image of a hannya mask that I would like to tattoo.  If you are interested I will tattoo the first person to email me free of charge, the only stipulation is that you must get it exactly as I want to do it and can make no changes. If interested please email me.  I will not be posting the image or will I send it for you to think about, buy the ticket, take the ride.

Grime Part 3...

Check it out if you haven't, another fascinating round of the most intriguing show about tattooing.

My friends...

Who I am lucky enough to work with.  I have the honor every day to work with this talented tattooers, something that I am very proud if.  We might not see eye to eye all the time but at the end of the day these dudes are like brothers.

Rosary Beads....

Walk in from today.  I have really been enjoying black and grey tattoos recently.

Kappa Tattoo...

So, this was a pretty big deal for me, I had the honor of tattooing this kappa on my mentor Troy Denning of his upcoming Tattoo Age on VBS.  This was such a huge deal for me as I have Troy to thank for almost everything that I have and am today.  If you don't know his tattoos, get your head out of the sand and go look up his work and his studio Invisible NYC, be prepared to be blown away.

VBS Tattoo Age GRIME part 2

This is by far the most well thought out, well produced series on tattooing.  Please support as the line up of artists is above and beyond anything else out there.

New Tattoos from the past week..

Have been slacking on the updating, but am going to try and stay on top of it.  Hope you like what you see and if you do feel free to come get tattooed, that is what this is all about anyway.

Swallow and Rose Tattoo...

Another walk in, this was this clients first tattoo, think he made a real solid choice.

Anchor Tattoo...

Been real busy between work and moving so haven't posted in a while, have actually been really bad taking photos of stuff all together.  This anchor was a walk it tattoo, again, more of a simply style for me, something that I have been liking recently.  Sorry  about bloody photo, was the best that I could get.

Liberty Bell...

On my friend Mark, has been getting tattooed by me since I began, a cool person and a good friend, was very pleased with this tattoo.

Butterfly...

This was a walk in.

Flower and fish tattoos...

Here are some new tattoos that have gone down recently, again want to apologize about photos, still can't seem to get it right.  Anyway, thanks for looking.

New Tattoos...

Here are a couple tattoos that I have done recently that I have really enjoyed.  The rose on the foot is a cover up, the geometric design is from an cloth pattern that the client brought in and I tweaked a bit, and lastly is a hand of buddha that was a walk in.

Finished Hannya for Doug...

Finished this tattoo yesterday that I started at the convention.  Tons of color, something that I have been really into recently.  After this tattoo Doug and I  counted a total of 28 complete tattoos that I have done on him, not counting filler or background, couldn't ask for a more solid, easy going client.  Thanks Doug, you are the best.

More filler tattoos...

Mathias is a real cool guy from Sweden who has been letting me to some fun little tattoos on him recently.

Panther and Dagger....

Got to do this tattoo on artist Dave Cook.  We have talked for a while about trading some tattoos for artwork and I think we were both really pleased with the trade.  This is his own design, you can see more of his work at dmcook.carbonmade.com.

Rose of No Man's Land...

Raven and Hour Glass

Had fun tattooing this on Erin.

Knot...

I was really happy to tattoo this knot under one of Marina's tattoos, she is a ripper and we will miss her at Flyrite.

Dream Catcher....

This is this young ladies first tattoo, she told me she wanted it very colorful, she got what she wanted.

Traditional Eagle...

Walk in...

Day of the Dead Profile...

This was a very specific client request.  Billy wanted an exact copy of something, talked him into a few changes so that he wasn't wearing someones else's tattoo and think we both walked away happy.

Dotwork Flower....

Seeing as dot shading is all the rage, I felt that I had to keep up with the Jones' and pull this one out.  This is an on going sleeve and really psyched on how it is coming out.

Cupie doll on a swallow horse....

This was one of the more wild ideas I have gotten from a walk in in a while.  The photos aren't great, but really, when are my photos ever great?  Anyway, was pleased with the outcome, like doing tattoos like this.

Convention Tattoos...

Here are a couple of tattoos that I have done this weekend at the convention.  I would like to thank Jeff Rassier and Stony St. Clair for drawing such amazing designs, I only hope that I did them justice.

The hannya and roses is in progress while the panther and flowers is a good example of filling in all the tiny little spaces that other tattoos make.

Spider tattoo

Black Flag spider for Charles around some other really cool tattoos.

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Tattoo

I said the other day that I had never really done a day of the dead skull, then within a week I do 3, kinda weird.  Anyway, this one has poppies for eyes as you can see.

Zen Circle...

Inside of arm.

Gingher Scissors...

I was really happy to squeeze this tattoo in at the end of my night yesterday.  This is on a really nice lady who is a seamstress and wanted this exact pair of scissors that she uses.  I was really happy with the tattoo and really psyched to meet her and her husband who were really nice, easy going people, a real treat sometimes when most of the time you barely get a "thank you".

Black and Gray Tattoos...

I usually work with bold colors, but I did 2 black and gray tattoos today that I really enjoyed.  The first was on a client that didn't even know he was getting tattooed, came as a friend of Mike Lucena's client and decided to get a tattoo. The second tattoo I am a bit more hesitant to post due to the fact that the client brought in a photo of a pre-existing tattoo and wanted it exact.  If i knew who the original artist was I would give credit but alas sometimes the internet does not work that way.  I tried to keep the integrity of the piece as much a s possible.

Peony and Butterfly Tattoo

This was a walk in that request more tribal coming from the pre-existing tattoo.  This is what she got, in my opinion way better.

Lotus Flower cover up...

This is a cover up of a roman numeral tattoo, one of my personal favorites.

Girl Head and Kablamm comic book style tattoo...

Here are 2 tattoos on a repeat client, cool guy, fun tattoos.   The Florida orange is bright as day, Time Tells pigments, best I have seen in a while.

Never Again...Discharge Tattoo

Redid this fucking great Discharge tattoo, I couldn't say no.  This thing was originally done by Elio Espana on Adam, the original bass player of Agnostic Front.  Brought it back to life after 20 years of hard living.

Zombie Girl Head finished....

Finally finished this tattoo from almost a year ago.  There are a lot of subtle colors used for the bruising that don't really show in the photo.  This is going to turn into a full sleeve, can't wait to continue.