Steph's Chest

Here is a montage of two bad photos of Steph's chest piece I just completed, black and grey chest piece with a bit of red, an ode to her mother and father.

Tessa's Tattoo

I did this tattoo for Tessa today, (whoa alliteration), the design inspired from henna-esque flowers and bicycle tires!  Tessa's first tattoo, she did great!

Minnesota Roots

Eric's Minnesota tattoo with roots, on his chest.  

Home is Where the heart is

Charlie's ode to Minnesota, not his home state, but his most loved state.

Charlie's Skulls

 

Good...

and evil...

Nick's Tattoo

Nick's tattoo on his chest; "When words fail music speaks."

Birds and Words

A memorial tattoo for Meg.  

Bryan's chest tattoo.  

Bringing the Weekend to a Close

Megan's chest piece, colored.  A little bloody, but you get
the idea!

A little better quality pic, better illustrating the colors.

Saturday I was visited by my favorite South-Dakotan clients, Seth and Megan, who brought some of their friends along for their annual tattoo adventure.  The make the pilgrimage to visit me every year over their spring break for tattoo work.  This visit, Megan got her chest piece finished that we started exactly a year ago.  As always, she sat perfectly and the tattoo went extremely well.  We also outlined and shaded an addition to Seth's lower right arm, a traditional eagle with bombs and bomber planes.  It should be a fun piece to color!  Most people who follow my work may recognize Seth as the owner of the sugar skull/gyspy side tattoo that we completed about three years ago.  Seth and Megan's friends got tattooed by Scott and Erika.

Cardinal for Heather

Did this cardinal tattoo on Heather today.  I was more than happy to help her out with some imagery that I love to tattoo; flowers and birds.  She had a less than pleasant tattoo experience with a local tattoo artist and shop that will remain nameless.  Heather wanted a small cardinal and tiger lily tattoo on her chest.  I was happy to oblige and we compromised on a little bit larger than planned on tattoo with some minor adjustments to her idea.  The symbolism of the specific bird and flower, as well as colors were very important to her, so we left those details unchanged.  I think our efforts turned out a pretty swell tattoo.  I took two pictures, one that illustrates the colors of the tattoo as they appear true-to-life, and a more artistic photo that I took with the Hipstamatic.

Maizie's Heart

Finaly finished this heart on Maizie this past Saturday.  If I am correct, I have in-progress photos of this tattoo when we had only the black done.  Here is the finished product!  If I had my way, I would most certainly add some imagery on either side of the heart and/or background, we will see if Maizie agrees with me on the future continuation of this tattoo.
In the meantime I am almost done with my new portfolio/book which will be getting sent to the presses this weekend, and afterwards be available for purchase.  I have compiled a portfolio of "sale" drawings and sketches available to be tattooed for a discounted price as well as painting lots of new pictures.  I will continue to post about the unveiling of the new products and merch and when and where the new paintings will be displayed.
Thanks for reading!

Tara's Tree

Finally I uploaded the pictures of Tara's side/half back/arm/chest tattoo!  I think I will need to reshoot them for my portfolio, but here's a sneak peak for the blog.

Birds

Tattooed these feathered friends on Colin's chest today.  They are a traditional interpretation of a myna bird, (a common yet invasive species in Hawaii), and a loon, (the state bird here in Minnesota).  Added are some additional bits of flora and fauna relative to the corresponding bird.  The birds are cover-ups of black old english lettering.  Both Colin and I are very glad that the text is no longer a part of his chest.

Mike

A work in progress, a half sleeve and chest piece for Mike.  Also a cover-up on the outside of the upper arm.

Seth and Megan

Some of my favorite clients, traveling all the way from South Dakota to get tattooed every so often came to visit for their newest.  I completed a compass on Seth's elbow and started a chest piece for Megan.

Dia Los Muertos

A new addition to the chest of Chris.  A Dia Los Muertos couple in black and grey.

Maizie's chest

This is obviously a work in progress, a simple sacred heart on Maizie's chest.  Hopefully to be completed soon...