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Joe's right fighting guy.  

Joe's left fighting guy.

I post a picture here of some wolves I drew for Eli which upon drawing review I guess I missed the mark.  No worries, in this occasion I can gladly redraw the image to the clients specifications.  In this case I made them a bit too gross and scary.  I thought I'd post them here for the fun of it.  We will finish Eli's 3/4 sleeve next week with some more contemplative wolves.

 I then tattooed some "fighting guys," ala the fighting Irish icon but with a more modern take on the characters.  I'm really happy with the way these turned out.  Thanks Joe, for always coming up with fun ideas!
Besides what the pictures show I tattooed some lettering on a foot and worked on Kaela's upper backpiece as well.  Per the usual, picture to follow upon completion!

Blissful and Free

A custom tattoo for Heidi on her forearm, a traditional-esque anchor and banner with a mantra personal to her.  A really fun piece, it is always nice to tattoo the soft, untainted flesh of a pasty inner forearm, and with traditional imagery as well I'm feeling blissful and free myself!

I spent the remainder of the day working on Dan E.'s backpiece.  Pictures to be posted upon completion.

Emily's arm.

A finished photo of the outside of Emily's siren sleeve. I have some small touch-ups to do yet, but overall this is the finished piece.

Past to the Future

Back on the grind...Tattooed a Mercury astronaut around a client's existing anchor and Kurt Vonnegut tattoo.  Later, I finished Sarah's lower-back cover-up tattoo; the picture is taken at a strange angle so it's a bit distorted but I will add the real deal in al it's glory to my new book, whenever I get around to that!  A very black and grey day, to compliment the weather I feel...

Shears and an Ear Wig

Laura's shears.

Laura's hairdressing shears to commemorate her new career in the beauty industry was the first tattoo of the day.  Ironically, it was a hair-dresser themed day, as everyone I tattooed shared the profession.

Jess' adorable ear wig. 

Ewwww.  Disgusting earwig family; Mom, Dad
and baby.   

After some consultations, I then tattooed Jess's "ear wig," (not to be confused with the far more disgusting and parasitic earwig).  Jess is a hairstylist at Sweeney Todd's Salon.  Then it was a little work on Kayla's forearm for her birthday, another aspiring beauty practitioner.  Kayla's arm is a work in progress, so pictures will be posted at a later date, stay tuned! 

"Evil" skull

"Good" skull.

Completed set of Jesse's good and evil sugar skull tattoos.  Both tattoos are on the outside of her thigh.  I had a ton of fun illustrating and tattooing these pieces.  I'm so in love with Dia Los Muertos imagery...

Girls and Skulls

Back at work with a bang today.  Pin-up girls and sugar skulls was the agenda for today with no complaints from this gal.  I started and abruptly ended a Elvgren pin-up on Kris' back, (as you can see from the photo), we will finish it-just not today!

I then finished the set of Jesse's sugar skulls on her thighs, good and evil, per the theme for her right and left hemispheres.  The pictures are fresh and juicy, we will certainly get better pictures at a later date.  I had to mess with the contrast on the evil skull to blur out the shadow cutting across it, so it looks a bit washed out.



Rounded out the night with some math homework and dog-cuddling, that's about all I had left in me!