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Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #12

20 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, tattooing, Uncategorized

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bear tattoo, cover-up tattoo, dragonfly tattoo, Emily Page, Emily Page tattoo, eyebrows, forest tattoo, hummingbird tattoo, microblading, nature tattoo, permanent makeup

We’ll start off with this week’s tattoo wrap-up with the most moving tattoo I did this week. It was actually a cover-up. The customer had been in an abusive relationship and the guy had talked her into a tattoo of their initials and rings on her neck. She finally got out of the relationship after several tries, and that tattoo was the last vestige of his hold over her. So when she saw that the old tattoo was completely gone and replaced with something else meaningful to her, she cried happy tears. I’m not gonna lie, I was damn close to happy tears, myself – especially after she gave me a huge hug and thanked me. It was a beautiful moment and I’m so grateful to have been a part of her reclaiming her body and her life:

Neck cover-up - Courtney Ackerman

Lynn Albert

No eyebrows? No problem. With microblading, no one needs to know.

Adam Allegrini's mom

This is pretty cool This woman is an artist and this symbol is her signature on her paintings.

Dragonfly and wildflowers tattoo

No real story here, just a nice ribcage tattoo of a dragonfly and some wildflowers.

bear and woods - John Howes

My very first full sleeve tattoo!! We did a marathon 7-hour session and only took one 15-minute break. This guy was hard core!!

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Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #6

17 Sunday Jun 2018

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clown tattoo, Emily Page tattoo, fox tattoo, frog tattoo, hummingbird tattoo, origami owl, owl tattoo, pet portrait, pet tattoo, poppy tattoo, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats

This week started off really slowly. Like, really slowly. But it ended well. As usual, I didn’t take pics of every single tattoo I did this week, but here are some of the highlights:

Aaron Walker - dante the dog_compressed

A memorial tattoo for Dante, the mastiff/pitbull pup

clown shoes - Kathy Carson_compressed

For the professional clown who swears she can teach anyone to juggle

fox - Lindsey Easley_compressed

For a foxy lady

frog, dragonflies, butterflies - Nicole Slater_compressed

A dragonfly for each of this customer’s sons and a butterfly for each of her daughters

poppy with hummingbird - Wendy Caruolo_compressed

The customer had gotten the hummingbird with the word mom in the wings a few weeks ago. She added the poppy for her dad, who her kids called “Poppy.”

origami owl - Christine Rafter_compressed

An origami owl and first initial in honor of a little girl named Annabel whose alter ego is a superhero owl

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Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #5

10 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, tattooing, Uncategorized

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anchor tattoo, aperture tattoo, celtic arm band, cloud tattoo, Emily Page tattoo, full back piece, hummingbird tattoo, joan of arc, lioness tattoo, mandala lotus, mother teresa, MS ribbon tattoo, poison dart frog tattoo, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats, saint cecilia, saint tattooes, st. joseph, tattoo of saint

It’s been a couple weeks since my last “weekly” tattoo wrap-up. My apologies. I’ll make up for it with extra pics this week of the truly WIDE array of requests and styles I’ve encountered over the last few weeks:

St. Joseph - Gary Hartman_compressed

Okay, so you’re really not supposed to do tattoos like this, because there aren’t hard edges, so it won’t hold up over time, but the customer insisted, so…

mandala lotus_compressed

No real story behind this one, but ain’t she purty?

hummingbirds mother daughter_compressed

Mother-daughter tattoos! See the word “mom” in the wing on the bird on the left? That’s for the grandmother. So really, they’re grandmother-mother-daughter tattoos.

focus - Audrey_compressed

For my photographer friend: a camera aperture and an excellent reminder of what it helps her do.

celtic arm band - Steve Dubrois_compressed

This customer decided to get his and his wife’s astrological signs worked into an arm band.

lioness - Kaitlyn Mars_compressed

For a woman owning her inner lionness.

Joan of Arc - Gary Hartman healed_compressed

The same guy that got the St. Joseph’s tattoo (the first one on here) really like saints, so we added a Joan of Arc.

 

 

Diana Millis touch up 1_compressed
Diana Davis sunflower and dogwood_compressed

I forgot to take a pic before I started updating this ancient, faded tattoo, but I did stop after I added the dogwood and started re-outlining the sunflower to snap a photo. So you can kind of see a before and after.

Elizabeth Arnold_compressed

One of the coolest things about this job is that people I knew from middle school and high school have traveled to get tattoos from me!

anchor-leslie-robb_compressed.jpg

I love customers who tell me what subject matter they want but leave the style up to me!

skeleton key and flowers - Chessa Concari_compressed

My biggest piece yet. And she wants to add more. Squee! What’s extra awesome is that, if you’re going to spend long hours with someone, you hope it’s going to be a cool someone, and this girl is.

St. Cecilia - Gary_compressed

For the same customer who loves saints: Saint Cecilia. He’s a challenge to tattoo because he’s very animated and moves around a lot while you’re tattooing, so getting clean lines is TOUGH.

storm cloud - Becky Dawson_compressed

I just love this concept. She wants to add another storm cloud up and over the shoulder.

Mother Theresa_compressed

Yup, you guessed it. Mother Teresa for the saint-loving customer. Looking forward to getting a better pic once it’s healed.

Poison dart frog - Megan Coulson_compressed

A poison dart frog, but with the colors reversed because the customer likes blue.

MS ribbons - mark, lisa, erin, adam_compressed

And my favorite from the last couple weeks: the woman in the gray shirt has MS. She also has a couple other tattoos. The other 3 people do not have MS or any other tattoos. But when she said she wanted to get an orange MS ribbon, they all jumped on board and got one in her honor. Sometimes I really love people.

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