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Tattoo Wrap-up #22

01 Friday Feb 2019

Posted by emilypageart in art, tattooing, Uncategorized

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art, elephant tattoo, filigree, filigree tattoo, flower tattoo, memorial tattoo, octopus tattoo, skull tattoo, tattoo, tattoo artist, tattoo cover up, tattoo studio, tattooing, willow tree tattoo

I wish I could say it’s been a hot minute since I last posted, but let’s be honest, a large portion of the country is in the grips of this polar vortex thing and it’s been damn cold out. I’m permanently cold, but when I tattoo I tend to overheat. Luckily, it’s been pretty busy at the studio the last couple weeks so I’ve stayed toasty and warm. Here are the highlights:

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Super proud of this one. This was the winner of a holiday giveaway I did.

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A little in love with this one, too. It’s something I could even envision on myself.

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This one has sad story behind it. The customer got it because her son was shot and killed recently. After getting approval from the health department, we added some of his ashes to the ink so she’ll always have him with her.

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A very cheerful cover-up.

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It’s a symbol of inspiration for a woman on her 70th birthday.

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How cute is this? The customer designed it herself.

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Cute friendship tattoos.

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No story here, it’s just cute. 

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Same customer as the one above.

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A couple came in and wanted different versions of a willow tree with their kids names/initials. 

weepingwillow-sarahstoeckel

This is the other version of the willow.

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The customer wanted her parents’ birth flowers for this pretty tattoo.

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Tattoo Wrap-up #21

10 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by emilypageart in art, tattooing, Uncategorized

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Absalom tattoo, alphabet blocks tattoo, butterfly tattoo, calico tattoo, commemorative tattoo, corgi tattoo, Emily Page, Emily Page tattoo, gecko tattoo, harry potter coat of arms, harry potter tattoo, lady tattooers, lizard tattoo, memorial tattoo, moth tattoo, nc tattooers, poppy tattoo, Ratatat Tats, salamander tattoo, sea horse tattoo, seahorse tattoo, sploof, tattoo, tattoo artist, tattooing

I don’t actually know if it’s been a week, or two weeks, or what. Life is a blur. Not because I’ve been doing anything particularly exciting. Mostly just because I must have traded brains with a goldfish at some point in a drunken stupor. Bourbon. It’ll get you every time, amiright? Anyway, here are some more tattoos I’ve done in the last several days:

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Let Your Light Shine…for her grandfather, who she called Poppy.

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The sploof!! With a heart tail!

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I love that the customer requested a snaggle tooth when I was designing this sea horse for him.

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Memorial tattoo for her little sister.

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A tattoo to commemorate her trip to Barcelona.

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For a true Harry Pitter fan. She’s a Slitherin, by the way, so don’t mess with her.

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I didn’t get a great, clear shot of this one, but here is Absalom, dropping some wisdom on yo’ ass.

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I felt so bad for this customer. Look at the one on the left. A local tattoo shop owner did that one. The wings don’t even match each other. I was able to even them up a bit and make it more dynamic, but there wasn’t anything I could do about the fuzzy antennae.

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Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #9

23 Monday Jul 2018

Posted by emilypageart in art, tattooing, Uncategorized

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cary tattoo, daschund tattoo, Emily Page tattoo, friday the 13th, memorial tattoo, mother daughter tattoos, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattoo artist, weiner tattoo

You may or may not have noticed that I didn’t do a weekly tattoo wrap-up last week or the week before that. This is not because I don’t love you. It’s because the last couple weeks sucked all the sucky ways a suckfest can suck, and we had almost no business and the tattoos I did have were mostly uninspiring and I didn’t bother to take pics. But I’ll roll the couple fun ones I did into this week’s wrap-up instead, starting with:

daschund - Amanda Weber_compressed

My favorite from the last two weeks is this daschund…mostly because I got to say I tattooed a weiner.

Bear with Wings - Nicole Slater_compressed

A memorial tattoo for 3 different people, one of whom used to make these stuffed bears.

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A tattoo for this customer’s kids.

Thomasine Squire - hardest goodbye

Another memorial tattoo…obviously. This one choked me up just a little bit.

Thomasine Squire - infinity

Same customer as the last one. Didn’t get the specifics on why she wanted this one because I was too busy sniffling and wiping my eyes from the first one.

chess piece with halo - Amanda Cooper_compressed

Another memorial tattoo. She had the king piece on her left shoulder for her dad, and added this queen for her mom.

Mother daughter - Lisa Craycraft

Another sweet memorial tattoo.

Allison Shackleford

For a badass biker babe who wanted somethin’ kinda girly.

golfer

For a unicycler. Just kidding. Golfer. Obvi.

mother daughter plants

Mother and daughter came in to get tattoos together while they were on vacation. 

ouija planchette, runes, moon

For 3 friends who wanted to commemorate their reunion.

And some fun ones for Friday the 13th:

Fri 13 - walk-in
Fri 13 - Kinsley Cox
Fri 13 - Chessa

 

Fri 13 - Chessa
Fri 13 - Kinsley Cox
Fri 13 - walk-in

 

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Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up 4

20 Sunday May 2018

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black and gray tattoo, chest piece, chest tattoo, color tattoo, crystal tattoo, daddy's little girl, daddy's little girl tattoo, Emily Page, Emily Page tattoo, forrest tattoo, grayscale tattoo, memorial tattoo, octopus tattoo, raleigh tattoo, Ratatat Tats, tattoo, tattooing, trees tattoo, watercolor octopus tattoo, watercolor tattoo

Had some fun tattoos this week. Got to do my first chest piece. The customer already had the wolf and moon, as well as the roman numerals, but he wanted to fill in the rest. So I added trees and clouds that blended into the clouds on his arm. I also added shading on the lower part of his pecs to give the illusion that he has a bigger and more chiseled chest. His comment: “I look like I’ve been going to the gym!”

Isaac - chest piece

Another new customer has very little open skin left to tattoo, but has “the itch” again, so we found a spot for this little gem. Get it? Little gem?

crystals - Amanda Bretz

The next one tugged on my heart strings and made me feel the feels. Of course.

daddy's little girl - Brittney Thompson

And my favorite of the week was a walk-in who wanted a bear, an octopus, or something Star Wars-y. So I showed him some of my watercolors and he opted to go with the octopus and add a watercolor background. I have to admit, I’m proud of this one. I really love doing this style, so I hope I get more requests for stuff like this.

Octopus - Matt Onley

 

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