Tattoo Wrap-up #22

01 Friday Feb 2019

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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:

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

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

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.

A very cheerful cover-up.

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

How cute is this? The customer designed it herself.

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Cute friendship tattoos.

No story here, it’s just cute.

Same customer as the one above.

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

This is the other version of the willow.

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

Tattoo Wrap-up #21

10 Thursday Jan 2019

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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:

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

The sploof!! With a heart tail!

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

Memorial tattoo for her little sister.

A tattoo to commemorate her trip to Barcelona.

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

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

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.

Tattoo Wrap-Up #20

02 Wednesday Jan 2019

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Notice that I’ve totally ditched the word “weekly” in the title. It’s 2019. Time for more realistic expectations, and realistically, based on past history, I’m not going to manage weekly tattoo wrap-ups. So here are the tattoos that I closed out the year with:

Aaahhh, bull. Looking forward to seeing this one healed so that the lighter grays are easier to distinguish.

Fairly self-explanatory.

I actually did 2 of these for a brother/sister duo.

Follow your arrow wherever it points.

I love this one. The customer had part of his liver removed, so he’s been “de-livered.”

This one and the one below were to memorialize their rescued greyhound.

The numbers were tattooed in the ears of the actual dog.

As a surprise for his wife.

raven, timepiece trashpolka - Foster Nethercott_compressed

This customer is going for a good vs. evil theme. The other shoulder has a dove and a rose and a beautiful time piece. For this side, we’re going more trash polka.

This is to remind himself of the story of the little boy walking on the beach and throwing starfish back into the ocean. If you don’t know it, look it up.

I’m so glad the customer decided not to add color to this one. His original plan was to include color in the tiger, but I love it as a black and gray tattoo.

tree with Maine in roots - Austin Merando

The space in the roots is Maine.

Just a lovely little watercolor yin yang.

No story here, just a nice tattoo.

Cute little own.

And that’s it for 2018!! It’s been a long, crazy year, but I’ve learned so much – mostly that I love calf and forearm skin. So good for tattooing.

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-Up #19

13 Thursday Dec 2018

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It’s SLOW here. Soooooo sloooooow. It huuuuuuuurts. So there hasn’t been a ton of stuff to post. But here’s what I can share from the last couple of weeks:

For a customer who is slowly getting tattoos that represent all of her dogs. This is for a dog she calls Polar Bear because he’s so big and white and fluffy.

No explanation needed.

Doggie portrait

I don’t really recommend foot tattoos, but the customer was forwarned that they don’t last as well. But since she went ahead and got it, it’s pretty darn cute, I think.

This customer’s first tattoo – because she believes anything is possible.

Nice twist on MOM in a heart.

From a Shel Silverstein book. Yes, it IS supposed to say “Ki Hids.”

This customer had had a bad experience at another tattoo shop and didn’t trust the tattoo artist to finish and fix the tattoo. Luckily, we were able to finish it up so that she was happy with it.

This is my brush with fame. This guy is the cousin of Esther the Wonder Pig (i.e., his cousin owns Esther).

This was a cover-up I posted a while back. It used to be a dream catcher. Finally got to finish it.

A tulip poplar for a customer who I’ve known for years thanks to the sip and paint business I used to own.

(Not So) Weekly Tattoo Wrap-Up #18 (Part 1)

17 Saturday Nov 2018

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Holy shit, I’m behind on these supposed weekly tattoo wrap-ups, you guys!! Mostly, because reasons. And also, because less legitimate reasons. So I’m going to break this one up over a couple posts because there are just a fucklot of tattoos to share with you. So here’s the first installment, going all the way back to October:

For a guy who hasn’t found love yet, but really believes in it.

Roar.

Recognize the pocket watch on the left? He came back for the tribal across his collar bone…

…and this cross and banner one. I swear, this guy sits so quietly I’ve decided he’s impervious to pain.

This girl came in with her parents to get this for her 18th birthday.

One of my regulars is getting memorial tattoos for all of her dogs. They called one of her dogs The Hamburglar, so…

I think getting passport stamps for the places you’ve been is such a cool idea. It was fun trying to get the tattoo to look like actual stamps.

No real story here, but it’s cool tattoo.

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up # 16

24 Monday Sep 2018

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After a lousy week due to the hurricane, this week was a lot more interesting. I turned 41, for one thing, which wasn’t my favorite thing. It was one thing to have to say I was 40. It’s a whole other thing having to say that I’m “in my 40’s.” Le sigh. But I got to do a few fun tattoos and I wasn’t bored out of my skull while stuck at home waiting for the storm to kill me. First up was this trio of tattoos a yoga practitioner requested:

The customer wanted 2 foxes coming out of a tunnel that was also a mandala, so…

I wish I had taken a photo from farther away because this was on the customer’s sternum, and it just looked so damn good there!

For sisters whose mom calls them ladybugs.

Didn’t get the story behind why he wanted a broken heart, especially when he came in with his girlfriend, but this is his first tattoo.

The 7th tattoo I’ve given my friend Bonnie. She’s got a nautical theme going on both of her thighs. Looking forward to seeing this once it has healed.

Rib cages are a pain in the ass to tattoo, just FYI, but this turned out pretty well, considering.

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #14

11 Tuesday Sep 2018

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I’m late with this. I know. But I had reasons. Important reasons. All the reasons. One of which is hurricane preparedness. Because Aunt Flo – I mean, Hurricane Flo, is on her way and Raleigh has lost its damn mind. The store shelves were bare by yesterday afternoon. I think our house and tattoo studio are okay flood-wise, though I’m a little worried about trees coming down on the house. And I’ve lived through power outtages before, so I’ll make do,and reassure the cats that the world is not ending. But the haunt? The haunt will flood. Not a damn thing we can do about that except figure out how to charge the mosquitos for their new standing-water theme park.

But let’s talk about happier things, like tattoos. Here are a couple fun ones from last week:

My favorite of the week. This customer had a rough relationship with someone in her family and decided to turn it into something positive by commemorating him with her favorite things about him.

An X-ray of a star magnolia.

Don’t know why, but this one just struck my fancy.

This customer wanted an abstract treble clef/heart anklet so I came up with this.

That’s really it. Expect there to not be a tattoo wrap-up next week since we’re going to be closed several days this week for the impending weather doom. But I’ve been doing a little painting, so hopefully I’ll get my ass in gear and post my latest paintings instead. Hopefully. Don’t count on it. I’m lazy like that.

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #11

13 Monday Aug 2018

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It’s been sloooooooooooooow at the tattoo studio the last couple weeks. But I did get to do a couple fun ones. My one regret from this last week was not getting a photo of the guy that got “It’sMonkeyboyTM(c)” tattooed on his arm. I love that he was claiming both trademark and copyright protection on his tattoo, because It’sMonkeyboy is super likely to catch on (watch, now that I’ve been all snarkypants, it’s actually going to go viral and I’ll have to eat my words…although I just looked him up on Twitter and @ItsMonkeyboy is a white guy, and the customer was black, so apparently it’s already being used by someone else…).

And now, for the last 2 weeks in tattoos:

I posted a watercolor painting of this image online and asked if anyone wanted it as a tattoo, and guess what? Several someones did, but the first to ask was the one who got it!

We had a number of first tattoos this week, including this one, which, apparently, is a symbol for friendship and family.

Another first tattoo, this time a memorial for her pup based on his actual paw prints.

For a customer who was newly diagnosed with lupus.

This is the second request I’ve had for mountains over a wave in the last week. Love how this one turned out in particular.

My first oni tattoo. He plans to eventually turn it into a whole Japanese-inspired sleeve.

This customer designed the tattoo herself, and really wanted to be sure we had some thick and some thin lines. I think it’s an adorable first tattoo.

And my favorite for the week: the customer came in for a touch up, and brought her 12 year old sister along. The little sister was joking that she wanted to design a tattoo for her, and the customer – gulp – said yes. This is the drawing she came up with. The T-Rex’s name is Bill and he likes apples. That kid has the best big sister ever.

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #10

30 Monday Jul 2018

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We’re at #10 you guys!! I have now been tattooing for about 5 months. But I haven’t felt like a real tattoo artist until this past weekend when I got a massage and the massage therapist laughed and told me I had “really well-developed forearms.” Woot woot! I’m gonna look like Popeye, y’all. And I’m gonna be damn proud of it. It was another pretty slow week at the tattoo studio. July in this area sucks for businesses (it was the same way at my last business, so I’m not panicking…yet). But I did have some fun tattoos to share, so here you go:

Meet Cartman. He is a dog. I looooooooove doing pet portraits!! Squeee!

Just a pretty little mandal-y arm band.

A compass. Obviously.

mechanical shark - Joe Bobbitt_compressed

I love this one. It’s from a video game, apparently. I know jack about that stuff, but I had a blast doing this.

For a customer who digs owls, and the a pancreatic cancer/Alzheimer’s ribbon for loved ones.

Brian Kirkpatrick - marvin robot with planet balloons

Marvin the robot, because 42. Excited to see this one once it has healed and the white no longer looks pink.

Just in case you weren’t already craving carbs…

Weekly Tattoo Wrap-up #9

23 Monday Jul 2018

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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:

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.

A tattoo for this customer’s kids.

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

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.