Maptastic

Thanks to Chloe for modeling this guest spot shirt for me.
I'm not sure if that's her dead bird face or her sexy face,
but she's always awesome;
and other than Star Wars,
we have a lot in common.






















In fact, the whole shop has been so great,
and it'll be a bummer to leave.
(it's also 20 colder in Minnesota than here)

I spent a bunch of hours tattooing this today.
That's a upright bass scroll that the branch is turning into.
The idea is to finish the tree-bass below the lizard, eventually.
Sometime when I'm back in town....






















I still have one more day at Off the Map before I head back home,
and two exciting pieces left to tattoo,
but here's (almost) everything I've done so far.

Fairy tattoos design

Fairy tattoo designs can be found in the folklore of a wide variety of several cultures. Traditionally, most stories and tales about fairies primarily focus on keeping them away.

Upcoming tattoo conventions 1/7/11 - 1/9/11

January 7th - 9th 2011
Palmer Event Center
900 Barton Springs Rd,
Austin, TX 78704,
United States

Different Tattoo Lettering Style

Lettering into a tattoo is to have it within or accompanying a picture tattoo.

Tattoo machine blackwidow

Tattoo machine blackwidow

Losing Track

I keep getting surprised by how late in the day/month/year it is.
My bedtime keeps getting pushed later and later,
but I keep waking up at the same time.
And it keeps getting colder.
6 degrees Fahrenheit right now.
It makes you want to not leave the house.
(tomorrow will be an exception,
since Dark Dark Dark is back in town to play a show)

The dead bird painting is finished, dry, and photographed.
I've been working on a few other dead bird paintings lately,
but more still-lifey,
and not just floating deadness.






















I had a ton of fun working on this tattoo today.
"A pickle in a wheelchair. Hot rod flames."
There wasn't any big story to go along with it,
other than the client is friends with Chef Ryan.
The pickle is it's own story, I guess.

Scabs during tattoo healing

Scabs during tattoo healing

Full Sleeve Trend Tattoo Designs

A full sleeve tattoo is one that literally covers the arm from shoulder to wrist. The most beautiful full sleeve tattoos designs are the ones that blend into one flowing tattoo. In order to achieve this, one must try to envisage the end result before even going to the parlour. Discussing your ideas with the tattoo artist will also greatly help into achieving the look that you are after.

Symbol of healing tattoo style

The symbol of healing tattoo style vector illustration

Holidays are for Eating.

Louderhorn Inn hosted a smallish vegan thanksgiving this year,

and as always, Meryl made so much great food.

(that is one sexy vegan blueberry pie)

There was five of us sitting at the dining room table,

but enough mashed potatoes to feed 20.

(i made the potatoes)

The next day was back to work,

and we celebrated Black (Tie) Friday.

We didn't buy anything,

we just wore ties.

Adam M also has been wearing normal pants all week

(in lieu of his super tight sexy man jeans)

in order to help heal the first sit of his alligator tattoo we did on Tuesday.

Looking forward to working on this again soon.

(and yeah, that's a thigh. not a wrist, not a forearm. a thigh.
the tattoo is 11 inches tall.)

Hyenas and hand puppets.

I finished the boar skull painting the other day,
and immediately started a few new ones.

There's going to be a big to do come March,

and I need to get a move on if I'm going to be ready in time.

Adam W is leaving tomorrow morning for a NYC trip,

and he wanted to get a new tattoo before he left.

I drew up this hyena head for him,

which he didn't see until he got to the shop tonight,

and once he saw the angry face,

he wanted it a little "toned down".

(like adding the teddy bear to ryan's elephant)

So we ran through a few ideas, and settled on hand puppets,

which I then markered on.

We didn't get too far, since we only got started at 8pm,

but I'm super excited about it,

and wanted to post the progress photos.

We'll work on it again some time after Thanksgiving.

Angel Tattoo Design

Angel Tattoo Design

Beautiful Tattoos Styles of Female Hips

Hip Tattoos Beautiful Women Style pictorial hand, a map and a butterfly.

Tribal tattoos with meaning

Tribal tattoos with meaning

Butterfly tattoo designs for women

Butterfly tattoo designs for women

Foot tattoo designs for women

Foot tattoo designs for women

Absolute tattoo art

a tattoo enthusiast is exposed to wider range of tattoo designs. Among all the other tattoo designs, there are some patterns that are inspired from nature and hence have appealing and soothing look.

Flower Tattoo Design

art of flower tattoo is as old as the art of tattoo-making. They have always been a preferred choice among the tattoo enthusiasts because of their natural charm, floral beauty, vitality and significance. Different meanings are associated with different flower tattoo designs. Each flower design expresses a certain amount of individuality.

Flower tattoos are great for the fact that you can make them small and simple by using one tiny flower, or large and climbing. They can be bright and colorful, or dark and expressive.

Tattoo design ideas

Tattoo design ideas