There are two things that make portraits some of the hardest tattoos to execute successfully ~ 1. There isn’t a “flat” surface on the human body so the image will always slightly distort &  2. Any line you make, you can’t erase!

Kira stopped in to make another appointment and to show me how her tattoo healed.  She said that for Valentine’s Day, she painted Billy’s lips and flowers a matching shade of red.

Found them!  And headed into the studio to experiment.

New Years Resolution: to get good at the violin again.

(My poor neighbors.)

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I’ve been working on a new project using fruit, and have been anxious for blood oranges to be in season!  Mid February to March I think.  The oranges above, weren’t quite ripe and their insides looked a little more like a grapefruit.

But, I can’t wait to tattoo them carbon inky black and slice them open ~ all bloody red…so I can roll them around on these huge pieces of paper.

In the meantime…I’ll just attack the outsides.

A customer brought this in…I think it’s pretty awesome.  I love when people bring in sketches of their tattoo ideas.  Almost more so though, when they aren’t artistically inclined.  There is something really honest and raw in the flaws.

One of my favorite things to do lately, is put fresh mint in hot water.

Got this in the mail.  Very excited to use it…