Haley

This is a difficult but enjoyable cover up. Some cover ups are fun and others can be terrible. Either way this one is starting to get fun. I'm finding room to put my intention in there. The little spaces where I have no option but to cover dark with dark are starting to open up and I'm having fun. 

Different pieces are mid-heal, healed, and fresh so it was hard to get an evenly lit photo but this works I guess. The scorpion on the foot was an existing piece but I did touch it up a bit and add around it.

Peace & Pugs

It's an interesting job.

I get to meet new people. I'd be a hopeless recluse without it. I don't care to speak to most people. 

I get to discuss art and tattoos with these people. The two things I spend the entirety of my day thinking about aside from what section of the government is attempting to steal my thoughts. 

I get to place something infinitely sentimental on these people that will last on their skin till they slowly rot and on their profile pic through eternity or whenever Facebook deletes their profile for being inactive. 

Then that person walks out the door. We might be friends. We might be strangers set to walk past each other. We might meet again on the next occasion that they feel they have something worth tattooing. 

Thanks Obama.

Feli Wap

The difference between minimalism and hyper detail. Neither piece is larger than 3 inches.

Later

It's an interesting thought that in just a few days a painful and terribly permanent thing that I have done will be walking around a few thousand miles away from here. 

I like that this will hide beneath common clothes. I'll admit that I do have an attachment to every piece I make it is nice to know that these are regularly tucked away. They are his and nobody else's. 

They don't peak over the collar and they're too fare away from the sleeve. You can only view them if he allows you to. They are his and nobody else's. 

Fuck you Chipotle. 

Quinn

Working our way around. I really enjoy researching as well as executing a version of this Nordic stuff. Please bring me more if you'd like some.

PROTEK YA NECK

Ronnie came back to have his hands done. It was nice to hear that he's only received polite admiration for his neck piece. Probably helps that we're in Utah but whatever let's call it a victory for cultural acceptance or some bull-shit. 

FIN

It's not an easy area to be tattooed. It took a few sittings but I'm happy that it's walking around completed. It was a style I'd never done before and we played with a few ideas til we found what we were looking for. I'd love to do more like it.

Things

I like to do things. 

I like to make things.

I like to get lost in making one line connect to the last and branch to another. 

There is nothing more satisfying.

My Own

I drew this piece to take a break. 

I drew it to clear my mind.

I drew this without request. 

Ryan saw it and wanted it. 

Thank you Ryan. 

Octopus

I dig this sea creature kind of stuff. More please.

Black and Grey

Standard B&G (black and grey) tattooing requires you to dilute black into lighter and lighter gradients (image to the right). And then we have opaque B&G style (image o the left). While each style produces a similar product they are very different in their application. I enjoy both. This past weekend was exhausting but I had fun with these.

DIRTY HEALED N HAIRY

About a year since we started this piece. The octopus above it was done elsewhere but we have some plans to add and keep this leg going soon. Should be fun.