Eat, drink n be merry

So been a bit crap with blogging these past few days. Yesterday was pretty much hijacked by a hangover, and today (well....officially now it's Christmas coz it's 2:30am so i meant yesterday....) was spent cooking n cleaning. Ross had to nip into town (Hong Kong side)for some last minute shopping and i nipped into town (Sai Kung side) to get ingredients for cookies and other stuff i'm making for our boxing day BBQ. 

Today i made some gingerbread men/dogs (the dogs are for a friend who is obsessed with Dachshunds) I had to get the cutters when i saw them, coz i knew little doggie cookies would make him smile!

The gingerbread men started off looking respectful, then they acquired weird undergarments, and before me n Ross knew it, they'd grown..... appendages.

Tomorrow i got more baking to do, need to make some vegan cookies for the BBQ and i'm gonna try and make some vegan bread..... (i'm sure my vegan buddy will be content eating grilled veg.... but i thought it'd be nice if i could make him something....)but i'm not holding much hope in the bread department. I've never cooked vegan food before, and did lots of online research, found some nice looking recipies, but the grocery stores here are anything but vegan friendly, so now my dairy substitutes have been substituted for substitute dairy substitutes. hmmm.....

Anyways, didn't fancy a big fancy dinner tonight, and had ginger on the brain, so i whipped up a nice ginger, garlic and chilli chicken stir fry. tasty goodness.... 

Tomorrow we r going out for our Christmas dinner, seeing as my oven is the size of a small microwave with one shelf..... it didn't seem like a good idea to attempt a Christmas roast!

In other news, my awesome Hungarian guest artist from London (he hasn't updates his myspace for a while, but i'll get a portfolio in the shop for y'all to peruse through soon) has now confirmed he'll be here in february, so more on that soon! He's crashing at our place for a month..... i hope he likes dogs is all i can say!

It's weird having 4 days off all at once, i'm kinda shocked how quick they have flown by.... was hoping to get a new banner drawn up for the Singapore convention which is creeping up like a little pervert wearing slippers..... but i dunno if that's gonna happen now.

Anyways, dunno if i'll blog 2morrow, but i'll take some pics of the BBQ and probably give u a bread recipe that u might wanna make for people u really hate.... we'll see!

gramophoto

So i got the gramophone piece coloured yesterday... had an impossible task getting half-decent pics though, so these are the best i got i'm afraid...

all the black is healed, so once it heals it'll come back through and the right image is from a weird angle, so her face looks a little distorted, but it's the only pic of the front part i got.  hopefully i'll get a healed pic in a few weeks. 

here's a detail pic...

Tomorrow we got the Joe Strummer tribute gig @ Rockschool, so anyone in HK should swing by. it's free entry and we got some good bands lined up! 

Rock and Rollin' down the avenue

So, I miraculously managed to find enough time to fit Marc (singer/guitarist) from The Bembol Rockers in for a nippy new acquisition. This is tucked up on the inside of his right arm. Was a little worried he wouldn't be able to sit through it all in one go, but he cowboy'd up and we managed!

I was supposed to be finishing off the music themed calf piece today, but he's 25 mins late so i aint sure he's coming. 

In other news, i got videos of me n ross singing with the bembol guys so i'll upload one  later on!

to blog or not to blog....

hmm, spent the majority of yesterday frantically trying to finish a HUGE tattoo on Chao, a really nice guy from Beijing who helped babysit us and keep us awake on that 38 hour no-sleep-fest last year. He travelled down with his girlfriend and i booked the whole day for them. We did manage to get his piece finished, but i was in such a rush, i didn't take a photo of his until after i'd tattooed his girlfriend, and he had started to scab up and no matter how much/hard i wiped his tattoo (sorry man, i know that musta sucked!) i couldn't get it clean enough for a good photo....

 i feel like i need to post something to show how much he put up with.... so here's a cropped section (the least bloody bit) this piece is on his back, and it's pretty big....

and here's his girlfriend....Miss Lotus' new tattoo...

My next customer cancelled last minute, so i am now off to meet up with the Bembol Rockers. They are playing the Fringe Club and Rock School tonight. I'm singing a song with them. I'm petrified......

You never know, if i don't die of embarrassment halfway through the song and the ground doesn't open and swallow me up, maybe i'll post a video. MAYBE

Blisters and birds

So today i tattooed an artist and an actor. ooh, aint i fancy?! 

Did this lil' piece today which was pretty fun. If i had a choice i would filled it with a little more solid  colour, but it's a painting the client brought in so i kept schtum! I think when it heals and softens up it'll look really nice. Surprisingly hard to get a photo of though, so i had to opt for no flash... so it all looks a lil' duller.

The blisters on my hands are giving me lots of jip. They have kinda imploded, and on my right hand, i can see layer beyond layer of shades of green. (no it's not infected, it's over a green tattoo...)

Ross is playing a gig at the Wanch tonight, but i think i'm gonna head off to Ned Kelly's to catch the end of Bembol's set....after i do the accounts.....bah.... :(

2 kindsa custom

So, today was pretty eventful. Managed to squeeze Lakshmi from Bembol Rockers in for a tattoo due to an appointment re-scheduling, and that awesome super top secret object(s) i ordered off ebay arrived! 

So here's lakshi's arm....Super excited to do this, i love Ganesh and the only Ganesh piece i've ever done was teeny weeny, so got to fit a lot more detail into this one! (he insisted i signed it too....which was kinda weird! haha)

here's a detail coz the pic aint coming up larger...

And here's my *new prized possession*.... (customs must have had a field day with this one!)

Front half is hanging in the shop, so y'all are welcome to come visit him!

Back half is hanging in the studio, so i get to stare at his ass all day long!

i woulda taken a pic from the door frame so u can see front and back together, but we have a blind on the studio door that blocks the view.

downward spiral

So, long story short, Bembol Rockers are back in town, so i'm kinda compelled to go out drinking every night coz they are playing many many gigs. Yesterday was kinda non-eventful. I did 4 hrs work on the c'o'd phoenix, didn't get it finished, he was bleeding like his life didn't depend on it, probably coulda filled a paddling pool, but other than that, i went for a pre-X'mas family lunch, my brothers coi tattoo healed up super sweet. The harbor looked incredible, and it was hot. Like, "who needs a sweater" hot!

So last night we went to go see The Bembol Guys play at Rock School

, then we went to Amazonia, then at 4am when i got home i decided to bake cookies. Cookies (peanut butter n choc chip) came out awesome, but i burnt both hands on the oven. I have a cute matching pair of blisters now, and wearing gloves at work kinda sucks..... a lot.

We have 2 new village puppies who are super friendly... i think they tried to rape me a little....

(they both need homes, so GIVE THEM A HOME PEOPLE!)

Anyways, today was busy busy, started off with.... a line... (not that kinda line, you deviant bastards)

Then i had 2 hrs put aside before my next booking for Ross, we got this done, it ain't finished (obviously, but got a fair amount done... (this is the other side of his chest to his "sweet as a nut" squirrel)

Then off to see the Bembol guys again. Looks like i'll be tattooing Lakshmi (double bassist) tomorrow coz i had an app move to Jan, i also gotta try and find some time to squeeze in another piece for Mark, who got tattoos last time round too....