Bruise&Glory

So some pretty sweet pictures of me working have surfaced from Brighton....

wish i could credit the photographers, but all i know is the 1st one was on this ladies facebook!

Again, thanks to everyone who dropped by the stall to get tattooed, bought a shirt or just say to say "hi"!

Tattooed my favorite banjo playing skinhead today (hey, just coz i only know one doesn't mean i can't have a favorite) who is in 2 pretty sweet bands.... Booze&Glory who'll be supporting the Business later this year in London, and Neck who i caught at one of the last gigs the Gaff had (*sniff*).

Here's what he got.... just in time for his next tour round Europe.

oof, swelling on elbows n knees always looks so sore!

Anyways, got tomorrow off and I'm on a weird pencil hunt.... it's a long story, but if i find the sacred pencil I'm looking for (which I'm not sure even exists), i will most definitely elaborate. promise.

plane pain

So this is what Mr Kent came and got today...

He wasn't planning on getting it all done as a one-shot, but alas, we got it all finished! woop woop. 

Had a blast doing it, and he sat like a champ. dunno if you can tell from the photo but it's bang on the ribcage so can't have been fun.

I wish i got to do stuff like this more often. It's so nice having a customer who just keeps getting awesome stuff and letting me have so much input with the design.

Also got a healed pic of his VW beetle... mmmmmm smooth as eggs.

In other news, looks like the next issue of Total Tattoo magazine (which is aprils issue, but comes out in march) will have a nice ol' spread on me. EXCITING!

there's 24 useful hours in every day

so i haven't posted any sketches/drawings recently, sand i had a little free time at work today... so here's what i dun. (seriously, if i stay in london i will completely lose all former knowledge of tenses relating to the verb "do") anyways.... here it is....

hopefully tomorrow i'll have a new tattoo or 2 to post, hmmm, well....  at least 1... promise.

til then.

Is the coffee getting weaker or am i?

Wow, super tired today. Had a regular booked in to pretty much tie up his sleeve but we didn't get it all finished. He ended up tapping out with bout 40 mins to go, and i'm relieved coz my eyelids feel like they are being dragged down by a million clinically obese elephants wearing lots of heavy bling.

Anyways, figured that'll gimme just enough time to post the teeny tiny pocket rocket tattoo i did yesterday. This was so small, i woulda been much happier making it 3 times the size and bolding it all up a lot, but alas, this is how he wanted it so we compromised a fair bit.

ended up taking Milo to the vet on Tuesday, he's on pain pills for his limp, which seems to have improved a little. Bad news is we found out he has a heart murmur so i gotta save a lot of pennies to get him scanned and x ray'd to see the extent of the problem. It's literally been one problem after another recently.... and all this stress is definitely taking it's toll. Anyways, this shit can't go on forever now, can it? So til next time.... adieu

Brrrrrrrrighton

holy crap it's cold in brighton! who chooses to put a convention on top of a hill in freezing cold windy conditions?! crazyness.

anyways, other than cold ears, the convention was pretty sweet! sat started off pretty slow, couple o' walk in's though so no love lost, but sunday was pretty rad. did 2 sweet pieces, finished just in time to catch up with old and new friends, and have a last minute nosey round. Oh, and i sold more t shirts than i've ever sold at a convention before!

here's what i spent most the day sunday doing on Miss Stacy, a fellow tattoo inflictor....

we went through a few different ideas for designs, but when i found out she was thinking of a cupcake tat i took that and ran with it.... i ran far away with a huge grin on my face.

So back in London, picked up Milo today who i missed dearly. Poor little guy has been limping all weekend apparently, i'm not sure why so i may have to take him to the vet if old fashioned rest doesn't suffice. Poor little guy.

OK, gotta go get some designs done, so til next time, wrap up warm, stay away from hills, and always say yes to cake! (andy.... no smart comments please)

Brighton bound

So, todays the last day at the shop before the Brighton convention. So it's kinda like a bit of a last minute give dog to friend/tattoo/pack/haircut/post office kinda deal. Have to admit, i'm looking forward to just getting away for a few days. These last few weeks have been super stressful for reasons i will not bore y'all with.

Got the shirts printed, even got some hoodies n vests to boot! Also dug out some prints i had left over from hong kong, so please come enquire if u r interested.

So i'll quickly post this weeks tattoodles, and get back to sorting out work stuff.

First up is today.... Young chap was visiting London for the day and got this....

Hmm, what else did i do?.... oh, Belle came and got her cover-up half sleeve finished. The top half is still super shiny coz it's pretty fresh.... but u get the picture (mind the pun).

oh, and Layla came in for session numero 3 on her dragon. The cover up seems to be holding up nicely with that peony, but again shiny and fresh. I think we only left it 1 week between the last session.

ok so thats your lot. If you are coming to Brighton, i guess i'll see ya there.... if you're not, have a good weekend nonetheless.

Til next time...

dedi/relo cation

holy smokes. my customer today has been following my work for something stupid like 3 years. the reference she brought in was a super old screen shot of my old studio's site in Hong Kong. So anyways, she tracked me down (seeing as we are on the same side of the world now it wasn't too hard)... and got herself some new ink.

So here's what we did....

It's a cover up of this antique rather sad rose......

In other news.... i just found out about this holy crap, that's the most insane line up.... and i'm kinda gutted coz i highly doubt i'm gonna be able to save enough cash to go.  donations? anyone?