The carrot/skull piece belongs to our very own shop manager Laura…Not this had been done a while ago and I did not take a picture of the piece and forgot about it until today….Because the temperature hit 90, and she was wearing shorts and it was peeking out so I was like “whoa, I forgot all about that one” and HAD to take a picture!įinally the fairy was artwork created by the customer on her computer and she wanted to have it tattooed on her. The Piece was too dark and lacked depth that fortunately the color was able to bring out again! The rose piece was a recolor of an older piece (which I diddnt photograph). The first two pieces with the cancer ribbon and the double “L” pieces were on two ladies who lost a friend to leukemia this past fall and wanted to memorialize her as she was a treasured friend to the two of them. Usually this time of year I suffer from burnout/malaise and I need to recharge so please try to bear with me! I apologise….I know Ive been gone a couple of days. Both of them share the same astrological sign and decided to get pieces to symbolize their union as well as their collective signs. His wife will be coming in a few days to get a Scorpio piece as well. ![]() The second piece tribal with scorpion was done for a customer who I haven’t seen in a couple of years and chose this piece online to be done on his forearm. This was a drawing the customer brought in to me and wanted the piece EXACTLY as she had drawn it….soooo…….that’s exactly what she got! enough said! That being said…The line art piece above I need to tell you the specifics of this piece. My plan of action is to post the highlights of the previous day in the morning…after coffee and after my mind has cleared a bit. I will continue to post as frequently as possible but I have to make some changes……Usually I come home from work and post… BUT there have been days where I have been getting home late, and have been WAY too exhausted to even think of posting! Also I have been having some house guests staying with me which has made it a little hard to camp out in front of the computer to write! I haven’t meant to disappoint you all by not regularly posting. Hello folks! I have to switch up how Ive been working with this blog. So in short I’m feeling a little frumpy and frazzled these days! I’m rocking my best “mom jeans” with a loose t-shirt, messy hair, poorly done makeup! But…as long as the tattoos look good I guess that’s all that matters isn’t it? I tried a few different design revisions, but she was set on the original drawing so we worked with that.įinally the bird piece is an oldie but goodie that came in for a minor touch up and I couldn’t help but include it! I love how this piece stands out from across the room! The moon piece is the exact drawing the customer came in with. The panda picture originally had no ears so I added them in. The leaf piece above has been a project Ive been working on for a while and was happy to finally finish! We had a color revision after the first round and now I think it looks real sharp!īoth the panda and moon pieces were done on sisters who came in for their first tattoos. My heart goes out to you all and you will be in my thoughts. I did not photograph this out of respect for her and her family. The woman got the symbol of the brain cancer ribbon made into a butterfly on her back shoulder. One of her wishes was to get tattooed before she passes, and I was truly honored to be the person chosen for the job! So…I packed up my equipment and made a pilgrimage to Connecticut where I met her and her family who are all fantastic people trying to deal as best they can with a difficult time. Well this week I broke my cardinal rule of tattoos outside the shop! A friend of a customer who lives in Connecticut is terminally ill with brain cancer, and is in her last days. ![]() ![]() Those who know me know how against tattoo parties outside the shop I am on so many levels. I had a special circumstance day this Thursday. This is exciting and exhausting all wrapped up in a neat package. I took one of my days off this week to draw as I have some HUGE projects coming up in the next two weeks, and I have 8 six hour sessions all starting large scale projects. I will be working two weeks straight and I have had some really tough projects to work on. I’m in the middle of our crazy summer push.
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