A custom image, requested by the arm’s owner,  to cover an old panther-based regret.

Finally, after my big domestic relocation effort, I get to spend a little quality time alone with a black scrub set top and my airbrush…

What more can I say?

A caricature of the happy couple commissioned by them to be used on the magnets that are part of the nuptial invitation kit. I can’t say who they are, but if anybody recognizes them, I’ve done my part.

This one began life as a rough sketch on the back of a grocery store receipt that was brought in by a wife and husband. She requested my rendition of her quickly penned idea so that she could satisfy her ink jones that night. Unfortunately, my rendition was not “feminine” enough for her. Her husband, however, found it quite to his liking. In the end, their trip to the tattoo shop resulted in her idea being embedded into his arm.

This piece of flash intrigued this person when he found it online, so he copied it to his phone’s memory and brought it into the shop. Of course, he didn’t want his version of it to be just like everyone else’s, so he requested some color modifications. I think the overall result makes it uniquely his.

As usual, in my enthusiasm to do refurbishing jobs on old tattoos like this one, I forgot to take a ‘before’ picture to compare my work against. It was well into re-lining this young man’s backyard bargain skull and antler spectacular, that I remembered to stop and get my before(ish) shot. I think the white highlights in the skull help to make the whole piece that much more dimensional and realistic.

It sometimes amazes me how involved some people are willing to allow their very first tattoos to be. In the age of free flowing information, much likeyou are enjoying right now, I’m sure it’s a lot easier to confidently envision one’s future and feel brave enough to make a decision that will permanently affect it. So I commend this young man for the self-assurance he displayed this weekend, and I hope that I was able to help him feel good about the message he’ll be sending for the next several decades.

I rather enjoyed seeing the completed version of these two skulls. I especially liked the results of using the bright lime/radiation green; it really makes each skull really stand out.