A Taste…

If you’ve been following this blog of my work for a while I’m sure you’ve seen the variety of tattoos that have been fixed or completely covered up.  If you’ve seen these and wanna get your own tattoo fix/covered but aren’t too sure what the process here, here’s a lil’ taste of what takes place.

This piece happens to be a full cover-up, not just a lil’ clean/fix-up.  Check out how we SLAP some GOLD on that A$$:

Step 1: You have your existing tattoo that you no longer want and wish to cover up.

Step 2: We decide on what you want instead of the old tattoo.

Step 3: I make it happen.

TA-DA!!!

the key…

to happiness is

…stayin’ light at heart.

met this awesome mom who’s finally doin’ a lil’ something for herself!

a first tattoo.

don’t mind me…

don’t have eyes for the world outside
they’re closed and turned within
trying to find the light inside
it’s lit, but growing dim

i’m alright, it’s just tonight
i can’t play the part
i’m alright, it’s alright
it’s just a broken heart

-Eddie Vedder

heartbeatbeat

she’s in cahoots with the$e guys

size doesn’t matter…

when it comes to love.

tiny tattoos are so much fun to do – but at the same time, they require a very meticulous approach.  since you’re not working with a large area, whatever the piece is has to be clean, solid, and well-done.  you don’t want a tiny tattoo becoming a big blob with time.

how to mend a broken heart pt. 2

the first time i fixed a heart, it was seriously BUSTED.  this one isn’t so much a total fiX as it is an ENHANCEMENT.

as you can see the original tattoo isn’t too bad… it’s pretty “aight”, but you already know me — i just gotta SLAP SOME GOLD ON iT.

you can’t sit in my chair without looking BETTER when you get up from it.

FREE[HAND] LOVE.

met this client recently.  after seeing her boyfriend get several pieces done by me (virtually pain-free) she decided she was going to take the jump and get her very 1st tattoo.  she had always been relatively scared of the pain associated with getting ink done, but after seeing her younger sister & boyfriend go under the needle, she knew she was just as tough as they were.

it’s awesome what love will help us do.

heartbeat.

“yeah, i pledge allegiance to the hip-hop

yeah, i pledge allegiance to it non-stop”

-AfuRa

how to mend a broken heart.

it sucks when the ONLY tattoo you have is busted.

well, i mean, any busted-a$$ tattoo sucks (of course) but it’s even worse if it’s your first+last one.

the lines on this heart looked like they were drunk & had double-vision… as if the staples holding it together weren’t bad enouGH.  yiKEs.

re-WORKED

after a lil’ handi-stitchin’ maGiC.

sacrifice.

“I tell you one lesson I learned
If you want to be something in life
You ain’t gonna get it unless
You give a little bit of sacrifice
Ooohh, sometimes before you smile you got to cry
You need a heart that’s filled with music
If you use it you can fly”

-the Roots