in Hawaiian…

this means “Warrior of God”.

but no matter what language you say it in, getting a piece across your ribs means YOU’RE A BADA$$.

Beautiful Barcelona: Gettin’ UP (via .keepitight.)

Check out the production I did while in Barcelona. Had an awesome opportunity to paint a sanctioned wall with my crew mates and we got DOWN (if I do say so myself!)

yes yes y’all, gettin’ UP in BCN, FULL PRODUCTION STYLE! the goodies that were purchased at the montana factory store were definitely put to goOD use. ———————– coming from AZ, finding a sanctioned wall is like finding a $100 bill on the ground – they’re hard to come by.  when we first stepped off the plane and onto the train, we were blown away by all of the graff we saw flying by in the windows.  it was plain to see that graffi … Read More

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.step by step.

what it looked like to begin with:

he wanted to add a quote, a date, and some initials to complete the piece.

i whipped this up:

for my girls…

meet the lucky winner of the benefit raffle:

this lucky lady won our FREE tattoo to benefit Papa Oesch – she decided to use the gift to commemorate her daughters

a gorgeous memento of GivinG + ReceivinG!

the whole nine.

there’ve been a few glimpses here n there, but here’s the real deal.

here’s the full sleeve:

in all it’s hardroCKiN’ gLoRY.

say my name

almost there…

it ain't done yet!

for grandpop’s.

gonna go in on a second round and throw in a banner + dimension ‘n depth to make this piece really SiNG.

misunderstood.

it’s easy to get your message mixed up – clear, concise, artful communication is Key.

dear momma

this piece is on one of my toughest female clients, she’s a bad mofo, please believe.

you know what i’m talkin’ about, one of those hip, cool moms you always heard about as kid, the kinda strong woman that you want your own daughter to be.  she’s a single mother raising a teenager on her own, recently moved back into the state to help with her ailing mother, and just a warrior in general.

she experienced what we call ‘the worst week ever’ and was STiLL going — kickin’ ass and takin’ names, you KNOW she deserved this tattoo!!!!

protecting and serving…

did this shield on a very cool client of mine.  i’ve tattooed on both he + his wife and every time they come into the studio we always have great conversations that seem to end too soon. though he’s  pretty tough dude, even he had to admit the inside of the arm wasn’t done soon enough – it’s tender in there!