Happy Valentines Everyone!
“Who’s been painting my roses red? /
WHO’S BEEN PAINTING MY ROSES RED? /
Who dares to taint /
With vulgar paint /
The royal flower bed? /
For painting my roses red /
Someone will lose his head.”
did a rosy piece in-between my client’s two existing tattoos:
boLD.
beautiFUL.
TraditionAL.
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 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
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. 
did this cool piece on great client of mine – sits well, always has a great attitude, + good conversation. it’s taken a few months but we finally put the finishing touches on it.
time to plan the next one!!
maybe it’s because school’s out or because summer’s full on and the kids are home everyday… i’m not sure what’s causing it, but i’ve been getting more and more parents who want to get their kids’ names tattooed. 
met this great client thru an old client of mine. he already has his first daughter’s name tattooed and didn’t want his younger daughter to feel left out, so we did her name up RiGHT.
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.
