Tattoo blog 6/13/12

I've been working at Rochester Tattoo for about a month or so.  It's not at all like Vegas.  Business is slow, and a lot of people are getting, like, tractor and hunting logos.  I also had a guy ask me about a barbwire armband for the first time in my life.  I've done a couple big cool tattoos, but only on co-workers for free.  Well, one co-worker, he's a young noob and he's still really exited about getting covered up.  I like it though because it's a perfect opportunity to "knock the rust off" and get back into the flow.  Other than that I just do little stuff.  I'm going to post some pictures, I've been taking pics of everything, even little simple stuff, mostly for this blog and so I can look back to see if I'm improving or if I can see a trend in a specific type of flaw.  I've also found that it keeps me driven because I want to treat every tattoo like it's going in my portfolio.

In the last two days I've made 25 bucks.  Lame!  That's like working for a buck and a half an hour.  I used the time to hang some art up in my station and work on a drawing of something I'd like to tattoo.  Here's a little vid clip of my station and the studio.  I took the "free sex" sticker off the tool box BTW.  It's been there since I was younger, now I think it's just kind of stupid.  Before I got there they had NO art hanging on the wall.  There's a Japanese style fan on one wall with a clipper and some dolphins and outdated flash racks.  That's it.