Pics n Thoughts 2

I rocked this out super fast with a 7 round.  I did it for 50 bucks.  It would have been 200 in Vegas.  I'm pretty happy with it except that I should have spent more time spacing the letters better.  I don't like the "C" much. I also told the customer that the font would stand well on it's own without being filled in and now that I look back at it I don't know if that's true.  It should be solid black or shaded, or at least have a much thicker outline.  Also just for the record, "ROCKVAM" is a bad ass last name!



This girl went to Autonomy, another shop in town with a reputation for being "the best" (they are pretty good, but their reputation comes from one single artist).  They told her she couldn't get this done unless it was big enough to go from her armpit to her belt line.  At least that's what the customer says they said.  If that's true it's weird.  OK, so I really enjoyed this.  It's just a computer font, but on something like this straight and legible is more important than style because the poem is the art.  The tattooer's job here is not to stroke his/own ego by expressing their artistic uniqueness, but to put a flawless and clear tattoo on the customer.  I failed.  I mean it's pretty good but it would have been better if I had done all the thick and thins as I went instead of going back to do them.  Also the word "our" was a correction for a type-o.  I accidentally typed the word "out" there and didn't realize it until I started writing the "t".  Extremely embarrassing.  I pointed it out to the customer.  She hadn't noticed it.  I should have gave her the whole tattoo for free after that (and let her slap me).  Lesson learned.  I have proof read the hell out of everything I've done since and had the customer do the same!

 This is a "traditional" style mermaid.  I haven't drawn a lot of traditional designs but this one came out OK.  The guy loved it, but then he stood me up for his next appointment which was to change the shading around that tattoo above it.  I was really looking forward to seeing it healed out.  I wish I would have had more time to draw this out.  I know I could have reformed it a bit.

Just some script and a dog paw.  Again, not terrible but my script is a bit rusty and that paw aint nuthin' special either.  $50 quick and simple.  I think some of those tails maybe too low on the foot.  Into that thick skin.  Tattoos don't heal too well there.

Kanji.  I think it says "fast boat".  This guy think it says, "no matter what happens, family comes first".  I tattooed this with my Pulse machine.  First time using it.  This machine was amazing.  I loved it.  It was so powerful it's like riding a motorcycle around on the customer's arm.  I know I will see this one healed too cause he comes in frequently.

This is a BEFORE and AFTER thing.  The original tattoo says "White American Bitch" in Arabic.  I guess it was a joke tattoo, she doesn't think it's funny anymore and she wanted it covered up with a "cool design".  This is what I came up with after half an hour of sketching on her foot.  She was happy.




Alright it's 3am.  I'm tired enough to give sleeping a shot.  I have more pics to blog about tomorrow.  Even though I haven't done crap in 3 days.  Good night and thanks for reading.  Please leave me a comment if you're seeing this!