Holy City Tattooing Collective

Holy City Tattooing Collective is the new name for the shop. Our new # is 843.202.0950 Trey got these chest panels. Trey is rad, and tougher than most. Unfortunately, Trey will be moving soon. I'm really glad I was able to do these for him, and hopefully will do some more work for him in the future, if he ever decides to come back to this side of the country. Zach got cherry blossoms on his forearm. the other side has a luna moth caught in a web. He gets some interesting things tattooed on him. Hopefully this doesn't get him discharged from the Navy. It is a little larger than what they allow nowadays. Either way, good luck in the future, Zach. Lastly, I painted a Ningyo. Basically a japanese mermaid. Referenced from Toriyama's Gazu Hyakki Yagyo series. Easily one of my favorite collections of artwork ever. I would like to do a whole series of paintings of yokai. I would also like to make some tattoos of them.(hint, hint). Tell your friends. I also enjoyed a waterballoon fight with my son today in the scorching Charleston sun. I swear he is way cooler than anyone.

So, I made my first trip back to San Francisco since I left last year. I left the day after my 30th birthday, and got back today. It was an amazing trip. I saw lots of friends, drank more booze than I have this entire past year in 12 days, and did a slew of tattoos. I went back to work at Body Manipulations while I was there. It was very nice to see some old clients of mine again. Also to work with Colin Stevens is always a blast. He has some of the best stories I have ever heard, along with the fact that he has put out some of the most amazing and consistant work for two decades. If you live near San Francisco, I highly suggest paying him a visit. You won't regret it. Here are a few photos from this trip.

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Here are a few more from the past few weeks.