Wet Paint

Been on a painting spree again. Girls, girls,girls.

Hey Sailor!

So Gavin from London contacted me back in december about his trip to San Francisco, and how he wanted a sailor lady tattooed while here. Since having so much time before he came out, I redrew the design about 15 times before deciding on the one I was happiest with. When he got to the shop, he was pretty excited about the design, and ready to go. He has some really nice work done, from his home of London at The Family Business Tattoo. If you are ever in London, check them out, good quality work. Thank you Gavin, if you see this. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Some recent tattoos

a few tattoos from the past few months. The tree has been a work in progress since november, but it is coming to a close. We have one more session, but it is massive, considering the roots wrap the hips and come to the top of his thighs.Thanks Robert for being a trooper.

The seamonster is finishing my most loyal of clients, Josh's forearm to finish out his right sleeve. I'm kind of going in a different direction with this one than my normal self.

The Triceratops is on a friend from LA. He couldn't decide what to get while here, but made a last minute decision, which I thought was hilarious.

Newsies....

LOts of things keeping me busy the past few months. Between tattooing and painting for the "Here be Monsters" show, it's been keeping me from keeping up to date on here. So here are a few phots of what I have been up to lately.

Enter the Turkey....

So San Francisco has been strange this past month. The Giants won the world series, and throughout that process, the shop was a bit slower than usual. I only did one Halloween tattoo, but it was fun.

It was also the first Halloween that my son could actually understand and appreciate it, so it was nice to get to relive the excitement through him. It was always my favorite holiday.

My buddy JD moved back to The City, and we started this hairy lady on him. I think it turned out well, and got to mess around with a few new tricks, courtesy of Chris Conn's seminar I took a couple weeks ago at the State of Grace convention. Chris was at the shop the other day and so I was fortunate enough to be able to show him it in person to hear his opinion about it. Thanks JD. Always a pleasure.

.....and lastly, here is the sheet of flash I am sending in for the Read Street Flash Trade 2010. I hope whoever gets it likes it.

Sugar!

I tattooed this sugarskull over a really bad scar the other day. He was born and raised in Mexico, where apparently arm wrestling is a very big sport amonst teenagers. The scar came from getting his arm broke in one of those matches, where the bone popped straight out of it. Ouch!

I love tattooing sugarskulls, and really enjoyed doing this one.

Changes....

So, big changes, my friends.

Last month I was asked to join the crew over at Body Manipulations (3234 16th Street @ Dolores
San Francisco, CA 94103), so last week I made the move. I've only worked a few days so far, but I am enjoying it thoroughly. New neighborhood, new coworkers.... it's nice to change it up some.

I've spent the majority of the past 5 years in the Haight/Ashbury neighborhood, and as much as it helped me become who I am, the time had come. Cold Steel was great, I made lots of friends that are now family, and I thank Paul for giving me that opportunity years ago more than he will ever know.

Here are a few photos of some things I did the last month there.