script, bees, blossoms

Random stuff

I love a classic pin up girl…

You can never go wrong with cherubs!

I’ve done a lot of work on this next guy…. he had enough space left on his arm for an eye on the elbow.

The one that got away

I just finished this half sleeve… and of course she’d moving to Portland! WTF? Come back!!!

For some reason…

… I almost always wind up with the best clients. The nice, easy going types who appreciate what I do and let me give them a good tattoo. They come in with an idea but are open to suggestions, and to top it all off, I genuinely like most of them! How did I get so lucky? I’m almost afraid that by saying it out loud, I’ll jinx it!

I did this tattoo on the lovely and talented Emily McCombs: a great example of a perfect client. Check out some of her musings at asylum and lemondrop

some history

The amazing Eddie Deutsch was at Brooklyn Adorned recently…. unfortunately I didn’t get to work with him or get tattooed by him. I did stop by the shop after hours and hang out though. Here’s a picture of Eddie and I with Ram (the guy who tought me how to tattoo) and his new apprentice Roz.

Here I am at our Manhattan location (New York Adorned) getting ready to tattoo.

And here is another recent tattoo!

Just who do I think I am?

Kelly came to me last year for a tattoo and is now practically covered in them. She makes her living as a pastry chef at Locanda Verde in the Greenwich Hotel. After her last tattoo she told me to stop by for dinner after work. So I recruit my friend Claire and we make the trek to Tribeca.

I should have known I was out of my league when the front door man rushed out to open our cab door. Claire and I had both just finished work and were absolutely under dressed… tattoos everywhere, sweaty faced, ink covered jeans… total scum bags (Ok, so it was just me that looked like shit, Claire  was put together perfectly as usual). We marched through the throngs of  beautifully made up faces staring at us to the hostess booth and were told there would be a two hour wait!

Feeling every bit the major dork that I am, we ended up eating at a diner across the street. And it wasn’t until the next day that I saw the restaurant on the cover of Time Out NY…. turns out we thought we could just waltz into Robert Di Neros new restaurant! If and when the hype dies down, I will give it another try…. way to go on landing that gig Kelly!

The friend I dragged along with me is Claire Vuillemot …. an amazing tattooer and designer. Check out her stuff:

www.funcitytattoo.com, rubytonenewyork.com

Star gazing…

Some tattooers may brag about tattooing Hollywoods latest starlet or pop star…. not me, I was so excited to tattoo Mary Kay Adams of Guiding light and Star Trek fame. What an awesome lady! Here’s what she got….

 Mary Kay has enough of a following to warrant her own fan site (and I can see why)… who’s going to step up to the plate and get her as Grilka tattooed on them?

 

I’m a lazy blogger…. here’s some new stuff

This girl has the palest most perfect skin I have ever seen… I hope she comes back for more!

If I could do a whole sleeve of this stuff I would…. thats a hint Yelena!

 

This ones based on master potter Alfonso Castillo Ortas work. The sculpture has butterflies all over it but we opted for birds.

 

Back to work

Aside from tattooing I have developed (with my friend and business partner Trinity) a cycling apparel line called Pedaler Clothing. I just took two weeks off of work to go on an east coast sales trip and had a blast! You can read about it and see the clothing on our website www.pedalerclothing.com

I did these tattoos right before I left for the trip.

This Ernest Hemingway portrait was done on my good friend Danielle right before she moved to Guam! I miss you Danni!

This one is on Jon, who is also an artist. I tattooed his girlfriend Victoria too. She had the tribal dragon already and wanted to spice it up a bit with some color.

I’m back at work on a few days and should have a bunch more new tattoos to post!

Here are a couple recent tattoos I really like….

I finished this up a few weeks ago and now we are turning it into a sleeve…. more pics to come!

Birds… gotta love em!