Monday, January 25, 2010

Phoenix





Finished today. Hopefully I can get some better pictures after it heals. Three sessions total.

Koi and Chrysanthemum Leg



Second shading session. First sitting on this one that wasn't four hours or so...nice.

Lotus


Always fun to get to do a nice one shot tattoo. Still loving the Japanese white...

Thursday, January 21, 2010

LA Tattoo Convention


I'll be there working with the Diamond Club...
Very excited and honored. This is a serious show.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Koi and Flowers Sleeve






Stencil on the flowers and fish, freehand brush pen for the rest. Went very smooth...only 15-20 minutes of drawing/layout time and 3 1/2 hours of tattooing...
(I did the koi on top about a year ago)

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Shoki


4th session

Aloha




Cover up of an old tribal sun (forgot to snap a before pic). Something different for me, total Hawaiian under water sleeve. More pictures soon...

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

White


Hand mixed white pigment from Japan.

My friend Horimitsu, Horitoshi family, Ikebukuro, Tokyo

Monday, January 4, 2010

Snake and Peonies sleeve




Started last year, almost finished...
(This guy is the shit. He has burned me at least a hundred old Japanese samurai movies!)

Phoenix 1/2 sleeve



1st color session. Slow and steady...

Shitaro Katsu



A personal hero of mine.
Watch any "Zatoichi" movie that he starred in and you'll understand what I'm all about...