=JOHNNY'S GREAT OWL=

WEIRDEST TATTOO I'VE DONE TO DATE... NOT THE TATTOO ITSELF, BUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE FILMING A TIME-LAPSE VIDEO OF THE WHOLE THING UNDER LED LIGHTS IN THE DARK. LED'S REFRESH, OR STROBE A BIT... SO MY TATTOO MACHINE ACTUALLY LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MOVING IN SLOW MOTION... AND HIS LEG WAS PULSING WITH EVERY PRICK OF THE NEEDLE. TRIPPED ME THE HECK OUT!

NEVER THE LESS... THIS 'GREAT OWL' FROM THE SECRET OF NIMH CAME OUT JUST FINE. I DIG IT. SOON WE'LL HAVE A VIDEO OF THE PROCESS, START TO FINISH, TO SHARE. I'M HYPED! THANKS TO CALLIE FOR FILMING, JOHNNY FOR SITTING, AS WELL AS OUR SPECIAL POSSE THAT NIGHT.

=EM'S OWL=

WHILE IN PORTLAND VISITING FROM IDAHO, EMILY DECIDED TO GET HER FIRST TATTOO. SOME PEOPLE SAY OWLS ARE PLAYED OUT... BUT SINCE I'M NOT A HIPSTER, NOTHING PLAYS OUT FOR ME. SHIT THAT'S COOL WILL ALWAYS BE COOL... AND OWLS DEFINITELY MAKE MY LIST! CONGRATS EM!!

=NICKS SLEEVE=

SO MY PAL NICK GETS A GYPSY OUTLINED ON HIS THIGH, WE DONT SEE EACHOTHER FOR A FEW... AND WHEN HE RETURNS HE DOESN'T WANNA FINISH THE GYPSY, INSTEAD HE WANTS TO BLAST OUT AN ENTIRE SLEEVE OF NEO-TRADITIONAL JOINTS. OKAY!!!

ABOVE: 1ST UP, THE ALL SEEING EVIL EYE IN THE HAND OF GOD. I MADE IT UP.

ABOVE: 2ND IS THIS LIL' OWL... AWWWW CUTE, HE HAS HIS OWN BRANCH.

ABOVE: 3RD, THE EVER CLASSIC PANTHER. PUMP YER FIST!

ABOVE: 4TH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUGAR SKULLS TO DATE. SO SWEET YOU'LL CATCH A CAVITY.

 

WHAT WAS NICE ABOUT THESE IS THAT WE OUTLINED ALL 4 TATTOOS IN ONE SITTING. TOOK MAYBE A FEW HOURS, BUT LAYING THEM OUT THIS WAY WILL HELP THE WHOLE ARM LOOK REAL COHESIVE AND LESS 'PATCHED-TOGETHER'. 

 

A HANDFUL OF DAYS LATER WE ADDED TWO MORE PIECES, 5TH THE KEY ABOVE AND 6TH THE ZOMBIE CHICK BELOW. STAY TUNED FOR THE REST KIDDIES!