=DIEGO GETS SOME=

I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH DIEGO ABOUT THIS CHEST PIECE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND AT LONG LAST WE MADE THE DANG THING HAPPEN! I WAS JAZZED ON THIS ONE FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT IT TOOK ALOT OF LIVING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GOT TO SIT DOWN AND GET THIS ROLLING... DRAWING'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE REFERENCE AND FIRST IDEAS... BUT I'M SUPER PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION WE TOOK THIS ONE. STRAIGHT TATTOO, STRAIGHT SOLID. TOOK AN HOUR... THE ANTICIPATION JUST POWERED THE FLOW. WELL SAT MATE.

=WORK SON...=

I RARELY GET TATTOOED ANYMORE IF I'M NOT DOING SOMETHING ON MYSELF IN A SPOT THAT I CAN REACH... BUT MY BROTHER CALEB WAS IN TOWN THIS PAST WEEK FOR A GUEST SPOT AND WE DID SOME LONG-AWAITED SWAPPING! STOKED!!! MY ARMS HAVE BEEN EMPTY UP TOP FOR A GOOD 10 YEARS, SO I AM HUMBLED AND OVERJOYED TO BUILD UP THE REST OF MY SLEEVES... MORE PICS TO COME OF WHAT MY BOY BEN DID ON MY OTHER ARM SOON... BOTH ARMS TAKEN CARE OF WITHIN 3 WEEKS, SAY WORD.

CALEB'S...

=JOHNNY'S THUNDER=

IN HONOR OF JOHNNY'S FATHER AND UNCLE... LOVE THIS PIECE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO COMPLETING IT! WELL DONE JOHNNY, THANKS!!!

=MATTHEWS TREASURE CHEST=

SOMETIMES A TATTOO SESSION GOES BEYOND JUST THE WORK OF IT. AS WAS THE CASE WITH MATTHEW AND THIS PIECE... DRAWN UP BY HIS WIFE, ALICIA, THERE IS A STRONG MEANING AND PURPOSE TO HIS GETTING THIS.
LISTENING TO THE WORSHIP ALBUM FROM MY CHURCH... THE SESSION BROUGHT US BOTH TO A MISTY-EYED STATE! MATT SAID HE WENT THROUGH A BREAKING OF THE HEART... REALIZING THROUGH THE PAIN OF HIS TATTOO HOW HE HAD EVER WRONGED OR CAUSED PAIN TO ANYONE... AND IT BROKE HIS HEART.
MINE TOO MATTHEW... MINE TOO. THIS IS WHY I TATTOO... BECAUSE MORE TIMES THAN NOT, IT MEANS SOMETHING

=SLEEVIN'=

FOTO SERIES: SANDY JONES BY CARMEN O'BRIEN

=STILLS=

FOTO SERIES: SANDY JONES BY BRENTON SALO

=NEW BIZ CARDS=

AT LONG LAST... THESE SHOULD BE IN BY EARLY NEXT WEEK!

=WHERE FOR ART THOU JULIET=

MET AND TATTOOED JULIET ELLIOT FROM EAST LONDON A WHILE BACK, JUST FOUND THE FOTOS. JULIET RIDES FOR CHARGE BIKES OUT OF THE UK, A HEAVY-HITTER IN THE FIXED GEAR WORLD COMMUNITY.
TO CHECK OUT HER PROJECTS (INCLUDING HER CLOTHING LINE, 'HELL YEAH!') LINK AWAY:

http://iliketoridemybicycle.wordpress.com
http://hellyeahprojects.co.uk
http://chargebikes.typepad.com/juliet
http://iheartthursdays.wordpress.com/
http://finalagency.com

=CLAY CATCHES THE BUZZ=

FIST PUMP!!!

=1ST REVELATION=

MY BROTHER IN LAW AND SISTER HAVE OPENED A NEW TATTOO SHOP IN WEATHERFORD, TEXAS JUST THIS PAST MONTH... '1ST REVELATION TATTOO'. THEY ACTUALLY MADE HISTORY BEING THE FIRST AND CURRENTLY, ONLY TATTOO SHOP IN THE ENTIRE TOWN! WAY TO GO FAM...

ABOVE IS A PAINTING I DID FOR THEM AS A 'SHOP-WARMING' GIFT. I'M WORKING ON A COUPLA MORE AS WELL AS FINISHING UP SOME FLASH SETS I'VE BEEN TOOLING OVER, TO SEND OUT IN A CARE PACKAGE TO CONGRATULATE THEM. IF YOU ARE IN TEXAS, THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO... NUFF SAID.
BELOW ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF OWNER/ARTIST TOD BAIN'S AMAZING WORK;

1ST REVELATION TATTOO 1716 FORT WORTH HIGHWAY, WEATHORFORD, TX
*TO SEE MORE OF MY BROTHER'S WORK, THE FANTASTIC TOD BAIN... GO TO:
TODSTATTOOS.COM OR MYSPACE.COM/TODBAIN ...IF YOU ARE ON FACEBOOK, BECOME A FAN OF THEM HERE: 1ST REV. ON FACEBOOK ...TOD IS ONE OF THE ONLY GUYS I GET WORK FROM, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!!!

=NOW OPEN=

VIRTUE HAUTE, CUSTOM TATTOO STUDIO IS NOW OPEN! DOORS SWUNG IN NOVEMBER OF 2009 OPENING THE TATTOO STUDIO OF ARTIST SANDY JONES. THE 10 YEAR VETERAN OF CUSTOM TATTOO CULTURE HAS SET INTO MOTION HIS OWN LOCATION TO DEVELOP AND SEE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF CREATIVE AND UNIQUE HIGH END TATTOO WORK IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
WHILE THERE ARE A TON OF EXCELLENT ARTISTS OUT HERE... SANDY HAS A BIT TO ADD INTO THE BLOSSOMING ART SCENE. BLA BLA BLA....