=MY KID=

LEAVE IT TO MY DAUGHTER TO COME HOME EVERY OTHER DAY WITH FULL SLEEVES AND HAND COVERAGE DRAWN ON... OH, IF 7TH GRADE WAS THIS FUN FOR ME. I LOVE MY LIL' GIRL. GO PNUT!!!

=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...

=VIRTUE 2.0 SEPT-2011=

THESE SHOTS ARE A GLIMPSE INTO OUR PRIVATE STUDIO. THERE'S STILL A WAYS TO GO AS FAR AS A FINAL LAYOUT THAT I'D LIKE TO ACHIEVE, BUT WE GOTTA DO WORK SON! THERE'S JUST ENOUGH ROOM FOR AN INTIMATE EXPERIENCE FOCUSED ON YOU AND YOUR PIECE. WE KEEP IT PERSONAL, WHICH IS WHY VIRTUE IS APPOINTMENT BASED AND NOT A STREET SHOP. BUT WE CAN GET STREET IF THATS WHAT YOU'RE TRYNA DO... IT IS HOW I CAME UP TATTOOING AFTER ALL.

SEE YA IN THE SHOP!

=SPOTTED IN PDX=

THOUGHT THIS WAS COOL...

=WELCOME REVEREND PELTO=

 

VIRTUE TATTOO WELCOMES WES PELTO TO THE FAMILY THIS SUMMER... WES PUT IN SOME HARD TIME IN TATTOO SCHOOL TO GET HERE. (OREGON IS THE ONLY STATE THAT REQUIRES SCHOOL. WEIRDO STATE)

WE PRAY FOR A STRONG AND HUMBLE HEART AS WES JOINS SANDY JONES TO WORK WITHIN THE TATTOO WORLD AS BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST.

ONWARD AND UPWARD... KEEP THE FAITH!!!

=BLAKES ROBIN HOOD SLEEVE=

BEGAN WORKING ON BLAKE'S ROBIN HOOD SLEEVE IDEA RECENTLY... KIND OF A HYBRID STYLE WITH THE BACKGROUND GOING TO BE FULL COLOR, AND THE INSET CHARACTERS BLACK AND GREY... BLOCK PRINT STYLE. FUNNY THING IS, THIS ALL STARTED FROM THE FRAIR TUCK TATTOO... AND BLAKE SAID, " EH... I THINK I'LL JUST DO ALL OF 'EM..." WELL DONE BLAKE, WELL DONE SIR.

=SKETCHIN'=

 WE'RE SUPER STOKED AT VIRTUE TO DO PRIMARILY CUSTOM WORK... THOSE AMAZING IDEAS OF YOURS BECOMING AMAZING TATTOOS IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF THE ART. BELOW ARE SOME DETAILS OF A HALF AND A FULL SLEEVE DRAWN BY SANDY JONES FOR CHRIS AND BRANDON RECENTLY. THE BOYS BROUGHT IN IMAGES AND IDEAS, AND SANDY CONSTRUCTED A TATTOO PLAN FROM THEIR RESOURCES... LOOK FOR PICS OF THE TATTOOS IN PROGRESS TO COME!

=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

=WINTER STILLS=

MORE LIGHT MASTERY FROM MY MATE BRENTON SALO

=DAILY STILLS=

 

BLACK AND WHITE BY BRENTON SALO

=SOME FINE ART=

PORTRAIT I DID FOR A FRIEND. COLORED PENCIL AND SHARPIE ON 18X24 COTTON PAPER. DOING A FEW IN THIS SERIES... MORE TO POST SOON!