=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...

=BIG BEN!=

VIRTUE TATTOO IS HAPPY TO WELCOME BEN PEYKANU TO THE SHOP THIS YEAR... A COUPLE OF MONTHS IN NOW, BEN'S A GREAT FIT AND WELL ON HIS WAY TO CREATING SOME AWESOME TATTOOS AND GOOD TIMES.

COME HOLLER AT HIM AND LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL...

=LUCAS'S GENT (FLASH SPECIAL)=

=ADAMS HEART=

=ZACH ATTACK!=

=A SURPRISE GIFT=

=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!!!

=NEW SHOP LOCATION APRIL 1ST=

HERE'S SOME GOOGLE SHOTS OF THE BUILDING WHERE OUR NEW SHOP WILL BE LOCATED BEGINNING APRIL 1ST!

WE WILL BE IN SUITE 228 OF THE ACTIVSPACE BUILDING AT 833 SE. MAIN ST. THE CORNER OF OUR BUILDING HAS A SMALL CAFE/COFFEE SHOP WITH A BIKE-THRU WINDOW AS WELL! OUR FRIENDS AT COAVA COFFEE ARE JUST UP THE STREET, SERVING SOME OF THE BEST CUPS IN PORTLAND!! THINGS ARE LOOKING BRIGHT...

MORE TO COME SOON AS I POST PICS OF THE SPACE AND OUR BUILD-OUT OF THE NEW VIRTUE TATTOO. CHEERS!

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=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!