6 Years of painting, PROGRESION (18 images)

current - 2012 humanoid with lantern

 

2012 - creature face guy, i guess i just like faces.

 

 

The pondering creature, is he inspecting? or eating?

you decide,  early 2012

 

early 2012, reminds me of 'the thing' morphy creature kabob

 

  

early 2012, skull, i painted sort of like a landscape to show more depth

and restricted my black usage

 

 

Skull face cover-y guy... late 2011

i dont know where this one was going, but i whipped it out pretty quick

 

 Skully skull, late 2011 as well.

 

 

ZOMBIE PIG! BECAUSE!

late 2011

 

early/mid 2011, still not happy.

organic/ mechanical humanoid

 early 2011, apparently i wasnt happen then

                                another biomechanical run, 2010, i was really peaking my interest in this style around then.... also covering my arms with the work

 

PINK FACE!

2010 i let the paint tell me what shapes to make, first run at letting go of controll...

not being so anal,its just a painting.

 

2010 four eyed skull, trying to play round with a better way to intigrade red into a black and grey peice, because every chump wants to throw red in theyr black and grey tattoos, instead of smooth it in

 

Another emotionally strung piece, a bad idea symbolized as a demon (because theyr just fun to paint/draw) prodding at the brain of a masked human, as the hand melds into the face/ me.. trying to symbolze unity between them.

2010

 

2009, gave up airbrush, and tryed another run of acryslic, you can see the lack of controlll, needed to add in lines, hah.

 

2009, last real doccumented airbrush peice that i havent sold off

medusa, used fishnet to create her scales.

apparently i figured she should be more beast-ie

 

First real airbrush run, i couldnt really figure out lines to well, so i took the tattoo artist traditional method of cakeing them over everything. sort of a diffrent look, but i think i gave up airbrush for the last of controll, and the needy cleanup mess.

2009

 

 2006, "your words like sowrds"

emotional quick strung piece on the cardboard backing of a over-sized sketchbook

First day of a new job :)
excite.

 

Between jobs right now, getting ready for my first sleeve outline at THE HOLY MACKEREL.

physodellic/ medaphore galore sleeve on my freind tucker.

not included: city with asteroids raining down on it, with a sky full of hammer head sharks, and a third eye alex grey creature with grabby hands

And.. everything else (11 photos that cant fit into catagorys)

 

So, biomech axe leg.

for a big mouthed Christopher walkins impersonation client who makes me cry with laughter when i tattoo him =)

 

King of hearts inner arm wrap for a half sleeve

 

I wanted to showcase this one bigger, because everybody seems to get a kick out of it :D especially me.

 

 

Baphomot chest peice, she sat like a champ.

 

 

flower transforming into rib peice, she brought in a photo that i customized and changed into a more

bird aspect of things

 

 

Hah, so this was this dudes, first tattoo.

Dragon vs phoenix, all the patience and understanding in the world ..

i wish all first time tattoo clients were like him.

see if you can find his kids innitals in the picture :P

 

BOOBS! BEWBS B00BS BUBS!

 

 

Self explaitory color peice... cool guy, cool girl.

awesome clients.

 

 

I think this one 2nd or 3rd place in mens large color for the 2012 tattoo you...

i dont remember, but this dude was the shit to tattoo, understanding, punctual, and had a crazy ass scar from his leg being broken into way too many places on his foot (incase you didnt know by looking, this is a outer lower leg tattoo)

 

 

Evil ass maro plants. win.

and, no i didnt to the hello kitty... this is transforming as a sleeve as i type.

LOL! still love this...

self explaitory.

Faces/Portraits

 

This is sort of a older piece... but franky has a place in my heart <3

 

First shot at a color portrait. a coverup of tribal green booger-ness is in her hair. arm sleeve

 

did this on my buddy ben, he tags horrible things across the city :)

priest portrait i sort of winged, keeping to the original wasn't what i wanted to do, recreations are boring for creative people.

 

Cheshire cat, this girl was a screaming mess the whole time, but was awesome enough to let me tattoo this on her

 

this client builds off road jeep buggy things, yeah, fuck you urban ford drivers with your lifted scratch free American hoorahh gas guzzling product consumer whore vehicles.

OWLS

 

Did this on some girls calf, she seemd like she'd be back for more :D

 

WET OWLS! as apparently, seth c' says it

Skulls/ evil/ dead

 

Lower forearm half sleeve a cook came in to get, every session his GF's baby stomach kept getting bigger till the last one it poped! hah xD

 

River styx, this was done after the colored tattoo with the '1' and eagle, representing a badass deployment into a shithole country that Americas at war with

 

this dude is from texas, and i worked, at the time, in minnesota..

2 session lower forearm sleeve. took a lot of work and grind, he literally walked in and got this done in 5 weeks.

 

 Tattooed this from scratch at the 2012 tattoo you Duluth convention in MN, next to some good friend tattooers, won... idk, something in tattoo of the weekend, on a close friend. forearm piece. TEXTURE!

 

This halfsleeve comprises 2 coverups, which you wont ever find.

Biomech/organic work covers everything up like a fucking magic trick. DO IT

 

Grim reaper on a service man. more sleeveage to come..

 

Longboard i painted for cause sound gardens art show, except i didnt end up entering it because

the art curator was being a flake.

 

This tattoo got me a job. fucking. awesome.

 

Inner arm tattoo on a architect that frequents my painful establishment

 

Killer kelly, wanted a big stupid fucking'X' over rythm,

after she got tattooed from me and loosed up, she wanted me to incorperate everything.

so i did, t-shirt sleeve

 

seximexi's inner arm awesome-ness

i never knew what she was saying, but i always encouraged her to keep talking so i could listen to her accent :)

 

did the tree on this girls ribs, she wanted to add on to her hip/ upper thigh, so, dead baby it is!

Nautical/ Ocean/ sea life/ water life (8photos)

Poseidon god i tattooed on a security guards ribcage, this guys tough.

 Kois might seem overplayed to the general tattoo collector.
but i still love doing them, they never tire me.

 

Seaturtle/ wave

 

octopus that won 1st place wildlife/floral in the 2011 tattoo you contest, and 2nd place 2012 on my freind Brianna  BRRII BRRIIII

 

3rd place wildlife 2012 tattoo you duluth MN, alex.. sortof wondered why it didnt do better..........

she healed everything like a champ

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOMi was so happy i could talk him into boobies.