Mass tattoo update

 the abstract tentacle crystal beetle tattoo i diligently designed for someone who'd probably wouldn't pull me out of a burning building, because they might get singed, metaphorically and literally, hah....

 well, at least the tattoos cool.

 matts hand tattoo, biomechanical goodness, not as many layers in there as im used to doing, this session was focusing on joing his hand tattoo with his sleeve, he had a watch-sized empty space there, and also, these horrendus blue flames which were covering up with opaque black and grey biomech goodness, feels good to get back into this sleeve, biomech never gets old for me, and nobody will understand why

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 Buddha tattoo on a good friend and artist, this is covering up some laser work of some olfschool chicano styled tattoos, and i mean oldschool. its been fucking awesome learning about Buddhism through knowing this person, and looking up the proper ideology and symbolisum for his sleeve were fashioning

Harpy Lady Tattoo by David Ekstrom

 Harpy tattoo on jaystons sleeve, jays getting a ton of winged animals, creatures, and mythological shit on his sleeve, underneath this is probably one of my top 5 favorite hand tattoos,  jayston used to pierce at the third eye tattoo in Winona, generally his shoes match his bandana, shirt, and pants, and sometimes his makeup, hes a super silly weirdo that makes my day better when he comes in, love my clients, love my job

Skull and rose Tattoo by DAVID Ekstrom

 Mr Tyler Howard! iv been tattooing this guy since he was in high school, in fact, when i worked at the canvas tattoo studio in Eagan, his schoolmates (lol sounds so gay) filmed me working on his tattoo for some documentary they were doing in school, you'd think id see one of those other kids who did the thing, i was probably too gritty and jaded that day for them to even have much to work with, swearing like a sailor, and reminding them that the client isnt always right when it comes to tattoos. ha. but yeah, Tyler went to Afghanistan wih this sleeve, were finally finishing it up, and his wifes backpeice tattoo

Zombie Skull Tattoo by DAVID Ekstrom

 Another Tyler, this guys a fucking hoot, i cant stop rolling around laughing when this guys in, super free reign on his tattoos he wants from me, he likes skulls, and sharp pointy things, and listening to my advice, i wish more first time clients were like this guy.

galaxy bonsai tree portal by David Ekstrom

 Abby! too bad your parents and the parents of your hubby cant know this tattoo exists, and you cant wear it loud and proud on your social media sights to show people your a fucking badass, which she was, this reaches from slightly under her armpit, to top thigh, area, all over her hip and everything, shit i just got that spot tattooed, and that shit fucking sucks... i want some more clean up/ tightening sessions in this tattoo on the space plumes, oh, and to add to this, the idea was totally all hers, there's a little coverup on the bottom of the tattoo, of, actually her first tattoo which, was, you guessed it, also a tree... we joked around alot about, her little retarded tree just grew up, became ethereal and opened portals to different universes, or something like that... which is what i think of when i was tattooing this, different out viewed perspectives of massively different galaxy's, worlds and solar systems all held together by a mighty curvy tree

Biomech Skull Venus Fly Trap Tattoo by DAVID Ekstrom

and, finally  erics hairy ass leg, this is a huge tattoo iv been working on with Eric, basically connects to his chest tattoo, slightly under his armpit (and i mean slightly)  all the way down to his knee, which connects to the second tattoo i put on him, so, iv tattooed Eric from nipple height to literally the tips of his toes, which, are totally tattooed, so much respect for this guy, we do trade work, and i cant get over his skill, hes always got some rad art ace up his sleeve, but, man, so many story's on here, i keep getting distracted from writing about the tattoos,  Venus fly traps and fly's to tie into these two flys he has on his hip, that are fucking, inside a huge Venus fly trap, now, at least, ha... needa start actually tattooing the flys in this thing! shit! wish i could work on this more, and it came into the comfort of my own station every-once in awhile