Skull drawing turned into flesh

sketchy skull tattoo in black and grey by David Ekstrom

pretty self explanatory, didn't follow the drawing exactly, because im not anal like that, personally i think tattooing, or doing art with being extremely anal is a way to put creativity in a box, and mail it somewhere else for the time being, because being a exact copy and paste artist means a lot of the  creation aspect is said and done, so all you have to do is focus on your technical skills of paper/pencil/needle/skin
but yeah, skull, tattooed on the lower part, sort of by the knee on a thigh

Skull backpeice tattoo- in progress

matts full back biomech skull tattoo in-progress

taking a trip down memory lane, you can see the structure is there, hard to believe this all started out with a ambitious "fuck it" attitude, and some markers.
being very proud of this tattoo, and it only makes me want to get my back lasered off finally and re-worked/ covered/ fuckoff-huge-done

honored to have clients that dont restrict my creations, SPOILED, really, so many awesome clients who all just show up on time to get my vision scribed into their flesh until the day they die and turn unto human jerky, hell, even then, in their decomposing moments, theyll still have the artwork i crafted onto their dermis.

poseidon tattoo

Poseidon nautical artwork

Poseidon statue underwater tattoo with a tentacle of the kracken sort of wrapping up next to him, man.. lots of underwater/nautical tattoos lately, funny considering how many people in MINNESOTA probably dont get out to the ocean much, hu?

dont get me wrong, i like the tattoos, i just wish i wasn't working on as many ocean themed sleeve tattoos as i currently am, i mean, how many octopus's can i make look different?
guess i should work on that...

....challenge accepted....


btw i want time off -___-

octopus tattoo, and table designs

 a dead fish i found :D because stopping to take a picture of a corpse is fun! bawhahah

Joe's colorful Giant Kraken octopus sleeve tattoo

 this is joes ocean octopus nautical tattoo sleeve that iv been working on, no real pictures existed until now, almost been at it for a year, and hes defiantly grown in bulk because he works out like a machine... second pass on some ideas in the tattoo finally, heavily needed it i personally think, most of the richer vibrant colors are the second pass, with ink underneath it, they should compile and create a more saturated vibrant tattoo.

 dome city's underwater in background of octopus

concept drawings for table

 table measurements below, but, designing the middle coffee like table that will sit between the couches art the holy mackerel, been feening for a project like this, and im a practical application person, was thinking they'd be too brutal, so i asked verno, he immediately pointed out the bottom one, the one i was leaning towards anyway, we agreed on it being non offensive, tho, i think the ghoulish properties of this might strange some people out. willing to saw in half a full grown hose skull i have
thinking of a apoxie, or bar top submersion to create unity, and give it that, "bug in amber" sort of cool look, while illuminating certain parts, full sized cheap ass medical skeleton on its way, as well as a female headless mannequin for cheap, looking into EL  wire to create, uh... lighted quill, or hair looking things on the creatures back?weaving in between the skulls, on, and the upper part sits against the wall...
looks like fun, and welding, things i like :3
very excited.

holy mackerel measurements for coffee table sculpture

Squid submarine painting

Octopus attacking Submarine artwork for the Holy Mackerel's new shirt designs

Squid submarine painting iv been working on for the t-shirt design for the holy mackerel, no screen printing for this guy, apparently digital printing is getting more affordable, tho i painted it 10% bigger then print size, im sure they can change it, first time ever taping off the foreground figures in layers, and stripping it away after painting the background in... hopefully this makes it to print, because i defiantly put some elbow grease in it

the idea of it is a tragedy, something that if you were viewing, you'd say "HOLY MACKEREL", assuming you didn't use profanity, which i would, honestly.

SKULL ARM

Tyler's Skull Handjob tattoo

Skull hand tattoo i got to work on today...
chill guy, friend of friends,  with what hes been talking, alot more grim and discusting tattoos to come illistrated by me and worn by him, should be rad, finding clients like these makes me happy :D

Tattoos painting sketches uploads

Table full of stencils read to become tattoos for the week

 My weeks load of drawings that i have due this week and next.

skull headdress peck chest peice bottom right, rotweiler bursting out of water, which i later found out (on the appointment time) that its sort of a dog whos a water god, or something, so, half dog half water... neater twist on it then i was originally thinking, rib peice... moth on top of them is a chest piece for my awesome friend Marie, fox with sunflowers and nature shit you cant make out in the photo, half sleeve for a new client, and the whole left of this pile is a whole sleeve including beck/upper shoulder cap skull, that should start at his sternum and move across his collar bone to the back of his shoulder blade/ armpit crease.

needless to say iv been working my ass off, and wanted to take this picture to show people, all iv been doing is tattooing and drawing, and i want to vomit.

marker drawing

marker sketch of skull i did tonight, before any tattooing is done

black and grey forearm skull tattoo

Skull with negative space flames/smoke/movement goodness, 80% done with this, dudeer tapped out early because i started at the bottom and worked my way up, the skulls forhead is his elbow, which feels like a fucked butthole.
f-u-c-k-e-d b-u-t-t-h-o-l-e
i love saying that...

Holy mackerel octopus attackerel !! lol

tshirt design, if i wasnt busy enough............

 im working on for the shop, you cant see the foreground because its tapped off,(like the fantasy magic card artist baxta does) totally unnatural approach to this entire oil painting, i never do this stuff, but size was something i wanted to keep down, instead of my wall sized paintings i normally punish myself with. tedious, but i think the end product will be something to be proud of, and very easy to "read" visually, very graphic to get the point across from afar, and have delectable details for up-close viewers.