Tattoo Portfolio
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Remember to always love yourself
More to the story: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypersapiens/2893540549/
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mc zombie
MC Chris fan tattoo! Original design - album art from "mc chris is dead".
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Headphones
Headphones tat for Dave aka DJ EvadE of the Soundboyz.
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Turntable
DJ EvadE's turntable tattoo...The only turntable where no scratching is allowed!
This was based on a stencil design which we shrunk down to 2"x3"... double, no, triple! cool coz this is his scratching arm and he loves graffiti even more than I do. Plus he's been my favorite DJ since day 1. So this is his payback for all those mixtapes... -
EvadE's arm
A concept in progress... the next addition will be an old school chrome grilled mic to make up the holy trinity of sound!
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Dancing Bear
This is one of the Grateful Dead's "Dancing Bears", customized for a culinary client. (He's a chef by trade, so as with all of his other tattoos, this one had to have a chef's hat!)
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Lucky Shari comp
Lucky Shari... idea based on a design by Rion Vernon (www.pinuptoons.com). This large piece on the back of a gent's calf has been customized to depict his wife... complete with several tattoos which I did on her!
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Lucky Shari (R)
Lucky Shari... idea based on a design by Rion Vernon (www.pinuptoons.com). This large piece on the back of a gent's calf has been customized to depict his wife... complete with several tattoos which I did on her!
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Lucky Shari (M)
Lucky Shari... idea based on a design by Rion Vernon (www.pinuptoons.com). This large piece on the back of a gent's calf has been customized to depict his wife... complete with several tattoos which I did on her!
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Lucky Shari (L)
Lucky Shari... idea based on a design by Rion Vernon (www.pinuptoons.com). This large piece on the back of a gent's calf has been customized to depict his wife... complete with several tattoos which I did on her!
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Kodamas - concept building and first session
A tattoo based on concepts and visual styles from the movie "Princess Mononoke".
Using imagery from animation slides and stills, I drew a number of the kodama tree spirits, scanned them, and placed them on a background selected by the client. She then chose the kodama characters she preferred and I used Photoshop layers to allow her to arrange them as desired on the background. We then decided on the overall size and oval shape of the frame. This was a larger tattoo (about a foot high, from back of the ankle to mid calf) which involved overpainting multiple layers of color, so it took several sittings to complete.
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Kodamas - Second sitting
A tattoo based on concepts and visual styles from the movie "Princess Mononoke".
Using imagery from animation slides and stills, I drew a number of the kodama tree spirits, scanned them, and placed them on a background selected by the client. She then chose the kodama characters she preferred and I used Photoshop layers to allow her to arrange them as desired on the background. We then decided on the overall size and oval shape of the frame. This was a larger tattoo (about a foot high, from back of the ankle to mid calf) which involved overpainting multiple layers of color, so it took several sittings to complete.
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Kodamas - complete
A tattoo based on concepts and visual styles from the movie "Princess Mononoke".
Using imagery from animation slides and stills, I drew a number of the kodama tree spirits, scanned them, and placed them on a background selected by the client. She then chose the kodama characters she preferred and I used Photoshop layers to allow her to arrange them as desired on the background. We then decided on the overall size and oval shape of the frame. This was a larger tattoo (about a foot high, from back of the ankle to mid calf) which involved overpainting multiple layers of color, so it took several sittings to complete.
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Large mammals with snacks
Foot tattoos from two different sessions.
The client picked these designs from two completely different sources found at different times... the snacks were added or modified slightly, however we agreed due to the similarity in design that both elephant and walrus likely came from the same illustrator. If anyone knows the artist, please advise so that we can credit them!
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Elephant & Walrus (2)
Foot tattoos from two different sessions.
The client picked these designs from two completely different sources found at different times... the snacks were added or modified slightly, however we agreed due to the similarity in design that both elephant and walrus likely came from the same illustrator. If anyone knows the artist, please advise so that we can credit them!
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Wave sleeve in progress
Filling in a large gap in an existing sleeve. Another session to complete shading to follow.
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Wave sleeve in progress (detail)
Another session to complete shading to follow.
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strength kanji retouch - before and after.jpg
Retouching the fallout on an older existing tattoo.
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Celtic triknot
Grey wash with white ink highlights. The client didn't want consistent shading throughout so every section has a different "shine" or apparent source of light.
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The cool dad
Just ask his kids!
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La Petite Mort
Decaying scrollwork just above the mons pubis. In progress - the "i" will soon be dotted with a leering skull.
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Dwarven
Dwarven runes - translation withheld by request. XD
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Hollow mask
Ichigo's Hollow mask design. Stencilled from a scan of a silkscreen. Original design source: Bleach anime.
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Aries
Commercial flash piece. Redrawn & enlarged considerably from the bitmapped 72 pixel original...
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Lucky kitty
My first tattoo with an electric machine, circa December 2007. (Neck kanji not included - existing work!)
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Practice tat 2
Practice tat on rubber "skin".
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Practice tat (1)
Early work on practice skin.