Marty Feldman Tattoo!

April 6th 2011:

New supplies are in and back to work! Decided to try out bug pins... I think I am in love.

Started work on a Marty Feldman portrait last night... I have to say, I was super stoked to do this one, I mean, what a great face! I'll post the finished piece in a few weeks. For now, here it is in progress...

The Kurt V Bomb

March 23rd 2011:

In the wise words of Miss Scarlett O'Hara, "Fiddle-dee-dee."

My homage to Kurt Vonnegut, goodbye blue Monday!

The theme for today, fuck it.

I purchased a new liner machine with my last hundred bucks, and celebrated by giving myself this tattoo. I am over the monday-woes, all eyes are on the future... time for some changes

Franken-tat

March 4th 2011:

Oh, glorious Friday! I wish I wasn't greeting you with a hangover and tacobell tummy... damn you tacobell, for having your drive-through open at 1am and for being so close to my humble abode. And damn you beer, for being so drinkable and for impairing my judgment and compelling me to scarf down a bean burrito and fiesta potatoes when I should have been tucked in bed and fast asleep.

That said, it was nice to go out, see some friends I rarely get to see and watch my lady of the People Eating People do what she does best. It totally sucks being the person that misses everything because I have to be in bed by 10:30 5 days of the week.

Stopped by ye' olde tattoo shop yesterday, was loaned a liner machine to try out - so stoked to give it a go. Perhaps tonight (after a lengthy nap) I'll do some work on my thigh...

**totally forgot to post this Friday... brain farted and hit save rather than publish... but here's the tattoo I did on Saturday.

Work in Progress

March 1st 2011:

March already? Jesus, time flies.

I've been obsessing about time, or more, the passage of time, lately. Maybe it's a product of having been in one place for so long, or it could be a result of the dreary ass Seattle winter, but I am really feeling every minute go by lately. It's rather suffocating, like all the air is slowly being sucked from the room, until eventually, there will be nothing.

It's just seems so damn wasteful. You know? There are better things I could contribute to this world than today's spreadsheet and the colorful little graphs illustrating nothing. At least I hope there is.

I am really getting into tattooing. It's a rush to do it, alter someone's body permanently. So stressful, that kind of responsibility, especially in the learning stages... so far I haven't given anyone anything that will end up one of those "worst tattoo" sites (knock on wood). The pic is of tattoo number 7, which is half done. Once the hair is shaded out and everything is fine-tuned, it's gonna be wicked cool.

Bride of Frankenstein Tattoo - #6

January 28th & 29th 2011:

Just never got around to blogging yesterday... spent the morning hanging out with the husband and pooches, then the afternoon doing my 6th tattoo and first attempt at a portrait... I did this Bride of Frankenstein on the inside of my calf, and man, did it make me wish I had kept up on yoga. I had to bend into some pretty awkward positions to get to the backside of the hair and to the front of her face. Yikes!

So, the background isn't finished and it still needs to be tightened up, but mostly it is done - after 2 and a half hours, I just couldn't keep going... tattooing and being tattooed at the same time is pretty tiring, and my muscles were super pissed at being stretched all funny... oh well. I'll get back to it next month.... plus I had a show I needed to be at.

So, I wrapped up the tattoo, cleaned up my workspace, threw on some clothes and booked it down the street to the Josephine to watch Curse of the North and Grenades play. While passing the flask with the ladies, I was also introduced to a new beverage - yellow panty dropper - which is vodka, beer and lemonade. The combo sounds disgusting, and it looked like urine, but tasted rather fantastic... Thanks Liz and Mary for sharing!

Today, I am just going to do some drawing then relax, and nurse this mild hangover and achy/burny leg...

A New Tattoo

January 22nd 2011:

Woke up raring to get going today... made sure I was properly caffeinated, ate some raspberry danish, then, tattoo time!

I decided to experiment with shading and make a first attempt at doing something somewhat realistic... so, two hours and ten minutes later, this skull emerged.... the background will come at a later date... I'm thinking roses and calla lilies.

Not too bad for my 5th tattoo, eh?

My Heart Has Joined the Thousand

January 5th 2010:

Feeling inspired. It's a good feeling, one that can be hard to come by in the gloomy Seattle winter months, so I am embracing it.
I drew up a couple tattoos for friends, then decided to go for it and tattoo myself. Tattooing is one of the most frustrating mediums of art I have attempted. Generally, I get obsessed, dig in, create, create, create...but with tattoos, human canvases aren't exactly readily available at all hours, which led to me start staring at my legs, two viable drawing surfaces just hanging out - maybe it's not the smartest thing in the world to do, but then, I've always been more impulsive than smart about my decision making process.
I have to say, it was weird tattooing myself, but hey, a girl has gotta practice and learn.
All in all, it came out okay...