A going away gift for some friends. So they'll always have a bit of the North Coast with them back in Arizona.

And here it is folks! Jp's Sleeve is all but done! (minus a short session of touch up here and there). I finished the Phoenix and I think that it really brought it together. This tattoo is REALLY dense with color and black as you can see and it is in fact a cover-up so there is the reasoning for it in case you were wondering. JP is leaving to report for his new post back east and I'm sad to see him go. Thanks again JP. I'll miss ya buddy, safe travels back to the east coast.

As you can see we didn't quite finish the whole sleeve (the inside still to go, But due to time I didn't want to start it and not be able to finish, such is life, it happens).

I put a super light grey wash over the existing rock formation to hid the cover-up a bit more. If need be, when he comes in for a touch up, we'll add opaque grey over the rocks to really get rid of the pesky cover-up.

If you're wondering what is going on with that blossom at the top of the photo, well it's JP, his wife and their son's birth stone colors. He asked if I could do that and I was happy to oblige.

So I actually did this tattoo a while back on the boyfriend of the girl that got the Hibiscus with the same book from the bible (scroll down and you'll know what I'm talking about). Anyhow, I had a lot of fun tattooing this on him and he sat great, being that this is his first tattoo. I modeled the roses after some Freddy Corbin Roses that I have been looking at a lot recently, and well I had to just tattoo some. Lucky for me this young man was down for the design I had drawn for him.

So Matt's 1/2 Sleeve is finished! I have to say I am really happy with this piece. It came together nicely (I think) and it was just a pleasure to tattoo every session. I'm happy to say he is more than stoked on it too, which as an artist and Tattooer I cannot be happier. Thank you Matt, it's been fun! On to some silly stuff for the next one!

I guess this would be my first actual tattoo at the new shop, seeing that last week was pretty much all my regular clients. This young lady came in wanting something pretty basic, as she put it with the original verse from the Bible. The verse actually was pretty lengthy so we decided to just do the book and chapter. I think it worked out nicely in this case. Anyways, I had a lot of fun with this one and Henry gave me some great advice to give it some more impact which I was stoked to get.

Again, sorry for the bad photo. Plugging along on Jp's sleeve. Colored in the cherry blossom tree and all the blossoms and finished the rest of the clouds on around his elbow. next session is the phoenix and he is really excited to get that finished, as am I. Thanks again Jp.