Monday, February 28, 2011

Tattoo Convention returns to Vancouver!


 
Come on out to the WestCoast Tattoo and Culture show this year, it's finally back within the city limits.
Artists Cohen Floch and Jeremy Riley will be tattooing live.
We will have lots of art for sale, prints, and yes we will have t-shirts, too.
Stop by and get tattooed!

ELI QUINTERS IS COMING TO AUSTRALIA IN MARCH

Copied from Smith Street Tattoo Parlour blog

I’m excited that after years of saying I wanted to go to Australia, I am finally making the trip. Brisbane, Perth, and Melbourne are the cities I’ll be visiting.

I’ll be at Black Throne Tattoo in Brisbane March 21-26.
In Perth I’ll be at 5 Star Tattoo from March 29 through April 2nd,
and I’ll be in Melbourne from April 4-9 at Dynamic Tattoo.

If you are interested in getting an appointment while I’m in Australia, please call me at the shop. I know it’s not easy to call the US from Australia, but it’s a good way to separate people that are serious about getting tattooed. Consider the phone call your deposit. To call Smith Street Tattoo Parlour from Australia the number is 0011 1 718 643 0463. We’re closed on Mondays, which is Tuesday for you guys. I will also have flash and prints of a new sheet of flash I painted specifically for this trip. I’m really looking forward to my visit down under. We’ve all had tons of Australians come to see us in Brooklyn, now it’s my turn to make the voyage. See you there. -Eli Quinters ESQ




Saturday, February 26, 2011



WELL HERE WE ARE WORKING ANOTHER WEEKEND SHIFT AT THE F<>U. EVERYONE SEEMS TOO HAPPY, THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

RIGHT ON.

ITS BEEN STAYIN BUSY LATELY... COOL.
NICK GETTIN BUSY.


THIS PRIZE PIECE WAS DONE BY NICK ON OUR FRIEND LUCIAN. THATS LOVE.



BEEN A LOT OF GIANTS TATS HAPPENIN LATELY. RON DID THIS JAMMER.

NOT TATTOOS.

HUDGE HAS BEEN MAKING THESE WALLETS FOR A BIT NOW. STARTING TO LOOK PRETTY DAMN GOOD. HE SELLS THEM. BUY ONE.

Monday, February 21, 2011

RACHI - CLASSY LADY


Prue's right upper arm.
The photo was very glarey, my apologies for the graininess.

Friday, February 18, 2011


OUR GOOD FRIEND FREDDY FROM HOLD FAST TATTOO IN SACRAMENTO IS IN TOWN FOR THE WEEKEND. WE'RE HAVIN A BALL.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

New York New Work


I cut some of the images out. 


I think this works better.

MIKI!

SO WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BE BETTER ABOUT KEEPING THIS BLOG UPDATED BUT JUST IN CASE WE'RE LAGGING AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH NEW STUFF TO SATISFY YOU, OUR VERY OWN MIKI MACIAS STARTED HIS OWN BLOG! JUST THE FACT THAT HE IS ON THE INTERNET SCARES ME. THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE SOME INTERESTING STUFF COMING OUT OF THERE. BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT- http://mikitattoo.tumblr.com/

Saturday, February 12, 2011



so i was able to run into mikis room and snap a few of this work in progress before gettin the boot.. here ya go.

Tuesday Morning




Did some of this on Tuesday.


 
Rendered the snake, 3 hours.
Coming along.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Joe's Daughters, in Zodiac Forms


My brother-in-law Joe spent years developing an idea for a tattoo to pay tribute to his 3 daughters, Kalie, Macy, and Zoe. As my relationship with Joe's sister Lindsey progressed (we got married last fall), he felt he had found a trustworthy artist that could turn his idea into reality. We sat down late last fall and started working out the design.

His daughters' Zodiac symbols:
3 signs: Leo, Libra, Capricorn
3 elements: Fire, Wind, Earth
3 ruling planets: The Sun, Venus, Saturn

The imagery would be worked through the design in a cohesive, continuous flow. The designs would not be completely separated, each influencing the next, as his girls do as they grow. Not individual, but not inseparable. The Zodiac symbols, represented as medallions, would overlap one side of their corresponding planets, with their respective element completing the other side. Each element would work into the next sign completing a chronological flow of the signs.

Joe's experience, in his own words:
"I've always thought of myself as a spiritual person, and I've always known at some point in my life I would get a tattoo. Well in 2010 you could say that my stars were aligned. It seemed to start with a dream I had in which I was thinking about Steve Vai's epic album 'Passion and Warfare.' I envisioned the album cover as if he was a scale, and is holding the zodiac signs of my youngest and oldest daughters, Zoe and Kalie, in his hands. Since Macy is my middle child and her and I are both Libras, I thought we would be perfect in the middle as the scale. But after days of thought, the idea of having an actual scale didn't appeal to me. After brainstorming, I came up with the idea of three separate "spheres" for each girl. Each sphere would have each girl's Zodiac sign, the planet the rules the sign, and the element of each sign. And for a little extra touch, add the element symbols as well. At first thought I wanted to incorporate the birth flowers too, but it would have been too crowded, and would have taken away from the 'hardness' that I wanted for myself. I gave my thoughts to Amory and he ran with it. I will forever have my girls with me and am so grateful for the work Amory did! I have realized in this whole process that my dream was a big factor, but having the right artist made it all come together into one amazing spiritual experience. You could say Amory completed the circle for me. With that being said, I am so in love with my tattoo and what it stands for... the Girls! As great as it is to have my girls with me at all times and forever on my arm, I am just as proud to have a fine piece of art on my body by Amory. Thanks Bro!"

Close-up: The phases of Venus above Saturn's Earth element:


Close-up: Leo's Fire element, fed by Venus's Air element:


The original sketch:


The final color mock-up:

More New Stuff From HUDGE.

COOL.


Friday, February 4, 2011

NEWBIES FROM CAPTAIN HUDGE AND KISS!

Here are a couple (crappy) pics of an in progress sleeve on our friend Robbie that Hudge has been workin on for bit. Its cool.