Category Archives: japanese influenced

Cherry Blossom Tattoo

After a long hiatus, crazy life and lots of technical problems, I return to the blog with a new post! This tattoo was a pleasure to do- it’s a first tattoo on a very tough new client. We were able to get this one done in a relatively quick amount of time( although any amount […]

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Full leg octopus tattoo: in progress.

So, once again, I’ve taken a huge break from posting. I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last sat down to deal with the blog, but time flies and there simply never seems to be a moment to spare! I do have some new thoughts and projects and perhaps some new additions for […]

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Koi and lotus half sleeve: healed

Here is a new photo of a tattoo the I completed in early summer, now fully healed and settled into the skin. Next we will be adding to the inner arm, for a more complete look.

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Waves

Here’s a wave and sun tattoo that I had the pleasure of working on recently.  By keeping the subject matter simple with just 2 elements within this piece, we were able to do the waves at a large size while keeping the over all size of the tattoo relatively small. It’s often very appealing to […]

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Koi half-sleeve

Hello all!! Today’s entry is of a fun project I was able to do recently as a new client”s first tattoo.  This koi half sleeve was done in 2 sessions- we may have about 5% left to go in a final refining session. These pics were taken immediately following his second sitting, so there is […]

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