No knitting!

I feel pretty bad, I got so motivated with this blogging and once I'd started a project that overwhelmed me, I couldn't carry on with it! I'm very much a starter and not a finisher, although I was trying to change that.

Instead of waiting 6 months to finish this current project I've just started a new one, and hopefully the other will get done in time. So then I'll get to blog about my smaller projects.

As I've said on here before, I'm a tattoo artist, and I've got heaps of work to show those of you who are interested! (If tattoos aren't your thing then that's completely fine with me - feel free to skip the rest of this post!)

These are a selection over the past couple of months, I'm super proud of some of the work I've done. I've been concentrating on my artwork and not on my knitting, and I feel I should be able to balance both, so more work is needed!

I have a little lace scarf project on the go right now, so I'll post about it in a few days once I've got partway through it!

Thanks for reading!

Todays Tattoos!

Two for Today!

Had a slightly stressful morning as I had an early start, was in work 3 hours before I usually was, drawing away and cleaning, luckily this meant I had finished work earlier than usual! Both went really well and I enjoyed both, realism is always fun to do as it's challenging. The old school style pinup I ADORED, purely because its been so long since I got to do a pinup, and I always love tattooing their clothes and hair!

Blue realistic rose on the back of the neck.

Large rib piece, he was pale skinned so the colours came out really nice and bright!

Back to work on Monday, looking forward to a relaxing weekend now!

Todays Tattoo!

Some much needed TLC.

Today I had an interesting and challenging tattoo to fix today, it was in desperate need of fixing and I was more than happy to do it!

It was a classic example of an inexperienced tattooist, the lines were broken and faded, choppy shading and the placement of the tattoo was off. (According to my customer, he didn't like tattooing over wrists, so did it further down :| )

She just went with it, but in my opinion she should have said if she wasn't happy with it. I constantly remind people - its not a haircut! It is forever! If you're not happy about something you should damn well say so! Thats why I always make sure to keep my customers informed through every step of the tattoo, whether it be a certain colour or a way of shading.

Anyway, I ended up relining, adding colour and drawing on a few little flowers and sparkles, just making it a little more feminine. She left extremely pleased, and I was left feeling like a job had been well done!