RIBS!

He really likes sushi....

Stars in the sky

Look closely, can you read what it says?

Stabbed in the leg

Roberto say Hi! Note the bone handle, black rose and cool gore! Hope you love it, cuz I had a blast.

Big Mike

Big Mike is in effect! Park Slope and Bar-B-Q whats up? Nice new Tatu.
what can you get in New York you can't get in Maine? haha, that's a rhetorical question...

Dream Catcher

I added this dream catcher to the name already tattooed on the guys arm. Reworked, and revived.

backdating practices, planning prevenge.

I know you are visiting expectin all the new shiz, I got a bunch of photos and drawings to update/inundate you with, but I need more time. It's been a busy month. Plus I went out to get some new ink on me! Tattoo by Tooth at Cherry St. Tattoo, Burlington VT. I will be adding the pattern recognition playlist soon, this week Magnus makes a guest appearance on PatRec while I posse up with the homies and go see THEYMIGHTBEGIANTS!!!!!!!!! in new hampshire! Will report back with all the goods!

Vine and Flower Tattoo

Friday afternoon, a week out from the tatu con., summer is rapidly approaching, time to show that skin, get tattooed in time for beach weather.

black and grey tattoos

All black and grey forearm with a deconstructed mandala and the newest addition of a conch shell, eventually we will tie these together with more water flowing around the floating shapes.

Photobucket link to a slideshow

I am consolidating photos on photobucket as another place to store them alongside blogger. I made a slideshow! Now gimme a cookie.

Celtic Cross Tattoo

Free flash

Coloring book page! This is the line drawing for a good size tattoo design, suited for a thigh or big forearm or maybe ribs? Where would you put it? Print and color your own then send me a copy so we can compare cool versions! Sweet.

Butterfly tattoo

butterflies, roses, vines, tribal...Can't decide? Go for a little of everything.

Big knife tattoo

Names seem to be the soup du jour these days, here we have a first time customer diving in to a pretty big tattoo. this is also the first tattoo I have posted that was done at Blind Faith Tattoo in Bucksport where I am now tattooing so come by and visit, maybe I will get you in the chair for some Ink...

Two peas in a pod

Here we see a lovely leg, freshly tattooed as a christmas present, for her husband. How will she hide it until christmas morning?

Up where the air is rareified

A beautiful Don Ed Hardy image, placement seals the deal, I'd like to think I done good work with this one. ;}

Honor Among Thieves

JOLLY ROGER
This is a quirky one. Skull and crossbones for a ski enthusiast. Done in three stages; outline, dark and medium colors, then a final session to clean the outline and put in the highlites. I am really happy with this piece, the customer on the other hand stiffed me on the last hundred and fifty bucks. He seemed like a trustworthy guy, we had numerous meetings over the summer to design this custom tattoo, spread the work out to let it heal and to help him spread the cost out some. It's too bad, he seemed cool, but now I gotta warn people that Colin Nash, last here in Belfast, said to be going to Seatle and then to the Alta, Utah ski area walked off WITHOUT PAYING! So if you read this Colin or if you see him, please make good on your debts, we do negotiate and barter, and I want a photo of the healed out tattoo.

the Egypt Game

Custom design for a fan of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, outline and final black and grey stages are shown. This is Liz's first tattoo! Like the sign says, "THINK BIG!".

Puff the magic dragon

Here's a hefty dragon on a fella's arm. This was done in one sitting in july, and this was his first tattoo! Way to go.

another tattoo gallery

IN THE SKIN

Custom design for a fan of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, outline and final black and grey stages are shown. This is Liz's first tattoo! Like the sign says, "THINK BIG!"




Here's a hefty dragon on a fella's arm. This was done in one sitting in july, and this was his first tattoo! Way to go.



Placement is nine tenths of the law...




Here is a right Dandy hero some of you might recognize! Thats right, that leg belongs to Mondo Dandy himself!



Carving anti social across the stomach describes the sentiment, without words, first by the strength of its form, the arch. Second, the endurance of the placement is no understatement and by shaping the words from bone suggests sustenance derived from the idea, the meat of it eaten and digested, nourishment for the collector maybe. Or is this the remains of an ideal, found picked clean by the birds, bleached by sun and rain, its skeleton weathering the test of time. Time, who is ever present, each tattoo marking the path, for every inch of skin a moment of your life, a trail of bread crumbs receading into the forest.
Whatever true tale this body holds there is also a perfect conundrum. The label "antisocial"and being marked by tattoos go hand in hand and yet such a large tattoo will certainly bring the collector attention and interest, most likely by others with ink, searching ,as we always are, for connections and commonality. Seeking equilibrium between creativity and entropy, pushing away and drawing c