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Melbourne Delight

Tacky title but I really can’t think of anything else to write……. Oh well. I’ve had the opportunity to do some fun work here in Melbourne and have actually photographed some.

First up is Sri Ganesh on Sandy – the photo’s didn’t come out so well but I liked this shot and it does show the detail so I thought I’d include it in this post.

Chris came in and had a bug mandal and bee done – I  loved doing this and hope he is happy with the result. 

A lucky chance brought in this piece as Leonie was ill therefore I stepped in and redrew a sketch brought in by the customer.

Another piece of luck as Richie came in off the cuff at Tattoo Magic and I had him come in twice and we did these pieces – in the bottom photo the tattoo is a week old and almost all healed up.

Kapitan Voodoo aka Fat Knee Nik had this colour mandala jabbed on to his, later swollen, knee. I’ll get a healed shot of this soon with any luck as I’m going to be doing the other knee.

Amy had an islamic inspired mandala on her feet – she changed her mind halfway through and went without colour – no problem.

Kayci had a colourful seahorse with mandala done – it almost matched her hair at the time (not shown but believe me)…..

Sam had his first tattoo – ‘Eyes’ he said…..

Miss Cutie-Kills had a fun traditional mermaid doing. Nice and bright…..

Paul wanted a simple origami swan – nice one mate.

A Long Needed Update

I’ve been slack with my updates – travelling makes it hard to keep up with post on here so I apologise. Here are a few photos from the last few weeks:

Circus Tattoo Madrid:

Three Kings:

Eye Candy:

All of these studios have been great and are fantastic folks. I’ve been overwhelmed by the friendly, welcoming nature of every one of them. I hope to be back in the not too distant future. Thanks so much to the customers for coming along and of course all of the guys and girls at the studios – you ALL rule!

 

Idle Hand San Francisco here we come!

Octopus Days

We had a nice time in Derby with our friends at Octopus Tattoo. I tattooed 3/4 of the Horton family so many thanks to you all for keeping me busy and out of trouble. First up is a shot of Daisy’s feet.

Then it was Mei-Lin getting a gypsy head.

 

The next morning Paul was in getting a pin-up.

Then on the Monday Daisy ‘The Brave” was in again getting her arm done with a selection of stuff.

Later in the week I had Sam come all the way from Aberdeen – the poor lad was pretty wiped out as he’d just come off night shift on the rigs offshore then travelled straight down to finish his sleeve. Well done mate and thank you.

And for another two days I had Izzy in – yet another trooper I can tell you. I loved doing these pieces as I feel they are representative of my own style.

 

 

Rain City

Well we had a great time while working in Rain City, Manchester. I did some fun tattoos and Kay did a Vintage Styling workshop for the Lindy Hop group.

The whole crew in this new studio were fantastic and very welcoming. The work coming out of here is also fantastic and if you are nearby (or even your not) it’s well worth seeking them out for a tattoo.

Thanks so much to all of you folks at Rain City and especially to Gre for your fantastic host skills and ,as ever, great company. Oh and thanks to Forbes for altering my laces and Kays soles……

I took it rather easy but here are a  few of the pieces I did there:

The End and the Beginning.

Well folks it’s time to announce that I have left Red Hot and Blue Tattoo and hit the road. I had the best time ever working there but it’s time to see what the world has to offer. Thanks to Paul and all of the guys there for everything and good luck in the future. Home is where the heart is and you are ALL heart! x

Now my adventures begin slowly but surely – first stop was Newcastle for a couple of days at Cock-a-Snook where I was very warmly received and very well looked after. These guys are awesome. While there I did nothing but monkey/primate tattoos which kept me more than happy!

First up Tom had a smoking ape called Hof

Greg had his school photo tattooed on…..

Sped had a gypsy chimp…..

and finally Kerry-Ann had a Priest Primate

 

I had such a good time with this crew and it was a great start to my adventures – I’ll put up some other photos from Newcastle really soon!

Samoan Influence

Callum got a freehand Samoan influence for his sleeve. He sat well and now has plenty of character.

Demon Archer

We had a hard graft to cover over a load of old stuff on Oscar here – it worked pretty well and he’s as happy as can be. Well done mate.

I’ll Give You

A Celtic cross and you can do what you like with it said Bruce. This is what I did. Thanks for all the gig adventures over the last few years my friend.

Sailor Loves

Sailor Fordette had a lovers skulls tattoo on her thigh. A sneaky swallow and rose mandala slipped in it too….

Lay Lady Lay

Mr Carnie was having stuff added to his arm. Some wee fillers and a Hedy Lamarr influenced head – we love Hedy around here.