Engineering Compass

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My old friend Sarah was in town visiting from Arizona, while she was her we did this compass on her arm.

Another Eagle

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Outlined this eagle on collector with a serious collection from some rad tattoo artists. Looking forward to working on this one again.

Finished Mermaid

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Last week I finished up this big mermaid piece that Airica and I have been working on. The last session was a quick one. It was a fun piece to work on and she can sit like a champ.

Eagle

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An old friend Jay was in town visiting from the East Coast. We filled a little open spot on his arm/elbow with this eagle. Good seeing you buddy.

Lindsey’s hand tattoo

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SF Trip

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This past weekend Julian, Brittany, Salli and myself drove up to San Francisco to check out “Year of the Dragon” art show at Seventh Son tattoo. There were so many amazing paintings and talented artists. The next day we stopped in to Black Heart Tattoo to say hi to Juan and the guys there. Over all a good time, meet a lot of people and made some new friends.

Anvil & Hammer

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Here’s a fun little ankle piece I did on a regular client Aaron. Taking a little break from working on his sleeve.

Rose & Key

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A friend and talented graphic designer Clark was in town and got a rose added to his arm. The awesome bird and rose was done by another tattoo artist, I just added a rose and skeleton key in a similar style to match what he already had on his arm.

Microphone

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Did this little microphone for a young successful singer / song writer.

Elephant Knee

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A few days ago Kevin came down from Portland to get an old circus inspired elephant tattooed on his knee. Kevin and his partner Julene are the people responsible for the website TattooSnob.com. Over the years they have been incredible nice to me and always posting photos of my tattoos. It was great to meet Kevin in person and finally tattoo him.