Happy 2012!

Hope everyone had a great holiday, we had a good rest and got straight back into work once January started!
We now have a new studio upstairs which is looking pretty neat, and we'll soon have pictures and a video tour when all the finishing touches are made, but until then, feel free to come down and have a gander for yourself.

Farrell

I finished off Mark's lower arm this month and we're now working up his arm to make a full sleeve

This ship is halfway done so far, it's on Sam who's got the pirate pin up below. We're keeping it black and grey to match up

And here are a couple of healed pieces that have come back in for us to show off

Andy

Andy started on this koi last week, just outline for now but already looking good

And to finish up, this is a sweet little superman symbol Andy did on Saturday

Goodbye until November!

I'm going to be off on Tuesday until 10th November (but Jo and Eva will still be here), so before I leave, here's some things we've been tattooing recently.
Also, I'd like to thank everyone who got a RNLI tattoo, we managed to raise £100 for the charity and bang out a few nifty tattoos, so thanks for getting them done!

Joe

Finished Mauro's other half Sleeve, (he has this dragon koi on his right arm), well, it's almost finished, we still have the inside to do but it's good to get the dragon completed!

Had lots of fun tattooing this on Adrian, we're almost finished with this sleeve as well and should hopefully get it done on Monday.

Always good to tattoo a skull!

Hayden's first tattoo was definitely a brave start! Nice to do something a little different to what I usually do.

Busy times

Been a bit busy recently and haven't had much time to update, but here's some of what we've been doing!

Start of a dragon half sleeve, a lot more work to do but it'll end up claret and blue as Mark's a big Hammers fan for some reason

A nice dagger on Chris, fun to keep it simple and traditional

Finally got a healed picture of Dean's half sleeve

A key for Kay, really enjoyed doing this kind a black and grey work

Rose Cover up

Black and grey Swallow, lots of great traditional stuff to do

Another japanese piece as well, looking forward to putting some bright colours in this one

Big pieces in the pipeline

If you're viewing this on your Mobile then hopefully you're finding the new layout a big improvement! It's a bit more organised and easier to navigate.
At the shop we've had a few big pieces started/ in progress recently and just wanted to share them as I've not been able to post any small ones recently! We're also about a month away from the State Of The Art convention and we're getting all geared up for it, just writing down lists of what we need and getting some tattoos lined up to do on the weekend.

I've had this Koi piece drawn up for over a year now and Anthony's finally decided to get it done. We've got another session to do at the studio and then we're hoping to finish it off at the convention, so it will definitely keep me busy for a little while!

This rose on Christian is the start of a half sleeve. I love doing roses and doing them this size is a really fun project. Got 3 more to put on after this one and then filling the background with leaves and some script.

Mauro's come back for another half sleeve (he had the dragon koi with samurai mask put on his other arm), this time for a dragon. We've had a few sittings with this and I wanted to post an in progress picture to show how it's getting along. It's going to be very bright when it's finished and should fit in very well with his right arm.

New stuff

Started some big pieces recently so I'll get some in progress pictures up soon, but really looking forward to finishing them off.

Had an interesting print to replicate of an all seeing eye come in last week. Good fun to do and really liked the finished effect on skin.

Piece of Boog flash, we just got some chicano flash in so it was good to lay one of them down.

Finally finished Niran's half sleeve and really happy with the way it turned out. Took a lot of work but was worth it all in the end.

And my good friend Tasty came in to get a spitfire done, hoping he'll be brave enough to come back and add some background to it to really finish it off.

Also I've been working with Never Falter Clothing on a new shirt design. They'll be at Ghostfest in Leeds this year and a couple of other events, so if you're attending go say hi and get a shirt! I'll have pictures of it up soon.

State Of The Art Tattoo Convention

This year we will be working at the State Of The Art Tattoo Convention in Derby. It falls on the 16th and 17th July and has a great selection of artists attending. For all the details visit the site here.

Managed to finish Niran's dragon half sleeve and really happy with the result, it's mostly healed in the photo, just a couple of little details and a small section of the body is fresh.

And Matt came in today so I got a picture of his healed samurai and it all looks good.

Update day

Been quite a busy week so here's a few photos I managed to take.

Hand of Fatima with some roses. Hopefully we'll be continuing this on the make a whole sleeve, so more pics soon.

First session on a dragon half sleeve. Can't wait for the next session.

Little Sugar Skull design. Good fun piece.

The next session on the William Morris design I posted previously.

Banksy design with a phrase incorporated.