I wanted a shot at tattooing but for real. it's surprisingly easy to get hold of some gear and youtube is a great font of information. sometimes you've got to wear your learning curve on your sleave, er, literally.
this is my first ever homemade tattoo. well actually one of the sort of 'zing' lines is my FIRST ever tattoo, which was just a line I tried out to see if it was the right depth. was gonna cover it up but made it a feature instead. my favourite bit is how I actually gave the thing two handles as such, I wiped off the drawing and nervously freestyled it, not remembering I'd just drawn the handle. ah well
deeside is like my favourite place in the world. just all of it, as long as it's right next to the river, I'm there
inspired, of course, by my amazing first tattoos, here's amanda looking good in her new addition. and don't worry everyone I tattoo that is NOT me, I make sign a contract because let's face it, I'm not trained. I don't charge either, of course, in case you got worried about that
charlot webster you legend. 'jack of all trades' has to be one of my best yet
this one is a bit sketchy because my armiture bar was out of line so I had inking issues. I'm gonna redo it after it's healed up and maybe colour in the pencil red and yellow, when I can afford new ink that is
my cat's cradle one is also a bit dodgey because by this point I really need to upgrade parts of my machine, so I'll also be re-outlining it when those parts arrive. trying out some shading. I want to shade with a liner rather than a shader. using a tattoo gun is more like using pens and pencils than I'd expected. just as I'd hoped
this little guy is gonna get a multi-coloured belly (again, around my birthday time because then I can ask someone to get me inks. I'm broke) this one was kind of for my son and good friend qeren because we share an over intense love for nature and birds and flowers etc. he wants us both to get a ladybird tattoo...maybe once he's NOT 7
fiona mclean DOES IT BETTER because of this special stoat tat on the back of her leg. nice one. it even has shoes/sock/who knows
MORE TATTOOS
anchor and chain - it's a bit fadey on the wrist bit but mainly because I started to woose out a bit. will redo soon
LUCKY - one of my favourites. in fact I'd have this one about 4 times more I like it so much. the 'Y' is my best work yet in terms of technical proficiency in tattooing
a key - not sure why but there you go. I just felt I needed something darker here and this worked. why not. it needs reshaded I think
? - don't know what this is but here it is
rock paper scissors - I never knew it was kind of like rock, paper and scissors whe I designed it. it is my first sort of designed thing and I thought it looked somehow clever. the soreness of tattooing your own almost-elbow, wasn't so clever mind you. I'll work on it more later
YES
break stuff - inspired by a painting I once titled 'break stuff break something' which has been a phrase that's kindof haunted me for a long time. not sure why, but I trust things I'm not sure of in that certain way I guess. maybe I'll do a 'break something' somewhere else sometime
birdy redo - he got a makeover and re-outline. he's due some colour to his belly soon
KEEP ON PAINTING - another dodgey slogan. also never tattoo your own inner wrist it is a mix of burning pain and sheer worry you will punture your insides which, by the way, are pretty much covered up by nothing on this part of your body. shakey hand time + ouch
apples for tessa
some more additions to myself
FOX
I'm not going to lie, I'm proud of this one. pencil style shading like you're not 'meant' to do working well
STEAL FROM THE RICH GIVE TO THE POOR
or something like that. I will probably do some redoing and working on this guy
ZING MARKS on key (also a sneak at the lock above it)
PADLOCK / HUSTler on bird
FEATHER / RULER
DO IT YOURSELF YEAH! / DIAMOND (above deeside) / NAIL (through anchor chain)
KEEP ON PLAYING
this is my most complex work to date (2011 that is) and the legend that is fiona keenan was more than hardass to allow me to scrape at her back bones for almost an hour. lookin goooood
