February 2012
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January 2012
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ohimjustfine asked: hi there! i really love your style and was just wondering two little questions. 1: how did you get the apprenticeship that led you into this career? 2: do you take any personal tattoo requests?
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December 2011
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November 2011
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sleepalmar asked: Your work is such an inspiration. I was wondering what materials you work with most of the times, at least on your moleskines.
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October 2011
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kadehydrated asked: I live in Southeast Michigan, but I'd love to come out to Chicago and get tattooed by you sometime. :) Have you been taking on a lot of new clients?
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leafodenlovesr2d2 asked: Congrats on finishing your apprenticeship! I've been following your art for quite some time, checking up on your flickr periodically, and when I saw that you were tattooing I knew that I HAD to be tattooed by you... I live in Philadelphia, but one day I hope to make a trip to your area so I can get my dream tattoo. Cheers!
September 2011
5 posts
Small victories.
I post few tattoos, but only because they’re the ones that I feel like have made some bridge between my drawing instincts and tattooing ability. There are many many others that won’t see the light of the internet (maybe I’ll just have a post of tribal and baby footprints) which are great practice and make for a great day job. But I have to make sure to challenge myself with...
And again.
If you’ve followed my blog for any amount of time, 4 months of radio silence shouldn’t be surprising. But this time, I really do think I have a valid reason for once (other than ambivalence/nothing to say/ambivalence) …
I’ve finished my apprenticeship and am now a full-time tattooist.
Whew! Even though I made the transition over a month ago, it’s still a great...
Newton's 2nd Law
Good god, it’s April already?
People often ask me to explain what a tattoo apprenticeship is like, but there are few words for comparisons. ’Intern’ is the closest term that most people seem to understand, but ‘indentured servant’ is probably closer. In all senses it’s an apprenticeship in the traditional sense. I trade my time and dedication to learn a...
Rise/Run
This moleskine spread was specifically for Faesthetic #13, the “Luck” issue. Giving me two pages to work with was a blessing since the open sketchbook format is very comfortable to work with. It was nice to work some design muscles here, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. This issue has some supremely talented artists included, and I couldn’t be more flattered...
Distance = Rate x Time
The last 5 months? Where do I start?
I’ve been apprenticing to be a tattoo artist and it has taken over my life. The opportunity fell in my lap and was a sudden change in trajectory. I do manual labor, live in indentured servitude, and trace things all day:
I tattooed myself, but it’s not the first time. It took 3 hours, I almost passed out, and it was not easy in the least.
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