Tattooed Gloves
Completely smitten with these works of art. In a contrasting fashion, Ellen Greene paints perceived masculine tattoo art on to feminine gloves. via Ink Butter Read More
26 Characters
Recently fell upon the blog of 26 Characters, the blog of painter and lettering artist Michiel van der Born. I’m really keen on his tattoo-inspired work. Read More
Paper Tattoos
I’ve posted about his work before, but this is completely new. Jacob Dahlstrup Jensen is now tattooing paper. The technique gives the appearance of an embroidered look, don’t you think? And it seems I’m not the only one mesmerized by tattoo art! And Jacob, if you read this – I would love to see you do a ship or ocean themed tattoo on paper. Just a small request. Via Design Crush Read More
Sailor Roman
I have no idea how I missed this on the Cosmo Sapiens site, but luckily Courtney of Design Work Life shared it on her blog. So I had to also post it here, because it’s just too good not to share. The Sailor Roman identity is hand-drawn ecstasy. Tattoos + design = my heaven. Romain is a french illustrator who works for Cosmo Sapiens, but after meeting the famous old school tattoo artist Sunny Buick, she agreed to take him on as an apprentice.... Read More
Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive
I’m obsessed with tattoos. Tattoos are a completely different art form in my eyes, and even though I only have some small ink on my back I relate to it in a big way. Fuel has just released the Russian Criminal Tattoo Archive, a collection of more than three thousand tattoo drawings made by Danzig Baldaev during his time as a prison guard between 1948 and 1986. There are three volumes in the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedia, available to... Read More
Koi Invitations
When this client emailed me, my response was “You had me at koi.” Kelly and Joseph liked the tattoo invitations that I can create, but they wanted a set that revolved around koi fish. Wouldn’t you say yes too?! I was so pleased with the results and this time, and I was able to use a gray as the stock color rather than white. Read More
Man Day
On 8/8/09, Atlanta’s Ink & Dagger Tattoo hosted a celebration like no other. This video will give you a taste of the madness that transpired… Ink & Dagger Tattoo Parlour in Atlanta holds Man Day, (yes, it has it’s own website) an event filled with events and manly fare. Events include Bobbing for Lobsters, a Wing Eating Contest, Sideshow Acts, Custom Car Show, and lots more. I wanna go!!! Read More
Invitations in Progress
Working on some very fun tattoo save the dates and invitations. And while I’m at it, my invitations for Jessica & Jared are on Oh So Beautiful Paper!!! Read More
Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry
Hori Smoku is a documentary featuring the life and work of Norman “Sailor Jerry” Collins. Obsessed with is works, yet I don’t have any of his style tattoos. I think it’s soon time to remedy that. Read More
More Tattoo Invitations
So the other work I warned you that I was working on invitations (three in one week!) and that I would post photos later. Alas, here they are! There’s quite a process involved with these beginning with research, then drawing, drawing, and more drawing. Once I’m satisfied with the drawings, they are inked and then scanned in (a few of the scans are shown below) so that I can add color using the computer. I have sheets of unused drawings... Read More
