ooooooohhhhh get me!!!!

as promised folks this is a rather wonky picture of my very first tattoo, those of you on laptops feel free to turn it on its side to get a better view, for those of you with a proper pooter i do apologise and you will just need to lean to the right a bit to get it the right way, dont worry noone is laughing at you.

i did my first two public tattoos last night and it took me forever but i only used one whole kitchen roll dad so im cutting down a little bit. a couple of friends of mine asked if i could do a tattoo each for them last night which obviously i said yes to as i need the practice and they were willing. i didnt get started until gone 10:00pm and i was still going at bloody 3:00am (yes dad i hear you, speed up, i get it), but the first one was the afore mentioned D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F. which i didnt have too much of an issue with, except i dont have any real tracing paper yet so the transfer was a bit of a bugger to get on, and the truth be told i cocked it up. thanks to david i managed to rescue it though he spotted a crucial spelling error just in time. so now its all ok and the poor girl can breathe easily once again.

(see kevin bloody wilsons website for the song under the same initials it is sooo funny)

the second job was a bit of a challenge actually a yin yang symbol which im not too fazed with really but the perfect circle was a little daunting to say the least. the lad wanted hash leaves instead of the usual circles which was ok but they were quite small and fiddly which wasnt good. plus he was a really fidgety customer and he bled, a lot. after the outline was done it was almost as if his body was rejecting the colour i was putting in. even david tried to get the colour to take on him but it just didnt want to know, typical really, it was hard work but bless him he took it like a man. i wont be attempting another one for a while though i can tell you that for certain.

(those letters underneath are d.j.x.s which are the lads initials i was quite chuffed with them because they were freehand.)

ha ha so there you go im shattered today through lack of sleep but im happy i think with the work ive done and i cant wait to get started on the next one.

dad help !!!! theyre coming out of the woodwork

well well my name is already being passed about as the next big thing in my area, i have five mates rates tattoos lined up for next week and i havent even got tracing paper yet, ill really need to get my act in gear i think.
my nozzles finally arrived from ireland this morning so i was all excited to get started but when i thought about it there is still quite a few bits and pieces i need to get.

i think david is going to do a little butterfly for me tomorrow as his first one hes desperate to use his scorpion machine thought really i think he should keep it good its bloody heavy and not at all comfortable to me. but whatever suits!

so my upcoming practise pieces are the famous words of kevin bloody wilson the aussie comedian. dilligaf was the slogan for his 2009 tour and that as im sure you are all aware stands for, do i look like i give a fuck,.............genius! there is also a yin/yang symbol in there which i cant imagine being too difficult but i could be lulling myself into a false sense of security there.
a couple of dog pics and some personal effects and that ladies and gents is all in the one house. its going to be a busy week i think ....

stop oh yes wait a minute mr postman

we are most excited today, ha ha my lovely needle packs have arrived with a 1oz bottle of black juice for them. also my super sexy (yuck) gloves to stop germ spreading. i was surprised they got here so fast to be honest. the rest is coming from ireland so it will take a little bit longer and I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!

in transit

yippee ebay is a wonderful place really, though it confuses me still. all the items i ordered have been posted so ive just got to wait for the man with the red and yellow bag to bring them to my door.

was talking to my fiancee last night and the next tattoo weve designed for him is a lions head drawn in almost a tribal kind of way with long flowing lines, also its going to fit around a previous tattoo on his right arm. only thing is its going to head onto the inside of his arm and ive heard tell that that can be a little sore but, well, its his choice.
cant wait for the stuff to arrive now to get started on it ive already drawn it out i just need to get it on him.

anyway im planning a couple of butterflies for him to do on my leg as his first tattoo, hes desperate to get some practice in too as its gonna be our career/vocation in the future so we both need to be on the ball with it.

shopping

who would have known how difficult it could be to decide on what colours to buy and where to buy them from. thank heavens for ebay is all i can say.

i did my first tattoo a few weeks ago while i was on holiday in the southport/formby area, under the professional eye of my dad i managed to engrave a dragons head on my fiancees left arm, the outline was quite easy though nerve racking all the same that was just like drawing with a heavy pen but the colouring, that is a different matter altogether. trying to judge where the needles are in comparison to the outline was hard work, dad was getting really tired of explaining the same thing over and over, its not like im thick or anything i was just nervous.
i got there in the end though and i have to say for a first attempt im quite proud of my little self.

today after an unexpected windfall i decided to get my act in gear and buy the things i need to start tattooing, not that i needed to buy a machine, (machine folks not gun, remember that!), dad had bought me one of those as a surprise pressie. he also gave me a k-machine because my name starts with a k and a scorpion machine for my fiancee as hes really into the horrible critters. so much to the fact hes getting one for christmas..............maybe.

so thats me im now waiting on gloves, ink, needles and nozzles. sounds somewhat like a surgeons shopping list but im under no illusions im definately not that clever. just really excited to get going and spread my wings as a tattoo angel