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.