another new customer

well annette came back and this time she brought her man with her to get a new tattoo, he plays the drums in a band in glasgow and wanted something to symbolise that, so he sent me a photo from the lower shankhill road in belfast of a mural on the side of a house.

it had to be slightly adjusted to fit on his leg but the end result worked quite well. the B.L.F.B. is the title of his band, though i cannot remembre what the letters stand for im sorry.

quis separabit means they will never be separated i think.

the guy was a good laugh and annette is back on monday night to get a red hand of ulster on her shoulder so they are very good customers.

it took me a while to get it on here as for some reason picasa web albums has decided its not gonna upload my pictures so i do apologise for that xxxxx see you tomorrow xxx

3yr old tattooist

ellis first shot at doing a tattoo on his dad he started out wanting a smiley face but it turned out to be something else however he was very brave and calm and im talking about ellis here not david. they both sahred a great experience and im glad i was there to help xxxxxx

my dad is my hero

this is davids latest addition to his collection, a tribute to his dad in thai.
it translates as "speed demon just like my dad".
they both enjoy a love for speed and david wanted to mark this with a tattoo xxxx

star gazing

this one was a complete nightmare to do not because it was difficult especially but the guy couldnt make a decision on what he wanted.
it was a cover up hiding the name of an ex girlfriend which was written in chinese symbols.
a difficult one to cover considering the complexity of the chinese writing and their size.
but i think it worked out well really.
i think in all honesty the guy wasnt too chuffed at me doing the tattoo as he has a friend that normally does them for free, but he isnt very well at the moment so he was stuck with me doing an emergency job so his current girlfriend didnt remove it with a kitchen knife.
hopefully when his pal recovers from his illness he will be able to blend it in with the sleeve that lee is wanting done and it will become another part of HIStory.

mum

this was another new customer today, the sister of an old one this time.
a pretty design for her mum. oulined with the black then another line around the inside of it in pink so as not to make it look to heavy.
lovely girl and lovely family xxx

little angel

this one was gonna be hard right from the off not just for me who had to draw it but for maggie too. this is a tribute to the babies that maggies has lost and a beautiful one it is too.
underneath it it says "when they walk beside me i hear their beating wings".
originally we were going to keep just to the black and grey shading but we discussed it a bit and decided to try adding a little bit of colour and i think it looks much better for it.
the blue in the wings and the blonde in his hair seem to give an impression of innocence and although we had a wobbly moment maggie did really well and worked through it.
shes under strict instructions to look after it well.
though she has told me she never ever wants anymore they hurt far too much xxx

bye jay

first one of the day. a cover up although maggies was nervous so i didnt take piccies before i started i just got to it straight away. this once upon a time said Jay a tribute to a man who turned out to be an idiot so needed covered over with something pretty.
maggie chose some lovely flowers which as you can see were pink and blue, and a scrolly/tribal design pulling it all together. we had a bit of trouble getting going but once we settled down and got into it it worked out really well and maggie likes it so thats good enough for me xxxx

thats ****ed it

well there will be a longer wait for the final results of rising from the ashes as allan got into a little scuffle at the weekend and now has a three inch cut on his back where he hit the bar and its kind of right above the eye socket on the skull and it looks quite painful so we wont be able to finish it for a while xx sorry about that folks but it will be posted asap xx