darrens 21

this was a difficult one to get right as darren was very particular about its size and shape and placement which is good, but hard work at the time lol.
darren was born on the 21 of the month and feels that 21 is his lucky number so he got it in roman numerals to stay lucky forever more ..

the first one

this is a picture of one of the tattoos i did when i first got back i think i told you about it but i dont think i posted a photo. claire is coming back this week for an anchor on her leg as well so im sure she wont mind me posting that one as she has been waiting ages for it xx

three more

i have been busy today natalie and her fiancee came to see me this morning for a few tattoos, natalies first one was a cover up that she has been waiting for since before i went on holiday, so john is now no longer on her wrist she has some light tribal work with a couple of very pretty flowers on it. there are certain bits which dont completely cover the original but not so you would see it as being a cover up.

her second one of the day was her fiancees name on the underside of her arm, Gavin was done in script calligraphy and would have been finished a lot quicker had i started with a three, but thinkin i was being smart i started with a seven thinking because it was so big a seven would get the job done quicker but nope, i still had to go round again with a three.
ill know next time not to try to be so fuckin smart.

gavin had a hard time of it being engaged to someone with such a long name lol he got natalie in old english across his stomach. although it didnt take so long it still looks good and he was really happy with the results.
i didnt take any pictures as i dont have any batteries for my camera and i am so skint i cant even afford to fart let alone waste money on batteries but they have said they will be back so ill post the pictures then xxx

thursday last minute

these were two relatively easy ones on thursday a couple girls were given my number by a previous visitor and the top on says gran and papa, it was her first ever tattoo and she has applied for the army so we had to be careful where we put it so when she is in uniform you dont see it x
this bottom one is an adaptation of a design aimee found on the internet, it was really a lovely design and i really enjoyed doing this one.
the original design was done in shades of black but aimee decided to go with the colour purple and the end result i think is really effective xx

bad lads army

couple of right barmy buggers here, the first piccy is of 'floyd', he recently came in and had hard to handle put on the side of his neck, on this picture you can just see it on the top left,
today he came in for a great saying, 'loved by few, hated by many, respected by all'. he said it was a bit nippy in places but he took it well.

the bottom one was a guy floyd works with called geordie i think he got 'Hell aint a bad place to be' hes got some amount of tattoos already as you can see and most of them in some way or another are memories or memorials.

hes a nice guy and has said he will be back and i look forward to seein them all soon xx

Kyle for simone

this is a tattoo for pauls sister simone, she knew she wanted a flower with a vine and her sons name but she didnt really know how she wanted it to look so we had a snoop through google images and stole a little bit here and a little bit there and came up with this design.
she was a bit nervous at first but settled into it very quickly and it was over in no time.
its a lovely tribute for her son who is only seven months old and a very handsome little boy. i hope he appreciates the pain his mum went through to get it done xx

another gers fan

this was a new customer brought in from an old one, this new tattoo belongs to paul. he came in and sat right down and it was a really easy happy tattoo for the two of us.
hes promised to come back for more so im sure well see him very soon.