Beach Scene

A bit of tradition with my beach.  I love doing these beach tattoos.

Mahalo.

Wood Planer

My friends wife Sara had an uncle that passed.  He was a woodworker and this is his tool, with all its imperfections and scratches.  It was great to tattoo this, I have a deep fondness for woodworking, as my grandfather is a wood worker.

That is a well used hand planer, its a good tool.

Shark Banger

Nice walk-in drawn on with a sharpie.

Mahalo.

Aloha Wednesday

After a couple of tattoos today, we are taking a small beach break.

Aloha.

Sunset After Work

It’s pretty nice to be able to walk down to one of my favorite beaches with the family and watch a sunset to complete the day.  We have been really busy lately, and these sunsets keep me full of energy, knowing that all of this hard work is so I can do this right here.

Aloha.

Polynesian fishhook

The client was here last year and has come back for more work.  I like this fishhook a lot.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Add-on

Added on to my clients leg work today.  She will be back again to complete this piece next year.
It has been great working on this over the years.

Mahalo.

Hammerhead Shark

This was really fun.  Reworking an older design of mine at request.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Turtle

Powers back on, so I came back in late tonight to make this on a special request.
This is my favorite tattoo of the day.

Mahalo.

Holy Crap!

Some drunk asshole rammed his crappy car into the telephone pole taking it out completely and killing the power for the entire neighborhood.  How the hell did this guy do that on a 20 mile an hour road?!  I had to give back the deposits for the day, thankfully most of my clients were able to reschedule for tomorrow, which is going to be a fucking long day now.

The pole crashed atop some passerby’s car.

I absolutely hate drunk drivers, and here on Maui people drive drunk a lot.

See ya tomorrow.

Cherry Blossom Turtle

A tribal turtle with a flower is very common tattoo.
This time I was asked for a cherry blossom instead of a Hawaiian flower.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Fishhook

Fun day.

Mahalo.

Sea Turtles

These were fun.  I make a lot of turtle tattoos every week.
I enjoy tattooing them, and seeing them in the ocean is amazing every time.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Fishhook and Turtle

It was a very busy day today.  These two tattoos are my favorites of the day.

Mahalo.

Palm Tree

Fun walk-in today, drawn on with a sharpie.  The Grateful Dead tattoo below the palm is not mine.

Mahalo.

Plumeria Flowers

It was a very busy day today.  These Plumeria flowers were my favorite of today.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Turtle

This a was my favorite tattoo of the day.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Sigil

The sigil “Ha” is always a pleasure to pass along.

Mahalo.

Paintbrush Cross

Quick walk-in today.

Mahalo.

Beer and Beach

I have really been enjoying my beach scene tattoos lately.  The client is a brewer, and he wanted a beer glass as a portion of the frame.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Turtle.

This is my favorite tattoo of the day.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Islands

The client came back for the third year in a row.  This year we worked on an addition to the turtle we did last year, the Hawaiian islands in Polynesian.

Mahalo.