Punk Rock Turtle

Getting back from my quick trip to the main land jet lagged me pretty hard, and I came back to two booked solid days.  I was over booked really, working from 9am until 11:30pm straight tattooing with no breathing between appointments.  I normally like being over booked, however my trip really took all of my energy out of me and today was a really hard day. Athena and Siobhan worked the from of the shop and game me assists when I asked making the day go pretty smooth.  I did 11 hand sized tattoos today and this is my favorite tattoo of the day.

Even though today was pretty hard on me, I had a good time and met some great people from Ottawa who really connected with me.

Mahalo.

Sea Turtle Flash

I was able to finish some flash this week at home after work.  I have already tattooed all three of these designs.  I paint a flash sheet as I tattoo new ideas.  Flash sheets show me what does and doesn’t work in a tattoo, and it give me something cool to put on the walls for the studio.  Normally by the time I have finished the painting I have already done the tattoo.  I painted these guys much larger on the 11x14 watercolor paper so they could be seen really well from a distance.

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Sea Turtle with Polynesian Tribal

I got the opportunity to tattoo an American Traditional green sea turtle combined with Polynesian tribal inside it.  I love tattooing this stuff because it is simply fun to draw and fun to tattoo.

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Green Sea Turtle

Super fun tattoo.

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Tribal Sea Turtle

It was fun to take two separate styles of sea turtles and combine them into one.

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Green Sea Turtle

This was my favorite tattoo of today.

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Banger Sea Turtle

Pretty busy day, and this little guy is my favorite of the day.

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Add-on Sea Turtle

It is always cool adding more tattoo onto past works.

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Green Sea Turtle

It was a fun and busy day.  This is my favorite tattoo fo the day.

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Green Sea Turtle

I love turtles.

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Turtle & Ahi

Cool couple, cool tattoos.

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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.

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Green Sea Turtle

This was my favorite tattoo of the day.  I made 6 solid tattoos today.
I picked this as my favorite because I really like sea turtles.

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Banger Turtle

Fun walk-in today.

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Turtle Island

Two turtle tattoos for a cool couple.  

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Turtle and Hibiscus Flower

Two of my favorite things together again.

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Volcano Turtle

I love a little American Traditional beach scene tattoo.
This was a great day today, and this tattoo is my favorite of the day.

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Green Sea Turtle

I have had this drawing sitting on my “I want to tattoo” wall for almost a year.  The client came in a picked it out of my drawings.  I was really happy to finally make this tattoo.  We added two petroglyph turtles to the drawing to represent her kids.  

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Two Tribal Turtles

These two wanted the same turtle for the memories.  Good clients and good times.  I might just get my wish and be able to make a tribal turtle a day!

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Polynesian Tribal Turtle

I like this tattoo, it’s the best of the day.  Tribal turtles are pretty cool to work on, I want to make more of them.  It would be nice if I was able to make one tribal turtle a day.  

Mahalo.