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.

Mahalo.

Flash Day!

It’s Flash day again today.  Being that this is the fourth time I have done this, I knew it was going to be busy, but I had no idea just how crazy it was going to get.  Holy crap I had fun.  Banger tattoos are the bread and butter of the tattoo industry.  All the flash was drawn up ahead of time and set out for everyone to chose when they came in the door.  It was first come, first serve, and this time we had the lobby full and people waiting for their flash tattoo!

Wow, the fourth Flash Day was incredible and much more successful than the last.  I will get the next one set up and post it when I announce the date!  Keep an eye out on our Instagram and Facebook page for the next Flash Day announcement.

Mahalo.

Koi Tattoo Flash

I have tattooed all but one of these paintings.  I would love to tattoo the last one.  I deeply enjoy tattooing Koi Fish.  Japanese tattoo has very specific rules, bending them is not really in line with true Japanese’s tattoo.

This is the painting I have not tattooed it yet.  I would love the opportunity to tattoo this Koi.

Mahalo.

Polynesian Tattoo Flash

I have finally completed my Polynesian flash paintings for the studio.  All of these watercolors have been tattooed.  I drew this flash up almost a year ago, and just kept painting it as I tattooed it.  I really had a good time going through all of these.  I am on to a new flash project at the moment, and I will post that as soon as I have tattooed it all.

Mahalo.