July 31st, 2008 02:36am
Mario
This was the client’s first tattoo. He has many other really good tattoos and this one is the only one really lacking. He wanted to add some roses around it and a bird for his daughter. I couldn’t do that without trying to clean up and fix this existing tattoo first.
The outline is very scarred and raised it was hard to get ink to go in it and when it did it became very puffy. The last thing I wanted to do was raise it up any further. After tattooing the new roses and the bird out line I tackled the hands. I added shading that was non-existent except for some outline veins on eth top of that hand that I thought were going to show there. I then tried to clean up the banner with better shading.
The next step will be to incorporate some color in the bird and add vines and leaves to the roses and possible some sun rays coming from behind.
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June 27th, 2008 06:21am
Mario
A potential client recently told me they liked my work and said they saw some of my stuff on another site. Confused I asked what site and he sent me a link. The link brought me to a pic I did of a custom turtle on a guy’s sleeve.
The site is www.eviltattoo.com. Now I never gave permission to have the photo used and all the photos on the site have no credit given to the artist. On top of all that the site is marketed as free tattoo designs for anyone to use.
I have already sent an e-mail telling them to take it down and I urge any other artist to go through the site and see if any of their art is being bootlegged.
I don’t do a lot of flash designs and I don’t think people would appreciate their art being tattooed on someone else especially if it has a lot of sentimental meaning.
Lets try and put an end to someone steeling our hardwork
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June 17th, 2008 09:36pm
Mario
Friday I will will be working part time Friday-Sunday 1pm-8pm at The Artful Tattoo, located at 670 Geary St.,(between Jones and Leavenworth). This is a probationary period for the next month and we’ll see how it goes after that.
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