Showing posts with label scapegoat tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scapegoat tattoo. Show all posts

Monday, March 26, 2012

Scapegoated, part Deux















Man, I love Portland.
Especially in the Spring.
I'm pretty sure if we didn't have a house in Minneapolis,
it'd be a difficult battle not to try and move there asap.
I worked 4 busy days at Scapegoat Tattoo,
and spent the rest of my time eating.
You can get vegan everything in Portland,
and I did.

It's also such a tattoo town.
So many people have nice work on them,
it's pretty crazy.
After the skull and tree stump tattoo I previously posted,
I tattooed this rocking chair portrait on Jaxun.
It was fun getting a chance to hang out with him again,
even if he did put my linework to the test with this request.






















Craig flew up from San Diego to get two days worth of tattoo time in;
we did a massive arm tattoo first,
then finished his chest piece the second day.
I don't know how he did it.
The first one was based off a Twilight Zone episode,
"Time Enough at Last".
I messed up the settings on Meryl's camera and only got bad photos,
but if you click on it to make it bigger, you can get the idea.
Craig is not only a badass,
he is also one of the funniest dudes I've ever met.
(which can make even 11 hours of tattooing go by pretty quick)






















A big thank you to Brian Wilson and Scapegoat Tattoo for having me.
I was spoiled, big time.
And I hope to be back sooner than later.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Wnter's End (kinda).






















Last day of Winter, kids.
Not that you'll notice any changes out here.
It's chilly and rainy and so completely Pacific Northwesty,
and that won't be different anytime soon.
(I post some damp looking nature photos on my tumblr sometimes)
Johnny visited us this weekend,
and we checked out the House of Mystery yesterday.
The biggest mystery was why we didn't bring coats to Oregon,
since it was pretty cold, and hailing.

I did that cicada drawing for my month-long one-a-day project, Rot and a Ribbon.
It's not easy doing a new piece every day,
especially when you're tattooing all day and have visitors, too.
Wednesday I drive up to Portland for my Scapegoat guestspot,
and I have no idea where I'll find the time up there.

Anyway, here's some of the pieces I've been doing lately.
Ashley got a raven and lantern on her shoulder blade.
Sat like a rock for the whole thing,
and brought in lots of homemade vegan treats.
She's also healing it perfectly, so I'll have a good photo soon.






















Johnny got an entire upper back and over the front Maiden Hair fern started.
Just to hit all the terrible spots.
Looking forward to working on this again soon.

















And then we finally finished Meryl's thigh piece.
This photo is during the healing process,
but I have no patience.
More photos soon.






















The guest spot out here is winding down.
I'm both bummed on leaving this amazing experience,
but also excited to get back to my house and shop in Minnesota,
and get started on a pile of fun, new projects.
I also plan on returning as much as I can without becoming unwelcome.
Happy Spring, everyone.