conor blue eyes

*flips through portfolio for a minute* "yeah this stuff is cool, but i didn't see any Japanese letters...can you do those"

"is this your only job?"

"what needle ya using? round three mag?"

one time my mentor told me to get a bucket and a sponge to clean his car out front. after i washed his car i put the bucket away. he asked me what i was doing and i told him i was finished. he laughed and said that i just started and he then told me to clean every car in the lot. even strangers and people's cars in other businesses.

another one of my favorites was:

me: is it ok if i take a day off to sell some stuff to the pawn shop, im dead broke (and was couch surfin at the time)

mentor: sure, but if you need to take a day off you dont need to tattoo. you're fired.

needless to say i never made it to the pawn shop, but he did tip me out pretty good that day.

hah!

Thanks for stumbling on our tattoo forum then joining us.

thanks! its an awesome forum with a wealth of knowledge from some of the most respected tattooers i know of. hopefully i will be able to contribute more than i take.

cheers.

i tattoo a guy whos dad was tattooed by stoney st clair. if i can get a pic, i definitely will!

thanks for lookin!

they look as if they only rival one of the functions of the rubberband, keeping the needle from moving in the tube, but looks like it would add more tension. To me the bands keep the bar in place, as well. I could be missing something though, but so far it looks like reinventing the wheel. would love to hear more.

ive worked for non tattooers and piercers in the past, and its a mistake. they have no grasp of reality when it comes to this business. thumbs down from me.

jon clue, for the amount of detail tattoos pretty fast. covered ankle almost to knee in less than 5 hours.

ive had to leave shops numberous times, and none of them went too well. one shop threatened with a non-compete i never signed or saw, another cut the ties totally and took over my room during the two weeks, another ignored me for the two weeks, the two week thing never worked. last shop i left i told them, it wasnt working and gave them the option "i can leave today or in two weeks", i packed up the car and left.

i think its the weird and fragile ego in tattooing...i dont know. ive remained friends with one...and that was only after a year or so had past. weird! business is business and we all have families, bills, or whatever.

stumbled across this awesome forum!

www.conorblueeyes.com

wow. his work was always an inspiration.

anyone know what took him?

what terrible news, especially for a father of two.

god be with his family!