mattyrunks

mattyrx Ill mostly post pictures of newer paintings and the weird signs , houses and graffiti scribblins I find in New Orleans....join me , won't you?.. If anyone is really interested in me posting all the Fluer di Lys I tattoo on tatted tourists, I can do that too..

Everyone that works there is fantastic, and not just cuz I'm biased...solid crew fo sho..

I work at Electric Ladyland. And besides going to Jacci's and Don's for the history side of things, it's the only game in town. Come visit and, yes, Lester is the man.

My favorite part is that they use the same "tension noise" that they use on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmare, which is the greatest show on television. I will be watching every week.

I got a few of those cards..13 designs is my favorite pitch line..

I totally got that Hardy sparrow with the eyes in it's body and wings from Murray last year..Eye Swallow...yep..didn't really get it until halfway thru when my buddy Steve said something..ha..oh well.

Red is made from fire and Blue, obviously, is made from clouds. I also been told by clients that fatty and boney parts hurt more to get tatted, or hurt less, depending. That tat guns go a "million times" a second. That Kat Von D is the most famous tattooer. Of course, there are always the stories that still persist of the ol " fox hunt" tattoo that they're buddy's uncle had. That female tattooers hurt less (especially Kat Von D). Oh ,and where can I get that skin -colored ink to tattoo over unwanted tattoos..Bill WaverLy? I'm lookin at you....

Red Ink hurts the most.

Ha Shawn....it's funny cuz it's true....I played C-Lo with Oliver once in Sweden, and he ran game on dem dice...all about the paper chase. Not always a bad thing, ya know.

Well..if Karl's backing it , then it's A-OK in my book.

Just curious about the general LST'ers think about this....Top Chef/Project Runway for tattooers? Not too sure what my opinion is yet..peep the trailer on Spike's website..First thing that I thought was odd was the fact that several of the "contestants" already are well " established", and own shops ,and put out books and CD-ROMS and all that jazz..

I won't be there this year...Ill be stayin in New Orleans tattin fluer de lys on tourists..oh well..

Bummed not to see all my East Coast peeps tho..

When I was in Australia a few years back , I was fortunate enough to get tattooed by Bev "Cindy Ray" Robinson. A small souvenier butterfly and I asked her to put her classic "Cindy Ray", with a little love heart for the dot above the "i", signature below it....she was a little taken aback, but was more than happy to do so. One of my favorites to this day.

Absolutely amazing...Ive been tattooed by Freddy twice and they were very influential times...he was very generous with his time and gave me the two tattoos that, while I was getting them, taught me the most about being both a tattooer and, more than anything, a human being.

I got told by Albrigo that if and when the time comes to leave, that Bink will cut them in square foot peices and give them to friends who have visited that space. kind of a cool idea...its a pretty ridiculous painting- " far- out" is puttin it lightly....

And I dont mind at all if people gank stuff from my blog..especiall to post here...

MATTYRUNKS

Ha KyleGrey peeped my facebook...those tattoos are all on my friend Paul...he got a lot a tattoos at Realistic and Tatto City back in 90-91..he also has a couple from Fred Corbin and Eddy Deutsche from that era as well,...yeah some that stuff Dan did didn't always age so well, but the designs are awesome..the Frankenstein is amazing

Everyone needs to check out Geordie Cole out of Tattoo Magic in Melbourne Australia...next level stufff..also I'm partial to Martin LaCasse in Philly..very quiet and low key..but just a monster in the talent dept. Check out his 365 project...best 60 dollars you'll EVER spend

Something I've been mulling over for years, and after watching that interview with Bryan Burk ,kinda solidified it, but how important is it for you to know exactly where your supplies come from. Really trying to gauge this as how much effort is worth it to be honest with ourselves about who we get needles,ink, grips, even something as simple as grommets from? I know on a personal level who I've bought machines from, and I pretty much only use pigment I've made, someone I work with has made, or Waverly , whom is run by a amn I call a good friend( and Bill's stuff is the best, I've been in his 'lab' and it's top- notch). But I've stopped making needles these past two-three years. Spent a couple bucks and ordered them directly from the factory in China that makes EVERYBODIES needles..Simple things like that. I can buy a 24$ "Eikon style" power supply, but do I ( We?) really want to support that, and in a sense, "cheapen" what we do? Should we all stop being so lazy, and try and rekindle that DIY spirit that tattooings all about? Also, if anyone wants to offer up venues to recommend where someone can buy supplies made for tattooers, by tattooers..that would be appreciated.

NO one has mentioned "jammer"....for some reason , a hand full of people say this and it drives me bonkers..."tat jams" "tat jammers", "sweet jammers I've be workin on.."..and this is TATTOOERS sayin this ..sound like a bunch of little kids..ugh..

Have gotten the " who's inkin' today" line once or twice..

Yeah..Norm is stupid good..I could look at his stuff all day... I will give one shout to Martin Lacasse..he does some next level Pike style lettering-check it out.... Freddie,Gibson,Rudy...Grillo,Slyvia...Like I've read in several cases Rollo sayin how lettering makes or breaks a tattoo is so true

Right on Shawn...welcome to Hostile City...I work at Kadillac Tattoo in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philly.. I also have enjoyed your recent posts..The guy I work for has a lot of those Higgs tats from that article you posted..feel free to stop by the shop if you ever come up Manayunk way...there's tons of good cats in this town..Topper is the man, J and Marty and Steve and all at Olde City...Dave ,Hoode and Eric at Black Vulture...and we do our fair share of good stuff in The Yunk...hope to meet ya in person one day soon..peace man..

- Yeah Robert's apartment is pretty wild...next level stuff goin on there...He's got some pretty amazing tattoos on him, not only from Dan, but some other heavy cats...

- We also got all of signage from Gary Martin..Cosmo flew to Austin and drove them back in a Uhaul..our main sign is pretty big, about 12 feet, and picked up a few real cool plaques we commissioned...He's no joke..

What a great article...thanks for sharing..

The fellow I work for was at one time,, quite friendly with Dan and was gettin tattooed by him regularly at Realistic and Tattoo City in the late 80s /early 90s..got one of the BEST black Jesus' I ever seen...actually he 's gots lots of good stuff --VERY Outlaw Biker Tattoo Revue

fuck..Carl Sagan could write a whole book about it out here....