9Years

This is so killer! You get the best stuff. Fucking awesome. Carry on!

Yesterday, I started my full back piece with Rei from Inkrat, Tokyo.
Three-and-a-half hours of lining was pretty prickly in places - but some good blues music, a howling spring wind outside and the stoke got me through it unscathed. And there's something mindboggling about a Japanese tattooer doing an American old school interpretation of how a Japanese tattoo should look.
Colours are coming in a few weeks and I'll update then, j
 

Started my back with Marius Meyer yesterday. This is as far as we got. 

Got this frog on Sunday from Jay Watkins at Spider Murphys. I won my work's fantasy football league this year so I figured putting the pot towards a relevant tattoo would be fun. Super stoked on how this one turned out, Jay's great and always fun to talk to:

Put some work into the 2nd layer last nite and ran over some old tattoo with new.


It was an awesome time. Trevor is an old pal from our teenage punk years. We teased him when he was the first of our friends to get some tattoo. And now he's tattooing us 2 decades later. It's really funny.
3 swallows blasted over the background of my 13 year old St. Francis tattoo. All draw on.  Used spearmint, lipstick red inks and some old National Yellow pigment for extra cool points. Cheers

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Well, speaking of Scott, here is my shin/almost entire lower leg. It wraps in a way that makes it really hard to get a good shot. Done in one shot at the Pagoda City Convention in 2015. I'm posting from work and Photobucket is blocked, so hopefully these pics work out.

 
Also, it should be noted that @embers and @graybones TOTM winning snakes are two of my favorite snake tattoos. They're incredible.

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Started my back with Marius Meyer yesterday. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

freshie sssssnake bite on the hand by Scott Rusnak, Lucky Strike Tattoo (Edmonton, AB)
flip side inside of the wrisssst
 

finally finished, totally hurt 
 

Starting my back with Marius Meyer in a few days. Going to cover up a Polynesian tribal, so this should be interesting.
Wish me luck! 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

Yes!
Best tattoo subject matter ever!
1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015
2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013. 

because who doesn't need a snake and rose!
Black Heart Tattoo
Scott Sylvia's the best, can't wait to see him again :)

let's go
Dietzel snake head by Todd Tattooer (Merci Bonsoir - Lyon / France) from last year (fresh on the picture!)
Hard to take the whole tattoo on the picture but it has a tongue!
 
 

Session #6. Had a lot of wind under my sails and sat for 5 and a half hours. 26 hours total and unbelievably stoked on the progress. Finished the lightning and patterned the entire octopus. once this heals down, Capt'n Scott is going to blast over it all with some teal and define all the layers. This was less of a whooping to the kidneys and more of a tedious cookie cuttering. 
 

Thanks everyone for the support! You all inspire me learn more everyday and I'm in awe of the amazing work posted here. When I see Grez next week, I'll share the news. I'm humbled.

Polls are closed, and the winner of Tattoo of the month January is @Gingerninja with this bad ass dagger by Grez (Kings Avenue Tattoo). Congrats!! 
I managed to screw up, and close the poll late this month too. Sorry about that guys. I'll try to get it together next time. 
Big thanks to everyone who contributed!!