A.Sanchez

I made these FTW shop shirts and they are available in small-xxl. They are discharge printed pocket tees, super soft and preshrunk.

you can order them from my big cartel or stop by the shop any time to pick one up. thanks for looking.

http://instagram.com/p/u1hQUSp4QP/?modal=true

Here's a tattoo I did on my last trip to LA from a sheet of my own flash.

my pleasure! here's the last few...

awesome photos, thanks for sharing. i only was able to go sunday because i was at the shop tattooing friday and saturday. i'm glad i can see all the action i missed. thanks again

I just visited with Henry over on Broadway and bought an amazing drawing from him.

There are over 70 drawings available and they are reasonably priced from $100-$350

there are some jems in there. check it out....

Goldfield's Tattoo Studio

Letting go of this from the collection.

great little shader.....

get it.

I'll stop by and say hello.....wish i would've seen this sooner. today was my day off.

Jef Whitehead Spider Tattoo

Jef worked briefly at a shop I was a helper at. That encounter changed how I thought about tattooing forever.

The power, confidence and dynamic look that came with his tattoos influenced me from that day on. Jeff Zuck talked to me once about Power tats. Jef does Power tats.

I have a giant spider Jef did for me at the last Hollywood convention. I'll post a pic soon

Okay, here's the update. Hotstuff and Panther by Scott Sylvia. Kewpie and White Tiger by Bryan Burke. Both tattoos were done in 2 sittings, black in one sitting, color in the next.

Scotts side was about 5 1/2 hours. Bryans side was 4 1/2 hours total. I started Bryans side first but finished Scotts side first. I lagged on Bryan and was procrastinating getting it finished a bit because Scotts side hurt so bad. Bryan actually had to call me up and be like, "we finishing this tattoo we started or what?". Sorry Bryan.

Both these guys are quick as can be and for a painful spot like the ribs I really appreciated that. I gotta say the second sitting with Scott i was feeling a little nauseous and almost ready to tap out towards the end. Scott hurt more!

Is this for real? from the way she's tattooing to the lack of tattoos. and why don't we get a close up? these are suppose to be tiny portraits right?

man, just checked out the site.....they offer try on tattoos! I really cannot get behind this kind of tattooing, this kinda tattooer or this viral video. yuck:mad:

just ordered some

I was born in Long Beach and grew up in Wilmington, Pedro, Long Beach. My Dad, Uncles and my godfather all have tattoos from the Pike. I knew from a very young age that I wanted to be like them. I wanted to go one step further and be heavily tattooed, circus style coverage. Through getting tattooed in the bay area, hanging out in shops, and then getting a counter job I fell in love with the craft. then came apprenticeship and 7 years later i'm still in love...

Me and Tyler from my shop slept on getting a booth. but i might roll through one day to say hello.

tat guns.

hands down that one bothers me every single time and I will always correct it.

Yeah one of the most inspiring influences in my tattoo life is Henry Lewis. He reintroduced the idea to me ( I had learned this in art school but let it fall by the wayside) after starting at Skull and Sword. Those guys are on some tattoo warrior shit. Henry has been open to starting over and taking instruction to better his tattooing and the tiny drawing thing is big over there. Seeing a wall sized cork board full of tiny drawings of back pieces and sleeves was pretty mindblowing.

I have thought long and hard about this and have changed my approach from time to time. I tend to be a workaholic, and I have made a general rule to keep work at work and spend my days off doing things other then tattoo related drawing. I try and clear the visual tattoo clutter out of my head by spending time with family, going to a museum, seeing a movie or show, or just going for a walk/hike or getting out on my bike. I feel like this approach has recharged my intentions and inspiration more then when i use to spend every waking moment searching for reference and thinking about my clients for the upcoming week.

I try and have one day out of a work week (Wednesday for me, which is my Monday) where i sit down and knock out as many drawings for clients as I can. If that means coming in to the shop at 9am I'll do that. No music, no clients, no one else there yet. I just get out my references and start knocking out appointment drawings in order of priority. I find my brain and hand really respond to that kind of intention to just sit down and draw rather then trying to cram drawing time in between appointments and walk ins. And for those kind of appointments I try and have it all work out and ok'd so when appointment time comes i can just sit down and tattoo.

I also got a really good tip from one of my other tattoo buddies to draw tiny. Like with a mechanical pencil to start with. Really little...like 1" x 2" no matter how big the tattoo is. Just to rough out a thumbnail of how i want everything to fit compositionally. and then once i like it in mini form I'll blow up that thumbnail and start working that way. It saves me so much time and energy. I'm not fully rendering things out that the client wants me to completely change. I show them the little guy and explain it to them and if they are into the idea i render it out.

Also I started having a day once a week were me and 4 other tattooers meet up and draw and paint for ourselves. No talking about tattoos, or work and the images can be whatever we want. We all just bring a bunch of supplies and see what happens. It's been great for inspiration and productivity.

Mario I think redrawing is okay if you don't drive it into the ground. I think artists need to tap into their intuition and go with what feels natural. I can always see it in my head and just try and get it down on paper. But i also always ask the imput of my co-workers "what looks weird? what doesn't work? how would you approach this?"

okay i feel like i'm rambling now........

oh and this. you can see her cover ups in her modeling portfolio. this gives me hope for the piece on my forearm haha.

it bothers me that "tattoo's" is a category on her website. people love to misuse the apostrophe.

A. Sanchez and Bryan very nice tiger tattoo! Thanks for the picture. Let me know when Scott starts to lay into you and I can try to swing by to watch it not hurt, haha.

I should really watch what i say. i don't want to invite a greater hurtin' coming my way. My first sitting with scott is on the 18th at noon, would love to meet ya.

Ps. y'all are pussies. It didn't hurt that bad. There were a couple of unpleasant spots but overall it just felt like a tattoo. I was able to relax into it, meditate and it was over.

how'd it go? look forward to the pictures.......

Okay, so I don't know if this is the appropriate thread for this post.

But since we were talking about painful spots and Bryan and Scott decided to start a pain competition on my torso I figured I'd post the photo here.

Bryan was extremely pleasant to work with. Pretty damn fast at about 2 hours, no breaks, start to finish. One more session for color and it's a wrap.

Next comes the first sitting with Scott on the other side in a couple weeks....

we've been rocking this "Out on the Floor" northern soul comp a lot lately, and Barry White.

It's super relaxing and when we get the customers who say, wow I've never heard this in a tattoo shop before

I take that as compliment

I've also heard two stories recently from tattooers who were busted in customs when the customs agents simply did an internet search for the tattooers name and found announcements of their guest spots abroad.

I'm gonna hurt you worse but brian is gonna do it a lot slower.a lot slower...haha just wait till i put the brian interview up.

oh man. I'm going in today.....1 o'clock appointment

I think a street shop owner started this madness. I'm fittin to draw up some Ophiuchus designs right now.

It's a joke i make a lot at the shop, it's dumb but it makes people laugh and not think about the hurt i'm about to put on them.

I also tell them that the tattoo they are about to get is always the most painful one. Time dulls the experience so all that matters is the one happening right now.

Personally my back didn't seem that bad. The bottom of the ribs, round the kidneys was pretty unfriendly. The back of the knees sucks pretty well.

I just left a deposit to get my left rib panel done by Brian Burk, so i'm a little nervous about that.

I gave Scott dibs on the other side, so i'll let you guys know who puts the hurt on worse once they are done....