RockelMan

Hey Lochlan. Yes I did find Kyles blog on birds. The snowy owl I had spotted while trying to catch the ferry home from my in-laws, was on top of a hydro pole. I stopped the car and got my camera out and took a few pictures. I decided to try to get closer to get a better pic as I don't have a great zoom lens yet. Went I got closer to the owl it decided to keep its distance by flying to the next pole and that pic was of the owl landing. I have a few of the owl in flight. The Owl that is in the big tree is a hawk owl. I could see it really well with my binoculars but as I said my zoom lens is not that great. The other 2 are of a Great Horned owl. 2 different ones at that but both are at the Toronto Zoo. The on in the cage stays there. The one on the step is part of their show called just winging it. Its a show about different birds with the trainers. That one in the show had, had an eye injury but still loved to preform. I just added 2 more Snowy owl pics I took from a few years back.

Well if your making you portfolio online or in photo albums for in your shop, may I suggest maybe breaking your work down into different categories. Say tattoos on different areas on the body OR maybe black and grays, colour, OR genre of tattoo like horror, cartoon, wildlife, portraits and new/old school imagery. As you said you have completed piles of Butterfly tattoos well take the top 10 or so that you have done and use them for your clients to see. You don't have to have a pic of every tattoo you completed for your portfolio. I would use different albums per category you choose. I like it when I am looking for an artists abilities for a certain type of image I don't want to have to look through all sorts of other images that are irrelevant to what I am looking for. (If I am looking for a flower I don't want to be looking through a pile of bio mech tattoos)

Here is an image for you hope you find it inspiring. . .

Hi everyone this is my Blog. :) I guess I should start by saying that I will use this to tell you about my Classic car and my Tattoos and what ever else is going on. Well then on my classic car. Its a 1979 ford Thunderbird heritage edition. I have done a few mods and have plans for many more LOL. So far to the car I have: -changed the vinyl top. -changed the exhaust to true duels. -put in lower gears for the rear end. -major tune up. -fixed things to keep me on the road cruising.:cool: Hmm well now that my Cruiser is covered, How about my horses? Rocket and Rohan are their names and they are piles of fun to watch, ride and take care of. These two boys were both ex-race horses. Rocket had won 27 races total in his career. In the higher level of racing he did not have enough endurance to stay in the lead and slowly developed a disliking to losing and gave up heart to race. Rohan on the other hand, did not even go at his first race ending his career right there. LOL lazy bones should have been his name. But man when they want to Gallop can they ever move! :) My wife and I did all the renovations to make the stable, as well as put in all the fencing to keep these boys in. Lets see I do like taking photos of owls and here are a few of the ones I have taken. This also is our little dog who only challenged the horses two times. Since then hes stayed clear of them due to his almost death and our yelling at him to RUN!!

Sweet. that sounds like a very nice thing to do in your free time.

Thank you very much I will relay the message to her. :)

Oh boy could you imagine. . . I tattoo of speedo it might just look like they were wearing a banana hammock

Holy Crap that back piece was only 25 hours??? Damn that fast!! The work looks super solid too. You must be very pleased.

Hello everybody, my wife Sarah is a Fine Artist, she has her own business, painting oil portraits of people and pets. I have provided a link to her website so you can see her portfolio and her credentials. You can also contact her if you wish to have something painted. Thanks everyone! Home - Sarah Rockel Professional Equine & Pet Portraits

I can see this becoming the newest coolest tattoo trend for the kids to do not thinking of future employment of course.

Hey no problem! I thought that it would be a good conversation thread. I knew a bit about artists signing their work but I did not know how in Japan it put you into their political game. That's just not fair at all. Especially for the collector who wants a tattoo while on vacation.

Mack (not sure the last name) (1 tattoo from him) Cathy (again not sure the last name but they were husband and wife) (2 tattoos from her) Dan Cameron (1 large piece from him) Shawn Rouleau (Currently working on my sleeve)

Don't forget time is only an invention of mankind

Well if it has to come down to one word I think that for me it would have to be either honesty or kindness. As a phrase it would be either Do on to others as you wish them do on to you. Or soon you will have to make the choice between what it easy and what is right.

Hey Kyle I love the bird pics. I love trying to take pics of Owls. Sort of a hobby/interest of mine. I have a few pics that I was lucky to get, and I have seen a few more but did not have a camera at that moment. You have the pic of the great horned owl tucked up high, one of the great horned owls male and female I believe, but what is the one by its self on your hand?

OH boy if you ever go to Japan you have to make sure you take lots of pictures of engrish LOL look it up Engrish.com tones for funny translations for English people in Asian countries

That makes sense Dean. I love seeing both sides of the coin its great. It also seems to make sense that if the client wants the tattoo signed that maybe they should have to sign a waver so that the artist does not get sued like that article I found.

I knew I had seen more just when you try to find some pics with it you can never find any. LOL I knew you guys would come through with a few.

Here's an article about it. Tattoo artist leaves signature on client - UPI.com To me on the pic of the girl look at the bottom there looks like some initials maybe it was a cover up and that's what I am seeing. The other one is that symbol on the but cheek is that just a random tattoo or a signature of the artist?

I know that there is Tattoo artists and collectors here. I just wondering what your thoughts are on the Tattoo artists that sign their work. Good idea, bad idea, or do you care either way? I've been surfing on the web and have seen some tattoos with what appears to be a signature along with it. I personally do not think that its a good idea. You went to an artist that you choose and you know who it was, if they have a unique style everyone will know who did the tattoo. That alone should be the signature.