briankelly

one thing that i tell the people who come into the studio and want an apprenticeship is, that just because you want to learn to tattoo, doesn't mean you get to. The other thing i tell them is that the only way to learn is to know some tattooers. I'll help friends of mine, but not some random person who has walked into the studio or sent an email.

Adam Shrewsbury made this one on me last week.

LiveLeak.com - Nonagenarian tattoo artist.

My back. Finished with Chris O'Donnell. Couldn't be more stoked on it.

Heavy hitters already this month...
Done by Stefan Johnsson @ California Electric

Saw this on IG had to share here... Stefan Johnsson

i really enjoyed this interview too. i knew that bill baker had left eikon a while ago and could see they were adding products just to make money. the metered power supply is probably one of the greatest things that has happened to tattooing and it's a shame that buying one supports the people who forced him out.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

i tell people it's more like being cut. because that's what's really happening. not sure if this helps there fear at all.

i tell people it's more like being cut. because that's what's really happening. not sure if this helps there fear at all.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

here's a preview of my back from Björn Liebner at Red Chapel Tattoo in berlin.

i guess my pic was too big let me try this

Next session done on my Dragon/Audrey Kawasaki piece. Wolf had 3 laser sessions and will be ready to cover in a couple of months. Im loving my first bit of colour in the phoenix which goes down my thigh and across my stomach. i'm thinking of a big colourful flower over the wolf what do you reckon ? Or maybe something from my left bum cheek up ? (Didnt want to put you off your tea so airbrushed my crack)

everybody has their own way to do this stuff. i've been convinced by much better tattooers than i to wrap it for 3 days. first day, leave the wrap on til morning. wash, let dry, no ointment, re-wrap. leave on until morning. repeat. after the third day, the tattoo is healed on the surface and begins to peal. i found this to be a nice way to deal with my knee and crotch being tattooed, which could have been quite uncomfortable at work. the problem with this method is getting the customer to do it correctly. so i only explain it to ones who i think are smart enough to follow directions and are getting bigger work in uncomfortable spots.

i live in berlin, and i work at loxodrom tattoo. our walls are covered in hand painted flash and we are a street shop. so, we do walk-ins if possible.

i live in berlin, and i work at loxodrom tattoo. our walls are covered in hand painted flash and we are a street shop. so, we do walk-ins if possible.

when i was a teen-age punker, drinking too much and traveling by hitchhiking, i was told that if you had a facial tattoo you would be classified as legally insane and could then collect money from the US government. that sounded like a dream come true. don't think it is actually true, and am sure happy i didn't do it!