fun with lettering

made up these fellas for the Serendipity Farms craft show. we had a great time and met some really outstanding and creative people from our locale. Thanks Jamie!!!

have a fantastic holiday everyone!

a sign of the season

here is my latest sign labor, just got myself some new brushes for xmas, so i can't wait to dig in!

apologies for the saral marks, those get erased, natch.

big thanks to Amber for the pigments and orange-based non-toxic turps! my feet are warmer and my roomates are happier!

Friday the 13th!!!!!

here are our posters for the upcoming Friday the 13th art show! two-color edition of 37 cut into MDF plywood (my new favorite material, officially replacing tortillas). Check out the 'news' section at www.oldetowntattoos.com for more info....

Also i am excited to announce the addition of Dave 'Mutha****in' Sinor to our crew!!!!!! welcome dude! show him love here and here.

battery-powered hummingbird

this fine fellow gets tattooed every year around (and for) his birthday. i ran into him at a local music store and we set a date for this year's tattoo event. everything went really smoothly, he already had a design that had been drawn up by an artist from San Diego ready to go and everything...

so he shows up the day of his appointment on time and ready to go and while he's filling out the paperworks, the power goes out in our whole quadrant of downtown. being that the primary energy source responsible for modern tattooing is electricity, this was a bit of a problem.... fast forward two hours and the damned power is still out, but we have set up an alternate energy source. just as i hook up the battery and get the ol' machines buzzing, the juice comes back on! after all the waiting we decided that this tattoo was meant to be battery-powered and did it that way. viva dissimilar metals!!!

also, had a great time talking music and gear!!! if you're on the central coast, get thee down to

Music Unlimited

(831) 372-5893

425 Alvarado St!!! buy local, save lives!

hummingbird con passionflower

this is a first tattoo (in two sittings) on a tough lil' cookie, inaugurating her 18th year on our blue gem of a planet. put yer best foot forward miss Z!