deathmask

fun black and grey deathmask/ geometric flower combo, served ouchy side up....

king cobra

a black and grey king holding court in his garden....

 

Oliphant

a joyful 'dia de los muertos' elephant for a great guy!

here comes the sun

the decline

Tim is a badass, he clearly loves NOFX more than you and also sings for a band called The 132... click >here< and give them all your money!!!

Movin' on

i'd like to let you all know that i wont be tattooing at Olde Town (regularly) after this June 1st. me and my sweetie will be living and working on the road for the summer and beyond. email me (painlesselectric@yahoo.com) if you need existing work finished or would like to begin a new project!!!

in the meantime, here are some hits from the last month....

first up, an awesome owl...

and a good timin' bullfrog, knockin back some moonshine...

aaaaand we'll add in a sprinkle of gypsy lady, just to keep things spicy!

forget me not!

here are some beeeautiful flowers for to start your spring!

it's delicious

i really love lettering and here is a little taste of what we can do with 'mom & dad'....

sunday styles

spring is springin' again, folks! this young lady purloined herself a beautiful bouquet of poppies and a lily. i couldn't help but to wrap them in twine. also, drew these lovlies directly on!

ouching tiger year of the dragon

finally finished up a grueling rib panel on a friend of mine! tattoos on the side hurt a bit more than a lot of other places on the body, so the incentive to get big pieces finished is somewhat less. my hat is definitely off to this man.

 

and my first dragon of the year of the dragon! woo hoo! this fella also sat like a champ. still have to shade some style into the cloud around his existing tattoo...

and my first dragon of the year of the dragon! woo hoo! this fella also sat like a champ. still have to shade some style into the cloud around his existing tattoo...

dancing to victory

this lovely maiden went on a VERY tough lady. 4 hours of the hurt for a lifetime of this!!! i want this tattoo!

alaska

looks like a pretty neat place! one sitting. great job, lady!

do work

here's one from the last week. this gentleman wanted a crown with his daughter's name on his forearm in a woodblock print style. followers of this blog and my minor local art career know that woodblock prints are something i love to do! i couldn't help but to schedule him an appointment and get to cutting. this is the result...

well, do ya?

this is already turning out to be one of my favorite years! so many fun projects and good people...

first up today is a crazy fun tattoo in homage to Clint Eastwood and his role in Dirty Harry.

second up is a new print that will be hanging in the SOMOS Gallery Show, Starting Friday Feb. 3rd! Don't be square, come out and support local art!!!!

this fellow is 20"x22" a very short edition of 7, black ink on cardstock, 12 hours of carving. come get some!!!

welcome to the jungle eagle

alright, so there is no jungle eagle. at least not on this blog....

what i do have for you this time, faithful readers, is a small recap of the Friday the 13th Tattoo Extravaganza that we here at Olde Town Tattoo put together over the last couple of months. The $13 tattoos sold remarkably well. my 3 designs are pictured below. i had a TON of fun with these guys and i could pretty much do this bold, folky look all damn day, so if this is up your alley, bring thyself into the light!!! it's worth noting (without naming names) that each person that got one of these tattoos were an absolute pleasure to spend time with. come get more hurted you guys!!!

i also got to see (and tattoo) some friends from the Bay this weekend. she is an animal lover and is in the process of getting a sleeve of, well, animals! this one is special not just because of who wears it, but also for the illustrative style not common in tattooing. pardon the green fog in the background, this was drawn on...

twothousandtwelve

first tattoo of the new year! this young lady has the constitution of a brick wall. well done, miss. this is a fitting compliment to the year of the dragon that we are entering, as the phoenix and dragon are often depicted in art as complimentary opposites; the dragon representing the male side of things and the phoenix holding it down for the ladies.

don't miss out on our art show and tattoo event, happening Fri. Jan. 13th, $13 tattoos at 1pm, art show at 6pm. Click here for all the details...

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!

party shark

try not to get those hump day blues, folks, it's just a hop, skip and a jump 'til the weekend, when you can cut'er loose and party like this toothy fellow!!! had a great time tattooin' and talking music, thanks lady!

nothing's sacred

at least that's the word around the campfire...
did this super fun take on a couple of traditional motifs friday on our buddy and new tattooer (lightin' up the AOTTP on fridays), Jaime Carillo (here for his blog).