Tattoos

Guy le tatooer at work

From yesterday, by Lou Hopper at King of Hearts. Super happy about it!

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..very nice!

WOW, love it !

Thanks guys, I am so happy about it. Lou is an amazing artist, I have already booked in for another session with her next year for something else, I dont know what exactly yet, but booked a day sitting anyway. I am not sure if I am addicted to tattooing or addicted to her work on my body... same difference I guess...

Need to work out what I want from Lou. Problem is I don't want colour but her colour work is so amazing.

her dot work is equally amazing... but colour is better!

might go for a little old school banger of hers

I think we have hit a mutual ground for my next piece to be something I will love and she will enjoy doing / is her strength. This is the aim!!

interesting take on the artist/client relationship.

http://www.boredpanda.com/whole-glory-hole-tattoo-blind-scott-campbell/

My next little piece hopefully before Xmas. Local billhook pattern to where I grew up. I used to do a lot of hedgelaying and still do tree work so legit hipster lumberjack tattoo.
Pic is from an old tool catalogue and needs finessing.

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was just coming here to post this,

my pal Dan Bones, but he's in NYC.

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That's fucking cool.

made this awhile ago

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be rad.
after reading Roger Deakin's Wildwood I've become somewhat obsessed with the idea of hedging and such

Thanks dude.
Hedgelaying is cold, spiky, back-breakingly hard work. Satisfying though.
Getting it done at The Gilded Cage in Brighton(family connection to shop), but don't know which artist will be doing it yet. Undecided as to having it on its own as is or giving artist free reign to turn it into something more interesting. Probs latter.

i quite like the idea of it on its own.
wheres it goin?

chopper on his chopper?

gets coat...

Somewhere on my upper arm as a part of my arm of random stuff. Poss down my tricep. Won't be massive, just 3"-4" I guess

Anybody has any feedback on Antoine (ant the elder) from Sang Bleu? He's guest at a shop where I live and was thinking to get something from him, really like his woodcut style on IG..

Oh gosh, might have to find a piece of my skin for Dexter, @Dakin... you are so right!

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her dotwork is gettin seeeerrriiooouuusss

When are you going there next? Might be an excuse to put a name to a face, or is it put a face to a name? Can never be quite sure which way round this is...