Barnacles and cattails.

I just got back a bunch of photos, so keep checkin' in.




I really enjoyed putting these barnacles on Kelsey. Species, I'm into it.


Typha latifolia, also known as a cattail, on Joanna. Simple tattoos really satisfy.

Thanks for checking out the blog.

Bram

So I am going to totally cheat and just upload everything that's been uploaded to instagram already. So those who follow us on instagram, sorry, nothing new to see here. But keep reading anyway!

Terry James will be gracing us with his presence again in early December. Dates are still to be confirmed but it will most probably be one of the first few weeks in December. So if you missed out on getting tattooed from him the first time around, now is your chance. I will be taking bookings for him, so if your keen call the shop. Check out his work at http://frommelbournewithlove.tumblr.com/ or you can follow him on Instagram too! 

Matt started a lot of new stuff this week, which seems to be the case a lot at the moment. Matt has only maybe one or two spots left for the year, for anyone wanting to start larger work. There are a couple space left if your wanting one off tattoos but that's pretty much it. It would be really great if all the larger work he has started this year would come back to be finished, we would love to update his portfolio with more up to date work. Hint hint, people with ongoing stuff get your asses back here, pronto!

Jamie and Simone are also looking really heavily booked right now, so if you want to get tattooed before the silly season, better get on it! This is probably the busiest time of the year for us, so don't leave it to the last minute! 

Some may have read on our facebook page that Simone is going up in price as of 2012. I did explain on the facebook post for those with ongoing work, the rate will stay the same until the tattoo is finished. So please don't panic. We have had a few calls from people panicking that she has already gone up in price and I will re-iterate, if your tattoo was started at the rate of $120 an hour, it will stay that what till the tattoo is completed (however please don't leave it two years to get it finished). So her new rate will be the same as Jamie, $150 an hour. Matt will be staying at the rate of $160 per hour, so no need to panic there either :P

Now for pics:

By Matt: Memorial tattoo for Kieran's Mum, who loved Orchids. 

By Matt: Got a good start on Kirsty's Mermaid. The bottom part of the line work will be done next week.

By Matt: Started this one yesterday.  Ryujin (which is a God of the ocean, which can take on a dragon or human form). Matt put some fish, crabs and a jellyfish in there (as these creatures are said to be his messengers). 

By Matt: This was last Saturday, some progress on Jigokudayu (Japanese courtesan) 

Check out the new Tattz mag, issue 13. Matty got a nice 8 page write up in there.

Matt's snake prints came in, $30 ea

By Jamie 

By Jamie

In Progress- By Simone

By Simone

We have also ordered a bunch of new merch! We have guys T-shirts and singlets and a bunch of girl singlets coming in and they are not ALL black this time either! They should be here in around 2 weeks. So we are now selling all older T-shirts and singlets for half price, to make way for the newies! $15 each, there aren't a whole bunch left, be quick. If you don't remember what they look like, here they are again:

This singlet comes in mens or womens

front

Back

Don't forget, anyone who happens to be in New Zealand n 26th and 27th of November can get tattooed by Matt at the Auckland Tattoo Convention. You can check out their website but the facebook seems to have more up to date information http://aucklandtattoocon.co.nz/home.html

Goodbye until November!

I'm going to be off on Tuesday until 10th November (but Jo and Eva will still be here), so before I leave, here's some things we've been tattooing recently.
Also, I'd like to thank everyone who got a RNLI tattoo, we managed to raise £100 for the charity and bang out a few nifty tattoos, so thanks for getting them done!

Joe

Finished Mauro's other half Sleeve, (he has this dragon koi on his right arm), well, it's almost finished, we still have the inside to do but it's good to get the dragon completed!

Had lots of fun tattooing this on Adrian, we're almost finished with this sleeve as well and should hopefully get it done on Monday.

Always good to tattoo a skull!

Hayden's first tattoo was definitely a brave start! Nice to do something a little different to what I usually do.

Guest Spots and Stuff

Ok, so as the title suggests, we have some guest spots happening soon! 

Mitch Love (from Westside Tattoo in Brisbane) will be tattooing here from the 21st of December, until the 3rd of January. Before anyone asks, Malika will not be tattooing, she will just be here on holiday to visit family. So hit Mitch up pretty quick because he is booking up fast! His email addy is xconvictionstilldeathx@hotmail.com 

Here's some of Mitch's work: 

Aaron Bond (from Westside Tattoo as well) will be here from the 21st December till the 20th of January. So he will be working when Jamie and Simone are away. Here is a sneaky peak at some of Aaron's work but he is happy to tattoo pretty much any style. 

Check out both Mitch and Aaron's work at http://www.westsidetattoo.com.au/ It's a great opportunity to get tattooed by some awesome artists from one of the most respected Tattoo Shops in Oz, so get on it! 

Our mate Ben Grover is a New Zealander who is now based in Sydney and he will be with us from 30th of Jan, till the 3rd of February. Check his work out on facebook- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002657572462 But here is a few bits and bobs: 

Aaaaaand now some pics of what our guys have been up to:

Matt has had a massive week this week, few things finished and a lot of new stuff started:

Finished this Black and Grey Dragon on Adam. Started a while back so it's good to have it finally finished. 

And Matt's first Fudo Myoo, not his first dragon though :P

Finished Amanda's owl

So one side is finished on this one. Other side is getting finished in couple weeks.

And Matty started this one today. Still some work to go into the top of the arm but that will have to be for next time.

And here is what Simo has been up to:

And Mango (aka Jamie):

Think that's it this week. Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! 

I really don't know what to blog about this week, so can I just cheat and chuck a bunch of photo's in here and hope that still counts as a "blog entry"? I really don't have a bad attitude to blogging, I just really don't have much to say this week (wow, never thought I would say that about myself). So without further adooooooo! Here is some pics of stuff the kids have been up to:

Matty's Work:

Matt started the outline on Tara's back piece. Lots of lines so well done Tara for sitting through the whole outline in one sitting. 

And another big outline started last week. 

Bill Murray. Matt doesn't do that many portraits these days but loves doing them if it's a rad idea and who doesn't love Bill Murray? 

What Simo's been up to:

Zombie girl head on our mate Mandi

Mango's work this week: 

But I do need to do a plug for our mates Mitch and Aaron from Westside Tattoo (Brisbane). They are both doing a guest spot in late December/January. Mitch will be here from 18th Dec till 3rd of Jan and Aaron's dates are still to be confirmed. But if you want to get some sweet tatties off them, that's your chance. I will give a bit more info later but I know Mitch's spots are filling up fast, so better get on it! Check our their work at http://www.westsidetattoo.com.au/

In saying that, I should also mention Jamie and Simone are taking 6 weeks off, from December 24th to the 4th of February. So if you have any ongoing work that you wanted finished by Summer, better get on it! We will have guests artists to take over while they are gone, so don't fret, we will still be taking bookings over that period. 

So the shop will be open over the Christmas and New Year period (except the usual weekends and public holidays). Matt and I are taking a short trip to Japan to get tattooed from December 18th to December 27th, other than that we will be business as usual as well. 

Matt worked on a new print on Sunday. Using the snake from the banner he did. He decided he didn't like that one and wants to redo it. So he recycled the snake from that, for a print on it's own. 

New Stickers (they look more gold in real life)

Well seems like I had more to say than I thought, haha, can't help myself.

That's all.