the best different tattoo design: September 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out to Molotov's last Friday to see our show. The lighting isn't the best - it's a bar - but we had fun and I think we all agree that our art really elevates the atmosphere in there. Anyway it was awesome to see some of our clients outside of the shop while we're "off-duty". I just walked over during daylight to snap some photos to share with you (of course I couldn't resist having a "big daddy" - or whatever). I caught some of the people who like to get drunk early in my pictures and I was trying to be quick so some are a little blurry but you get the idea. The show will be up for 2 months so you have some time to come see them in person.

Johnny from Bender's liked it so much he invited us to do a show at his place and we're excited to start working on that! It'll be in early January so we'll keep you updated.

Iggy Vans, Holly Ellis, Aaron Hodges

Cris Cleen

Jason Donahue

Erik Jacobsen

Cris Cleen, Cecelia Altamirano, Hanna Sandstrom

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So I've been holding out on you and I'm so sorry. We've all been super busy at the shop this summer and I'm super impressed with the awesome work everyone has been doing. Please enjoy these photos and I've got an inbox full of new photos so I'll be posting those next week. Thanks for looking!!

Aaron

Cecelia

Cris

Jason tattooing Isaac. I don't know why Jason made Isaac take all of his clothes off (except the shoes???) just to work on his back but I'm not judging...

Jason

Erik

Holly

(I posted this a few weeks ago but I'm putting it up again because this is the healed photo of it)

Holly

(This is a current photo of a tattoo I did 5 years ago. I'm pretty stoked at how well it's held up)

Holly

(The girls in this book are from an awesome illustrator in the early 1900s, with some San Francisco reference added. I'm having a lot of fun with this one...)

Holly tattooing Marielle, photo by Jen Siska

Holly

(This is the 2nd sitting on a fun underwater scene)

Iggy Vans

thanks y'all

see ya soon

So as per usual the last Lower Haight Art Walk was a hit. The LH Merchant's Association put on a neighborhood scavenger hunt that seemed to be a hit and there were food vendors throughout the neighborhood. I found a cool video someone made of the scavenger hunt but I'm too busy to be bothered to find it and link to it. We don't have as many pictures for this one as the last art walks because we were all so busy doing tattoos. I think we hit our highest number with around 30 Get What You Get tattoos that night. Of course not everyone took pictures of what they did but here is a small sampling. Also a few shots of Grayceon playing. I love this band and I was totally right when I thought they'd sound awesome on the roof. Not to mention that they are a really cool group of people. I had fun tattooing them and hanging out with them before and after they played. Thanks guys!!!

I'm mulling over ideas for the next one which is in December and one thing I'd like to do is a fundraiser where a portion of the GWYG proceeds goes to a charity organization. I am open to suggestions on which charity that is. Also, someone mentioned letting us borrow their smoke machine for the next band. HA! Some lighting and pyrotechnics too? hmmmmmmmmm....

Aaron

Adam (on the left) and his girlfriend (that's Aaron on the right, not Adam's girlfriend!) have gotten tattooed at every artwalk we've had. She couldn't make it to this one so he got 2!