A few tattoos from a couple weeks that I forgot to post

Straight Razor with 1953 and a snake with a dagger

Here's 2 tattoos I did on my brother Travis' hand a few weeks back

Pirate ship getting attacked, that same day she touched up an ohm piece on her sternum

Got a new one of a kind Skin Deep Dread Hat

Some peaches

I tattooed two peaches on this ladies foot the other day I thought they came out pretty good

Anyone like this drawing for a tattoo

I've been drawing this over the past few days on my free time I think it would be a really sick tattoo if anyone's interested let me know I'd love to do it 

Alien workshop out of business now

Growing up and until now they've always been my favorite skateboard company even before the Rob and Big fad. My brother got this tattoo a week before they went under

Finishing shading an anchor

I finished shading this and covering her ex's name and fixed a couple things that needed a little help glad how it came out

Insecure much.....?

For the most part the tattoo community as I see it is a pretty tight knit community, you go to the conventions and everyone is really cool cause I guess you are all part of the same sub culture, all trying to put out the best product as learning and getting inspired by other talented artists.

However there is an awful lot of unwarranted shit talk that goes around as well. Personally I try and stay away from shit talking other shops or artists because really all you're doing is shitting on the craft which is negative for tattooing in general. Now certainly giving your friend advice like, u should go to a reputable shop, u shouldn't get tattooed by unlicensed artists, these are things that hold true, however when u have artists talking shit about other artists I think it's plain counter productive, are u doing it because you are worried you may lose your clientele to them, are you jealous they are better than you in some way artistically? Trashing another artist does nothing to better your own craft so why do it? My best advice to someone getting  tattooed is don't let just the price make your decision, while it can b taken into consideration your about to get something that lasts forever and usually a cheap tattoo isn't a great tattoo, however some places r priced much higher than even I could afford so I understand in this economy why price matters. What matters more though is THE WORK! Look at portfolios, not just from one artist, look at many of them, different artists have different strengths and you want the best artist that's gonna bring your tattoo to life. I like to think I'm an artist that focuses on doing all styles, I think tattooists should do this so they can tackle whatever challenge comes into the studio, but some artists only  focus on certain styles which could be a problem depending on what u want. So basically leave the shit talk at home, it just makes you look like an inconsiderate dick, let your work do the shit talking, if you do good work people will get tattooed, if you don't do good work, rather than talk shit, practice. Luckily tattooing is a craft u can't master in a lifetime so there is always room for improvement 

Eric Kelly's first time at skin deep tattoo

So we started this have sleeve back when I was altered image and I've always wanted to finish it cause it is the only dragon koi I've done outta all the traditional Japanese tattoos I've done, finally got him to come to skin deep and we put all the background together and set up, I can't wait to see this done, dragon koi, a Baku (one of my favorite things to put in Japanese tats) is what is shown here