I just finished the first session on this Saint Sebastian tattoo. I have one more session to do. It has been challenging getting in all of the detail, but it is turning out the way that i wanted it to.
I recently did this Tumi tattoo. Peruvian people hang them on their walls for good luck. This client used the Tumi that hangs in his mothers house as reference.
I got a chance to do my first typewriter tattoo. I had to do it like I would a portrait, because it was from a picture of the clients personal typewriter. Doing portraits is one of the most difficult tattoos to do because the client usually has a good idea of what the person or object should look like. You have to do a good tattoo as well as capture the essence of your subject. This was an Underwood brand typewriter from the 1930′s.
One of the new perks to working at Cicatrix is that we offer piercing as well as tattooing. I have not worked with a piercer since my apprenticeship four years ago, and I am very impressed with the knowledge and experience of the staff here. Tori(the head piercer) carries a wide variety of jewelery and Cicatrix is open for piercing seven days a week.
Virgin Mary tattoo
this is the first piece to come out of Cicatrix, on my first day.
After you wash, apply a thin layer of ointment, such as aquaphor or a tattoo specific ointment(pegassus pro cream is one that I recommend).
Repeat this process three times a day for the first three days.
After the first three days wash once per day but still apply ointment three times per day. That will last about six days.
Do not soak your tattoo in water. Showers are fine but no bathing or swimming for about a week and a half to two weeks.
I had the pleasure of trying to duplicate a Banksy piece. I had no idea who Banksy was until about a year ago when Jaime VI pointed a couple of his pieces out to me here in San Francisco. Apparently they appear mysteriously at night and no one knows the true identity of Banksy. Follow this link to his portfolio, he really is very creative.
Going to be at the new space on Monday. Everyone is welcome to come by and say hello. We are located at 17th st and Market, Cicatrix tattoo and piercing. The name will soon be changing to Castro tattoo.
Here is the first sitting of the geisha tattoo. I tried to be as original as possible, I did not look at examples of other geisha tattoos. It was hard to find good reference but I think it is coming out pretty good so far. The line work for the designs in the clothing was done in color, which will make for a nice effect once a lighter color is placed into the background. This is one of the last tattoos here at Black and Blue before my move to Cicatrix next week:)
I have been working on this back piece since august. It is definitely my biggest piece so far. We started this one at the Bodyart Expo at the Cow Palace in SF. there is still work to be done but I wanted to show the progress.
