Tattoos

[LewisStonehouse]

@henry_david those are badass my friend, particularly like the scorpion. My guy is taking a couple of months off so I have to wait until March 

[henry_david]

Thanks @LewisStonehouse 

What d'you have in the queue to snag? I've got another booked for the end of February and then we're gonna do a consult to square away my back piece. Super stoked.

[LewisStonehouse]

Mandalas on my hands next how about you dude?

[henry_david]

@LewisStonehouse:

Mandalas on my hands next how about you dude?

Heeelllll yeah, @LewisStonehouse

Have a creepy multi-eyed creature for my right thigh and then my back's gonna be, like, a Roman short sword (hilt up) down my spine with snakes, skulls, and flames. In other words, it's gonna be representative of how tough I wish I were. 

[LewisStonehouse]

@henry_david:

it's gonna be representative of how tough I wish I were. 

I feel ya buddy. They all sound excellent 

[Matt]

My Albuquerque artist is making the posters for the Dinosaur Jr show tomorrow.  Pumped.

Informal poll..

Should I get something like this on my neck.  If so or if not, why?

[henry_david]

Sick! Dinosaur, Jr. rules. And you should for sure. Classic, bold lines and colors that will both age well and look sick af, @Matt.

Also, another recent addition on my end:

[Matt]

Elbows are gnarly.  My knees are open and I’m not in a hurry. Our anniversary is in June.  Matching tiger tats FTW.  Hers won’t be on her neck. 

[Kasi]

Nice tattoo your insane @henry_david 

[henry_david]

This was p chill compared to my thigh piece for some reason. Stoked to start my back later this year…

[Matt]

My thigh was not bad at all.  My back took forever and was miserable.

[henry_david]

Lol that's what I'm worried about, @Matt. Then again, I want it done so it doesn't rly matter all that much.

[LewisStonehouse]

Elbows didn’t bother me at all weirdly, it’s the soft pinchy bits that get me.

And yes on the tiger @Matt - is that one of Samuel Brigante’s?

[Oaktavia]

@Matt get your neck done dude FTW…I have both sides and back and front of mine. Like a turtleneck. It hurts like hell but feels amazing afterwards. It's the kind of spot that you can't hide despite the weather and puts keeps you in that category.

[Oaktavia]

Here are mine…
Black Eyed Susan- Maryland state flower
Himalayan Blue Poppy- bc it's pretty
Scallop Magnolia- a common flower to see in the spring in Frederick
Turquoise Chrysanthemum- another one bc flowers be pretty

[Matt]

Love the bouquet.  I’m in.  I’ll keep you all posted.

@LewisStonehouse i don’t know,  was just searching images for tiger tats.  I’ll have my guy do his own piece.

[EdH]

Been lurking, but stoked to share. Seeing my guy in a couple of weeks for the last 2/3rds of my sleeve.

Saw him a couple of weeks ago to get the snail's helmet changed from a bike helmet to a Spartan one to better fit the theme of the sleeve, and to add another band:

We're going to end up with a load of stuff inspired by ancient Greek myths and their original red and black figure pottery art, but updated to look less janky. So the existing layer tells the myth of Hades and Persephone (forgive the weird homunculus I made to get it in one image) - we are going to add Demeter looking all upset where the tribal used to be - but hopefully you can see Hades taking Persephone down to the Underworld on his chariot, past Cerberus guarding the gates, then them residing down there, before it repeats:

Then above that layer we're going to have a few scenes/monsters/gods from the sea, then a layer of the land, before leading up to Mt Olympus/the heavens, etc.

So think Greek gods all over the place, mythical creatures, scenes borrowed and adapted from classical pottery, etc. I've always been into my ancient Greek myths and am stoked to see what the artist comes up with from my 30 pages(!) of reference and notes (but mostly reference) that I sent him the other day. He nailed what I was going for with the existing piece on the first go before the pandemic, I've been waiting to see him again for quite a while now.

[henry_david]

@EdH – Dammnnn. I love that. I don't often see that sort of theme or style and I rly like how it's coming together (and ty for that stitched photo, too). Who's the artist?

[EdH]

@henry_david:

@EdH – Dammnnn. I love that. I don't often see that sort of theme or style and I rly like how it's coming together (and ty for that stitched photo, too). Who's the artist?

Thanks man. I'm toying with the idea of, eventually, having all the background blacked in so that the figures really pop out of the negative space too, just like on the Ancient Greek pots, but (a) that's a lot of ink and (b) the idea has only occurred to me recently and so I'm going to mull it over for a while, see how I like the sleeve with just line-work, etc.

The artist goes by @dirt_nap_ on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dirt_nap_/ . He does funny doodles and puns, some American trad, and I think I was the first to ask him to go in this direction, whatever you'd call it. He didn't do anything like it when we first got talking a few years ago and since I got it I notice he's done a few busts of Medusa in this style, and a few other mythological figures, so I think he's developing a niche.

By the way, I think your scorpion, torso piece and elbow are rad. And that flaming sword on your back sounds like it's going to be pretty nuts. 

[henry_david]

Holllyy shit. This Dirt Nap dude is amazing… I love all the different styles/his range. I'm stoked to see the other work he's got in store for you.

And thanks dude! I dig what my artist does. Got a thigh piece in progress rn that's gonna be sick and the back piece is super exciting for me.