After that last post i figured you guys needed something less... wordy. I know i did! So here's a picture of Sanna's finished backpiece, taken right before her final session, which was about 20 minutes worth of touch up. Easiest session she ever had!
Done and done
Even though her back is all done, you probably haven't seen the last of this trooper yet. From what i've heard, she has some killer ideas for her lower arm, so we hope to see her back at the studio as soon as her and Allan's schedules will allow it.
I'm just gonna get the topic of this post out of the way before i start ranting and creating this huge build up, and then when i get to the point everyone is all "really? that's it? i thought something bad happened!" So, in order for that to not happen, here it is: someone took our name. There. That's all i'm pissed about, and i guess the rant could stop right here, before it even becomes a rant, but of course it won't. So if you already know you're gonna find this pointless and tedious, feel free to quit reading right here. The next post will contain pretty pictures and little text, and if that's your thing, i won't hold it against you.
Still here? Then let's continue. I can't even remember how many years we've been Conspiracy Inc. Maybe 5? Maybe 6? Maybe even 7? It was before i was at the shop full time, and while Franz was still at the shop too, but i'm bad with timelines, so let's just say it's been a while. And even if i don't remember when exactly we became Conspiracy Inc., i do remember the time we spent trying to come up with a name everyone could agree to; the notes with scribbles of bad suggestions and the many friends, neighbors and clients who were involved in the process. But finally we found it, and we've stuck with it ever since. That's not to say that i'm always happy about our choice of name. At least a couple of times a week the phone rings and this conversation takes place: Me: "Conspiracy Inc." Person on the other end: "Huh? Uhm, who is this?" Me (thinking): "Who did you call? Yeah? THEN WHO DO YOU THINK IT IS?", (but actually saying): "C-o-n-s-p-i-r-a-c-y-i-n-c, how can i help you" So you see, it's not the smartest name ever, but it's ours and, up until recently, i thought it was at least a pretty unique one for a tattoo shop.
But then one night while i was checking our blog stats, i ended up on a search engine i don't normally use, and i noticed something. "Conspiracy Ink." I've complained about this before, people spell our name wrong all the time, and everyone from friends to magazines have been doing that for years, but this time there was a result for the misspelled Conspiracy. In fact, there were not one, but two. Two shops are now named Conspiracy Ink Tattoo. One since 2008 and one more recently since July this year. One in Australia and one in the States. Both obviously have websites, one of them is even on facebook, flickr and twitter.
Now, i know what you're probably thinking and i have thought that myself: "couldn't it be a coincidence?", and the answer is "sure, of course it could and maybe it is". People come up with the same ideas at the same time all the time, and of course that totally could have happened here too... twice. But do i think that's the case here? Not really. These other shops may be located very far away from us physically, but on the internet we're all neighbors, and if you're somewhat active and visible online, which we are and apparently they are too, it doesn't really matter where you are in the real world. And for years we've been doing conventions, had work in various magazines, participated in art shows, printed stickers and t-shirts, been active on myspace, blogger, twitter, and, for a second there, even facebook. We represent. And the tattooers who work at our shop are not exactly unknown, so i'd say there's a good chance that people in the same industry could have heard of us.
So what's my problem? Well, my problem is that it's rude! And what am i gonna do about it? Besides this, probably not a damn thing.
I guess this discovery just comes at a time when i've been thinking a lot about respect, or lack thereof, i should say. When we first moved to our new shop i was so worried about offending people who had shops in the same zip code, including our former partner. I even worried that our neighbors across the lake felt that waving distance, even if it is across a body of water, was a little too close. But since we're a private studio, more so now than ever before, on a small, kind of anonymous street, we decided that it was probably ok.
But since we moved in March, two studios have opened in our area, one of them literally around the corner from us. When i first discovered the one right around the corner i got a little pissed... ok, i got mad as hell and considered bagging one of Lucifer's little poops and lighting the bag on fire outside their door, but i have since calmed down and accepted its location. Mostly due to the fact that i don't actually believe the guy even knew we had moved to that area in the first place, and even our clients have trouble finding us at times, so who can really blame the guy? But the whole idea of opening up shops really close to other shops, something that was not even a possibility a few years ago, is a reality now, and we didn't get the worst of it.
A new shop opened recently in the center of Copenhagen. No news there, i'm sure it happens all the time, and we're usually too busy with our own shit to pay attention to the local scene, so it's all good. Except in this case, it isn't. This shop opened right next to an established studio. Not down the street, or in the same area, but right next to it, and when i first heard, i couldn't believe it. No one could be that rude, right? Wrong. Apparently we've entered the age of i-don't-give-a-fuck, and that includes not giving a fuck about common professional courtesy and good manners. And for a person like myself who actually does give a fuck, behavior like that can be hard to accept. And this new place is apparently really bad too. Home-parties-and-staph-infections-bad, or so i've heard. I have never used this blog to air personal beefs, or write shit about other shops, and that's why you won't find any links to the shops i'm referring to in this post, or names of the local shops here in Copenhagen. This is because i believe in internet courtesy, and i try not to say and do anything online that i wouldn't be prepared to say to a persons face, and seeing how i hate confrontations, there's a lot i wouldn't say and therefore i don't (that was a ridiculously long sentence, and i'm not even sure if it worked, but i'll just leave it and move on...) But if anyone would like to know the location of this studio, so they don't accidentally take their business there, i'd be happy to inform them via email instead of a public forum.
Anyway. Respect. Borders. As you may have picked up on, i take internet behavior quite seriously, almost as seriously as real life behavior. I believe that if we choose to live out part of our lives online, which most of us do, the same basic manners have to apply here as they do in real life. I choose to let a lot of shit slide, due to the fact that if you get all riled up about every idiot behaving badly on the internet, you'd have a full time job right there. And a stressful one at that. So i try not to get worked up about the little things, and i think i'm getting pretty good at just ignoring dumb stuff. But finding out that someone did what is basically the internet equivalent of opening up a shop right next to ours, and i believe name plagiarism is just that, just pissed me off.
This post is all the attention i'm gonna give this subject. I'm not even sure it deserved a rant like this and to be honest, i'm already looking forward to posting about cake and tattoos and taxidermy again! You're not likely to find any words on this subject on Allan's blog either. He's much better than me at ignoring shit, and when i first told him about the other shops he barely shrugged. You'll probably never hear him bitch about anything as petty as this on his blog, but there's a lot of shit i choose to care about, so he doesn't have to. That's a good partnership and that's a good marriage, so there.
In conclusion... I don't know what this rant was supposed to accomplish exactly. I think i just needed to vent, and blogs are good for that, aren't they? I know for certain that i am not looking for for friends to leave angry comments on my behalf, nor will i approve comments about what a dumb bastard i am for even caring, i'm well aware of that already! More drama is the last thing anyone needs, and i'm already worried about crossing the fine line between a personal rant and a full on internet war on words. I apologize in advance if this has left anyone feeling bored or offended, but getting it out has certainly made me feel better!
Comments are open (with moderation) and anyone who has an opinion one way or the other are welcome to participate.
On a lighter note, here's Maru sliding into a box...
Sexy Tattoo Model - Side body Mermaid Tattoo Design
RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:
For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin. ~Cher
Ink to paper is thoughtful Ink to flesh, hard-core. If Shakespeare were a tattooist We'd appreciate body art more. ~Carrie Latet
Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. ~Author Unknown
You think it, I ink it. ~Saying of tattooists
Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies. ~Jon Anderson, "Epidermal Dalis," Chicago Tribune, 6 October 1994
Inking without a plan gives Booth freedom to explore the desires of those seated in his chair, he says, to feed off their energy, allowing his clients' demons to help guide the needle. ~Joshua Lipton, about tattoo artist Paul Booth, "Bad Skin," Rolling Stone, 28 March 2002
Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness. ~Ronald Scutt
Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone. ~Vince Hemingson
Tattooing is about personalizing the body, making it a true home and fit temple for the spirit that dwells inside it.... Tattooing therefore, is a way of keeping the spiritual and material needs of my body in balance. ~Michelle Delio
Sexy Tattoo Model - Side Body Tattoo Design, also check out the flower tattoo on chest
RANDOM TATTOO QUOTES:
Your body is a temple, but how long can you live in the same house before you redecorate? ~Author Unknown
Tattoo the pristine flesh What is permanent anyway? This ink only lasts 'til the grave, Skin and ideas decompose That which we did compose. ~Corri Alius
And this tattooing had been the work of a departed prophet and seer of his island, who, by those hieroglyphic marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of attaining truth; so that Queequeg in his own proper person was a riddle to unfold; a wondrous work in one volume; but whose mysteries not even himself could read, though his own live heart beat against them; and these mysteries were therefore destined in the end to moulder away with the living parchment whereon they were inscribed, and so be unsolved to the last. ~Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
I want to get a tattoo of myself on my entire body, only two inches taller. ~Steven Wright
Tattoos are like marriage: it's a lifelong commitment, it hurts like hell, and the color fades over time. ~The Quote Garden
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast Table, 1872
Think before you ink! ~Author Unknown
Your necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. ~Verse from a traditional tattoo artist's song, as quoted on pbs.org, "Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo," 2003
The perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra. ~Cliff Raven
The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation. ~James Cook, 1779
Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves. ~Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
When the designs are chosen with care, tattoos have a power and magic all their own. They decorate the body but they also enhance the soul. ~Michelle Delio
Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. ~Jennifer Aniston
A genuine tattoo.... tells a story. I like stories and tattoos, no matter how well done, and if they don't tell a story that involves you emotionally, then they're just there for decoration, then they're not a valid tattoo. There has to be some emotional appeal or they're not, to my way of thinking, a real tattoo. It tells people what you are and what you believe in, so there's no mistakes. ~Leo, tattooist, 1993, quoted in Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription, 2000
Show me a man with a tattoo and I'll show you a man with an interesting past. Jack London - 1883
"As for the primitive, I hark back to it because we are still very primitive. How many thousands of years of culture, think you, have rubbed and polished at our raw edges? One probably; at the best, no more than two. And that takes us back to screaming savagery, when, gross of body and deed, we drank blood from the skulls of our enemies, and hailed as highest paradise the orgies and carnage of Valhalla." - JACK LONDON
"The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation" Captain James Cook - 1779
"With the Haidas, however, every mark has its meaning ?" - James Swan, Tattoo Marks of the Haida, 1878.
"Not one great country can be named, from the polar regions in the north to New Zealand in the south, in which the aborigines do not tattoo themselves." Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 1871
In Tahiti, not all Europeans responded with the enthusiasm that had been exhibited by the British Admiralty's Captain James Cook, his Science Officer and Botanist, Sir Joseph Banks - who received a traditional Polynesian tattoo - and dozens of the ordinary sailors and seamen aboard Cook's ships. Missionaries who arrived in Tahiti at the end of the 18th century, turned tattooing from a standard practice into an embarrassing and punishable act of Paganism. King Pomare II was converted to Christianity in 1812 and he immediately put force behind a severe, regulated code that had been laid out by the missionaries. The death certificate for traditional tattoos was essentially signed in 1823 with the passage in the code that stated: "No one shall be tattooed and this practice should be completely abolished. This is an old and bad habit. Men or women who get tattooed will be judged and punished... The punishment for men will be work on ten measures of road for the first tattoo and 20 measures for the second tattoo... The punishment for women will be to make two big coats; one for the king and the other for the governor."
Anthropometamorphosis, Man Transformed or, the Artificial Changeling, Historically Presented, a Puritan diatribe published in 1653, railed against disfigurement of the body in pursuit of "ridiculous beauty," "filthy fineness" and "loathsome loveliness." John Bulwer
"In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves." H.G. Wells
"There is no perfect beauty that hath not strangeness in the proportion." Sir Francis Bacon - London, 1639
"I'll tell you this, lad: A tattoo says more of a fellow looking at it than it can do of the man who's got it on his back." - Sarah Hall -- The Electric Michelangelo
INTERESTING TATTOO IDEAS: Realistic 3D Black Widow Spider Tattoo Dog Tattoo With Crown - Loyalty Comes Free Carpe Diem Ambigram Tattoo Design Biomechanical Alien Tattoo Design on Hand Anchor Birds and Waves Tattoo Design on Sidebody Black ink Tattoo of Angel with Cross Animated Tasmanian Devil Taz Tattoo on Arms Jungle Animals back Tattoo Designs Armband tattoo of Musical Notes and Guitar Asian Style Koi Fish Tattoo Design on back Aztec Style Sun Symbol Tattoo Design Barbed Wire Legband Tattoo Design Evil Teddy Bear Tattoo Motorcycle racing Biker Tattoo Design on back Biomechanical Armsleeves Tattoo Design Black and Grey Flower Tattoo Design for Girls Sidebody tattoo Bull Rider Tattoo Design on Leg Ladybug Flowers and Leaf Tattoo on Foot Car Tattoo Design - Hot Wheels Cute Black Ink Cat Tattoo Grim Reaper Death Tattoo on Back - The weak shall inherit nothing Monster Demon Head Tattoo with Flames Full Color Dragonfly and Flower Tattoo Design Tattoo of Dagger Stabbing a Heart Heart and Crown Tattoo Design on Wrist Crazy Clown Tattoo Design with Money Tattoo Chinese Character for Love - Neck Tattoo Design Four Leaf Clover Tattoo with Celtic Design Black and Grey Cherub Angel Tattoo on Arms Bow and Cherry Tattoo on back of Neck Beautiful Celtic Deer Tattoo Design
"It's only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin." - Herman Melville -- Moby-Dick
Everybody wants to see the pictures, and yet nobody wants to see them. Ray Bradbury -- The Illustrated Man
"But to become a freak one needs a strong character and unusual determination." George Burchett - Memoirs of a Tattooist, 1956
Traditionally, body art has served to attract the opposite sex, boost self-esteem, ward off or invoke spirits, indicate social position or marital status, identify with a particular age or gender group or mark a rite of passage, such as puberty or marriage. It's this sort of strictly prescribed, highly ritualistic decoration that Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher depict in their book, African Ceremonies. "We've tried to show how body art is relevant to every stage of development, from birth to death," says Angela Fisher.
Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness. (Ronald Scutt, Art, Sex and Symbol, 1974, p. 63)
"I wanted some decoration. See, the one on my wrist is for everybody; the one on my tit is for me and my friends. Just a little treat for the boys, like icing on the cake." - Janis Joplin
A great tattoo is a statement, not a style. And getting it is a journey, not a destination. - Vince Hemingson
The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who have tattoos, and those who are afraid of people with tattoos. -- Author Unknown
Here's a picture of the shelves i put up yesterday. We found them at a flea market this weekend, and although i paid more than i should have (everyone does at that market) i still think they were good finds. Now we just have a few books out front, and most of them are just there because they're decorative. I'm so glad we moved the IKEA bookcase into the drawing room/library, it never did belong in our lovely front room anyway!
Cozy corner
Mr. Owl
A lamp we also found at the flea market
Some day i'll get someone else to take some real shop pictures for you. But we have to wait until the kitchen is done... soooo, around the time of not-in-a-million-years, would be my guess? Yeah, the optimism is long gone!
I think i'll take a quick break from wasting my time looking at gorgeous apartments that i'll never be able to afford, and post this sneak peak of what Nick has been working on today. You'll most likely be able to see the whole thing in a much fancier format, tomorrow on the plog.
Not just any robot, no, this is in fact a musical robot
I have been doing some redecorating in the front room today, but i just can't seem to get any good pictures of that room. I'll keep working on that. Hey, maybe my new online-apartment-hunting obsession can teach me a thing or two?
Ah, Friday, you're the best. In spite of still very runny noses, and increasingly chilly weather, we had such a nice day today. Me and Allan came in late and studied Japanese while the boys worked in the other room. We got caught up pretty good on Hiragana, and it would have been even more efficient if we hadn't decided to take a detour from our dog walk, to go visit our sweet neighbors at The Sailors Grave. Relaxed days like this one are few and far between, and i appreciate the hell out of them!
Another use for the drawing room
Nick finished the "Four Seasons as told to you by Hot Naked Chicks" sleeve today, but because it's one of those half healed/half fresh situations, you only get a sneak peek
See the finished piece in all its naked glory in about a month on the Electric Plog
There may be a few people out there who thinks that it's all about doom and gloom here at the shop, but i'm here to tell you that it ain't so. Sometimes even Allan gets his kawaii on.
Louise got one final session on her back tattoo the day before moving abroad... bon voyage!
Speaking of kawaii, this cute little devil likes to steal my chair
Today Anne had her second session on what is turning out to be a rather large backpiece (see pictures of the first session here). Anne was not expecting this thing to include neither butt nor ribs, but that kinda just happened anyway! But i think we can all agree, at least the three of us did, that it's staring to look pretty damn awesome.
It's always so nice and chill when friends get tattooed. Lots of time for coffee and cake, and chatting about random shit. And lots of time for Allan to complete his rose-stencil puzzle without feeling stressed!
Bird-lady, or lady-bird?
Butt rose 1
Butt rose 2
Next time, whenever that will be, Allan will add some more lines, and hopefully some black too. I personally can't wait to see this one finished!
Death could come at any time, Angelina Jolie says. The tattoo is a strong reminder to live fully in the moment and never have regrets. (About her first tattoo of the Japanese Kanji for Death) I didn't get the tattoo for the dark reason everyone thinks.
Usually all my tattoos came at good times. A tattoo is something permanent when you've made a self-discovery, or something you've come to a conclusion about. - Angelina Jolie - 2003
Jolie says her tiger tattoo is a favorite of her kids. They talk to it all the time. They like to say hi to it and paint it with fingerpaints. Its like a little friend. - Angelina Jolie
It's Aslan, the lion from The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. Its a symbol of my hellish childhood. I struggled through my oppressive teenage years and when I turned 18 I escaped. Like Aslan I was finally free.? - Christina Ricci
Bollywood Actor Saif Ali Khan Tattoo Design - Arm Tattoo
FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:
"I dropped my pants in a tattoo parlor in Amsterdam. I woke up in a waterbed with this funky-looking dragon with a blue tongue on my hip. I realized I made a mistake, so a few months later I got a cross to cover it. When my pants hang low, it looks like I'm wearing a dagger!" - Angelina Jolie
"Every time I get a tattoo, my parents say they?ll disown me. I have to get them airbrushed for Charmed. Witches don?t have tattoos, I guess." Alyssa Milano
It's kind of a show-biz lizard [in a top hat]. Tattoos to me are the outward symbol of the inward change within my soul. Nicolas Cage
I chose a sunflower because when darkness descends they close up to regenerate. But I really wish I'd never had the tattoo in the first place. Clean, clear skin is always better. Halle Berry
Bollywood Actress Sherlyn Chopra Chest tattoo design
FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:
My skin is my canvas. The artwork on it represents something that is very powerful and meaningful in my life. I look at my skin as something of a living diary because all my tattoos represent a time in my life. And I never wish to shut the door on the past, so I carry it all with me. Dave Navarro
"I felt bad about myself because certain people were relentlessly attacking me and my reputation. My mom kept saying 'Let it go, Lauren, It doesn?t matter' ? I realized I had to stop worrying about what other people think. The next day I got a tattoo on my lower back that says 'sticks and stones', because they may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." Lauren Conrad
I'm planning my most ambitious tattoo yet. You can never have enough tats. Amy Winehouse
Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. Nicole Appleton
Quirky is sexy, like scars or chipped teeth. I also like tattoos - they're rebellious. Jennifer Aniston
Bollywood Actress Shruti Hassan back tattoo design
FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:
Tattoos are like stories - they're symbolic of the important moments in your life. Sitting down, talking about where you got each tattoo and what it symbolizes, is really beautiful. Pamela Anderson
My body is a journal in a way. It's like what sailors used to do, where every tattoo meant something, a specific time in your life when you make a mark on yourself, whether you do it yourself with a knife or with a professional tattoo artist. Johnny Depp
"Every time I get a tattoo, it?s a little fuck-you to anyone who tells me not to. It?s weird to be part of Hollywood, which tries to control every aspect of people, from what they say to the color of their hair. And I like the way getting a tattoo feels. If I?m depressed, it?s nice to get one and deal with the pain. I have one all the way down to my ribs. It hurt, but it felt good?like twisting a loose tooth. I?m not kidding when I say that if I ever lose a role because of my tattoos, I?ll quit Hollywood and go to work at Costco." ~ Megan Fox
I think I have enough tattoos for now. If I get any others, I'll probably do my kids initials. Niki Taylor
Britney Spears in 2000 said this about her supposedly "fake" lower back tattoo, ?if I was to get a fairy on my back, that would be like she?s watching my back.?
I did what I could to move the muscles in my back so the tattoo could sort of stretch out. I always wished I had more muscles that could crinkle up. Ralph Fiennes For the film, Red Dragon (2002) as Francis Dolarhyde
I have this huge lion tattoo embossed on my arm. I was a little worried as to how we would cover it up. But my makeup man covered the tattoo with makeup. It took close to two hours. Sanjay Dutt
I got my first tattoo, a Playboy Bunny, because I was young, dumb and drunk... Anna Nicole Smith
I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future. -- Comedian Richard Jeni
Vince Vaughn in the film The Wedding Crashers - "Tattoo on the lower back. Might as well be a bulls-eye."
I wouldn't care if they tattoo Festus all over. He's been good to me. Ken Curtis - American singer and actor best known for his role as "Festus Haggen" on CBS' long-running western drama, Gunsmoke, which he portrayed from 1964 to 1975.
"You put a tattoo on yourself with the knowledge that this body is yours to have and enjoy while you're here. You have fun with it, and nobody else can control (supposedly) what you do with it. That's why tattooing is such a big thing in prison: it's an expression of freedom?one of the only expressions of freedom there. They can lock you down, control everything, but 'I've got my mind, and I can tattoo my body?alter it my way as an act of personal will.' " DON ED HARDY
Actor Hrithik Roshan Tattoo | Hrithik Susanne Roshan Tattoo
Bollywood Actor Hrithik Roshan Wrist Tattoo
Hrithik Roshan getting a Tattoo
Hrithik and wife Susanne Roshan pose to Show their Match Tattoo
Hrithik and wife Susanne Roshan pose to Show their Match Tattoo, Actor Hrithik Roshan Tattoo | Hrithik Susanne Roshan Tattoo
FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:
The only difference between a tattooed person and a person who isn't tattooed is that a tattooed person doesn't care if you're tattooed or not. (Sign often seen in tattoo shops)
Beauty is skin deep. A tattoo goes all the way to the bone. Vince Hemingson
There's something really the matter with most people who wear tattoos, he says. I know from experience there's something terribly flawed about people who are tattooed above the little something Johnny had done in the Navy, even though that's also a bad sign. (Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, interviewed more than one hundred killers over a period of ten years and says eighty percent of them have one thing in common: Tattoos)
The Greek philosopher Bion of Borysthenes (circa 300 B.C.) described the brutally tattooed face of his father, a former slave, as "a narrative of his master's harshness."
Celebrity Tattoo Design. Bollywood Actress Amrita Arora Tattoo.
FAMOUS TATTOO QUOTES:
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it is indelible.? Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935)
"I don't know why I like tattoos so much. I know it's crazy. I can't defend them. I've had some of my tattoos for twenty years. I love getting them. " Cher
"For someone who likes tattoos, the most precious thing is bare skin." Cher
The perfect tattoo... the one I believe we are all struggling toward... is the one that turned the jackass into a zebra. Cliff Raven
Saxe from Germany has a way of sneaking in and getting small monster tattoos when his friend Björn comes to get tattooed by Allan. And since Björn was only getting touch-up on his now finished sleeve today, the tattoo even got a bit bigger than planned.
Something tells me this fella enjoys eating brains...
I was planning on taking an in-progress shot of the huge thigh piece Eckel started today, but before i knew it, the customer had put her pants on and was out the door. Don't you hate it when that happens? Ah well, maybe i'll have better luck tomorrow.
As you may have already seen on Allans blog, three of his paintings will be in a show in San Francisco opening in just a few days. He has been working his ass of to make the deadline, and we just got word a few days ago that his works finally arrived. Phew. Anyway, the show is called "Scream With Me" and the venue is the 111 Minna Gallery. We're pretty bummed that we can't be at the opening on the 7th ourselves, but we hope that it'll be a huge success. If any of you lovely readers are in the general area, please go check it out!
In other news (or what passes as news on a lazy Sunday) i have been working a lot on the blog layout for the past few days, and besides just making the blog look all pretty, i've been trying to make the booking, waiting list and general info easier to find. So to do that i've added a top menu, where you can now find info on how to book with each of the artist that works here, as well as examples of their work. There's also an updated FAQ with links to hotels, directions to the shop, and some newer frequently asked questions, and a Travel tab with our current travel dates.
We are also on Twitter now, so click here, or click the pretty little bird in the right-hand menu, to follow us there. Not much has happened there yet, but i promise to use it regularly to post lost of pictures and random Conspiracy goodness!
Mr. Owl
A lamp we also found at the flea market
Nick finished the "Four Seasons as told to you by Hot Naked Chicks" sleeve today, but because it's one of those half healed/half fresh situations, you only get a sneak peek
Speaking of kawaii, this cute little devil likes to steal my chair
And take a nap on it
Butt rose 1
Butt rose 2
