I'm Alive.

So I haven't posted anything for a while ooops, here's what I've been up to:

The Pier

This is a finger painting on canvas with acrylic paints. I painted it for the staff room at school, I'm a teaching assistant.

Seven Deadly Sins - Gap Fillers

I've been working on Mitch's Seven Deadly Sins sleeve for over 4 years and these are the final designs. It's looking cool, I can't wait to see his arm completed.

Wings

Another design for Mark, the last one I did him was 'Music and Games'. This design is to go on his chest, ouch. Wings are a classic design and I think these ones look pretty darn badass.

Thanks for dropping by!

Sailor Purdy.

Tiger - 'Forget-Me-Not'

This is Helen's 2nd tattoo design, her 1st can be viewed here. This is a repaint of Sailor Jerry's classic 'Tiger' painting, with added Forget-Me-Not flowers. I tidied up the lines and painted it as bright as possible because I wanted it to look pretty and feminine. I loved designing this and I am becoming more and more obsessed with the legend SJ. I'm planning on repainting more of his popular animal designs... when I get the time.

'Tiger' - Sailor Jerry's Original

Until next time, keep things Traditional!

Geometry.

Mandala No1

I've been getting into Thomas Hooper in a big, big way. His tattoos and artwork blow my dome. So, on my facebook page I declared my love for T.H and ask my 'likers' if any of them wanted a tattoo or piece of art inspired by his work.

The lovely Alice Thickett replied with a huge YES. She had a few ideas based around geometric flowers, but luckily for me, she said I had free reign. This is the outcome, I am so happy with it and so is A.T.

Alice has asked me to design artwork to sell online for a shop in Castle Donington, East Midlands, UK... anyway it's happening, so look out for more work like this.

So excitables!

Listen And Play.

Music and Games

My regular 'customer' Mark asked me to design him a third tattoo for the underside of his forearm, based around music and cards. He really likes the design I did for Martha, but wanted it to look masculine and bold. At first I was a little worried about designing this because of its similarities, yet I think I've managed to create a fresh and exciting piece for him. It's pretty simple and it didn't take too long, but the jobs done and Mark and I are both pleased.

Mark wants me to design him yet another tattoo in the coming months, so if you're liking what you're seeing, keep those eyes glued to your screen!

Noel.

Frozen Christmas

This flash sheet was inspired by David Attenborough's incredible Frozen Planet TV Series, and of course the festive season surrounding us at this very moment. I was torn between drawing this polar bear and cub over an emperor penguin and chick; I love penguins but these dudes above look fitting in my Christmas display. I'm sure I'll get the chance to draw an emperor penguin one of these days.

I did this in Crayola and Staedtler felt tip pens, and a black gel pen. I haven't really used felt tips for ages (I'd say the 90's) and it was fun, fun, fun. I'm gonna do a lot more pictures in felt tips so watch this space.

Merry Christmas everyone! x

D.O.B.

16th Oct '09

Oooo, 'this looks familiar' I here you say! Well head on over to a previous post of mine titled Mark's Child, and all will be explained. Mark wanted this version to almost mirror the other design on the inside of his opposite arm, but first a few changes needed to be made. I like how this design is soft with gentle angel wings and the red touch's really give this tattoo a peaceful look.

I did the lettering completely by hand this time around because:

a)numbers were not included in the font that I downloaded

b)I wanted to see if I could do a decent job of lettering. 


I'm real happy with it anyway and I would love more opportunities to do lettering!

Laziness.

Sloth

The 7th and final deadly sin. The punishment in hell for being slothful, is to be thrown into a pit of snakes. I don't really see any connection between laziness and serpents, but it makes for a badass tattoo design. I think people who sit on their backside all day should be punished with slave labour for eternity. Too far? So, next for my boy Mitch is a flash sheet of 'fill-ins' including bugs, beasties and undergrowth.

Deadly!

Rose Desire-Belle.

Burlesque Lady

Once upon a time...

... I conversed with a friend about designing a burlesque inspired tattoo, the image you see above is the final design. 

THE END.

Oh wait, I've missed out the middle of the story. Well, let me start with saying that it was an epic journey of immense proportions. Hours, days, weeks and months of hard work and determination, including blood, sweat and tears, have been put into this. I hope it shows. 

Then I say to myself, 'Stop being a Moaning Myrtle Darren. Be grateful to those who trust you to design them something they are willing to get inked into their skin for the rest of their lives.' Enough said. I thoroughly enjoyed designing this, for me it's my personal benchmark, gotta' keep pushing myself.

So... a Burlesque Lady for a lady who is undoubtedly burlesque. Visit the website of the lass I designed it for here!

Find Me On Facebook.

HERE!

x

Extraterrestrial.

Space

'Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.' - Captain Kirk.

Sorry, I got a bit carried away there. I designed this for a Firefighter, a friend and most of all, a comic genius. He loves all and anything to do with Aliens, Space and the Beyond. I won't go into any detail of what the image means... you can work it out for yourself. I loved designing this, I think E.T would be proud.

'I'll be right here.' - E.T. says this as he points to Elliot's heart!

241.

Key To My Heart

I painted this delight for a lady called Emely. It's to cover up a 'blob' on her foot. I like it, it's cute.

Chrysanthemum

This delight is for the same lady. If I remember correctly, this tattoo is going on her back towards the bottom. I love this one, it'd look sweet on a t-shirt...

Until next time fellow Bloggers x

There's Something In The Sky.

Falling Crow

There's something in the sky

Falling to the ground

.

It's shadow growing bigger

We're waiting for the sound

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But I don't want to look

Death pains me don't you know

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I'm feeling great sorrow

For the lonely Falling Crow

x

"CALL ME LUCILLE".

Burlesque Heart

My dear old friend Lucy wanted a burlesque style tattoo designed, so I jumped at the opportunity. I worked from a sketch of hers (she's pretty good with a pencil you know) and stayed within her guild lines, but added my own Crisis magic. To me it works as two objects; a feather fan with an image in the centre, or a showgirls mirror with the reflection of the dancer in action. Either way I'm happy with it and so is Lucille. 


Check out her blog here, it's really cool, she's famous you know!

Mark's Child.

Seth

This design was done for a guy called Mark, not Seth. In fact Seth is the name of Mark's child. Mark was an old friend of my younger brother and he found out about me and my designs via my Dad. Okay... I need to slow down I'm confusing myself now, too many relations going on. Anyway I loved designing this, black and grey work looks so sick (not the vomit variety). Mark had it tattooed almost immediately at Raw Bodycraft in Nottingham and he say's that it 'looks amazing'.

More black and grey work, yes please!

The Face Of Death.

Geisha

The face of death, the face of a Geisha, faces. Faces are so popular in the tattoo world, fans of ink love them and so do I. They're just so interesting and personal, and I think that we can connect with faces and emotions more than any other tattoo imagery. The 'Geisha' tattoo has been done hundreds and hundreds of times over, but I couldn't resist. Now, all I will ask is that you don't mistake my 'Geisha' for a 'Geisha Girl'. She is not a prostitute, the only thing wrong with my 'Geisha' is her inability to live (it's true, look at her face).

With that said, make like a tree and leave!

A Cartoon Wedding.

Wedding Invitation

I was commissioned by my bestest of best friend's sister Sarah and to be husband Dan, to design their wedding invitation. They wanted the design to be a caricature of themselves (huge smiles, huge heads and crazy body proportions). By the way they're not holding red/orange swans, the animals are called Scarlet Ibis... research it if you don't believe me. They love the design and I can't wait to see it in action.

All the best for the future guys!

Eye In The Sky.

All Seeing Eye

The 'All Seeing Eye', or as it's also commonly known, 'Eye Of Providence', is an image that I have been wanting to design for ages. It's such classic. As a symbol it echoes throughout history and religion, so it had to be done innit... did I just write 'innit'? I love how the Purple and Turquoise work together, I think I'll be using those colours as a team more often. This is for sale along with the 'Pirate Ship' design which featured in my first post on here.

Buy my shit (not my poo)!

The Groom.

The Groom

And then there was 'The Groom'. This is the second installment for Sarah, the first being 'The Bride'. Sarah wanted me to pretty much flip the original and alter it to become a male version of the female design. I had to change the face a couple of times before we were both happy with the outcome, but apart from that it went smooth... like something really... erm, smooth?

It's been great designing tattoos for Sarah and her husband Sam, I hope they come back to me in the future. 'Back To The Future' - amazing films... going off subject a bit there, OH!

Love Is Patient.

Crest

This tattoo design is for Sam, Sam is Sarah's husband. I designed 'The Bride' for Sarah which you can see in the January section of my blog. The lettering is taken from a reading that was read at the couples wedding, and Sam wanted a colourful edge/border around it. For a while I was struggling with what this border could be (seriously, I didn't have a clue), but eventually I came up with the idea of a leaf crest border. I liked the idea of it looking regal and strong. I love the colours on this design - colour bleeding tips seem to be my thing.

Yea man, happy with that, next please!

Happiness.

Le Bonheur

This is Helen's tattoo (Helen, as in Ruth's sister), still healing, sore and swollen. It's my design and it was done by Lee LWB at Bodycraft in Nottingham. You can see the original design on my Facebook page, Lee has done an amazing job. He has inked the majority of my tattoos and I keep going back to him because he's proper sick. His lines are perfect. Helen is really happy with her tattoo and she mentioned possible future plans for more art on her skin... I think the addiction is seeping in.

Love seeing my designs replicated so well!