Coverup

Coverup of an old hand-poked tattoo of a Centipede. Changed it into a Neo Tribalistic Dragon.

1st Tattoo Event

24th April 2008 @ Chillies - Immortal Nite.

This is the very first sponsored event by Immortal Tattoos @ Chillies.

Carlston (AcidCrue) and Myself checking up on the gear before I get it on !!

Getting Started...

Almost there...

The Final Product - Chucky in Dotted Works.

PS : Got too wasted to take more pics, but there will be more in upcoming updates. Hick* Hahaha !!

New School Swallow

Swallow tattoos once common among sailors years ago now seem to have been rediscovered and transformed into a new school style of tattoo. It is not uncommon to see some retro chick with swallow tattoos emblazoned across the chest, abdomen or even on the arms.

Sailors would have swallows tattooed as a sort of metaphor for finding their way, because the legend goes that if you were ever lost at sea if you saw a swallow you could follow it home. There are different versions of why people get swallows and can also mean a person has done time in prison or 'bird'.

Swallow tattoos seem to be popular with those into Rockabilly and are usually tattooed on either side of the neck for guys or across the chest or abdomen for chicks. The most famous person with this style of tattoo is Marc Almond of SoftCell fame a British group popular in the 80's and early 90's.

The traditional tattoo means: A sailor gets a set of swallows on his chest. The story goes if he or she drowns, the swallows come down and lift his soul to the heavens.

Chillies - Live Tattoo Show !!

Petersen Automotive Museum/ Car Show

Here are a few fliks of the Carshow over at the Petersen Automotive Museum. We raffled of some boards to the Kids. Big Thanks to Supreme for the donations.

Heart Wings

Had a customer coming in the other day, wanting to get something with hearts and wings and with his wife's and daughters' name with it. So I set up an appointment with him and... these are the results.

Enjoy !!

Doing Up the Line-Work...

Filling in the Names...

Half-Way there...

Pain Sets in after 2hrs into it...

Filling it up with colours..

This is what we get at the end of 3rd hour... Peace out !!

RIME MAGAZINE / NEW SITE

After seven years of publishing a print publication LA-based RIME Magazine, has put their experience and creativity online to create the same heavy impact they did with the print version. While the hard copys are still expected to remain in circulation, the frequency per year will reduce to 2 to 3 issues in a higher quality/book format, while the website will run as the flagship platform for Rime. Publisher of Rime, Jason Flores says, "We see a major advantage with our access to content and experience in this industry and we know we can be very successful in being a strong competitor online."