Sometimes tattoos are great to remember the moment you are at in life, just the time and place. 11-11-11 only happens once, but the band and crew of Lucero were able to make it last forever.
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After meeting these guys on a previous tour, The All-American Rejects invited me out to make a few little tattoos for them along the way on other tours as well, it's an honor to be asked to make tattoos like this for people, no matter how big or small the tattoo may be, the memory is unforgetable. This tattoo on Nick is to remind him of a band that inspired him to play music, do you recognize it? Tattooing a successful band's logo on the band members,
I'm honored to be a part of this. April 2006, I was invited to tattoo on the "Black Clouds and Underdogs Tour" with my friends in the band From First to Last, they were opening for Fall Out Boy on this tour. Looking back now, I'd say that this few months of my life was pretty eye opening and lifechanging in a sense. I rememeber having a great time on this tour with everyone associated, band members and crew alike, making tons of new friends and tattooing a lot along the way. Usually people that love tattoos also love to have a good time, especially this guy.. Dirty! hahahah Making friends along the way is what makes tattooing special to me, every day is different. The All-American Rejects were on this tour also, this was the first time I got to know these guys and make a few little tattoos for them too, all around great guys and good times. Long with making friends and tattoos for them also comes great adventures, Fall Out Boy played during Grad Night at Disney World during this tour, my new friend Joe Trohman invited me to join them on these few days as well, pretty awesome! I remember walking into the amusement park with members Joe and Pete and only making it about 20 yards before having to run from group of people wanting to meet the guys. Not long after we had a full VIP treatment of being escorted in a van underground, going ride to ride and taking elevators up to the tops of whatever rides we were wanting to get on. There was an entire world under ground, I've never experienced anything like it. Other random bonds were made that I would have never imagined as well. During a day off we linked up with Mikey Way from My Chemical Romance for a few days and I made a tattoo for him as well. This also happened to be his first tattoo, pretty cool. Wes Borland was along a surprise, touring with FFTL playing bass, which he also wrote and recorded on one of their albums as well.
Tattoo coverups are very common and not easy to do. This tattoo of Medusa is one that was done many years ago by myself, Craig Beasley, and one that I really enjoyed making for a great guy named Tyler. I really enjoy helping people with getting a second chance and starting over with a new tattoo. I made this tattoo sometime around 2007 i think, roughly 10 or more years ago. Im sure if I were to do this tattoo today it would be a lot different, but I learned a lot while making this tattoo and really enjoyed becoming friends with and doing more work with him again since. Thanks Tyler!
This is a flashback to a tattoo that I feel was very defining for myself as an artist and young tattooer. I made this tattoo sometime around the year 2003-2004 I think. A great guy named Matt got this tattoo from me while I was working in Marietta, Georgia at Psycho Tattoos with a few guys that really taught me a lot as well. I have very great memories with this tattoo and I hope you enjoy it as well. I still enjoy seeing the life meter and hearts at the top along with the keys and rupees below.
I made this Mario Brothers Tattoo over 10 years ago on a guy named Jacob. At the time I was tattooing in Valdosta, Georgia at the very first tattoo studio that owned. This tattoo was a lot of fun to design and took around 20 hours to make, I think. It is located on a leg, knee down fully connected. I really enjoy doing this style of tattooing, I'm not sure what to call it though, "Painterly" I guess?
I really enjoyed this process of making this tattoo. Its pretty amazing getting to create bonds and friendships while tattooing and getting to learn about enique life goals and different paths people live and how each person has a very different story from the next. This tattoo took many sessions to complete and I think we both learned a lot through the process and over the time spent on it.
Thank you Mike for getting this Buddha tattoo and many more since, I appreciate it very much. Tattooing and touring with the guys in Gym Class Heroes was a lot of fun over the years and I made a lot of rad tattoos and artwork for them as well. This is a group of guys that I really enjoyed the friendships and memories that I made with each member in their own ways and really a great group of guys all around. I went on a lot of different tours with Gym Class Heroes over the years. They invited me out to tattoo them on Warped Tour a few times, a few headlining tours, as well as them touring with other acts such as Lil Wayne, The Roots, The All-American Rejects, and more. Many great memories made. Not only traveling with them on tour, but on their time off, they also travel to my studio to get tattoos. The drummer of Gym Class Heroes collected one of my favorite tattoos I've done over the years. Especially considering the circumstances of beginning this tattoo while on the road backstage in a dressing room before a show. This tattoo took many sessions and somewhere in the ballpark of about 20 hours or so. Thank you Matt, miss you bud. Gym Class Heroes asked me to make a painting for them to use as a tour banner, I was pretty amazed to see something I made this large and on a stage like this. There is so much more than just tattooing that I really appreciate about these experiences in life. I get to make art that people see every day and hopefully get inspired by. I also get to create friendships with people I truly admire and respect for their artwork as well. Along the way I can only hope that I inspire my children and the people that I love to enjoy their lives as much as I do, because it goes by really really fast, and it doesn't get any easier as time goes on.
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