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Yep that’s right, I sat there n read through the sites stat’s and had a good ol’ chuckle someone from Duncan Oklahoma spent over arf n hr wanderin’ the site – you’d be surprised how many spammers are getting blocked though. 

Apart from that, I’ve been creating 3D video animations, talk about time consuming *shrug* only got a squillion more to do, ranging from 2 mins in length to 7 or 8 mins each.

Oh well, 10pm, old body sayin “SLEEP YA PRAT” so onwards n upwards I go.

Just finished this, and boy is my back killin me, I shoulda used the table, but I thunked ehh who cares – it won’t take long.

It didn’t but it’ll teach me for bein a nong and stretchin meself to the max – oh well, she likes it and the colours when it heals will really pop, the larger ones are three different colours, Pink then Purple then Yellow – each daughters favourite colour. You can just see the portrait I did of her dad (may he rest in peace) on her left shoulder, her right shoulder is going to have a portrait of her mam.

That’s me for now, have a good new year, I know mine’s gunna kick arse!!!

OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. . .

That’s the easiest way to put it. From something that wasn’t that big on me thigh, it now starts about inch, maybe an inch n arf below me hip and goes down to about the same distance from me knee and wraps around me leg – talk about a cover up It was sposed to be a koi but coz of the large Kanji I ended up having to use the logo for Cardiff City Football Club – just took it outta the shield – ehh you’ll see it soon enuff.

I ended up pikin out and not finishin it, about all I can remember from when it was bein done was “f**k me, yagaf**k, for f**k sake” I think you get the picture. Anyway, it’ll get finished at the end of next week, it’ll be healed enough by then and I’ll post the before and after shots.

While I’m waitin for that to heal, I’m gunna get the memorial tattoo for my tad-cu on my right calf tomorrow – he was in the Merchant Navy, died in 1939 so I never got to meet him. It’s a modified traditional design, the same basic design is going on my left calf as a memorial for my other tad-cu who passed away in 1952, someone else I didn’t get to meet. He was in the Pioneer Corps so the ship from the one that’s going on me right calf is being replaced with the Corps badge and the young lady has lost her naval hat in favour of a beret – oh what fun

This is what they look like

Actually a cover-up, I’ll post before and after pics tomorrow, I’m covering up the one on right right upper thigh, a japanese poem and some Kanji characters that I’ve just outgrown, plus the fact I did it meself so I was working upside down over 15 years ago. They’re being covered up with a rather large koi and associated water, that should be fun NOT – at least it’s being done by another artist. . .

I just hope me back can handle layin in the one spot for ages, the bloody sciatica is playin up again. . .

A fella who got the outline for a tribal sleeve dropped in a good few weeks back and asked if I could fix it seein as the boofhead that did it originally made a right balls up of it. He just wanted black but after a bitta yakkin he decided on blue tips with green.

The only problem is as you can see in the photo, the upper part of the arm needs work as the dipstick that did it confused his lines (you can’t see that) and an inner section that is sposed to be colour runs in to an open area that then becomes a coloured area so it’s going to be fun sorting that out. He also left a bloody big hole so Mark, the owner of the arm asked if I could stick a clown in it which I duly did It’s getting there, I’ll be glad when it’s done (all colour and re-lined) and healed so you can see how bright the green is, it makes the bloody clown pop. A mate of his (Matt) is another full tribal arm I have to do, all black with grey wash seperators - geez I hate tribal…..

Work In Progress

As soon as all the colour’s finished he wants it re-lined, which don’t stress me too much seein as I missed a bit on the clowns hair *eek* – not bad for someone who gave up tattoin’ on a full time basis some twenty years ago

Carl

Now hang in there while I sod around with this, it’s the first thing I’ve written in I dunno how long -maybe my muse is raising her head again.

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