» by admin July 27, 2010 at 8:51 PM » Comments (1)

[caption id="attachment_955" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Rose Cutting by John Joyce"][/caption] I have a bunch of new work by John Joyce that's going to be posted over the next several days; tonight's post ...more »

» by Shawn January 26, 2010 at 12:01 PM » Comments (2)

Accolades are a weird thing. When I was considering creating an award in Keith Alexander's honor for the second SW event, I threw out a bunch of names to the ...more »

» by Shawn December 9, 2009 at 9:30 PM » Comments (1)

In tattoo iconography, the rose is one of the most highly recognizable "old school" designs. To get it just right is deceptively hard. Too realistic, it looks gaudy. Too simple, ...more »

» by Shawn November 20, 2009 at 4:48 PM » Comments (7)

When you think of badass characters from South of the Border, you probably think of two things: Danny Trejo and Brian Decker. Brian had this to say about this hybrid ...more »

» by Shawn November 15, 2009 at 8:48 PM » Comments (0)

Another amazing traditional tattoo style cutting by Lewis Dodd. This piece was from tattoo flash by Ralph Johnstone somewhere in the 1950s. I love single line cutting like this; I ...more »

» by Shawn November 2, 2009 at 11:38 AM » Comments (1)

Claire and I were wandering around yesterday and found one of the getcut.org stickers (featuring art by David Bruehl) on the back of a sign. I haven't dropped a lot ...more »