Indian girl chief on Henry from Oxford, and a walk in on a guy who retired the day before and handed his business over to his sons.

Thank you

First week back at the Shop.

Here are a few tattoos.

Thank you.

Here are a selection of recent tattoos.
Lighthouse on OC of Ironclad/AotC/Cold World merch/that Wiretap! skit fame.

Panther and Tiger on xJordanx of fishing/BWP/Brecon header fame.

Snake and rose covering a badass ’90s flaming skull

Big tribal cover up

Girly flower walk in

Elbow rose

Snake shin filler

Leigh’s shin

Panther and dagger on Robbie

I got a photo of Pingu’s healed thighs together when he came to get a tattoo from Jelle.

I was lucky enough to be asked to be a part of the Milton Zeis project earlier this year. Seeing my name alongside a lot of my favourite tattooers is mindblowing, and I am extremely grateful for this opportunity…

A biography and tribute to one of tattooing’s most legendary figures. This book follows Zeis’s life from birth, documenting his many interests as well as his formidable ventures in tattooing. This book documents the life and work of this influential man, from the young days train-hopping to his adult years running The Zeis Studio and performing as Uncle Milty the clown. It also includes 95 of today’s best tattooers paying homage to Zeis by repainting some of the most iconic flash sheets distributed by The Zeis studio from the 1920’s to the 1970’s.

This book will be available soon through Yellowbeak Press

Milton H Zeis // Tattooing As You Like It // Book promo from Andy Mitchell on Vimeo.

Tomorrow is my last day in the shop until the new year. In the meantime I will be storming through Europe. Come and say hi!

Merry Christmas. Happy New Year. Mettā. 2012.

Darke likes Phil Collins

Something happened on the way to (South of) Heaven

Another black tattoo on Pingu.

And the night mare rides on
And the night mare rides on
With a December black psalm
And the night mare rides on

A fun walk in I thought I would share.

In progress Jap-ish tattoo in Lee’s thigh-ish. Lower tattoo not by me. Semi NSFW I guess, but you shouldn’t be looking at my blog at work. Or at all, really.

Gwyn is 70 years young, and at least 70 times cooler than you.

Last week I went to New York. Here is proof. Next to the Seven Sisters at the American Museum of Folk Art.

As well as visiting all of the museums and galleries and generally being a tourist, I picked up a few tattoos.

Daniel Santoro, Smith Street Tattoo, Brooklyn

Robert Ryan, Electric Tattoo, New Jersey

Robert Ryan also took me to the ’3rd degree above Paranormal’, and photographs cannot start to do it justice.

Meeting and getting tattooed by two of my favourite tattooers were incredible experiences and I cannot recommend both shops highly enough. One of the best weeks ever.

Thank you

At The Gates worship on Pingu – Forever burn.

Wu worship on Jones – Tiger Style.

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One I almost forgot about, an eagle on Robbie

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On me by Jelle Nellemans

Thank you.

Get away from the computer screen and be productive.

I am.

Here’s what I got…

Matt Shamah

Marina Inoue

Bert Krak

El Monga

And one I did, a reaper on ex Mona ex.

Thank you for looking.

I stayed at Ben’s house in London 3 years ago for the London Convention, which is this weekend. I didn’t know him at the time. Small world.

Roses not by me.

Thank you for looking.
I will be at the London Convention all weekend. Get at me.

I’ve been busy getting fat.

New tattoos by me from this week.

New tattoos on me from this week.

Mario Desa

Jordan ‘Internet Presence’ Teear

Thank you for looking

Daniel Santoro’s part of the VBS Tattoo Age finished last month, and Part 3 of Grime’s contribution went online earlier in the week. If you haven’t already seen this series then I don’t know where you’ve been. You’re missing out. One of the best documentary series I’ve seen about tattooing, and it’s only 2/5 through. Support it HERE

Tutti has been at the shop all week. Again, if you don’t know, now you know.

Thank you for looking.