Haven't posted in awhile. I just continue to manage to forget about this thing, haha. It'll eventually catch onto my daily routine. anywho --
I got to tattoo my friend jon yesterday. He has this horrible fear of needles, but I was able to getting him nice and relaxed, especially when i showed him the tattoo needles themselves, and how deep they actually go, which isnt much. He was pretty relieved after seeing that, haha. He wanted one of those melt tattoos, so I drew one up for him. It was a character grilled cheese, with a "im a rockstar" face, playing a guitar. I was so proud of myself by how my lines looked. They were clean, and not shakey, it was awesome. The shading on the other hand was a bit aggravating. I had this whole game plan in my head of what i was going to do with it in color, as that's what he had originally asked for. Well, once i finished the outline, he decided he wanted to go black and gray. I thought for a few minutes i how i would do this, got a mental picture, and went to work. The guitar and the grilled cheese itself ended up being around the same shade, and i wasn't sure how to fix that without going any darker, as it was already a bit darker than i would of liked it to be. Then my saving grace walks in my office (The bossman, Ron :) ) and took a look at it, told me where to put some white highlights on the guitar itself, to break the two apart. It looked so much better after that was done. Thanks Ron! <3
I grilled the guys some burgers and such yesterday in my downtime. Ron has a grill up here, and he buys steak, chicken, and burgers for us all the time, which is really really nice of him. I wish he felt more appreciated sometimes, less taken advantage of. Anywho, getting off subject here. So I'm the shop cook :) I love getting to cook for these guys, as its a huge passion of mine. I don't get to cook much at home anymore, minus sundays and mondays, so it's nice getting to do it up here, especially that they always compliment the food i make. If we had a stove up here...good lord. These guys would be so fat... hahaha. I would constantly be making breakfast and such.
Might get to tattoo my best friend dana today. I'll have to ask the bossman when he comes in if that's alright. Im really excited for him to meet her, as i talk about her quite a bit.
Well, think I'm going to go draw for a few hours before the guys get here and the shop opens. Have a nice day!
So jealous... :) not cuz of the grilling (I'm a non-meat eater), but because you are in such a healthy, positive tattoo environment. Count your lucky stars :)
ReplyDeleteIf you are ever stuck in that situation again, just stop and go ask for a second opinion. No one will think less of you if you want to do the best possible job, rather than just wing it.