Well here I am again. I’ve been to Tlburg again for Roadburn Festival which is always a treat and then I followed that up with my band (Rise of the simians (ROTS)) opening up Desertfest 2013. After that I stayed to watch a bunch of amazing bands and hangout with friends. So now I’m back to normality. Catching up on drawing and sorting out tattoo photos.

Demon face on Paul

Severed head on Lee

Tulips on Olivia

Rose on Peter

Thank you for looking.

Started this yesterday on Duraid. It was his first tattoo and he sat awesomely! Still a few more hours to go, looking forward to finishing it

Sunny (her sister Summer has been adopted!) 6 months old, found wandering around lost together – unclaimed and unidentified. They are now both vaccinated and will be chipped when they are adopted. It would be nice if they were homed together but I know this is a big ask and so they will more than likely cope with being separated for the chance of a home and not life in the refuge! So Sunny is now left behind!

Griffon crosses make fabulous, intelligent, fun companions – just super dogs!

The holiday onslaught has started with dogs being abandoned daily now in gathering numbers and the refuge in Carcassonne is at crisis point already and the summer hasn’t even begun to shed it’s avalanche of dogs just turned out when people go on holiday…….. it’s very stressful for the volunteers at the refuge right now, as well as all the dogs.

Please contact me on :- 05 65 69 12 26 or email at :- doglinks.fr@gmail.com to adopt one of these little girls – that would be just great, thank you!

Just me getting inked, Have fun watching!

First sitting on this super trad 1/2 sleeve

James has lots of designs and ideas he would like to tattoo, to book in with him email us -

cockasnook@hotmail.com

Thanks guys!

Did this Bible verse scroll today. I had some fun with the shading inside the curls of the scroll. This was done on a active duty solider with the Army. Hope this helps keep him safe since he is getting ready to ship out.

Mat’s Clapper Board

She asked for her zodiac sign, and a little snowflake.

Done in 2011.

$8

The film is a documentary that focuses mainly on the rise of black and grey Chicano tattoo, and how it helped to shape tattooing today in a way that many people never really realise. It features some amazing tattooers too, such as Freddy Negrete, Jack Rudy, Ed Hardy, Charlie Catrwright, Mark Mahoney, and Kate Hellenbrand.

The first thing you notice about Tattoo Nation is that it is a very honest and simple storytelling of what these tattooers got up to when they worked at some of the best shops in the world, like Tattooland and Good Time Charlie’s. It doesn’t pretend to be a definitive guide to tattooing, nor does it pretend to speak on behalf of every tattooer in the world. It’s genuine, which is something you don’t always see within tattoo related media these days.

Narrated by Corey Miller, this film is something that shouldn’t be confined to one night only in the UK. It tells the story of American black and grey work in a way that made me think about this style of tattooing in a way I never had before. You won’t get bored for a second watching this, as you’re taken from Charlie Cartwright and Jack Rudy’s first shop opening, all the way to the opening of the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum last year. Half of the film makes you feel like you’re sat in each tattooer’s shop, just listening to them tell you these stories about how it was ‘back in the day’.

If you love tattooing, you need to see this. In fact, even if you don’t love tattooing, and someone has asked you to go with them, you’ll love it either way. It’s a ridiculously inspiring documentary, and it sure as hell beats going to see yet another Jennifer Aniston chick flick.

If you’re living in the UK, you may have missed your chance to see this film unless you’re going to the Liverpool tattoo convention. However, you can always check cinema times on the official Tattoo Nation website, here.

Black and Grey rose bud. This was such a fun tattoo I got to do. I definitely want to do more roses. If you would like to get some done please call me at (562) 308-6789 to set an appointment. Or come into SouthBay Tattoo and ask for Joey Jimz