Thursday, July 29, 2010

Most of My Best Friends are Jews.

One last image from Edmonton, I'll probably get some shit for doing this tattoo unless I explain the contradiction behind it all...
This, as many know, is the quote emblazoned above the gate to Auschwitz. What most people however don't realize, other than those of us who speak German, is that it means 'work sets you free', which in the case of the slave labor oriented concentration camp, was the furthest thing from the truth.
I'm sure both of us will get some flack for that piece, nothing however compared to the artist who gets stuck doing his next piece... Tentatively titled 'the holocaust never happened'.
That last part was a joke, please don't beat on this dude if you see him, he's a good guy.


Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Edmonton Alberta (post 3)




Just a few more photos of work and play in 'Canada's Texas'.
The sad part is, that horse photo is really just a fraction of the retarded shit that's been happening here for the past 2 weeks.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Edmonton (post 2)


Just another cool tattoo I got to do on a gentleman by the name of Andrew here in Edmonton. He's one of the few guys I know of, left doing graphic design and enjoying it (all the graphic designers I know, self included, are tattooers or vagrants now).
I tattooed a really nice lotus on his lady as well, but the photo quality was lousy, so you guys won't get to see it.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Edmonton Alberta (post 1)




For those of you who don't know me personally, or haven't heard, I've been visiting Edmonton for the past week and a half, working at Ink Machine with two of my favorite tattooers, Danny Gordey, and Shawn O'Connor.
Even though so many people are so stoked to tell me how much they hate this town, I seriously enjoy myself every time I'm here. Good food, riding the insanely long river valley trail to work every day, and enjoying summer weather that doesn't involve sweating like a homo eating a hot dog every time I leave the house.
I've also developed a morbid fascination with local characters amorously referred to here as 'rig pigs', which almost rivals my obsession with juggalos (another common creature found in Edmonton).
Anyways, before I chew your ear off about nothing, here's some photos of shit I've been doing.