NEW SITE!!

Sup people you may have been wandering whats going on and why i havn't updated my blog!!?

Tis because i have a new site,hopefully making it easier to view,use,etc

here it is....

www.s0urgrapes.wordpress.com

and i would like to thank everyone that have been following this blog and my twitter!!

www.twitter.com/s0urgrapes

Thanks!!

GOT MYSELF A GUN!!A MICKY SHARPZ TO BE PRECISE!!

If you know about tattoo guns then this is the ISH!! iv'e been using just standard simple liners and shaders to get the feel of the machine and to be fair they helped me produce respectable work,but having used someones Micky Sharpz...i felt the difference and knew i had to fork out some extra money on a quality machine...it can only get better from here...

STEVE SOTO & JOSE LOPEZ

Two of the best tattooists in the world..i inspire to be like them,maybe even better :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwcQW9RsOOU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhfPLNj60pc&feature=related

MORE TATTOO DESIGNS...IMPROVEMENT

Ive been researching loads of tattoo artists and have been soaking the info like a sponge...i can see reference all around me..i like to take them straight from the source i.e.plants, objects and espically people....
went to Paris last month and was taking photos of the architecture,statues etc..it is a great city for artists!!
i have been trying to perfect a specific style of my of my art for years..cus i do so many differnt forms..starting from graffiti,to caricatures,then airbrushing,to using pastels,strong biro pieces to bold mechanical pencil shadings and now my latest project...using oil paints!!in my tattoo sketches i was really trying to go old skool mainly basing it around the victorian era..focusing on the filigree designs and decroative pieces...

but i have now started fine-tuning my work to a photo-realistic style with a twist mainly using portraits and then creating some sort of interest/story from them..most of my sketches are unfinished but i am working on them always...anyways enjoy..

WORKING IN A STUDIO..

A previous workmate came upto me and had an idea of having a photography,hairdressing and tattoo studio all in one...and wanted me to be a custom tattooist...of course i was up for the chance and we started planning what was going to happen...planning websites,opening dates, having meetings etc...
i was telling people about it and how great it was...then at the last minute,things changed...he brought in another tattooist which i would work along side and learn from which i was fine with cus it took off some of the pressure...then i was juggling this between modelling and working part-time(but put this first)...was reguarly meeting with the guys, asking questions to show my interest and it was all going well until....the communication became less and less before opening date and i didnt know what was happening...
to cut a long story short...the guy completely switched personalities like i insulted his mum or something...really OUT OF THE GREEN(not even blue)!!so as it was getting closer to the end of the project i decided i would rather get my stuff and look elsewhere its not worth the effort...

and this setback will only push me on to try harder to find a shop to work in and become one the MOST REPUTABLE TATTOOISTS IN THE UK!!

TATTOOS...Late 2010/Early 2011

I have been learning to tattoo since before last summer practicing on fake skin,grapefruits etc..and of course still learning now...i have alot of people that are willing to let me practice on them..which i wasnt confident about doing...sooo...

i read up on loads of books on health and safety...the whole tattoo proccess, watched videos, spoken to proffessional tattoo artists and even had myself tattooed and observed from a different angle not only being a customer but also questioning as if i was an apprentice.....

I have never researched something sooo much before IN MY LIFE!!!

Anyways as youve seen earlier i started on real skin which was how most tattooists start by doing it on themselves...which i never thought i'd do but went for it when i had the confidence and it turned out ok....since then i have done my good friend Nate and a couple others...

WOW!!I havn't posted in a lonnnng time!!

Ive realised that i REALLY need to update my blog..i have been busy doing something completely different which was modelling in the fashion industry!!RANDOM..but i didnt stop drawing eve when juggling a part-time job!!

however...

I have still found time to keep drawing and adapting my style towards tattooing...I am very passionate about the art of tattooing and am forever learning new methods,rules,whatever you want to call them...to become a reputable tattooist

here are a few sketches ive done last year/early this year...