牡丹:Sleeve

Posted by 俊宝 Shunho
牡丹に『岩』『波』『雲』で見切りをつけました。
俊宝
It's peony with background of Rock, Wave and Cloud.
Shunho.

Lost photos from long ago...again more

Some more of those lost photos that were buried much deeper in that old shoe box...


Here's a photo of young (at that time) Kosta when we all were working at Highline Tattooing.
Kosta had originally come into the Studio with a Portfolio of his drawings & said that he wanted to learn to be a Tattoo Artist.
Kosta's artistic ability was very impressive, but that meant very little if he couldn't go on to meet the rest of my requirements!
After a period of time, Kosta having proved himself, started his training as a Tattoo Artist with me.
Kosta later went on to be a part owner in Chapel Tattoo...although I'm not sure where he is these days??


Here's the three requirements I looked for with regards a potential trainee & all in this following order...
  1. Honesty 
  2. Reliability
  3. Artistic ability
I can hear you all asking, "Why these requirements & why in this particular order?"
I'm not totally sure, maybe it's related to my original Jewellery training, but here's my reasons "why"...
  1. Totally pointless to even bother teaching someone who's prepared to rob you the minute your back is turned or once you've handed them the keys to the Studio!
  2. It's equally pointless to teach someone who can't really be bothered showing up to learn, especially when you're the one who's passing on your knowledge!!
  3. Artistic ability comes in a variety of flavours, a good "Stencil Jockey" that works only from stencils & follows the colors of the Flash on the walls, can be equally important to a Studio!!!
Typically most candidates would only meet two of those three requirements...that's called Murphy's Law.
This explains why over my career I've actually trained very few Tattoo Artists, but those that I did were all well respected & highly sought after by other Studios.

Get Digital DVD from Mike DeVries


Get Digital is the new 2 Dvd set of photoshop instruction from tattoo artists Mike DeVries and Jamie Parker. I just finished watching them and as someone who uses photoshop on the regular, I can say they do a great job of focusing on the things they use on a daily basis in the tattoo shop. They gloss over the tools they don't use very often and delve deep into the tools they do use. See how they create one of a kind reference from photos and artwork. The quality is top notch and it is targeted right at the tattoo artist, from touching up your tattoo photos to making a great looking business card.
I even learned a few things I didn't know. I had no idea you could increase and decrease your brush size with the parenthesis keys, I always just right clicked. Well worth the time and money, get to the learning GET DIGITAL DVD SET AVAILABLE NOW $50.


龍:Dragon

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
黄色・茶色部分が終わりました。
彫倭
I did yellow/brown part today.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

Immortal Ink...Berwick's Tattoo Studio

I've recently met & got talking with the young crew of Tattoo Artists at Immortal Ink, here in Berwick.
Donny, Brandon & Meg are all doing some really nice, tidy work & I was very impressed by them & the Studio.

The subject of Machines, building & their maintenance arose, so I was able to offer up & show them some "Old Timers" Tips & Tricks.

Whilst we were discussing all things Tattooing, it suddenly occurred to me just how "Old School" my ways of doing things have now become...
...although I'm still not really sure if that's a "good thing" or a "bad thing" for me to be..??

The "old fundamentals" that I'd struggled so hard to learn about & then openly taught to my apprentices, seem to now be something from a "bygone time"...
What I'm referring to are those very basics that every (Old) Tattoo Artist had to know if they wanted to work in a Studio.
  • Making your own Needle patterns & then soldering them onto a Needle Bar correctly.
  • Mixing your own Colors from raw pigment, then making the various shades & tones.
  • Machine basics like tuning, repairs & building knowledge.
Now with everything being  pre-made, pre-mixed & openly available on the web for any newly aspiring Tattooist, I wondered if anyone knew that old stuff any more??

So it was refreshing to hear that Donny, Brandon & Meg knew some of the old fundamentals & that they were eager to learn even more of them.


Speaking of "Old", it's been actually kind of strange-funny-odd for me to see all this current style of work that's being done & just how popular it is.
The reason it's so strange for me?...because I spent a large amount of my Tattoo years doing Cover Up's over that very same old stuff everyone is getting now..!
hmmm...wonder if the Tattoos I'd previously done back in the 80's & 90's are now having Cover Up's done because they're deemed "Not Old Enough"??

I guess that old saying must be true..."If you have or wear something for long enough, it'll come back into fashion"...



Rockabilly Bling Jewellery

Here's a shameless plug for my good friend Jacquie's new business & website, Rockabilly Bling.


This artwork is also being used for Business Cards, Stickers & other promotional items.


Some background info on this artwork:
Jacquie was after a certain style & look for her logo, an "Old School Tattoo" look, but nothing that was going to be directly copied or lifted straight from a design sheet by Sailor Jerry.
So the logo had to be original, an authentic old feel to it & maybe just a touch of modern flare within it as well.

Knowing that I'd previously been a Tattoo Artist, Jacquie stopped by to ask for my thoughts or advice with the designing of her logo.
I thought I may be able to help out with roughs that could be used by someone else to create the finished art...
...remember that I've not done anything remotely like Tattoo Art in a very, very long time!!

So did a rough pencil sketch to show my concept, scanned it & sent it off via an email.
Jacquie loved the concept, but was unsure of what colors, etc might be use with it?

I'd recently bought ArtRage Studio, so figured I'd try learning it as well as give Jacquie an idea of what colors would work.
I'm guessing that doing Tattoo Art after a long break is much like riding a bike...you never really forget it.

Totally amazed at how easy it was to create similar effects on computer to how I used to do it on paper.
It's a brilliant little program & one that every Tattoo Artist should have, even those just starting out.

Beni the Tattoo Artist

While checking out some other Tattoo related links, I stumbled over some info listed as "Beni Bio".
Following various links, I then managed to find a photo of Beni working.

Beni the Tattoo Artist

Beni became the very last guy I was to teach tattooing at a Studio, one on one, before my retirement.
Beni (or Ben as I knew him then) picked up on all the basics of tattooing really quickly & then went on to produce some amazing pieces back in the mid to late 90's.
Looking at this group of current photos, I can see that nothing has changed & that knowledge shows through in the quality of his work.

As I get older, it's kind of nice to see those that I'd originally trained 20+ years ago are still working in the Trade & doing outstanding work.
Nice stuff Beni.

Update:  I've since found some more info saying that Beni is one of the resident Tattoo Artists at King St Tattoo in Sydney

東日本大震災復興支援 チャリティ・ファイトイベント ~立ち上がろうニッポン!~

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
東日本大震災復興支援チャリティ・ファイトイベント
〜立ち上がろうニッポン〜
賛同者:
山本"KID"徳郁
魔裟斗
2011年5月7日(土)開始予定14:00
六本木ヒルズ・アリーナ
参加・観戦無料
Ex 4 times K-1 World Champion MASATO and UFC fighter Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto will do Benefit Fight Event for Japan, on 7th May at Roppongi Hills Tokyo. It must be awesome.

プレイング・ハンズ:Praying Hands

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
写真で黒く見える部分は、キズが治ると薄く落ち着いたグラデーションになります。
彫倭
It will be smooth gray after heal.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

Lost photos from long ago...a Tattooing Xmas

So what does a Xmas Party with a bunch of  Melbourne's Tattoo Artists look like?
Well this was what the 1990 one looked like...
...a gathering of (at that time) Melbourne's Tattoo Artists & one from Israel. 
If memory serves me right, Jed Hill is also there, but he's behind the camera taking all these shots.

Shelly & Colin
Shelly & Nutz Robinson
Graeme Iles
Neale Cheatham
Beans
Dan Robinson Snr & Patsy Farrow
Shelly & Beans
Shelly & new friends



Lost photos from long ago...again

Whilst having a tidy up, I stumbled onto on old box with some old Tattoo photos...
...these were all taken 20+ years ago!!



Here's a photo that Shelly had sent to me of him tattooing.
I'm guessing this would of been from around 1991 or 1992


And here's a classic shot...


...that's Smeer (Melbourne Tattoo Artist) being tattooed by Bebert (seated), watched by Chris (standing).
"Big" Richard (Melbourne Tattoo Artist) is seated watching the work unfold.
And the Tattoo that Bebert created was a Graffiti style cartoon type character of Smeer himself...

Bebert & Chris were Tattoo Artist from France that were doing a World Tour together.
I think this would have been around 1990 or 91, the both of them did some really amazing work.
This photo was taken at Highline Tattooing in St.Kilda when I was managing the Studio for Dan Robinson Snr. & Smeer was working there too.




Lost photos from long ago...

Whilst having a tidy up, I stumbled onto on old box with some old Tattoo photos...
...these were all taken 20+ years ago!!

Hawaii photos are from the trip Steve Paul & myself made in 1990.
We managed to catch up with Ed Hardy just hours before he flew out to his (then) just opened Tattoo Studio in Japan.

Next we headed off to the famous China Sea Tattoo Studio to catch up with Mike Malone (Rollo) & Scott Sterling . (Mike arrived later & I forgot all about taking photos!)

We'd also arranged to meet up with Lance McLain there too.

Scott gave Steve a small tattoo as a souvenir to take home.


That Studio is really tiny, it's only about 3 x doors wide!!
There's so much Tattoo History contained within those walls...a truly amazing place!!


How come you know all this Tattoo Machine stuff...?

A recent conversation about Tattooing, Australian Tattoo Artists & Tattoo Machines prompted that very question...
...to answer it, here's a very brief summary on who I am & why I know about this Tattoo Machine stuff.


As it was for everyone wanting to get into Tattoo Trade back in the 70's, you'd get tattooed, you watched everything that was being done & listened to everything intently.
90% of the time, what you'd see or hear from one week to the next didn't really make much sense, but as a secretly aspiring Tattoo Artist, it was up to you to start formulating how everything interconnected.
You were quite literally building yourself a "Tattoo Information Jigsaw Puzzle" without any guidance.

If you were really lucky, you might go home with a key bit of information to help with assembling that Tattoo Jigsaw Puzzle.
And if you were extremely lucky & made a really good connection with your chosen Tattoo Artist, then he might just provide you with that elusive piece of the Tattoo Puzzle...
...a complete running Machine!!

I was extremely lucky & so with that Machine, I was then able to start my entry into the Tattoo Trade.
Although mostly self-taught, at that time (mid 70's) I was heavily influenced by several of Australia's Tattoo Legends.
Chris "Spider" Webb who was renowned for his Machines, knowledge on building them & laying in Color.
Dan Robinson (Snr.) who was renowned for his amazing Designs along with Colors that were bright & solid.

During my career I've been lucky enough to work on & with some of the legends of the Australian Tattoo scene.
Dan Robinson Snr, "Nutz" Robinson, Bev Robinson, Steve Paul, Fletch, Charlie Wagner, Jed Hill, Beans, to name just a few.

I've also had the good fortune to meet, work, share knowledge & build Machines for some amazing Tattoo Artists from Overseas too.
Shelly (Israel), Laura Vida (USA), Mike MaloneScott Sterling, Lance McLain (att Hawaii),
Bebert & Chris (France)


When I retired from Tattooing in the mid 90's, I sold everything "tattoo related" to TonyB, a young (back then) Tattoo Artist working in Western Australia.
From that point, I had little to do with anything Tattoo related aside from making the occasional custom piece of jewellery for various Tattoo Artists that knew me.


Just recently I was approached to help teach a young guy about tuning his Machines.
And because I'm an Old School Tattoo Artist, part of my teaching means we'll be Hand Building Machines...
...then a limited number will be built & available for sale.



TEAM SEIKO

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
ロンドン・オリンピックを目指す女子レスリング・山本聖子の応援Tシャツのデザインをしました。いつも聖子ちゃんを応援してくれているMIGHTY CROWNFIRE BALL、そしてKRAZY BEEとのスペシャルなTシャツになりました!コチラで注文可能です。
I did artwork for Seiko Yamamoto's T-shirt. She's a wrestler and trying to go London Olympic in 2012. The world famous reggae sound system MIGHTY CROWN and the biggest Japanese reggae group FIRE BALL support her on this T-shirt. She is UFC fighter Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto's sister. Support her!!
東京・代々木競技場第2体育館で開催される、明治乳業杯全日本選抜選手権の女子63キロ級の試合は4月30日(土)9時半〜今回は山本ではなく永島聖子で出場します。入場無料です。


蛇:Snake

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
額部分が完了です。
彫倭
I finished background.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

KRAZY BEE

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
TATTOOLANDのチューイ・キンタナーがKIDくんのジム『KRAZY BEE』の為にシャツのデザインをしてくれました!チューイは誰もが認めるチカーノ・タトゥーの世界最高峰。
Chuey Quintanar did artwork for Japanese MMA fighter Norifumi "KID" Yamamoto's KRAZY BEE gym!

こちらはメキシコのネルビオがデザインしてくれました!両方とも数に限りがあります。
Mexican tattoo artist NERVIO did it for KRAZY BEE! Real Mexican one!

Tatuagem da Panicat Juju Salimeni

A Panicat Juju Salimeni, que além de linda descolou um beijinho do ator Vin Diesel, durante a coletiva do lançamento do filme Velozes e Furiosos 5 - Operação Rio, postou em seu Twitter, a foto de sua tatuagem.

Juju optou por uma tatuagem nem um pouco feminina: Uma enorme cruz nas costas com os dizeres " A alma guarda o que a mente tenta esquecer', diante da polêmica da tatuagem que destoa bastante de seu estilo mulher fatal, Juju foi categorica:
“Aos que me perguntaram sobre a minha tatuagem nova, não é pra ser bonitinha ou coisa de mulherzinha. Representa a história da minha vida. Nada de frescura, nada de florzinha ou coraçãozinho. Escrevi algo que vem da alma e representa minha personalidade”
Tatuagem de Juju Panicat: Uma cruz nas costas com a frase:" A alma guarda o que a mente tenta esquecer'. 
 Embora algumas pessoas tenham detestado a tatuagem, é sempre bom levar em conta que uma tatuagem representa exatamente o que Juju explicou. Representa a personalidade, uma lembrança, uma homenagem. A tatuagem embora seja visível para o público, não é do publico, e sim do tatuado. Claro que deve-se ter uma personalidade bastante sólida para fazer tatuagem que desafiam o convencional.

Infelizmente Juju por ser uma figura pública que vive de sua imagem "mulher fatal" tem sofrido diversas críticas pesadas.
A ignorância e preconceito do ser humano não têm limites, qq coisa que saia do monótono e da mesmice aos quais estão acostumados é julgada. - Juju respondendo a uma agressão no Twitter -

Twitter da Panicat Juju : http://twitter.com/JUJUPANICAT

牡丹:Peony

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
二回に分けてやることにしました。写真はまだ血がにじんでいる状態なので白がくすんで見えますが、キズが治ると白はもっと白になります。
彫倭
We didn't have enough time to finish it. White will be more white after heal.
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

Viuva Faz tatuagem com as cinzas de seu Marido

Tatuagens sempre possuem um significado, muito embora algumas pessoas no calor do momento possam vir a fazer uma tatuagem e não nenhuma analogia para o desenho.

A britânica Hull Barbara Peterson, 65 anos, queria fazer uma tatuagem para homenagear o seu marido, Brian, falecido em Junho de 2010, vitima de cancer. A amiga de Barbara, Chris Walker, 67 anos, então sugeriu que Barbara usasse as cinzas de seu falecido Marido na composição da tinta que seria usada para a tatuagem.

Decidida Barbara procurou o gerente do estúdio de tatuagem Body Art, Andrew Jamieson, que para a sorte de Barbara, tinha bons conhecimentos na área de quimica, e aceitou o desafio. Para realizar o trabalho, os tatuadores trituraram as cinzas esterilizadas de Brian até que elas se tornassem uma fina poeira, que foi misturada à tinta utilizada para a tatuagem.

Tatuagem de flor na mão direita, feita com as cinzas do marido falecido
 Chris, a amiga de Barbara que deu a inusitada e sensacional idéia, també resolveu homenagear Brian. Aproveitou o resto que sobrou da tinta e tatuou uma estrela em sua mão esquerda.

'Eu tatuei estrelas na minha mão esquerda. Brian e eu fomos amigos por 40 anos, todos nós sentimos muito a sua falta',
A ideía é bem interessante, mas vale lembrar que é preciso ter muita técnica e higienização para fazer esse tipo de procedimento.



Tatuagem de olho de Gato de Cristina Cicera

Um dos estilos mais legais de tatuagens na minha opinião, são as tatuagens tribais. Traços negros fortes  que desafiam a criatividade de quem vê. Quando uma tribal assume contornos de algo real, o que era belo fica simplesmente maravilhoso.

A leitora Cristina Cicera  nos brinda com sua belíssima tattoo tribal de olho de gato. Simplesmente apaixonante.


Se voce possui uma tatuagem e gostaria de vê-la publicada aqui no Estimulanet-tattto, envie um email para descharth@estimulanet.com e não se esqueça de mandar junto coma a foto , um breve relato da sua tatuagem.

Tatuagens de Paulo Kendi

O leitor Paulo Kendi enviou para o nosso email descharth@estimulanet.com a história de suas 2 Tatuagens de dragão e a1 de Carpa Koi.
Comecei a gostar de tattos depois de ver o Gibi Tattoo tatuando a minha esposa, sou de Ribeirão Preto e o Gibi vinha de São Paulo até minha casa para fazer as tattos, em uma tarde disse que gostava de dragões e ele me mostrou um desenho que havia feito para um cliente que desistiu de fazer, não pensei duas vezes, tomei coragem e fiz a minha primeira fazem dois anos, depois de um tempo me mostrou outro desenho a pedido da minha esposa a tatto seria para ela mas achei que ficaria melhor em mim, já que gostava do assunto, acabei fazendo a 2º tattoo, bem maior que a primeira, um mês atrás resolvi fazer uma tattoo com o nome de minha esposa em japones porque ela tem meu nome tatuado também, pensei em fazer mais um dragão com as letras sobrepostas mas meu tatuador fez outro desenho, uma carpa com as escritas do lado, disse que seguia minhas preferências orientais e as imagens se harmonizariam por sí só. Acabei fazendo minha 3º tattoo, estou muito feliz pois o trabalho é de qualidade ímpar.

Tattoo de Carpa acompanhada do nome da esposa de Paulo em Japonês

1ª tattoo de Dragão de Paulo, situada nas costas logo abaixo do ombro

A 2ª tatuagem de dragão de Paulo cobre boa parte de suas costas e tem cores bastante intensas

Se você deseja que sua tatuagem apareça no Estimulanet-tattoo, basta enviar um email para descharth@estimulanet.com as fotos e com um breve resumo da histporia de sua Tattoo

川原誠也:MMA fighter Seiya Kawahara

Posted by 彫倭 Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato
昨日は川原誠也が次の試合のポスターを持って立ち寄ってくれました。5月3日パンクラスのタイトルマッチです。自分も応援行きます。
彫倭
MMA fighter Seiya Kawahara stopped by the shop yesterday. His next fight is PANCRASE's Championship on May 3. Of course I will be there to support my boy!
Akilla a.k.a. Horiyamato.

Check out these other blogs!!!


Ben Siebert finally got himself a blog!  Check it out here.


And why you're out and about on the internets... check out my friend Jordon's blog.  Highly entertaining and very obscene.
Jordon the Barbarian!

A few projects finished....

Finished up this koi fish tattoo.  Teri was down with doing a wild color combo which made it even more fun.  Thanks Teri!  

Also finished up Shelly's cobra / rat tattoo.  Healed pics coming soon.

 Another koi.  One sitting and another fun color scheme.  I've been very fortunate lately to have clients who are down with taking their tattoo in fun directions.  Hell Yeah!

Such a comedian...

Oh Mr. Leffel, you are quite a character.  Another installment of "this my life...".  I've got a stockpile of these drawings somewhere. When I find them, I'll be sure to share them with the world.  Heath really needs to get his comic book career off the ground.  I really think the tattoo community would appreciate it.

On a more serious note, I built the machine pictured above for Mr. Weston Keisel.  Thank you sir for your patronage.