Scapegoated, part Deux

Man, I love Portland.
Especially in the Spring.
I'm pretty sure if we didn't have a house in Minneapolis,
it'd be a difficult battle not to try and move there asap.
I worked 4 busy days at Scapegoat Tattoo,
and spent the rest of my time eating.
You can get vegan everything in Portland,
and I did.

It's also such a tattoo town.
So many people have nice work on them,
it's pretty crazy.
After the skull and tree stump tattoo I previously posted,
I tattooed this rocking chair portrait on Jaxun.
It was fun getting a chance to hang out with him again,
even if he did put my linework to the test with this request.






















Craig flew up from San Diego to get two days worth of tattoo time in;
we did a massive arm tattoo first,
then finished his chest piece the second day.
I don't know how he did it.
The first one was based off a Twilight Zone episode,
"Time Enough at Last".
I messed up the settings on Meryl's camera and only got bad photos,
but if you click on it to make it bigger, you can get the idea.
Craig is not only a badass,
he is also one of the funniest dudes I've ever met.
(which can make even 11 hours of tattooing go by pretty quick)






















A big thank you to Brian Wilson and Scapegoat Tattoo for having me.
I was spoiled, big time.
And I hope to be back sooner than later.

Five hours of flowers.

Liz and family were in Oregon to celebrate her grandmother's 90th birthday,
but they took a tiny detour to get some tattoo work first.
We had talked about a shoulder cap of flowers back in Minnesota,
and we ended up doing it 1500 miles away.
We stenciled some flowers on,
then drew some more,
looked at it the mirror,
drew more,
and then drew some more.
A little shoulder cap turned into a meandering meadow of flowers.
We integrated it into her waves chestpiece,
though I didn't get a photo of that part yet.
Hopefully, I'll get some healed photos emailed to me soon.






















It was cool having a Minnesota client visit me in Grants Pass,
I got to show off my sexy, new, (temporary) tattoo shop.

Today Amy, Jaime, Meryl, the dog and I are headed to the coast again.
We're on the lookout for lighthouses, dead birds, tide pools,
redwoods, moss and mushrooms.
They have to leave tomorrow morning,
so we're doing one last farewell outing.
Having them here has been amazing,
and it's going to be sad and quiet without them around.

But since we have more to do on Amy's sleeve,
I'm booking a guest spot out East for this summer.
I have a list of folks who want some tattoo time,
but spots will be super limited.
If you want in,
send me an email with your idea,
and I'll try to sort out all the details soon.

Last day of Fall (and Maple Grove).

Oh man.

I'm done with Identity Tattoo for a little while.

Don't expect to see me back there till April.

It's been an awesome 4.5 years,

and I look forward to more fun when I get back.

But for the next few months,

I'm very excited to be working out at Jeff Gogue's shop in Oregon.

My last day there was spent working on Manda's strange animal sleeve.

We colored in a lot of poppies around an antlered squirrel,

did some background,

and tried to tie everything together.

Up top is the (antlered) blue footed booby,

and the sheepgoat under that,

and then some squirrels playing in a poppy field.

(i didn't do the blue armband thing)

It was also Handsome Adam's last day,

and he's leaving for the west coast, too.

So after packing and cleaning up,

we smashed our coffee mugs and released a couple floating lanterns.

Adam's such a good dude,

and it's been a pleasure working with him for the past year.

So it's just Todd and Ben at the shop for a few months.

Do me a favor, and check up on them every once in a while.

Stop in and be loud for a minute,

just so they don't forget about me.

I'm afraid they might get soft while I'm away.

(i can almost hear Maple Grove collectively breathing a sigh of relief)

This tattoo is garbage.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

It's a real thing.

And now it's not just polluting the Pacific Ocean,

but also taking up space on Adam W's forearm.

It was a lot of fun, so I hope he collects them all.

I guess every ocean has one,

due to ocean currents,

and filthy, wasteful human beings.

One week till xmas.

Which means one week till we board a plane and fly to Hawaii.

I'm gonna fly right over that big, floating garbage patch,

and spend the holidays somewhere a little less....seasonal.

I mean, you probably won't find me on a beach,

but you won't find me shoveling snow, either.

But if you're super into the holidays,

and need some new xmas jams,

head over to the Suckapants blog,

and get this years (and all the previous ones, too) mix.

It's free, and Dark Dark Dark has a track on it.

Get caroling.

Dead Rabbit, healed.

Alleeshia came in yesterday for a quick touch up to her 11s dead rabbit tattoo, and I grabbed a few photos before I went back into it.

Black and grey healed looks so brutally different than fresh,

so I try and get healed photos whenever possible.

I'm pretty much trying to do anything right now

other than pack up and clean the house.

If you also need some beautiful distractions on a sunday,

nothing beats old Sinéad O'Connor videos.

Not Allowed in Hawaii

Oh man,

I forgot my memory [card] at work today,

so here's just a cellphone photo of the baby hedgehog tattoo I did.

It's probably better than any of the real camera shots I took, anyway.

{edit: nope, this real photo is WAY better, so i got rid of the cellphone one}

I did it on a day off because Rebecca leaves for Hawaii tomorrow.

But don't worry, she's planning on hanging out for a few months,

so I don't have to fret about her exposing it to the sand and sun while it heals.

She's moving out there to keep the Cucch company,

but we're all invited.

(except for your hedgehogs, they are illegal)

Meryl and I already have tickets (no kidding).

Christmas in Hawaii, kids.

Like pizza in Minnesota;

it exists, but it's weird and out of place.

I also got my foot tattoo finished,

so it's back to sexy gladiator sandals for the next few days.

(good thing it'll be a high of 34° tomorrow)

I have no idea what's on the books for tomorrow tattoo-wise,

but Handsome Adam is back at the shop,

so the day is starting with coffee,

and a grapefruit juice chaser.

Got to start the week off right....

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