Barrelrider's Blog

“A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.” Margaret Atwood

barrelrider — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:54:39 +0000

Many of you may be able to assume why there have been so few posts in the past few months. I must apologize because i never want to disappoint. I do promise to get back on top of things here but if you can’t resist keeping up with my B.S. then follow me on my instagram that i share with my good friend steffen.

OCCULTCLASSIC

“I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.” Aeschylus

barrelrider — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:21:13 +0000

I forgot I had these pictures on my camera. Travis started getting tattooed like a month or two ago and is going gung ho. Jumnpin’ in the fire.

“Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’ in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien

barrelrider — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:01:31 +0000

Ben is my best of friends. Always reliable and good at heart. He let me put some less than respectable tattoos on him when i was first learning and deserves years of free tattoos for them. Last night we did this rad one out of the spider murphy’s flash book that i recommend for ANY tattoo shop. Also check out Ben’s blog here. Geared suicide

“Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you.” -Edward “Blackbeard” Teach

barrelrider — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:50:21 +0000

Bo walked in yesterday unsure of what to get and we finally landed on an old flintlock pistol so a drew this guy up and banged it out. super stoked on its’ bold simplicity.

“It will cost you sweat and tears, and perhaps… a little blood.” Nosferatu

barrelrider — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:39:19 +0000

I got to do this cool job stoppin’ ghost face bat on my friend Leah’s hand the other day. She always gives me cool stuff to do. Always fun, Thanks Leah.

“No matter how carefully you plan your goals, they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.” W Clement Stone

barrelrider — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:27:00 +0000

“I think Bigfoot is blurry – that’s the problem. It’s not the photographers’ fault. Bigfoot is blurry. And that’s extra-scary to me. There’s a large, out-of-focus monster roamin’ the countryside. ‘Run, he’s fuzzy, get out of here.’ ” ~ Mitch Hedberg

barrelrider — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:40:16 +0000

Maybe Mitch is right. Are my photos blurry or just my tattoos blurry? I know this picture sucks but I love this tattoo and had to post it anyway.

I aint a redneck. I’m a southern girl with attitude.

barrelrider — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:30:25 +0000

I just did this really fun cowgirl. Unfortunately this is the best picture I snapped of it. Here it is regardless.

“An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.” Konrad Adenauer

barrelrider — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 23:01:53 +0000

“The kid pumping up his shoes, that’s who you got your money on. Bet on anybody else? Yo your money gone!” John Cena

barrelrider — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:26:16 +0000

I usually don’t do a ton of script. It’s not that I am terrible at it or anything but all the guys i work with KILL it. Jeremy Lewis, Jonathan Cheston and David Iaquinta can whip out some script that puts me to shame. But today I did this one and I felt alright about it. I have been working on improving my lettering and I think it’s finally coming around.