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.
“A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.” Margaret Atwood
Posted in art, daily life, tattoos on February 8, 2012 by barrelrider“I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.” Aeschylus
Posted in tattoos with tags flowers, geometric, roses, skull, tattoo on November 12, 2011 by barrelrider“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
Posted in tattoos with tags tattoo, warg, wolf on November 12, 2011 by barrelriderBen 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
Posted in tattoos with tags flintlock, pirate, pistol, tattoo on November 12, 2011 by barrelrider“It will cost you sweat and tears, and perhaps… a little blood.” Nosferatu
Posted in tattoos with tags bat, ghost face, hand, job stopper, tattoo on November 12, 2011 by barrelrider“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
Posted in art, photography with tags pipe, postcard, vintage, woman on October 25, 2011 by barrelrider“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
Posted in tattoos with tags dagger, tattoo, tiger on October 22, 2011 by barrelriderI aint a redneck. I’m a southern girl with attitude.
Posted in tattoos with tags cowgirl, pin-up, sailor jerry, tattoo on October 22, 2011 by barrelrider“An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.” Konrad Adenauer
Posted in art with tags pin-up, tiger lady, tigra, vintage, woman on October 21, 2011 by barrelrider“The kid pumping up his shoes, that’s who you got your money on. Bet on anybody else? Yo your money gone!” John Cena
Posted in tattoos with tags lettering, script on October 21, 2011 by barrelriderI 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.