Undead Carousel

I have been dabbling in the idea of a potential rib piece for myself. Now, if you know me, in even the slightest bit, you would be thinking, "What the fuck!? You? Rib piece??? Pssssh!" Yeah, I know. I am the most ticklish person ever-seriously. If you go near me with a finger I will freak out. But rib tattoos are so beautiful! And I thought of the most epic thing ever that I love and I want-badly.

Picture this (you don't really have to, since I drew it out anyway!): an undead carousel horse. Rotting flesh hanging off of bone, but with pretty little detailing. It's amazing, right? I know! So I was thinking of the many places I have on my body that I could get it, and I couldn't picture it anywhere else except for my ribs. Fuck! Why? The one spot I said I will probably never tattoo. Uhhg, but it would be so perfect...

Well, it probably won't happen anytime soon, since I have so many other ideas that came first that I should get done, and I don't have the money. BUT! It is going on my list, and that will give me the time to think about the placement some more. I know everyone will say go for it, but hell, it's going to suck.

Ta-da! With tweaks here and there, obviously..

I Fight for the User

Well, another post about my hair. I dyed it black yesterday (finally!), and I'm just beginning to get used to it.

Funny thing though. I have never thought this previous times dying my hair, but after coming out of the shower and drying my hair, I thought, "Wow, I sort of look like Angelina Jolie in Salt." I didn't know how I felt about this. Then this morning while getting ready for the day, whilst listening to the epic soundtrack from Tron Legacy, I realized how much I resemble Olivia Wilde in the movie, but with long hair. Then I was ok with it.

I also realized, I'm obsessed! OBSESSED! As if I need one more thing to be infatuated with! I have never seen the original movie, just bits and clips I've found on Youtube (really, the lightcycle scene is hilarious!), but the sequel blew my mind. Best 3D I have ever seen, and it's just all around awesome! And the music. Uh, man, it's incredible. Just add Tron to my list of things I adore!

See? I can be in an awesome sci-fi action flick too! Battle bitches unite!

I Made The Cut

I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I'm sick of my hair! That is why I bought a hat recently, but I really needed to do something with it. Something sort of drastic, but not too drastic.

I cut my bangs! That's a huge step for me. I hate cutting my hair, and I absolutely hatehairdressers. Out of all the hairdressers I have been to in my entire life, there was only one who ever got it right, but she was a student and that was years ago so there is no way of finding that one again. So! I just started doing it myself, cause I only trust myself.

Anyways, so my bangs are short, straight across, I kind of did a hack job but oh well. I'm not sure if I'm used to them yet, we'll have to see when I'm all ready for the day. It definitely feels weird though. I haven't had my hair like this since I was 16! And I'm dying it soon too. I'll be a whole new person! But not really. Just me with darker, different hair.

mmmmm PB&J..

In other news..

Well, things have actually been quite consistent in the shop lately, so that has been nice. I have also been offered a guest spot in Edmonton! Yeah, that's right. My first guest spot. It would be my first time in a larger shop with other artists, so it is an awesome opportunity. I'm just working out a few kinks on accommodations and whatnot, but I really hope I can go! More details on that later.

For now, you get tattoo pictures! Some of these I did before the new year, I just suck and keep forgetting to post them!

"We will all evolve."

I did not do the design on this one, just changed a few things.

Fully healed!

I wish I could do more traditional..

One Girls' Trash is Another Girls' Treasure

Well, it's either treasure, or a sure sign that I need to grow the fuck up!

I went to Value Village today, and whenever I venture to that place I find the most magical things. I usually find something so awesome, but it's either way to big or heavy as hell to carry home. But I do it anyway. It's hard to not buy anything there when it's such a good find, and a reasonable price!

Curious as to what I found there today? Well, say no more! I found a fantastic Jesus statue made out of cement (which I left there because he was so heavy!), a gum ball machine, a Moselland Zeller black cat wine bottle, a gnome, a sweater, a sweet old bird cage, zebra print fabric, and a bag of My Little Ponies. Yeah, that's right. Original MLP from the '80s! I was so ecstatic, I had to buy them.

I do realize that I'm 22 years old. You might be wondering why I bought myself a set of six My Little Ponies. Well, they are so hard to find nowadays! I had so many when I was little, so they hold a special place for me. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with them, and I'm afraid that I might have triggered another 'collection'. If you have ever seen my room, you would be worried too. I have no room. I'm just waiting for they day I move out, then I will have room. I might need two display cases; one for my robots, and one for my MLPs. Or, maybe one day I will pass them down to my little sisters. I will tell them that they new ones are ugly, and that the old ones are waaaay cooler in every way (cause really, they are). Either way, they're sweet, and I'm happy to be reunited with a little bit of my childhood.

Museum Madness

I love having two day weekends. It reminds me a lot of being in school, where you have those two days of freedom to relax and hang out with your friends an family. They haven't been too frequent in my life since I've been out of school, but lately they have been a regular part of my schedule (with a few exceptions).

One thing that sometimes bothers me, though is when one of those days kind of goes to waste. I don't mind having those days where you sit around at home and relax, as long as they're somewhat productive. I can't stand those days where you sit and do nothing, nada, zilch. They kind of put me a bad mood, and I start getting frantic because there is nothing to do, or I just can't figure out what to do. Unfortunately, my friday was one of those days. But, today definitely made up for it!

Refusing to be glued to my bed and/or couch, I decided to hang out with my mom today. We went to go visit the Glenbow Museum to see a few exhibitions that are going on. Right now they have an exhibit by Brian Eno called 77 Million Paintings. It was definitely not what I was expecting at all. I was expecting, literally, 77 million paintings. Instead there was a stunning, dark room with multiple cozy sofas facing a curious cluster of what seemed like illuminated canvas paintings. In front of these paintings were two piles of...I want to say sand, but it was like large flaky sand. Almost something you might use as kitty litter. All of this was accompanied by a relaxing ambient soundtrack. Anyway, the "illuminated canvases", which I soon realized were a sort of LCD screen, started to change, but they changed in a way that you would barely notice. The colour, the pattern, the shape, all would change over a span of a few seconds. It was so seamless, it would take you by surprise. There were moments where I was like, "Whoa! those lines weren't there a second ago!". It was so crazy.

There were also a bunch of amazing paintings in other exhibits. One was of a collection of historical art, paintings of portraits, landscapes, and animals framed in beautiful ornate frames. And another exhibit with these GIANT landscapes that you feel you could just walk into. They were incredible. And of course, we saw all the Asian and North American artifacts, which were pretty cool as well.

After soaking in all the beautiful artwork, I started to get inspired and got myself thinking, "What if I put on a gallery show?". It would be so cool! I would just get a bunch of my artsy fartsy friends to work around a theme, and put on a small public art show. In this city, there needs to be more art, and there are lots of younger people that are struggling to share their work. Plus, I think the public would like to see more little independent shows. I'm definitely thinking about it, so I hope I can get something up and running! I look forward to the future...

Bad Camera

I really need to learn how to take better pictures. I have always loved photography, and have always dabbled in it as a hobby, but I never really learned how to take good pictures. It would be really nice to know how to, especially for tattooing. Part of the job is being able to showcase your work, and having a portfolio of mediocre (and sometimes just straight up horrible) pictures does not do your work justice. If someone sees a low quality picture they're going to see your work as low quality. That is something I'm really not down with. So, someday down the road, I would like to invest in a very spiffy camera, one that real-people-with-real-photo-knowledge use. I just printed out a bunch of recent pictures for my portfolio, and I'm sure my printer is my camera's partner in crime when it comes to presentation, but I'm just not happy with the photos. But I need to update my work so badly! So, for now, they will have to do, and I will hopefully be able to take better pictures of the work I have already done sometime in the future.

Here is a fun tattoo I did today on a friend of mine. It is a memorial tattoo, not a boyfriend's name, in case you are wondering. The weather has been awful, so I wouldn't be too surprised if some people don't show up for their appointments, which happened today. I don't blame them. I would stay home if I could!