Gift Cards, Twitter and Tumblr!

So today we got some brand new gift cards in, they look super sexy and would make a great gift for anyone who's a tattoo lover, or even someone who's always ummed and ahhed about getting one and just needs that last little push!

These are available to buy now and can be used either for tattoos or piercings.

If you're up on twitter, Jo is posting a lot on there now with what we're up to at the shop and putting up some tattoos here and there, so go have a look @AccTattoo and I'm sure you'll find some "interesting" tweets on there.

And I have my own blog now on Tumblr, at thegentlemantattooist.tumblr.com. I'll still be posting work on here but as Eva and I will both be posting on here it could get a little confusing, so this will be just my stuff, and when Eva sets up her own page I'll post a link on here as well.

And lastly some tattoos!

This is the second session on Anthony's leg, might squeeze another quick session in before Derby but if not we'll have a nice long session and get it finished there, as long as he's a brave boy!

Started this Boog piece last night, should finish it in the next few weeks.

This is a pin up drawn up by Jo, it's similar to the one we have outside the shop but with just a few changes to it. Looks really nice in flesh and we might put some shade in it, but I think it looks like a good piece as just line work.

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Big pieces in the pipeline

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At the shop we've had a few big pieces started/ in progress recently and just wanted to share them as I've not been able to post any small ones recently! We're also about a month away from the State Of The Art convention and we're getting all geared up for it, just writing down lists of what we need and getting some tattoos lined up to do on the weekend.

I've had this Koi piece drawn up for over a year now and Anthony's finally decided to get it done. We've got another session to do at the studio and then we're hoping to finish it off at the convention, so it will definitely keep me busy for a little while!

This rose on Christian is the start of a half sleeve. I love doing roses and doing them this size is a really fun project. Got 3 more to put on after this one and then filling the background with leaves and some script.

Mauro's come back for another half sleeve (he had the dragon koi with samurai mask put on his other arm), this time for a dragon. We've had a few sittings with this and I wanted to post an in progress picture to show how it's getting along. It's going to be very bright when it's finished and should fit in very well with his right arm.

New stuff

Started some big pieces recently so I'll get some in progress pictures up soon, but really looking forward to finishing them off.

Had an interesting print to replicate of an all seeing eye come in last week. Good fun to do and really liked the finished effect on skin.

Piece of Boog flash, we just got some chicano flash in so it was good to lay one of them down.

Finally finished Niran's half sleeve and really happy with the way it turned out. Took a lot of work but was worth it all in the end.

And my good friend Tasty came in to get a spitfire done, hoping he'll be brave enough to come back and add some background to it to really finish it off.

Also I've been working with Never Falter Clothing on a new shirt design. They'll be at Ghostfest in Leeds this year and a couple of other events, so if you're attending go say hi and get a shirt! I'll have pictures of it up soon.

State Of The Art Tattoo Convention

This year we will be working at the State Of The Art Tattoo Convention in Derby. It falls on the 16th and 17th July and has a great selection of artists attending. For all the details visit the site here.

Managed to finish Niran's dragon half sleeve and really happy with the result, it's mostly healed in the photo, just a couple of little details and a small section of the body is fresh.

And Matt came in today so I got a picture of his healed samurai and it all looks good.

Bank Holiday BBQ!

A bit short notice but I've been too busy to post this sooner, but on the 25th April we'll be having a BBQ at the back of the shop with everyone welcome. If you're in the area and want some burgers and what not then come on by, it's all free and we only ask you donate a little money which will go straight to www.barnados.org.uk.

Work wise, there's been a lot of good stuff in!

Hail Mary

Had a couple of Virgin Marys to tattoo last week, one designed by myself and one designed by Jo. Really enjoyed doing both and looking forward to finishing off the gangster version.

Summer time's coming!

All this sunshine is great! Also got to do some work on Chris, finished off a matching girl sugar skull on his other shoulder and managed to get a picture of the original one healed.

Also got started on this cover up, the original design was a bit of flash I'd drawn up and just changed a bit to help cover up the dragon, really pleased with the first sitting and can't wait to put the back ground and colour in

And a piece of flash drawn up by Jo of an Angel, really fun piece to do and get finished!