skull practice 03

more practice. i took a little bit longer on this one then the others, but i feel it is definitely better. what do you think?

fighting hellfish

i don't know...nothing amazing, but sometimes these little ones really make my day.

i also tattoo

a little something i started today. wanted to give it a comic book/fantasy mixed with realism feeling. spent about 3ish hours on this and have about that much time left on it. original art that i drew up for this can be seen here.

lined with a tight 7 in my brand new (and now favorite) soba pilot liner and a tight 3 in my trusty ol' pulse executive. for the shading i used an 11 bugpin in swashdrive rotary...fantastic machine, almost bought another one today, but should wait or look at the stigma hyper.

kiro sumi for lining and silverback greywash. never have used any other of the grey washes on the market, but i love the silverback so why change?

now to go paint some more skulls. PEACE son!

p.s. going to buy a new camera (canon rebel xsi) and set up a photo area in the shop. my good friend aly is also going to teach me how to take a decent photo so that there are no more excuses.

skull practice 02

more practice today. if i keep it up , i promise i will get better. black ink washes and the red is dr. martins liquid watercolor. once again any advice would be dope. checkout practice skull numero one-o here.

skull practice 01

done with ink washes...probably will see a bunch of these in the next few days. starting out with ink washes, will graduate to watercolor and spit shading some tattoo flash...shits hard son soooo any advice would definitely be greatly appreciated.

on a side note: it seems like it is the trend right now for tattoo artists to paint skulls and i by no means ever follow popular trends, but it is really hard to fuck up a skull and since i am technically learning this shit still, i figured that peeps wouldn't mind. so stay classy world wide web!

soba pilot liner review.

love it!

feel free to ask any questions.

fairy sketch

client asked for a fairy on a toadstool with the word believe and brought in some reference images of tattoos that were similar to what she wanted. i did not really think that the tattoos were well done or well designed so i decided to put my own spin on it.

first i did some quick thumbnails to get the basic design. picked a couple that i liked and started to look for good pinup chickadee reference. so i went to the master, gil evegren, and re-drew a pose i liked. i added all the other elements (minus the 'believe'...i know what i want it to look like just haven't done it yet) and ta-da, i got a sketch to show the client.

busy, busy, busy week of drawing and tattooing...man i need a break.

skull action

i have tattooed a whole lot of skull imagery in the last year and 5 months (the time when i found my calling as a tattoo applicator), but it never gets old...i love me some skull action.

used my gen 6 swashdrive rotary machine equipped with a regular 7 mag needle from eikon and set up a tight 5 in my brand new soba pilot liner, but only used it for the white highlights. premixed silverback greywash set and the new silverback black.

reference photos were also used for the skull and roses. feel free to critique or ask questions. PEACE!

my first workhorse.

here it is! my brand new soba pilot liner. i have used it a little bit, but not enough to give a fair review. so i guess if you are at all interested then, you will wait with anticipation.

when lifestyles attack

it was a sunny and hot day today. everyone i know went to the beach and i don't even care because i got to do this today. i ordered a brand new soba pilot liner and was hoping to use it on this , but it didn't get to me in time so i had to use my trusty ol' pulse executive.

3ish hours of lining on the ribs, all with a tight 7 round. hoping i can finish it the next time we meet in a couple of weeks.

rose

pretty rad little hipster wanting a dope rose on her shoulder...unfortunately this is all she got.

shoulder rose

this is a quickie i get to do tomorrow...well that's if she likes it...if she doesn't like it then my wife will.

3 amigos

these guys come into the shop all wanting the same tattoo. i'm thinking great this is really going to suck...probably be a barbwire arm band. but it wasn't so this is what they get.

listening

i did this here design for a client, but because i don't really listen too good or didn't ask the right questions it was not used...no biggie, i'll use it as flash or part of a t-shirt design.

jelly legs

so from the depths of the sea comes this badass motherfucken' b-boy jellyfish...not to be confused with the lochness monshta...stupid.

sorry for being lazy

soooooo, i tattoo or draw or paint everyday, but i don't update my blog everyday so for that i apologize. i try to only show you the tattoos that get me pumped, the ones that i love doing. i am trying to get recognized for a certain style of tattooing, thats why i post what i do, but unfortunately those tattoos only make up about 10% of what i do.

this right here is a sketch for a t-shirt. we have decided at the shop that all the talented artists that work there should do one design and then we can do limited run t-shirts. still need to color it, but hopefully i can have it done in the next few days.

so blah blah blah...look at what i can do. PEACE!

back to the grind

so i am back and back into it.

rawrrrr

i heart tentacles. this is adding to lyn's music stuff sleeve. the octopus is fashioned after the one from the dirty heads, which i am not familiar with, but probably wouldn't like because i don't like anything.

PEACE

bloody angels and bitches

here is what i did all day. i know what you're thinking and you are right, this is not much to do in a whole sitting, but unfortunately i have to give out the not so coveted hall of shame award. the hall of shame is reserved for clients that: a) smell like dirty laundry and/or cat piss. b) can't sit the fuck still. c) are socially awkward where having any type of conversation is not possible. d) tell me how to do my job. and e) "are we almost done?"...now you don't need to do all of these to be considered for the hall of shame and doing just one doesn't necessarily mean that you will get the award. it's on a per case/situation evaluation.

other news! going to banff next week! will be tattooing out of Perfect Image. can't wait. should be a lot of fun and maybe i can learn a few tricks from some amazing artists.

PEACE!

dirt mcgirt

today was the best day in my life! ODB!!!! so this guy comes into the shop and says i want an ol dirty bastard tattoo. i drew up this caricature and he said, "yeah, that's aight"...so this is what he got. also got to listen to the wu all day...yay!

zombie elvis

why would anyone ever want a tattoo of elvis as a zombie? because they are dope! here it is. still need to go in and do some radioactive nuclear greens, but this is what you get after about 6.5 hours.

i also noticed that if anyone actually reads this blog (which i seriously doubt), there is a lack of interaction...please let me know that you despise me or you would like to have my luv chillren. it makes the days go by quicker when i have hate mail to read.

PEACE!

robot dance healed

nothing new and exciting just had an opportunity to get a healed photo of robot doing the robot.

also because i can't take a decent photo if my life depended on it the very talented aly lenhardt took this photo. she works at the shop on the weekends...it's the best part of my work week. check out her blog, she's dopest in the world.

peace world! leave comments or die.

valentines day super trooper

tough as nails 7.5 hours...needs about another 1.5 hours. it's a caricature of her father playing the harmonica because he was cool.

happy saint valentines day to all you cool cats and jive turkeys.

bongos da monkey...lines

i only had time for lines, but i will get back to bongos in a couple of weeks. i got a shitload of cool stuff coming up, but i'm keeping it on the down low...need to keep you bitches on your toes. PEACE!

da-da-da-dj cycloctopus

sometime i get clients that have a simple idea...ie. two turntable and a microphone. i then take that idea and try to come up with the craziest most absurd imagery i can imagine. then i show the client and most of the time they are like, "what the fuck? are you a retard?", but when they don't say that, this is what they get. yay for me.

leave comments...even if it's just spam...i am desperate for attention:(

PEACE!

cap'n super trooper

so i inducted a new client into the super trooper hall of fame...7.5 hours of me having fun. i will do one more pass on the purple when i see him again at the end of the month and start the dirt mcgirt caricature/portrait.

i have said it before but i'll say it again, i have the raddest, raddest clients...peace, check me out tomorrow for the finishing (i hope) of dj cycloctopus. PEACE!

cap'n haddock

this one is being done tomorrow. something about tattooing angry sea-men that is a real turn on...for some peeps, not me though.

wa tah

fight...just lines though so really not much of a fight yet, but you wait.

on a totally not related topic i feel like shit...i think the sushi may have been undercooked.

and follow me on twitter, i am filled to the rim with useful information that will help you get layed: https://twitter.com/MichaelBrito

PEACE!

girls girls girls girls

this is for part of a tattoo...sketched out a few pretty ladies and these i feel made the cut. now i wait on the client to say yay or nay.

caricatures.

i love doing caricatures, maybe it's because i'm not so good at portraits or maybe i just like making people look fucked up...anyways, here are a couple that i have done recently and to sweeten the pot, i get to tattoo these as well.

first off we got that ol dirty bastard kid...love wu-tang, love hip hop, and the client is pretty dope too. i have spent about 1 1/2 hours on this, need to spend maybe another hour just to tighten it up.


here is a cleaned up drawing of my previous marilyn.

as always i encourage comments and criticism even if its, "you suck donkey balls, pack it up loser" whatever, just let me know that you're alive.

PEACE!

01/12/10 sketch dump

this is the first sketch for a forearm piece on a guy who trains brazilian jui-juitsu (spelling?) needs a few changes, but clients happy with the direction so far.



i get to do this little funky monkey tomorrow on a buddy of mine who plays drums.



and finally, first rough on a marilyn manson caricature for the shop babysitter and soon to be piercer Kristen!!! she already has two mansons on her done by my right hand man sean cushnie (check him out, he is sick, swine flu...you know) and am honored that she wants me to waste some space on her.

more tat-tat-tat fun tomorrow, hoping i can finish bongos the monkey. PEACE!

squideejay or dj cycloptopus

so here is the start of a lower forearm piece, it's a giant squid dj on a cat that been spinning records since he was 10 years old. he came in for a consult, wanted two turntables and a mic. this was the first thing i drew and the rest, my friends, is history.

stay tuned because i got some really fun bizarro shit coming up and if you feel like it maybe leave a comment/critique just so i know you're alive.

maybe tomorrow, i'll want to settle down, until tomorrow, i'll just keep moving on.

PEACE!

robot doing the robot

was able to finish this one up today and book some appointments for some solid shit.

going to try and post more frequently because i owe it to you...i'll put up some custom design tomorrow. PEACE!

chest bird.

this is the start of a chest piece. need more bird, background, worm and cowbell!

more from this in a month.

flea rhcp

did this on my buddy, sean cushnie, extremely talented tattoo artist and bass player. not finished yet, but we'll update it soon.

and since it is christmas eve i figure i would show the progress so far on a piece i started of a robot doing the robot...good thing i am such an expert on robots and the latest dance crazes...so that is it...BAHHHH-HUMBUG!

mo monkey

i love tattooing monkeys, but nobody, but this guy, wants monkey tattoos. the sketch for the client and the finished deal. peace.

sketches for upcoming tattoos

i have been doing a lot of pay the bills type of tattoos recently so i decided to post some concept sketches for some upcoming tattoos. top left corner is head study for zombie elvis. bottom right corner a monkey playing the bongos for my buddy simon who is a drummer. need to make the monkey's face more intense.

robot doing the robot. still needs a few changes, but get to do this one on the weekend.

quick concept for macfly.

this is one of those pay the bills type of tattoos.

some day someone will ask for a zombie sex scene and when that day comes, i will be ready.

PEACE!

tattoos i doos

this is a rad alien invasion sleeve that still need to get did.

this is on one huge mofo...he loves his mom.

a lil sugar i did up for a client.