Gift Vouchers

For anyone interested in buying Gift vouchers this Christmas, we sell the £20 vouchers either in the shop, or we accept Paypal as well.
For Paypal orders we will send them off to you via registered post, so they will be guaranteed to arrive before Christmas if you order up until 20th December. Please send however much you want in vouchers (in multiples of £20), plus an additional Pound to cover postage to - Joe@accomplicetattoo.co.uk. Also include the name for who will be using the voucher and your name and address in the notes.
They make great presents for anyone interested in getting tattooed, or for people who are already regular customers here!

Almost Christmas!

Stuck for ideas this Christmas? Why not buy those special people in your life an Accomplice Tattoo gift voucher?! Or if you're after a tattoo yourself then start dropping some (massive) hints to friends and family! Over the Christmas period we will be open up to and including Thursday 22nd, and then we will reopen on 28/29/30, closed again for the New Year and back to normal from the 3rd.

Joe

This is the start of a butterfly, rose and wave sleeve I've got on the go. Going to end up really bold and colourful

This was a last minute design I drew up for Stacey, I love doing women's faces so this was a real treat

This was a great walk in to do, quickly drew up a pocket watch with the date and initials and finished it in black & grey

And I got to finish off Tom's owl when I got back from the States, the bottom half is fresh and the top is healed up

Thank-you to everyone who came to the birthday party last week, We had a great time and the Performers and DJ were awesome. Looking forward to next year now, and for all of you who missed out...

Hi to Andy

We've been busy recently with decorating the studio and preparing for the party on Friday. Eva started out at her new studio last week (www.inksanetattooparlour.co.uk).
We'd like to welcome Andy to the shop, He's been tattooing for a long time now and he's worked in Wembley, South Harrow and most recently Watford, so he's familiar with the area. He's starting this Friday the 2nd, and will be here every week from Weds-Sat. Here's some of his work, and any idea you have he'll be able to help design something amazing for you.

If you want to book in with him then just give us a call at the studio and we'll sort it all out, or just come drop by. See you all at the party on Friday!

Allison's Journey...

Allison has a very old tattoo of a tribal unicorn on her lower back. It's still there... but you can't see it any more ;)

I met with Allison over a year ago about her tattoo cover-up/rework plan. She wanted to incorporate a tree, and the runic symbol for "journey" (the R-shaped symbol on the top right). Here's the first design I worked up for her last fall:

 She was unsure about the design, and we lost contact for little while. Over the course of a year, tragedy struck in her life and her brother suffered serious injuries from an accident. He continues to make a miraculous recovery, and when Allison and I reconnected about her tattoo idea, it had taken a new direction. Her idea had focused on the journey she had been on in life, and the gratitude she felt for the course it had taken. She asked me to incorporate the respective phrase in Sanskrit. I took the phrase to my good friend Michael who is fluent in Sanskrit for an accurate translation. Here's the final sketch for Allison before we put it on her:
 

Below is an alternate design I came up with for Allison during the time between meetings. She liked it, but wasn't set on keeping with the original unicorn theme.

Gretchen's Cherry Blossoms

Gretchen wanted to tell the story of her life through a Cherry Blossom Branch. The dried petals blowing from dead branches of hard times in the past, to the lush, vibrant change with the birth of her daughter, to the new, budding future that lies ahead. An elegant piece for an elegant woman. I hid a butterfly cocoon on one of the branches for her daughter, Piper... can you spot it?

The original sketch:

Zed's Celtic Dragon and Seal

Zed has a whole lot of Celtic blood running through his veins. He wanted a design that would be a seal of protection, a tribute to family, loyalty, and respect, and guarded by a blue dragon. We took a non-traditional approach to placement, with the dragon's head wrapping over the front of his shin, and balanced it out with the weight of the tail on the lower left.

The original sketch: