Tattoo Compilation

Collin's Dandelion

Collin wanted a small dandelion in it's white phase on her wrist, as a tribute to her close friend. Too many people lately have been getting the "black-silhouette-dandelion-with-the-fuzzy-blown-petals-turning-into-birds" tattoo, so we opted for something authentic and unique. Executed entirely in opaque grays and white, I used a teeny tiny 3-needle liner for all the fuzzies. The head of the dandelion isn't much bigger than a quarter. Here it is!

Jubilee Weekend

Letting you know we will be open on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday of the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend. With all that time off work it'd be silly not to get tattooed! Also we have donated £100 in vouchers to the Kenton Gardens' Street Party, with all proceeds for the raffle going to The Samantha Dixson Brain Tumour Trust.
The street party starts at 12 on the Monday, so go down there for some fun, win big and then come spend it in the shop!

Angela's Vines and Flowers

Angela came to me a few years ago to get a vine piece that filled in the gaps between some existing butterflies on her side. But this year at Treehouse we made it even bigger! Now extending from her left hip to her right shoulder, it dips, twists, and flows perfectly up and around her body. We also added design to her existing ankle piece to tie all of her tattoos stylistically together. Here's the finished piece:

Andy's Hot Air Balloons

Andy has two young kids- Alana, and Gavin. On free days, their favorite thing to do is chase hot air balloons. They drive around until they can find one, and then try to get as close to it as possible. Andy's life has seem some tumultuous times recently, and his kids are his saving grace. So when he came to me for a tattoo design, we had the groundwork for an amazing piece. A balloon representing each of them, customized to their individual colors and patterns, breaking through a dark storm to the blue skies beyond. Here's the finished piece:

Below is a 360 of the piece, before it's final stages, with the original pencil sketch design, and the color mock-up:

New Work by Matt Decker and Brett Baumgart

Tattoo by Matt Decker

Tattoo By Matt Decker

Tattoo by Brett Baumgart "Johnny Cash"

Tattoo by Brett Baumgart

Tattoo By Matt Decker

Sleeve in Progress by Matt Decker

And a few from Joe

Unfortunately this year's State of the Art convention has been cancelled, so we're going to be looking at a few other ones and hopefully make it to one later in the year. It's a shame we won't get to see some of the friends we made at Derby again this year, but maybe next year we'll make it.

Here are a few of the things that have been keeping me busy, had a lot of great tattoos and customers in the past couple weeks, and have a lot booked in for next week as well.

I love doing really heavy black designs, especially roses