Emily's Johnny Cash Portrait

Emily wanted a portrait of Johnny Cash... a rare photo from his time hosting "The Johnny Cash Show." This was a fun challenge, because I don't have much experience with portraiture in tattoo, and it came out perfect.

Jim's Black and Grey Phoenix

Jim asked for a Phoenix that was unique. He liked both the bird of prey Anglo-Saxon phoenix, and the peacock-like phoenix from Asia. Not sure what direction to go, I decided to mix the two styles and added my own touch of prehistoric feel. Jim also asked that I incorporate a tribute to his two sons in the piece, so they are represented as two orbs in the claws of the phoenix. We had originally discussed this piece being in bright bold color. We started with the line work and initial grey shading, and kept an open discussion about the color during the first couple sessions. After a few attempts at color combinations, and a growing feel that it just needed to be black and grey, we let the piece be what it wanted, and knocked out the details in bold grey washes. Voila!

 The original sketch:

Bad News

Sorry to say that I'm back! I've been told there's been a few calls for me so if you're looking to continue work I'm here and ready, so get in touch. It's been a hectic couple of weeks but it's great to be home.

Some more bad news is that Eva will be moving on at the end of the month, so anyone looking to book in with her, her last day will be Thursday 24/11. She's moving to Greenford and we'll have more details in the coming week.

On a cheerier note, our 2nd Birthday Party is in less than a month's time on Friday 2nd December. We have a Badass DJ booked, a raffle to give away tattoo vouchers and lots more. If you want to help us celebrate then email getmein@accomplicetattoo.co.uk and you'll be added to the guestlist. There's no door charge and I'm going to look into getting some drink deals to get things merry!
It will be held at Trinity bar 378-380 Station Road, Harrow, HA1 2DE and will be from 8 - 11, and then the regular Trinity club night will carry on if you want to carry on as well!

Matt Decker Tattoo's

Look at the color! Just one more session to go on Missy!

Goodbye until November!

I'm going to be off on Tuesday until 10th November (but Jo and Eva will still be here), so before I leave, here's some things we've been tattooing recently.
Also, I'd like to thank everyone who got a RNLI tattoo, we managed to raise £100 for the charity and bang out a few nifty tattoos, so thanks for getting them done!

Joe

Finished Mauro's other half Sleeve, (he has this dragon koi on his right arm), well, it's almost finished, we still have the inside to do but it's good to get the dragon completed!

Had lots of fun tattooing this on Adrian, we're almost finished with this sleeve as well and should hopefully get it done on Monday.

Always good to tattoo a skull!

Hayden's first tattoo was definitely a brave start! Nice to do something a little different to what I usually do.