Convention. Convention

The Nashville convention was a blast for me. I had a great time hanging out with the artists from Kustom Thrills, Black Bird, No Kings Tattoo and the other amazing artists that showed up at the con. I felt much more comfortable and prepared than I had been at the DC convention in January so must be getting something right ;)

I would like to say thank you to all who got tattooed at the convention for helpin to support the artists. I know I got to do some fun pieces on some amazing people.

Coming Soon to Nashville

The last weekend of the month I will be working at the Nashville Tattoo and Horror Convention along side many of my awesome coworkers from No Egrets.

If you are interested in getting work done at the convention get in touch with my through email (amazingly.cute@gmail.com) or the shop (931.802.8319) just ask for Heidi :)

Even of you aren't interested in getting some work feel free to check out all the fun happenings the convention has to offer and come by to say hi.

It's all about the lil' things

I have been hammering out lots of little pieces lately. These are just a few of the many that have come through and even though it wasn't intended I realized interestingly enough that the ones I just chose all happen to be on women. Go figure. :p

Final Session on mermaid with sharks

I never posted the final session of the Mermaid and sharks piece I was working on late last year. I would have loved to see it in color but still really enjoy it in black and grey. It's one of my favorite pieces to date that I've done. I hope to do many more in this kind of style in the future.

I have been wanting to do a price inspired by mandalas, Indian henna designs and some of the more current trends of stripling shading. Jennifer a repeat customer of mine brought in such a request. Today we did the first session on her arm. I am really looking forward to finishing it for her in a few weeks. :) pretty happy with my line work as well.

Under the sea, Second session

Still at work on Jay's shoulder but we are defiantly moving along. I am excited to continue working on it :)

Under the Sea, part II

We did a good long session of lining out Jay's shoulder and chest. The octopus was a ton of fun to draw. Really excited to start bringing these to life and really tie them together. The empty space between the shoulder and peck is where we'll be putting the remaining tentacles.

Give me something good

... To eat that is :) Jerimiah had me tattoo his arm pits furthering his bodily tribute to cartoon dogs before he moved back to Washington state. I wish him the best out that way. Knowing he will always get a good chuckle from his arm pits makes me feel like he'll do just fine.

Under the sea

Everything's wetter take it from me. -Sebastian the crab

This is a study for a tattoo I am doing tomorrow. Pretty excited.

Cash for Cash

Volunteered some time yesterday at one of my favorite shops in Nashville, Kustom Thrills.

The benefit went great. Turn out was awesome, tons of amazing art and goodies were auctioned off. Including a small watercolor I'd done earlier this year. At least 120 tattoos were done with all the proceeds going to help Cash, a little boy with brain cancer.

Best wishes to Cash and his family.

The pits

Silly lil' jobber for Jeremiah Smith.

What a girl wants...

Every straight girl wants flowers and good guy by her side. So, here are some flowers I finished on Jessica's shoulder yesterday. As for men...

These man ups embody all of those female fantasies. Not sure who did the man ups photos but they are amazing and I am sure I will be using them for inspiration in the future.

Now where did I put that stash of chocolate ;)

Traditional

Finished this ship on Rachel's thigh and started a sacred heart on Bart's neck. Pretty excited about both.

For My Sweetheart

This week I had two gentlemen come in to get something meaningful to them for their wives. Both we're interestingly enough also not from the area. Woody from LA got a cute take on Beans and Rice we came up with. While Joey from Orlando,FL got a single imag e from Norman Rockwell's Day in the Life of a Boy that we stylized a bit.

A bit behind

Man I can't believe how long it's been since I last posted. Shame on me as a blogger. I do have some fun goodies to show for my absence though so all is not lost. Enjoy some of the work from the past few weeks.

Cover ups

Been doing quite a few cover ups the past 2 weeks. I like doing them because they always leave you with a sense of accomplishment and pride knowing you helped make someone feel better about themselves through a lot of careful planning and hard work. Below is a sampling of some. I was able to get before pictures of all of them but the calla lily cover up. It was a cover up of an old english letter B on her wrist.

Newbies

Today I only tattooed first timers. Sadly I didn't get a photo of the first one of my appointments today but Michael got his favorite college team logo. Hurray for North Carolina State University!

The other two lady's got things on their sides and we total champs about it. I I am bummed I don't have a better picture of the cross but you get the idea.