Even something as simple as a bar code can go wrong.

ps. Thank you all for your emails, and pictures, I'm sorry that I don't have time to reply. Most of the pictures you send me are pretty ugly but some of them lack the "horrible" factor so they land on the waiting list. Thanks for your support, and enjoy the tats !

Just some random tattoo done...

Regina must be proud, her badly written name on a pice of dough looks pretty sparkly on this guy's arm

ps. It's 501 post in this collection, I suck at noticing things like anniversaries and round number posts (And I didn't notice the 500 post yesterday), but hey, 500 is quite a lot 

My long time customer who is in progress of completing her blackwork sleeve, came in today to do another potion. I was given the green light to do what I feel like and that is every tattoo artist's dream come true.

Most times, its the customers who want to have certain kind of design on them, but on rare occasions, the tattoo artist gets to choose and do something they feel which is right for that individual.

I decided to mix 2 flavours into one - Polynesian and a Mandala to signify "wholeness" and used for ritual purposes.

Even though their beginnings may be linked to specific religious purposes, mandalas are popular with tattoo connoiseurs of all faiths.

I modified the Dharma Wheel: the eight hubs are a symbol of the Eightfold Path*, leading to perfection -

1. Right Belief

2. Right Resolution

3. Right Speech

4. Right Action

5. Right Living

6. Right Effort

7. Right Thinking

8. Peace of Mind through Meditation

Mandalas are particularly popular in henna tattoos. By definition, a mandala is any one of a variety of geometric designs that symobilize the universe. These designs are ritualistically used by Hindi and Buddist during to aid in meditation.

Now with a stick and a peace t-shirt + screwed proportions, wry face and some gratuitous ugliness