MERRY CHRISTMAS

Finally home with my family. Merry Christmas everyone. See you all next year! Now Im gonna have a well deserved vacation.

Grimm



ROLLIN'

It's been a hectic week. Sorry for not updating the blog, been sick and stressed out. Felt bad if the customers had to wait until next year to finish their tattoos, so the mask is on and the game is on!

I am leaving for Haugesund AKA Hell City in 6 hours to be with my family for the christmas. But first, this is what I've been doing lately;

Finished this cool and crazy colored own on Mari today. She wanted some unique colors on this design, and it was a lot of fun! 
It is on the side of her lower back. Eventually we will build more on it. Gonna be fun to do some more crazy stuff on the background and the other colorful creatures she wants!


Half heeled and half fresh in this pic. Better picture will come around when she is in the studio again and it's all healed up...


Yesterday Geggi was in. Not often I have the chance to do something on him because he lives far away, but it's always fun!  We of course continued on the japanese leg sleeve. Today we lined up a Geisha head with a katana through it.

So much fun!!! We also managed to do some colors on the sakuras and the background.. next time it will be loads of colors!!! And he also mentioned that he want's one of my black metal crazy rats on the other leg!! Stoked!

Even Candy girl came in to the studio to get some more color before Christmas.
The picture is just a little teaser of the sleeve. Will take a cool pic when I'm all done with the Epicness.

So, after all.. It's been a busy and productive week of sleeping, dragging myself to work, tattoo, draw and all other nice things I do everyday.

Hopefully I will get better soon. Now I'm off to Haugesund!
Gonna be good to see my family again. And get some nice home cooked christmas dinner!!!

So Merry Christmas to all of you!
See you next year!!!


Soundtrack of the day;
MAYHEM - Funeral fog

HELLDORADO

Still sick, but managed to get up and tattoo Mads today.

We touched up some stuff I did when I was an apprentice.. and I filled in his "bad ass leg" with a mini hanya mask! Fun! Would love to do more small japanese stuff!!!!
Not the best picture.. taken with my crappy mobile camera.. Will probably have a better one when it's all healed up and ready to shine! haha...

Other than that.. been very busy. This is just not the time to be sick..
Christmas soon, so I'm going home to my hometown the 22nd. Before that; one sleeve and two body suits has to be inked. So.. all booked up before christmas, but we do have gift cards at the studio, and then you will get 20% off! Good deal huh??

I will be back the 2nd of January. The studio opens again at 3rd. Starting to get very booked up in January, so if you wanna get some ink be fast!
ancientskintattoo@gmail.com


Me and Kaia will work in Steinkjer at studio XM3 from the 10th till' 16th of January. So if you live up in the north and wanna get tattooed, feel free to book also! Really looking forward to that week. Fun getting away from Oslo sometimes:)

Gonna be relaxing getting home and chill for a week now. Been a crazy year, and I have the feeling next year is gonna be insane! So many projects, travels and plans!

Here is a picture of Sveinung's leg I am doing right now. Bold lined old school japanese with a weird twist. Hopefully I will have time to book him in till' january again and get it done. Can't wait to take a picture of it and show you guys the whole thing!

Wish I could have projects like this every day!!!

We are also planning some cool weekends at the studio.. Pirate Saturdays!!!
As some know... I love pirates. Quentin, my boss is a pirate.. so.. what is better with a Saturday filled with Rum, pirate tattoos, pirate art and partying?
Nothing beats that.

Ship o hoy..
I'm going to bed.

Hopefully better tomorrow.


Live.Love.Tattoo



Soundtrack of the day:
CONCRETE BLONDE- Mexican Moon
(Really gets me through these days of sickness, and it makes me think of you.. yes you...)

SICK AND DESTROYED

It was so hard to get up this morning. Managed to get sick... So typical when you have so much to do. I am fully booked until the mid of January, so I can't really cancel anything now.

At least I had a fun piece to work at today. 

This is the second session on Daniel's phoenix. Still more to do, hopefully we will get it done next time in January.

Listening to Aerosmith and drinking tea, will try to get some sleep and hopefully get better till tomorrows customer!

Also, did some changes and updates to the "conventions" and "link" pages. Check em out if you care.

SKULLPTURES

Thank you kaia for getting thin one... Been wanting to make a fetus skull in color for a looooong time... of course she wanted some ornaments around, but think it looked really cool! One more session to go! fun!

FLOWERS ON THE WALL

ONLY DEATH IS REAL

Working on some new art!

Here is  little teaser;)

BLACKBIRD SINGING IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

Made this beautiful tattoo today on Heidi. A lot of fun! 

Tomorrow doing an owl! yeah! Lots of birds coming this week!

I love birds....

Check out the video of the session her: WILD BIRDS
Its in Norwegian, but cool video! Thank you Lene!

BERLIN TATTOO CONVENTION 2010

Me and Nick Morte from Lucky 7 tattoos in Oslo went to the Berlin convention this year, and it was crazy!

We arrived at wednesday, hooked up with Death Angel and Exodus for their show, drinking, hanging out and had a good time. It was cold. Tried to do some sightseeing, but the snow and wind made it kinda hard. hehe... At least we saw a little... 

The convention started at Friday.. it was huge! With new locations and a 20th anniversary, it was room for a lot of good artists from all over the world. Nice people, met so many artists I haven't seen for a long time....

Nick tattooed Gili Shani's neck. He is the photographer of Tatowier magazine... Looking forward to next issue!

Thank you Lucky 7 tattoos, Bob Tyrrell, Nick, Ed, Benjamin, Exodus, Death Angel and all the other great people who made this week a blast! Hopefully see you all next year or around the world very soon!!

RAVISHING GRIMNESS

Did a fun tattoo on Caroline today. Fellow metal head... and she was from my home town! rad.. hehe
Oh.. and she had a dark throne tattoo! How awesome is that!!!

A pretty painful session, but she sat like a champ;)

they call him Dr. Satan

A part of the zombie sleeve I'm doing on Dag. Really fun work today! Will continue with more in December. Yeah!

Rob Zombie is my hero..  have to watch this movie again soon.

Hopefully working tomorrow too... Love Sunday sessions;)

PHOENIX PART I :outlines

Started on this one today! A phoenix on
Daniel's back. We started with the outlines.. hopefully we will finish it next session if he can handle the pain!
... some nice colors and some smoky background... It's gonna be fun!!!

Mostly done freehand...
Maybe put some flowers in the background too, but we will see...
A lot of details here already.

Tomorrow I will continue a zombie sleeve.. a portrait is on the menu...
Some gory stuff! Hopefully the stuff I did last time has healed good so I can take a picture of it...

FIXING AND MIXING - GREEN DIAMONDS

So.. Jim came in with these little crappy diamonds...
I met him first time a year ago, and we started to talk about fixing them...

He is one of the prettiest guys in town, only... these little bastards kinda ruined his image. haha..

This is what you get if you go to somebody tattooing at home and doesn't know a shit about tattooing.
It happens to often...  People are coming in to the studio with crappy home made stuff that has a lot of scar tissue and just looks horrible....
Some of them are easy to fix, and some not...
Luckily for him and me, these were not that bad.. So after some drawing on his skin we made his arm look a little better!
Now you can finally wear short armed shirts again!

One more session on the colors, and you are done, babe.

Tomorrow Im starting on a phoenix back... Can't wait to post some pictures of the outlines!

SECOND SESSION ON THE KOI SLEEVE!

We did some of the background today... 

There is going to be some color in the koi fishes and the flowers.... 

A pretty long and hard session, but he sat like a hero! Thank you. Can't wait to continue, too bad he is busy until January.. hehe..

Other than that.. starting to get a little busy my self... A lot of stuff I have to draw up, new business cards, banner and sketch books are on its way. So stay tuned!

Some traveling too....

LINE DRAWINGS FOR SALE SOON!

Putting together some of my line drawings for sale soon!

Got some requests from the States, so hopefully it will be done at end of this month.

Stay tuned for pictures and updates!

There will be a limited print only. 

Will be sold at the studio, at conventions or by e-mail.

NEW DESIGN

VOODOOCONVENTION: New Orleans 2010

We had a blast!
I'm in love with New Orleans!
Here is a tattoo I did on another tattoo artist at the convention:

Danny saw a sketch I had done.. and I drew this rose up to him...

I had a blast! So much fun to do...

I think it did hurt a litttle by looking at his face;)
See you next year Nola!

LOVE THE PROFESSION PART II

Finally got to put on some color in Candy girl's tattoo!

As I said earlier; she is a hair dresser and hair stylist... and one of my bestest friends...

Think you all should check out her blog!

http://elisabethwestby.blogg.no/

NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION SOON!

Still have an open place at the convention in New Orleans this Halloween!
So if you wanna get inked or just say hi to me and are nearby... Check out the Art & Soul booth!

Booking at ancientskintattoo@gmail.com

FOR DOMINIK

Dominik! Here is your sketch!
Still some changes I need to do with it.. I added some horns on the cage just to give it a little personality, but Im gonna change them a little so they will grow out behind it instead...

I though about colors too;
Blood red roses, dark green leaves, a gold and old rusty cage, the harlekin clown in Orange/purple (and more details in the clothes/suit) just to make some contrast.
I think it would look wicked as hell!!!
The rest of the background we will do freehand so it will fit perfectly to your arm!

Hope you like it....
xxxx

AT ARMS LENGTH

Finished the ten armed squid today!

I had so much fun!

 

I freehanded a ten armed squid on his arm..

3 sessions I think. So much fun to work on you, man... many nerdy conversations! haha..

Would love to do more freehand.. it really flows with the curves of the body...

So cool when people really trust you and make you do whatever yu want. Thnx!

BRINGER OF STORMS

Max Morbid from BREED and Hellish Outcast had an appointment today....

Straight from the airport and in to the studio to get his ribs done;

 

The whole piece is inspired by the work of Paul Romano, and is taken from two albums of the band Hate Eternal... 

Check it out on Paul Romano's page.... 

He has also done the art for Trivium, Mastodon and a whole lotta cool bands out there, and is amazing!

I think we started planning this one 2 years ago when I was very fresh... and I was stoked to finally start on it!! Thank you so much for the trust!

ALWAYS GOOD TIMES WITH YOU..

SUNDAY SESSIONS

I love working sundays! So quiet and relaxing... and I don't waste the day of just being home hangover or tired. haha..
So I started on Wiennas thigh... a big piece. She has been walking around with bloodlines there for a year now, waiting for the tattoo artist to come back and finish it, but now she asked me to finish it, and since it was only lines I said yes. A really fun picture... But I will wait to post it, because it doesn't look finished at all..

Wienna took a picture of me in the studio.. 

Yes Im a star wars nerd! haha

Anyways.. if anybody wants to get some work on sundays.. let me know.!

ancientskintattoo@gmail.com

BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE

Just a little taste of something that will may turn into something. So relaxing to draw and be creative again!!!!

ACID TRIP

Tattooed Kenneth AKA Slim today. Crazy eyes. Crazy skull...

LOVE THE PROFESSION

Did the outline on my Candy girl today..

She is a hair dresser, and she has been thinkin' about doing something that shows that for a long time, and since I didn't have any customers today, we found out to just do it!!!

It's gonna be fun to put in some nice colors in here!!! Hopefully in two weeks;)

CICADA

Did a lot on Sveinung's leg last time he was in the shop.. starting to look good!!!
Lot's of nice colors and BLACK!!!!

SOME UPDATES FROM OSLO ROCK CITY

So... drawing at 5 in the morning... not always the smartest thing to do... but sometimes I wake up and get really creative... This was the sketch for a Koi sleeve I had to do...

And this is the result from the first session... Next time we will shade in the background.. and then after that.. colors in the kois and flowers. So much fun!
Thnx for the trust... Can't wait to continue on this one!!!!

DAY 3 AT KARMA

Made a cool one on Marius. He is born as a Gemini.. so I made two twins.. haha... oh.. and one of them is tattooed with the Gemini sign on her arm.

He sat like a hero the whole session!

WORKING AT KARMA TATTOO THIS WEEK

KARMA TATTOO, HAUGESUND, NORWAY



This week I will work at Karma Tattoo in Haugesund.
Haugesund is where I grew up. A small town on the west coast of Norway.
I have to say... I think this is Norways most sexy studio.. haha... all black metal...
So relaxing listening to Windir while working...
The reason why I came here was because I allready have a lot of customers here, and since I allready knew the people there well, they let me work there. So much fun!




Yesterday I continued on a sleeve on my fellow dreadhead, Reidar.
We did a cover up with a koi some months ago in Oslo, but since its easier for him to travel to Haugesund, I did an Oni warrior this time. Still one more session to go.
Cant wait to put some color in there!



Today I made an awesome one on Hallvard, I allready did a lot on his arm.. Today we made an old school microphone and some roses.. fun stuff!
Hope to do more of stuff like this in the future!
He will be back on Friday to do the other side of the arm. He sat like a champ!

Tomorrow I will do a kick ass piece on a leg.
Updated will come!

Until then... Stay Grimm.

Soundtrack of the day; DEATH ANGEL- Devils incarnate

CHINESE SILK PART 3

Finally got done with Heges thigh and leg...
Looks awesome.. Will post a better picture when it is all healed up...
Thank you for a fun project!

MERRY APOCALYPSE

Made this awesome and fun tattoo on Floyd...
It was made on his denim west with just pens... and I copied on to his knee.. so much fun!
Heres a picture of it healed... grafitti style...

VIDEO FROM THE NORWEGIAN NEWS PAPER...

MARKED FOR LIVE...

http://www.dagbladet.no/tv/index.html?clipid=35141

Just push the link and watch:)

DID SOME MORE ON THE JAPANESE LEG SLEEVE

Sveinung has to be one of my favorite customers. Big stuff, he sits like a champ everytime, and I can basically do whatever I want on the design; with of course some ideas from him.

This time we took 2 days in a row! Started with the upper part, the thigh, the geisha face and hanya. After some hours his skin was really sore, so we continued with the lower part the next day.



With this speed, we might get it done in a couple of months... but big things like this takes time!!!
I would love to do some more japanese/oriental. I really love the designs, the flow, and how it works with the body.
Just so beautiful and classic. Never goes out of style.




We found out to make a cricket on his lower part. Uts gonna be colored green and brown... I always wanted to make one.. so I loved his idea!



And some more news:
I am going to New Orleans in the end of October.
The Voodoo covention will be at the Halloween weekend; 29-31th of October. And I will stay there for 2 weeks.
I you wanna get some work done, send me an e-mail on ancientskintattoo@gmail.com
I am almost fullbooked at the convention, but will be glad to take appointments during the week too;)