UPDATE FROM THE STUDIO

Been some hectic days lately. Been tattooing a lot, and is finally starting to get booked up for a while!! So, I will probably stay in Oslo without traveling for a while. There is nothing more I love than just drown myself in tattooing. It's what I love, and lately, the only thing that keeps me from going crazy at these crazy Oslo times.

Latest news is, we are redoing the whole studio at Art & Soul. I am moving away from down in the basement, and will have a new nice working place next to Quentin upstairs. Bigger shop, gonna be a blast!!!

Been starting a lot of cool projects lately, This one is a backpiece in making. Mostly gonna be freehand, but I managed to at least finish the birds. More pictures will come after next session... Stay tuned!!!!

Another cool project I started on last week is on one of the nicest girls I've met. She wanted two almost full sleeves with maori tribals. No symbols, no meanings, but only decorative patterns. Not what I really do, but I was really stoked when I started to draw it up. Putting together a lot of details, and just the picture in my head of this girl with two sleeves kicked my brain into this:

First session, bad ass!

Doing three cool projects tomorrow! Stoked! So now I gotta go to bed...

My vacation starts on Tuesday. Doctors order I guess. Will go home to my parents on the west coast. Draw, hang out with my grandma, surf and just basically relax.

Will try to update my blog when I am there;)

Other than that, my lists are starting to fill up pretty fast, so If you want an appointment during the fall you should be fast!

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TATTOOING THEBON FROM KEEP OF KALESSIN

I was lucky enough to do the first tattoo on one of my favorite singers from Norway; Thebon from Keep of Kalessin. A band I've been fan for so long, and is very glad to getting to know them. Always a lot of fun and good times.

As most Kalessin fans know, they are obsessed with dragons! I mean... obsessed.

So we made a cool tattoo on his arm, ripped off skin and dragon skin underneath!

Thnx for the good time, and I will se you around on tour!

Hopefully not to long until I will see them live again;)

Here is the result after about 5 hours:

Check out one of their videos!

HIGH FIVE

 Finally got to start on this chestpiece on Chris since my other customer cancelled.
Probably one of the coolest owls I have ever made and I am so stoked on starting with the color!

Gonna be evil as hell with loads of black, some purple, green... yellow.. everything!
The background is also gonna be crazy!

Thank you for letting me do this one...

Here is the original sketch;

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A BLOODSWORD AND A COLDER SUN

Just wanted to share.. one of the most beautiful texts in the world.... 

by Mayhem; A bloodsword and a colder sun... Have been inspiring me since I was young... simply magic...

Enter now my palace of sacrificial guilt

On the axis of the killing fields of Judas

Into the void of juxtapositioned emptiness

My kingdoms are for the few

As in beauty are for the few

I know the future the past has evaporated

Exhibit the beast of pale complexion

The war of a millennia has passed away

Colder is the sun that fades in the distant

Brighter the bloodsword running red

Inside your mind there is a battleship

Drawing of my mum

SICK OF THE SICKNESS

Been some hectic weeks! Went straight over to Haugesund after Bergen convention to hang out with my family and do a little work at Karma Tattoo.

Been sick, tired and a little bit burned out lately. Simply too much to do and to little time.
I love traveling around.. but hopefully I will stay in Oslo for a while now. Need some rest....Or maybe a little holiday? hehe...

Did some cool projects over in Haugesund...
Did more on the Fetus Skull sleeve on Malene.. probably a little session left to get the last details and some more on the inner arm... Really fun to do this one!! Can´t wait to see it all done and take a nice, proper picture of it. This summer maybe...

Came back to Oslo early Saturday morning, me and my little suitcase. haha...
Got picked up at the airport, got some breakfast, then straight to the studio to do The Pirate Saturday!!!

"My life in a box"

Did a cool freehand old school swallow on Brede.  Not often I do freehand old school, but it was a lot of fun!! Since my arm is really fucked up from working too much lately, I only did 2 tattoos this Saturday. But I´m loading my batteries for the next one to work my ass off;)

So many cool projects to start on these days!

Jørgen from my hometown was in town recently, and we were able to do more on his back...

Freehand huuuge skull!!! Lot´s of details and background to take place, so lot to do still...

Will try to get better at blogging.. I know I´ve been slow lately. Sick and destroyed basically...Other than that, just have to post this picture of a gift from Dagfinn at Karma! Bring the Good old Black Metal days back and keep it OLD SCHOOL!

Grimm...