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!!!!