Bart Bingham Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 the people i draw the most influence from when doing Ladies are Chris Conn and the best of all time in my opinion Bob Wicks. outside of tattooing I go to paper fairs and buy lots of vintage prints of lady illustrations ie post cards, posters, magazine etc etc. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-4990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hyena Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I second Bob Wicks. Also my favorite of all time. I only have small pics of his shit, but I have seen a few originals in person and I'll say this, if those things were released tomorrow they would still be ahead of their time. Seriously good. Fancher 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-5020 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I really love the Bob Wicks ladies as well. Recently I was looking at a piece of Mike Malone flash titled "American Girls" which I really liked. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-5046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petri Aspvik Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 I really like Stoney St. Clairs ladies. The hair looks like out of a 50' rockabilly hand book and I havent really seen anyone (or at least can remember) who does them like him. Only one I found online. Stoney St. Clair Ladies Flash Then Theo Mindell is someone I second, and also would like to ad Marco Cerretelli. But Theo is maybe my all time favorite in any type of style Theo Mindell tattoo pictures He is THE MAN. Jack Wier 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-5050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 lately i have been really into how owen jensen, joe lieber, bert grimm ect. used to draw women. chubby and sort of off. it has a stripped down visceral quality to it. i really like the more fancy stuff everyone above has been doing as well but for some reason the older style stuff really speaks to me. semele, Aaron Francione, Dan Martin and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 obvious lieber influenced some pretty heavy hitters after him but it seems his name is often left out. one of the greats in my opinion. Machcekborrach, Aaron Francione and Lochlan 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Boyer's photos make a strong argument. Guy named Jim LaPorte sold his extensive Lieber collection a couple years ago, and the pin-up sheet two photos above was $1600. A chunk of dough, yes, but a very fair price, considering the obvious influence Lieber had on Jerry, who's sheets go for three times as much. If anyone's interested in LaPorte's high-quality book of his collection, I can pass on his email. It goes for $250, I think, but it's sizeable, and fucking dope. Brooks turned my bud Kyle on to it, and we swooped on what we could and couldn't afford. Brooks got a couple great sheets. The Scott Harrison fish girl tattoo above is on SBoyer, and is flash from the Lieber sheet I went into more dumb debt for. My bud Kyle saw a picture of that Harrison/Lieber piece and said "That tattoo is perfect." Fucking strong. Back to girls: There's tons of good girl head stuff that leans more towards the realistic, too. Sboyer just turned me on to Jose Lopez. Very impressive. My blind ass was also just made aware of how good Lenherr's girl busts are, as well. Jason Brooks does excellent girl/rose heads. I fully agree that Uzi's a very good tattooer, too. Conn is obviously outstanding. I slid ass first into a pile of sugar when I got that Rock of Ages (pictured under the ROA thread) from him on my thigh in 2003. I was just getting my feet wet as a collector, and luckily picked up on how good he was when I flipped through his book at Temple the previous year. One thing that's impressive about his art is that it appeals to people who're new to looking at tattoo art (like me in 2002), but continues to reveal deeper layers when viewed by a more experienced eye. That's when tattooing truly becomes "art", in my opinion. The apex of this dynamic is reached when staring at a Van Gogh, Kawanabe Kyosai, Soga Shohaku, or Kano Hogai painting or print. Fuck, every time I look at the Van Gogh print on my wall at home I get tractor-beamed into some aspect of his holistic vision that I never noticed before. Hokusai, too. Hell, I can ogle Mike Malone's shit all day, as well. He was real into Soga Shohaku and Kano Hogai. Go figure. Speaking of traditional tattooing that is true art, look at Richard Stell's tattooing. I was beyond dumb-lucky enough to get a couple tattoos from Mike Malone when he was around, and wish I had done the same with Ed Hardy and Higgs when they were tattooing. To people who dig my Malone tattoos (and covet the experience of getting tattooed by a dude like that), I say get tattooed by Stell. Eddy Deutsche is tattooing in L.A, too. He's another one who's tattooing is true art. RockelMan, s33ktruth, sboyer and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6686 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Those Lieber sailor girl acetates are damn good. On another note about the source of references and influences, last time Lehi tattooed me I asked him if he liked Wido de Marval's tattooing (he works with Leu in Switzerland). Lehi said he'd never heard of him. I asked him whose Japanese-derivative tattooing he paid attention to. He said "No one's, really, I just look at the old Japanese stuff. That's what all these tattooers are trying to do, anyway." Reminds me of the Mike Malone letter to Keith Underwood that was published in TAM a few months ago. Malone adminished Underwood to "Look Look Look" at how Jerry executed his flash. He emphasized Jerry's formulaic approach to drawing archetypal images. Same thing as Lehi looking at Yoshitoshi, Kuniyoshi, or Horiyoshi II. I'd guess that Chris Conn's work, as distinct from someone like Jerry's as it might seem, relies on a very similar formula. Nicholas Santistevan, kylegrey, Jake and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Someone who i feel deserves recognition in this thread as his lady heads really define a generation is black and grey virtuoso Jack Rudy.His pretty doll-faced girls are so sweet yet savage at the same time upholding Tattoolands mantra "often imitated never duplicated " Particulary i love his big haired 80's girls which considing the period can hardly be remembered for it's style ,look better to this day . Brady and Lochlan 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hyena Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 This thread is awesome. Nicholas Santistevan, AlannaCA and Perez 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6730 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Those Rudy girls are excellent. I like the "Mooneyes" Rat Fink on the girl third from the right. Dope. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougetheeyes Posted February 12, 2011 Author Share Posted February 12, 2011 This thread is awesome. Hhahaa was just about to post this exact same thing. Need to take some notes here.. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sboyer Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Someone who i feel deserves recognition in this thread as his lady heads really define a generation is black and grey virtuoso Jack Rudy.His pretty doll-faced girls are so sweet yet savage at the same time upholding Tattoolands mantra "often imitated never duplicated " Particulary i love his big haired 80's girls which considing the period can hardly be remembered for it's style ,look better to this day . man that 1st and 2nd sheet are great! the lady with the skulls in the hair is killer. i would love to have rudy tattoo something like that on me. i really like the lady with the big hair on the far right on the 2nd sheet as well. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylegrey Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 man that 1st and 2nd sheet are great! the lady with the skulls in the hair is killer. i would love to have rudy tattoo something like that on me. i really like the lady with the big hair on the far right on the 2nd sheet as well. Love that skull haired lady kinda reminds me of a peacock also with the shape of the hair .I just bought that flash from someone in New Zealand ,go figure ;guess they must have lost all their L.A. privileges . Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Go under "tattoos" and check out the ROA (photo #1) and girl head rose (photo #8), among others: Jason Brooks Tattoo - Austin, Texas The way Brooks does girly eyes is what compelled me to get this: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=578681696&aid=177091#!/photo.php?fbid=400781836696&set=a.400181946696.177091.578681696&theater (Rose of No Man's Land 5th from the end amidst Brooks' photos is very strong, too.) Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Pretty much everything that Jason does is killer. On your facebook you have a photo of Carlos Truan's back. Carlos is a friend of mine, and the first time he showed me that tattoo I almost shit. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeRnDoG Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Rose Hardy does some nice girls. She tattoos out of Chapel Tattoo in Melbourne,Australia. Check her blog out ROSE HARDY Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-6965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Shachtman Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Truan's back may be the best traditional backpiece I've seen. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-7019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnPorter Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 My buddy David Bruehl- who works out of Oklahoma, does really amazing Ladies. I scoured his blog and couldn't find a few pieces that I love, but I pulled up this piece that I watched him put on in Wisconsin a few years back. I love the way he does noses; that's always a dealbreaker for me on lady head tattoos. Bad noses. Lochlan 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-7027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochlan Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I was looking around Sarah Schor's (New York Adorned) blog tonight and saw these ladyhead tattoos that grabbed my eyes so thought I'd share. I really like the one with the hijab as it is a first for me to see this kind of girl tattoo. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romance & Worship Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 i too like a lady head to be real dark around the eyes with a good amount of color/make-up to contrast on the face and eyelids. i like 'em too look real old and even withered. more black in the hair the better. and if you want to through in some sort of exotic nose or something like that, i'm way down. with that being said, i also really like bailey hunter robinson's girls, especially when he puts a rose in there. cris cleen also does some very original girl heads that i think are very cool. i am a big fan of everybody at spider murphy's but i really like paul dobleman and stuart cripwell's lady heads, and i wear one by matt howse. grez and eric jones(goldrush) also do awesome lady heads! for something a lil' different i love bart bingham's girls. gougetheeyes 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romance & Worship Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 that first sarah schor tattoo lochlan posted above is one of my faves!!! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie Vargas Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Someone who i feel deserves recognition in this thread as his lady heads really define a generation is black and grey virtuoso Jack Rudy.His pretty doll-faced girls are so sweet yet savage at the same time upholding Tattoolands mantra "often imitated never duplicated " Particulary i love his big haired 80's girls which considing the period can hardly be remembered for it's style ,look better to this day . i finally got a big boobied girl from jack at milan and i couldnt be happier with it, i love his stuff, his girls and skulls best though Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah schor Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 i can vouch for that valerie as i was lucky enough to see it in the flesh....i love it. jack rudy is amazing. not to mention your good self. i love that black and gray lady you posted on your blog recently. beautiful work. ...and thank you for your kind words lochlan and romance & worship.... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8607 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romance & Worship Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 that's one of the coolest tattoos i've seen recently. i love your work and hope to visit you in NYC in september, for my first trip to the big city. sarah schor 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/258-lady-heads/?page=3#findComment-8623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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