Isotope
-
Posts
133 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
13
Reputation Activity
-
Isotope got a reaction from Unkempt27 in Full Back Piece Experience Thread
My entire back itches like a lied down in a hammock over a cloud of mosquitos. It is the most itchy I have ever been during my healing of a tattoo.
-
-
Isotope got a reaction from FXRrich in Full Back Piece Experience Thread
More progress... this session was at the Austin Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival Convention. It was my first time being tattooed at a convention with so many people going through, I was nervous at first, but once the rubber hit the road, it was a lot of fun, and the distraction of all the people was a huge help.
-
Isotope got a reaction from FXRrich in Full Back Piece Experience Thread
I love this thread.
Thank you everyone here for sharing your journey so far. So much incredible work. This truly is a crucible, and it has really been sinking in more and more just how special it still is.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Vince in Your First Tattoo
My Grandfathers' WWII service serial numbers on each tricep after my first grandfather passed. They each pretty much raised me.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
So I wasn't expecting another large scale piece. But Steve Byrne loved my basic idea, and I DID specifically tell him, apparently, quote "go nuts".
I am a wreck this morning kids.
Link to video:
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Progress with Chelsea Kotzur... color next.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Started this little fella:
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Texas style devil sparrow, Charley Marquez at True Blue, ATX.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Little filler to pass the time between back sessions.
Chelsea Kotzur at True Blue in ATX.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
So this got started today. Kelly Edwards.
Three words for getting all that line work in one sitting: Fuck. That. Shit.
Worth every second of pain though!
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Goddamn Dirty Charley Marquez again. Sorry for the glare!
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
This was done by Charley at True Blue in ATX. This is absolutely the cleanest linework I have on myself and I am so stoked/humbled/honored by this tattoo. I apologize for the glare. Great Grandpa and Great Great Uncle were Azorean whalers that settled in New England shortly before the whaling bust. Great Grandpa turned to working in a rubber factory until he could start his own floral business in bristol RI, Great great uncle went from whaling to building fishing schooners and racing yachts with Hereshoff.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Kingdomhearts25 in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Nguzunguzu.
I did my PhD dissertation on the paleoclimate and oceanography of the Solomon Islands. They are smack dab in the West Pacific Warm Pool, one of the "heat engines" of the Earth's climate. They also sit under the largest perennial rainfall feature on earth, the South Pacific Convergence Zone. I spent a lot of time out there caving, sampling fossil corals, and hanging out in villages listening to villagers and elders tell amazing stories of the past, and depressing stories of the present; logging and overfishing are becoming epidemic.
In the Western Province, tribal warfare and headhunting raids were often conducted between the small islands, with warriors transporting themselves in large Tomoko war canoes. One of the iconic images of the Western Solomons is the figurehead that adorns the prows of these canoes: the Nguzunguzu. A guardian God carved of ebony wood and painted black, with v or z shaped shell inlay. The eyes are always open, on alert. They are mostly either depicted holding a head or a frigate bird. Frigate birds are merciless, hardy, seagoing predators that will not spend the night at sea. They hold a place of reverence in the West Pacific. When I got my diploma, I got this piece on my chest. The flowers are Dendrobium laevifolium, an orchid species native to the remaining Western Solomons primary rainforests.
The artist was Chelsea Kotzur at True Blue on Red River in Austin.
-
Isotope got a reaction from SStu in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Hands On in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Synesthesia in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Flo Ania in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from LittleKitty in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from Gingerninja in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from JAC1961 in Settled Steve Byrne full armpit to hip side
Settled close to a year I think? Neither of us could remember off the top of our heads.
-
Isotope got a reaction from littlefox1970 in Your First Tattoo
My Grandfathers' WWII service serial numbers on each tricep after my first grandfather passed. They each pretty much raised me.
-
Isotope got a reaction from bongsau in Full Back Piece Thread
One tiny little touch up/detail session left next month!
-
Isotope got a reaction from TattooedMumma in Your First Tattoo
My Grandfathers' WWII service serial numbers on each tricep after my first grandfather passed. They each pretty much raised me.
-
Isotope got a reaction from mtlsam in Latest tattoo lowdown.....
I have a lot of hours under VERY "heavy handed" tattooing (I hate that phrase), including one full rib panel (in progress) and a full back piece (finished). All I can say is that it's temporary, the stoke will carry you through, and it's worth it. You know you earned that shit. Don't let it scare you off. Tattoos are supposed to hurt!