This is on the son of the nice jewish man from the post below, also his first. Good way to start your collection.  The star is for dad and the cross for mom.

A tattoo for family is never a bad idea. This nice man came in with his family and a idea, he let me do it the way I wanted. Perfect client.     תודה לך אדוני

I don’t think you can ever go wrong with a Koi fish and some Japanese finger waves.  This guy here was with his friend and they both were in their “whites” from the night before, both stained from a long night of NY partying. True sailors, and the best part is during the tattoo, him and I exchanged what we each knew about the navy and its strong ties to traditional tattooing, the meaning of swallows, nautical stars, and classic images like that. I was impressed with his knowledge on the subject, it was great.  Good for him, its cool to see a young guy respecting some tradition.

Sometimes you can, pack 10lbs of shit into a 5lb bag. When a client comes in with a simple sketch and a open mind, well thats when magic happens.  Here is a fun tattoo from today at Wooster Street Social Club in Soho.

Its always a pleasure to tattoo someone who has tattoos by other tattooers that you respect.  In this case my friend Kevin here has a couple real nice tattoos from one of my favorite tattooers in New York City, my friend Damion Ross at New York Adorned.  Damion’s tattoo style is my favorite “The kind that look good and last forever, style” the way tattoos should look and be.

You can get a small sample of Damion’s work here   NyAdorned