Tribal Designs

Mga tribal designs na ginawa ko para kay ariel ng cruz creations tattoo. sarap laruin ng designs na to. parang kabayaran ko ito sa kanya bilang pasasalamat sa free education ko sa kanila para maging isang tattooist. exercise ko na din ito tungkol sa tattoo designs. madami pa akong dapat matutunan pero i'm getting there.

i did my second tattoo last week on nancy. thanks nancy for letting me practice on you. medjo nahirapan ako sa second tattoo na ito dahil ninerbyos ako. nanginig ang aking kamay sa kaba pero binigyan pa din ako ni nancy ng b+ na grade. akala ko c ang grade ko pero hindi. sabi nya e mas worse ang second tattoo na ginawa nya noon. post ko ang picture soon.

Paru-Paro

matagal ko nang ginawa ang paru-parong ito. isa sa mga una kong projects nung bago ako dito sa america. cubist ang style. nakita ito ng aking pinsan na si david sa aking website. nagustuhan nya at kinumisyon nya akong gumawa pa ng isa. i still enjoy doing these types of art. basta't tungkol sa drowing ay ayos sa akin.

ika nga ni man ray ay wala kang dapat masamang tinapay sa mga nag dro-drowing kasi never silang makasakit ng kapwa. di daw gaya ng mga engineers o arkitekto na kung pangit o mali ang design ay maaring mag result into a disaster.

ang sarap magdrowing! sana makatagpo ako ng isang bilyonaryong aampon sa akin at sa aking pamilya upang magdrowing na lang ng magdrowing habang buhay.

eto yung luma...





















at eto naman yung bago...

Painter

pinag mat-alan ko itong painter software dati pa. problema ko wala akong pambili kaya pinirata ko na lang. galing ng mga brush textures nya. parang totoo. narito ang sampol. gamit ko ang wacom pad at painter 8.

Cholo's Eyes

I met cholo at the cow palace tattoo convention. he got his eyelids tattooed at that event. he's a super nice guy. thanks for the pic cholo.

The Emperor's New Clothes

Bawal Ang Mangga

a new and foreign virus arrived in North America via New York

Foreign rabbit virus contained in four states. At press time in late
August, the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Animal Disease
Diagnostic Laboratory

SARS, the Ebola virus, and mad cow disease wreaked

Samples of pandemic flu virus found in
3 foreign warehouses of shipper

this mosquito-borne virus had only been found in
parts of Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East

and no foreign virus types were detected in the United States

When the deadly SARS virus struck China

Filipino Tattoo Flashes

here are 2 sets of flash that i did. one is a set of philippine flags, suns and philippine maps combined. a lot of pinoy tattoo enthusiasts want this. a sign that filipinos doesn't like losing their sense of pride. they may be american citizens but that's only in paper.

i remember when i took my oath to become a us citizen. they want me to swear and take out any kind of allegiance to my former country and beliefs... i raised my right hand spoke what they want me to speak and forget everything afterwards. haha. that's bull. you cannot take my 30 years of experience being pinoy in an instant. sorry i cannot eat your stupid burger all my life... i still want RICE and something to go with it!!!

the next one was based on ariel's (cruz creations tattoo) suggestion. i did a set of pinoy warriors from lapu-lapu to sakay. i don't see anynody having this yet. not sure why.

My First Tattoo Victim

yelow boys en gels,

kennedy said i did a good job for my first tattoo. it wasn't easy as i thought. now i have more respect for tattoo artists.

my first problem was keeping the lines straight. keeping your lines straight is one of the basics and the most important. this is the first thing they look for in a good tattoo. good thing billy recommended that we buy a pig skin first for practice. we went to a vietnamese market and they gave us the pig skin for free. if we didn't do this kennedy might have killed me.

the tattoo machine was heavy plus it vibrates and it will take me more practice to get used to it. add my tension to that and that equals crooked lines. it took me 3 hours to do my first tattoo. we did three stencils before putting it in the right place but we were happy with the result.

i guess you noticed the kennedys... john, jackie and robert are the name of kennedy's (my friend) children. jackie and robert was an existing tattoo on kennedy's arm. we just added john to it. he was born recently. we tried to match the lettering style from the existing tattoo and i guess it came out okay for a first time.

it was a coincidence but guess what kennedy's wife's name is? - caroline. haha.

thanks ken for letting me use your skin!