Hey Gringo!

Holy Shit, Nikko Hurtado!

Mike does Gil

Mike DeVries does a wonderful Gil Elvgren pin-up

Feelin' Blue

Hannah Aitchison can make even the undead look hot.

Phat Neck

More lovely work from Tim Hendricks, especially the spiderweb detail.

Coverup

Coverup of an old hand-poked tattoo of a Centipede. Changed it into a Neo Tribalistic Dragon.

Electra-fying!

I love Carmen Electra (especially when she got snotted on by King Kong in the extras of Scary Movie 3*) so naturally I adore this perfect Mike De Vries portrait.

*Yes, I've seen the extras of Scary Movie 3. What of it?

Nice backpiece!

Simple but classy Dave Bryant pin-up.

Virgin Mum!

A classic Joe Capobianco pinup

A Picture-Perfect Portrait

Slyvester Stallone's favourite tattooist Mike De Vries with a stunning colour piece!

1st Tattoo Event

24th April 2008 @ Chillies - Immortal Nite.

This is the very first sponsored event by Immortal Tattoos @ Chillies.

Carlston (AcidCrue) and Myself checking up on the gear before I get it on !!

Getting Started...

Almost there...

The Final Product - Chucky in Dotted Works.

PS : Got too wasted to take more pics, but there will be more in upcoming updates. Hick* Hahaha !!

Diner-tastic!

Another vintage Jeff Gogue piece

Mervellous!

Superb old school mermaid from Clarity.

New School Swallow

Swallow tattoos once common among sailors years ago now seem to have been rediscovered and transformed into a new school style of tattoo. It is not uncommon to see some retro chick with swallow tattoos emblazoned across the chest, abdomen or even on the arms.

Sailors would have swallows tattooed as a sort of metaphor for finding their way, because the legend goes that if you were ever lost at sea if you saw a swallow you could follow it home. There are different versions of why people get swallows and can also mean a person has done time in prison or 'bird'.

Swallow tattoos seem to be popular with those into Rockabilly and are usually tattooed on either side of the neck for guys or across the chest or abdomen for chicks. The most famous person with this style of tattoo is Marc Almond of SoftCell fame a British group popular in the 80's and early 90's.

The traditional tattoo means: A sailor gets a set of swallows on his chest. The story goes if he or she drowns, the swallows come down and lift his soul to the heavens.

Chillies - Live Tattoo Show !!

Heart Wings

Had a customer coming in the other day, wanting to get something with hearts and wings and with his wife's and daughters' name with it. So I set up an appointment with him and... these are the results.

Enjoy !!

Doing Up the Line-Work...

Filling in the Names...

Half-Way there...

Pain Sets in after 2hrs into it...

Filling it up with colours..

This is what we get at the end of 3rd hour... Peace out !!

A Tartan Tart

Nice Scottish pin-up from Johanna this time, and I love the owl on her leg. Missing a can of Tennants Export though.

Johannother one

2nd Johanna piece today

Nighty Night

Thought that today I'd post a series of lovely pin-ups by Johanna of Bluebird Tattoo, Vasteras, Sweden.

Hey, good lookin!

Keith Ciamarello does a wonderful Gil Elvgren pin-up

Ahoy, there!

I love pin-up tattoos with tattoos! Such a good example from Clarity here...

You have to hand it to him...

Tim Hendricks is bloody good.

A Stitch n' Bitch, heh!

Another lovely Hannah Aitchison pin-up!

Shamrocks 'n' Shenanigans!

*hic* Nice old skool piece by Clarity *hic*

Don't Call Me Babe

A more conventional Sean Herman piece - a Pam Anderson portrait

Green With Envy

Another great example of Sean Herman's skewed use of colour. Either that or She-Hulk is looking better these days...

What was the Question?

Nice Sean Herman piece. I love his use of colour

Classic pin-up of the day!

Nice black n grey work from Rich Helton. I love the use of white highlighting in this - ever so subtle...