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so, over the last two days i have probably gotten more emails than i have gotten in the last 6 months combined. i am still in process of responding to all of them, and am about 90% through the pile. a lot of the emails are for... See more » so, over the last two days i have probably gotten more emails than i have gotten in the last 6 months combined. i am still in process of responding to all of them, and am about 90% through the pile. a lot of the emails are for commissions that i am really excited about. so my plan now? finish a commission a day, while still doing my client work. so far (as in today) it has worked fine, but i assume i am going to collapse from exhaustion, or my hand is going to be permanently deformed by the end of this. one of the reasons i have requested that most of the commissions be in black and white, is my desire to brush up on my inking skills. i feel that over the last few years my ability to use a brush has declined greatly, and i am hoping that practicing every day with these commissions will help me out a lot. a handful of these commissions (both tattoo and wall art) are simply "draw whatever you want", which while at first seems incredibly daunting, have ended up being a lot of fun. this was done for the amazingly talented and beautiful Jenna Sunde, who commissioned me for a wall piece. this while not really a commission, was done for an old friend in celebration of his son's birth. so a question that has come up a lot over the years, is why am i so picky about doing tattoo designs? it's not really a matter of being picky i guess. i think a lot of people assume that i am just generally against tattoos, which is pretty funny considering the fact that i myself am rather heavily tattooed. tattoo art is a huge inspiration to me, and i have the utmost respect for tattoo artists (and half the time wish i was one myself). quite honestly the real reason i usually decline offers, is i don't really think my work is up to par with something you would want on your body for the rest of your life. there are a lot of things to regret, and i can only hope that my work is not one of those things for people....hell, i have the name of a watercolor brush tattooed on my hands for the rest of my life, i know a thing or two about tattoo regret. an ex-girlfriend of mine once said that you can never regret a tattoo, because they can only remind you of who you once were. now i would like to point out that this ex of mine is completely covered in tattoos of my work, and i would bet my right leg that she is regretting it now. i am a firm believer in being able to be ashamed of who you once where. but in reality, i love doing tattoo work. there is something so simplistic and beautiful about it all...i just have to ignore the fact that people actually get them done. i also have come to the realization that my line work is ridiculously hard to replicate with a tattoo machine. i know of a few people who can do it well, all of which i can count on one hand (though, obviously there are probably a lot more). i hope this kind of explains my trepidation about tattoo designs in the past. but, thats the past. i have done a handful of designs over the last year or so that i am extremely proud that people actually have gotten. my dear friend rachel (co-gallerista of The Lloyd Dobler Gallery) asked me to design a tattoo of a water tower for her....and after a lot of complaining, i did this: she got it done later by esther garcia here in chicago. esther is an absolute genius when it comes to tattoos, and i am truly jealous of her skills and line work. here is a photo of rachel's piece half done, the fills were finished a few months later and look absolutely stunning: an old friend of mine and extremely talented artist and tattoo artist becca fiduccia, contacted me a few months ago about doing a half-sleeve design for her. becca asked me to design it completely un-directed, which made me extremely nervous. she got the design done by omar at skin abrasions in oak park, and honestly it is probably my favorite rendition of my work i have ever seen as a tattoo. unfortunately i do not have a photo of her finished tattoo, but the design is one of my most successful ink pieces i have done in the last few years: becca offered to repay me in hours under the needle. normally i See less »

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