Wow. Been awhile.

So, I cant remember when my last blog entry was.

I suppose I could just scroll down and look at the date but who really has time for that.

SInce Ive been on last Ive been working like mad. People wanting tattoos. People wanting drawings. Its going pretty good.

Just the other day I had a girl come in for a Tinkerbell tattoo.

Tinkerbell the fairy. Not Tinkerbell the rodent lapdog.

Anyway, she was notable not just for being really fricking cute, but for nearly passing out, not once, not twice, but three times.

Ive never had three close calls in one tattoo before. She kept wanting to stop to go into the bathroom and splash some water on her face and hug the toilet for a minute. She would go and come back just a little greyer.

I finally suggested I throw a quick preliminary outline down and then have her in some other day when she was feeling better.

She thought it was a pretty good idea.

I also did a foot tattoo for a girl whos normally the sweetest thing you could ever meet.

I told her foot tattoos were pretty painful so she had a couple of shots before she came over. She asked if that was okay I told I was sloshed myself so I figured it was only fair.

Once we got started she was "Wow that effen hurts." Halfway through she was an encyclopedia of the profane.

She was swearing a blue streak, calling me every name in the book, cursing the needles, cursing her foot, I think she even attempted to bring down damnation on the entirety of mankind at one point.

In the end she loved her tattoo. Wasnt too happy with me personally for a day or two, but she loved the ink.

Im gonna wait for it to heal up before taking pics and putting em up.

Ive been wanting to do some charcoals to put up the studio, I have the original Tarot series up, but I wanted to do some portraits for advertising. I have a portrait of the Mrs in a local coffeeshop, the kids pics are in the wifes dental office, but I had nothing for the studio. The thing with commission portraits is Im usually in a time crunch so I have time to squeeze off a quick photo before sending it off and thats about it.

Well, I was on Facebook and I noticed a profile pic of a girl who is on a friends friend list.

I thought it would be perfect to draw from. I sent her a message telling her I would like her permission to draw her picture for advertising.

I think she thought I was some creepy Facebook stalker guy. With the help of our mutual friend I was able to convince her that I was a sincere creepy Facebook stalker guy.

Turns out shes the hottie that works at the bank down the street from me. Whenever I go to use the ATM I cant help but sneak a peek when shes working.

I am then usually asked to leave and stop licking the windows.

Apparently thats not acceptable behavior at the bank.

-or the mall, as I found out later.

Anywho, Im glad I was able to convince her I was harmless. I didnt want to freak her out too much (For the record, my profile pic on Facebook is the same pic of me in my 2o2p sig, so maybe she was intimidated by my boyish good looks).

So Im glad shes fine with it. I found she was starting to look a little distracted the other night. Well, as much as I could tell from the tree outside her bathroom window.

I finished it and messaged her saying it was done and if she wanted to see it I could swing by her house with it since I knew where she lived because I found her house on Googlemaps and also had her work schedule and knew which route she took to go home and when she was alone.

So fortunately the restraining order is limited due to the fact her workplace is just down the street. Theres no mention of not being able to set up a telescope on my own roof so everythings good.

Seriously though, shes a good sport for letting me draw her pic.