Number Eight of the 11s.

Austin came in and got number 8 of the 11s today,

a little demon/ghost starting fires with a Japanese paper lantern.

Those lanterns are so delicate,

just a little shake and it's on.

(aybe it was the wind,

maybe it was something else)

I really enjoyed tattooing such a non-specific subject.

Just some eyes, horns and hair.

The tattoo is on Austin's calf and shin,

but it went super easy,

and he didn't seem to mind at all.

Maybe 4 hours total.

(this is also the second tattoo we hid a little XI in...)

Number 6 (of the 11s)

Rachel was number 6 today,

which put me just over the halfway point.

Awesome.

We got a super early start,

I picked her up at 9am so that we could carpool to Maple Grove.

Good thing we got that extra added hour last night,

cause MayDay Cafe's line was extra f'n long this morning.

And speaking of MayDay,

you know what tomorrow is...

Vegan Pizza Day!

Here is the fox/lantern Rachel got.

She did great,

but after getting your stomach tattooed,

the back is pretty easy.

Almost Halfway! (number 5)

Mr Shoemaker finally got his turn today,

and he was ready.

He might have the most individual pieces from me of any client, ever,

so he knows the drill.

We threw the stencil on,

got a little tip from Ben to flip the frame horizontally,

(thanks, dude!)

and then pretty much just did it.

It fit his arm super successfully,

considering it was drawn without anyone

(or any body part) in mind.

The only real break we took was one to size up another one of the 11s on Austin's leg.

Austin also brought all the guys at the shop our own individual vegan banana bread loaves that he and David baked this morning.

So good!

But I guess I don't know how long this took.

A while.

And yeah, those hooves above it are from an avian swine flu tattoo I did a few years back.

Back when it was going to kill off the human race,

if I remember correctly.

It's been a crazy week,

5 of these done so far,

and I'm not even halfway there.

It's a good thing we get to turn the clocks back tonight,

because I sure could use the extra hour.

It's 2 am right now,

and I pick up tomorrow's 11-getter at 9am to carpool to Identity.

And then I come home to a dinner party I guess.

Tonight was an aa bondy show,

and yesterday was Meryl's art show opening at MCBA.

No kidding.

Super packed nights after very full days.

Oh man, I just saw the clock go from 1:59am back to 1:00am.

Time for bed.

Enjoy your extra hour.