Fibulas, Ferns, and Fungi.

Jordan got his first tattoo today,
a skull and crossbones,
mixed with some botany stuff.
I almost didn't want to do it,
since it would rob him of that sacred rite-of-passage for all tattooed people.
You know, that terrible first tattoo that you regret for your whole life
(or try to cover with a floating peapod thingy?)
oh well.
His loss, I'm sure.

But I did get to have lots of fun with this,
and he sat like a champ.
Almost 5 hours, and he didn't move or fuss at all.
That's pretty impressive even if it's not your first tattoo.






















It's my weekend now.
So much to do, too,
but I'll try and get back to the shop and paint some.
I've been working on a few pieces at once these days,
and should have stuff to unveil soon enough.

I'm planning a Portland guest spot soon,
and will have details for that asap.

And I'll begin now taking appointments for Minnesota starting mid-April.
Email me what you're looking to get,
size, and types of days that work best for you,
and I'll start figuring it all out.
shawnhebrank@gmail.com

But for now,
come visit Grants Pass,
bring money and good ideas.
And more mushrooms, kids.
Always more.

NSFW (if you got a sucky job)

Jill is a champ.

She took a last minute opening on Thursday

(announced on my Facebook page)

and got this pelvic snail and mushroom scene started.

And then, the VERY NEXT DAY,

I had another cancelation,

and she came back in for some coloring.

I think that's awesome.

I don't think I'd ever do it,

but I applaud her badassery.

For real.

(but then again,

I know some of her friends,

so I'm not that surprised)

I can't wait to finish it,

I almost hope I get no-showed tomorrow.

The mushroom on the left is a scarred star cover-up,

as well as incorporating a birthmark

Somewhere in between snail sessions,

I did this skull and flowers tattoo on a forearm.

After work, I've been heading to MCBA

(Minnesota Center for Book Arts)

to help Meryl with her big art book project.

(Molly has been documenting some of it here and here)

Long days, kids.

It's 2:30am right now,

and we just finished making a plaster cast of her shoulder.

I have to go to work tomorrow,

then back to MCBA.

Do you believe in ghosts?

Sometime after 1am yesterday,

while we were the only people in the building,

we scared ourselves silly.

(tonight all I saw was an ugly little mouse)

But really.

Haunted basements?

The Soapfactory has nothing on MCBA.

If you want to get your Halloween on,

I know Meryl could use some night helpers.