Hello Ms. Swan...

Well, I have been busy as a bee trying to finish painting the bathroom while the house is empty. I think I broke my thumb (not even sure how I did that!), and I've been trying to tough it out. But neither paint nor sleet nor broken thumb shall keep me from completing a custom order. My latest, a custom tattoo design for a girl who adores swans:

New Tattoo

In a perfect world, I would already be an accomplished tattoo artist. Probably partially covered in beautiful, meaningful, colorful tattoos. Of course, in a truly ideal world, I would live next door to a well thought of tattoo parlor, in dire need of an apprentice, that was willing to pay me a six digit salary a year to learn. Ahhh, in a perfect world...

Alas, it cannot be, and my dreams of learning this fine art will have to wait a little longer, In the meantime, I have gotten great joy from listening to some vague, or sometimes very specific, idea someone has for a tattoo they want, and being able to draw the design for them. I may not be able to actually tattoo it yet, but at least its my art. My latest one, for a lovely girl in Minnesota, who was VERY specific about what she wanted:

New work!

Memorial Day weekend is historically pretty eventful for me. This year's marks the third year I have lived in Kentucky, since Sierra and I moved here this weekend in 2005. It was a weekend of friends and family, and I spent every day since Thursday night catching up with someone different. We built a fire pit in the yard and tried to remember why we hadn't done it already. We then burned everything in the garage that was garbage and would burn, along with actual wood, and remembered the joy that is setting things on fire (disclaimer: daydream art studios and its representatives are not responsible for any arson as a result of this blog post. Do not burn things without an adult present. If you are an adult, but do not act like one, burn at your own risk). We drank together, cooked out together, and good times were had by all. And, even with all that fun, I still squeezed in some actual new work. I finished a custom painting, finished the outline of a custom tattoo design, and made an kid's craft apron from things I had laying around the house.

Get Inked!

Once again, I find myself drawing a tattoo for a friend. This one is much more complicated, but fun to play with! I am drawing a half sleeve of heaven and hell. Guys, a warning: when you ask a girl to design your tattoo, you will get a different spin, and probably more colors. My "spin" is currently pinup girls. Maybe I have been drinking too much Sailor Jerry's lately, maybe I just have an obsession. What can I say? Is there anything hotter than a pinup? Here is my study/ sketch for the heaven part, an angel pinup:

Next week I will have the devil girl pinup. xoxo