Back in Corsica!

Back in Corsica, this time living in Ajaccio, a city in the south of the island.
I arrived last night after over 24 hours of transit, and am tattooing today.
My next two weeks are booked solid, but hopefully after that I will get to enjoy the sun and some of the islands beauty...

Some Polynesian STuff

Hi Bloggers- again my apologies for the lack of posts- here is a little recap of some of my favorite pieces from the past two weeks! Leaving in four days! I can't believe it...

 

Ajaccio again!

Dear blog readers, sorry for the posts being so few and far between, as my time here comes to an end, I have been rushing around trying to make the most of the short time I have left...
This week I took another trip down south for some tattoos. I went down on Monday and stayed till friday. It was a much different experience staying at Lina's house without York there, but fun none-the-less.  I helped her pick fruits in the mornings before work but I think more fresh figs ended up in my mouth than in the basket...
Work was great, lots of little stuff, but these two pieces were fun, 13 tattoos in 3 days was a record high since I've been here, and it felt great to be tattooing all day for a few days straight.

Cape Corse

Just a quick shot from last weeks trip around the Northern most tip of Corsica. It was a gorgeous 3 hour drive on a somewhat perilous cliff side road, with breathtaking views around every corner...

a tower of shit named 'Emanuelle'

Whatever happened to the good old 'mom,' or cross, or akward dolphin?

I don't care how bored you were in 7th grade math class, or during your prison time, a huge turd isn't gonna look good no matter how many stink lines you put around it, and christening it a frumpy French name doesn't help...

Today has been sweltering hot, and absolutely dead in the shop. This morning I caught 'Voldemort' my weasely co-worker making designs for a tahitian tattoo that he intends to do, and then this guy walks in as the cherry, or more appropriately tower of shit, on top.

all that's fit to print...

Another visit with Ajaccio's most lovable asshole.
Spent Monday to Wednesday down south to do a few tahitian pieces and ended up staying longer than expected. First time I haven't drank for two nights in row since arriving in Corsica, which was a much needed and pleasant break. Staying with York's adopted Corsican family, eating delicious garden grown ratatouille and making children's costumes and watching movies was a home-y change of pace from me and Pauline's usual bar stool perch at La Stretta.

This is my favorite shot from this weeks trip, besides one of York and three curly little lab pups, but I figure not everyone is reduced to a salivating idiot at the sight of small dogs and brawny washingtonian...

TGIF

Started this on tuesday, and finished it in our second session this morning- now I can get ma hair did!              

third eye/eye of horus

Time flies.  

In a week I will have been here 3 months. 

And a month and a half later I will already be on the plane home. 

I can't believe it. 

Tattooing is slowly trucking along... 

Lots of lettering- initials and stuff in arabic so not my favorite, but I had fun designing this weird modified eye of Horus last week.

Some more polynesian tomorrow...

finally some work!

After an extremely slow week (read 0 tattoos in 4 days) friday and saturday picked up and I got some tahitian/maori stuff done- yipeee!

A slightly sacrilegious Native American/Tahitian mash up....

tiki + shark

    tiki and shark on calf