At first blush, it looks totally and insanely awesome. We’ll see if I hold with that opinion over time… Or more importantly, whether it’s worthwhile considering how automated I already have things.

Have you seen my crazy chest tattoo? It’s finally finished!

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Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

And the half-finished product:

Based on the traditional Americana gypsy profile motif, but done in Fish‘s distinctive style. This is the first one I’ve gotten from him that is recognizably his artwork.

It’s awesome. More color in a couple weeks.

Greenman Is Done!
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

In February, I start the next one. Gotta get all the Fish time I can afford while he’s still in Denver.

He came at me with a much more sensible approach of shading and coloring chunks instead of shading the whole thing and coloring it all the next time. (He did all the shading on Ed’s at once because he had to let Ed walk out with a tattoo that looked complete.) As per usual the color work is astonishing:

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Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

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Track o’ the post: Ullyses from A Passage In Time by Dead Can Dance, because the greenman is so Goth.

I’m seriously amazed he managed to do Ed’s shading (even though Ed went back for more a few days later, which… Ouch!). There are a lot of lines in this puppy.

Good times. I’ll post an after pic once I wash it. Here’s the full outline after the first wash.

Fish at Work
Originally uploaded by Jake Sutton.

Update: More of the same at my Inked, Inc. blog.

I’m super excited. Watch Flickr for pics and this space for a post tattoo update.

Winehouse, who collapsed last week after taking a cocktail of heroin, ecstasy, cocaine and the horse tranquillizer ketamine, is now thought to be wait did that fucking say “heroin, ecstasy, cocaine and the horse tranquillizer ketamine”?  HOLY SHIT!

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This story about a porn star called Mia Rose being banned from World of Warcraft for… um… being a porn star is hilarious. Where’s the logic in that? Wouldn’t you want people to think hot sluts played your game?

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David Allen should be announcing the winner of his tattoo giveaway today. Of course I entered, but I’m really rooting for his mom.

Go to vote for Th’Ink Tank at the Denver Channel’s A-List thingy, OK? Thanks.

You can vote on other stuff while you’re there, but I need my boys to move up in the standings. They are currently trailing one shop I know (Twisted Sol – a perennial favorite in Denver) and another I don’t. That just ain’t right.

And on the Inked, Inc. blog: Green Man Is Go!

It’s worth noting (especially for my friends who like to show up and call me when they hit they airport) that Fish’s weekend slots are booked out at least a month. Of course I could have gotten in sooner if I could get down there by 4pm on a week day, but I can’t really.

Also super-exciting: Fish is working on a line of tough and sexy men’s wear.