The new tumblr page

Blogspot is way too complicated for me to be bothered updating enough... So the new blog/websiteis here:

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http://tattoosbysimba.tumblr.com

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Check it out and follow me:)

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This blog will be deleted in a while I think...

Some works in progress...

A little update of some new pieces I've started recently. Other than that, no big news really... I'll be tattooing at the OSLO ROCK CITY JAMBOREE - Friday the 28th I'll be pushing ink at the Oslo Motor Show in Lillestrøm in the Lucky 7/Jamboree stand, and saturday the 29th I'll be at the Jamboree at Rockefeller :) That day is also the super-mega-shit-scary-halloween-party-deluxe... so maybe I'll be tattooing in full zombie makeup. Haven't really decided yet ;)

This goddamn Internet will drive me crazy...

Ida's owl is finished after a short third session

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Trude's Milo Manara chick on her inner bicep - I've been looking forward to this for a long time!

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And the frame on Julia's forearm (from the girly 1/2 sleeve from the previous post) now has the Marilyn Monroe portrait filled in :)

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My Internet's been acting up a lot lately, so I've been unable to post anything here for a while, but now it seems to be working again - thankfully! I've done a few fun things and started a few new projects... I still have some photos which i will post later.

Trude's Milo Manara sleeve is progressing - this is one of the projects I've taken over from Maya. We still have one or two girls to do on her arm, then some background, but it's starting to look like a sleeve.

I have a couple of other tattoos from Maya that I'm finishing as well. Erik's dragon backpiece will be finished before his trip to Asia, just two more sessions to go, I think.

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Tomorrow I'm doing a big portrait of Mr. Jack Daniel himself on Frank the Tank - that should be a lot of fun. For me, not for him. It's on the ribs... ;) I'm hoping to do as much as possible tomorrow and get a good picture - he's a tough cookie, so we'll get a decent amount of hours in there I hope.

Saturday I'm starting a japanese dragon 1/2 sleeve, looking forward to that as well. I'll be spending tomorrow and saturday up at Lucky 7, to see some people for a change :)

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Stay tuned for more good stuff!

Girly stuff

I've been coughing my lungs out at work today, but hey - at least I'm working! And I also got to start the neatest project: a girly 1/2 sleeve on Julia's forearm :) The outline got done today, and in the frame we'll do a classic portrait of Marilyn Monroe in b&g. The rest will be really colourful. I can't wait to continue this! I just love it when customers have cool ideas and let me do what I want with it.

I was worried this week down at Classic would be even quieter than normal, as Nick's in Sthlm for the whole week, but Alex is working there to keep me company :) It's not going to be the longest week anyways, seeing as we're leaving for Bø on Friday :)

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I'm still waiting for the business cards I ordered - they're not seeming to be in a hurry to get here... I'm spending time now trying to make a decent, nice looking portfolio, but I really suck at that kind of stuff. I'm hoping inspiration will come to me soon.

Under the weather

This makes me feel really good:

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I've spent my whole weekend ill in bed, but I'm finally starting to feel a bit better now. Haven't done much productive, though I have gotten around to do some drawing for customers tonight. I'm thankful it looks like I'll be up and about and feeling well for work again on tuesday :)

Here's a tumblr page I use a lot for inspiration, thought I'd share it with you guys. It's called "Ink it up - Traditional tattoos", and it has lots of gorgeous stuff!

Bø Rock City

Although I'm going to spend this weekend home in bed with my cold, next weekend will be a blast! On saturday the 3rd of September, I will be tattooing with Lucky 7 at Bø Rock City Jamboree :D

There will be 10 tattooers, two awesome rock 'n' roll bands, burlesque, a car show and much, much more! I can't wait. One thing's for sure, the local population of Bø has never seen anything like it!

Tickets can be purchased at www.kroaibo.no or at Lucky 7 Tattoos :)

Relocation

I've recently moved from the hustle and bustle of Lucky 7's busy shop in Øvre Slottsgate, and down into our small, intimate and calm custom studio, Classic Custom. Here I'm working alongside the wonderful Nick Morte (even though we're rarely there at the same time - he's not the early bird that I am). I'm really enjoying it here, but quiet, so this will be my new link to the outside world :)

I just got my new mini-laptop in the mail today, so now I have no excuse not to update often... I'll be posting photos of tattoos I'm doing, of course, and some tattoo related stuff & shit going down, and maybe the odd off-topic post ;)

I'll start you off with some pictures of what I've been tattooing for the last couple of weeks down at Classic...

We started Marte's Bride of Frankenstein on her forearm yesterday :)

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Cato got his spur of the moment bacon tattoo! This was so much fun - please get more food tattoos, people!

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Then there were these two semi-realistic cherry blossom tattoos - I adore doing flowers!

(on the bottom one, we worked around the text, which she had from earlier)

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Ok, I think that's all for now - stay awesome :)

-Simba