day dreaming trips...

Always thought it would be fun to take a trip like this, and was thinking maybe this spring id have time. Sarah is pretty busy so i was thinking maybe my brother Jon could make the trip. So here is my idea is mostly photo form :)



green is trains, red is planes, cars and ferries not shown :)

So i start off driving to omaha and hopping on a train...



its right down town, easy.



then i pick up Jon in ft morgan, its only an hour from were he lives so maybe he could just get dropped off.












and we take that the rest of the way to denver, a little mroe deluxe station id say haha. we dont stay in denver for realy any longer then it takes to make out way to the airport



its not realy as attractive as the photos make it seem haha.
we get on a plane and fly to......



portland!



donuts!



waterfalls!





the coast!





then another train to...



seattle!



food and all kinds of stuff



ok old photo, but it still looks sorta the same ;)



take a ferry to bainbridge!



for good pizza on the island





stay at the moore like always



fly back to denver and train home :)

the 4th....

couple hours and im off to get the cars dash painted, i guess he wants to start tonight :) so i figured id post this blog a bit early.

Not a real busy day so i decided to dive into a little water color/flash painting. now generally i dont do water color, i just have a hard time getting into it. But J that i work with has a good grasp of it so we sat down and he show me some tips and tricks.



the reason i wanted to water color these designs is pretty simple, i knew there wasn't realy another good way to convey heavy black and whip shading on paper. i mean it makes since, all the traditional flash you see is water colored. I figure that if want to do more traditional-esc heavy black tattoos it would help to have something to show people what im talking about.



i also have been talking for years about making a flash sheet of small stuff id like to tattoo and make it a 'minimum sheet"



whats a minimum sheet? ^ that! lol

but seriously, i always get people asking what the shops minimum is closely followed by asking what they can get for that. Now I can show them a sheet and say THIS.

couldnt hurt right?

edit: as a disclaimer some of the images on the painted sheet are changed up flash and some are things i drew all the way threw.