NEW WEBSITE!

Hey ya'll!
So, as you can probably tell, I'm not good at blogging.
I also am just not a fan of the aesthetics of it and it's not a great online portfolio, blah blah...SO my dear friend Kirsten is currently building me a lovely little tattoo website for Knot Eye Studio. I will post the link to redirect you as soon as it's finished, and then this blog will likely turn a little more life-based.

Kisses,
Alice

Progress

This is in progress- just about halfway done. On the same guy/arm as the cuttlefish, fish/hand, gentleman bull. Next step is to finish the globe, and have the tail run down the length of his forearm towards his hand. Then WHITE!

Colin

This guy is set to fill in the empty space on Colin's sleeve-- meaning in between the gentleman bull/ fish-hand/ cuttlefish I've been working on with him. Photos are below in earlier posts. 

The tail will go between the Bull and Fish, wrapping up and over his elbow. Should be a pretty badass one when it's done. All of this is just "Do whatever floats your boat, Alpal" which is pretty tight. The globe in this is loosely based off of a piece Cody Eich just did-- I really dug the idea and made it my own lil orb desert. 

The jaw tattoo was one of my favorites in a while- I'd love to do more anatomical etchings

Half way into it, stopped for now.

When your friend's window makes your knees tingle

Elijah's mantis friend. His skin was amazing- it soaked up the ink like a sponge and never even became irritated or red. It's healing like a dream, too.

Partner

A few days after the first session, Shelby came back for the little fox boy partner. A little different than my usual work. Next is color!

Also, if you want faster updates, the best way is my instagram. I forget to update on here fairly often (hence the billion updates today), but the link to my gram is down in the bottom left of this page, and the handle is _alpal. Peace for now, ya'll.

Colin again and again!

Little cuttle fish filler between the gentleman bull and the hand/fish. He just lets me do whatever the fuck I want, and I love it. Next: the inside of the arm. 

Shelby's kiddies

This afternoon we start the fox boy, and next is color. Refreshing little tattoos-- getting to do something a lil different n shit.

 Slowly working on a cover-up of a very old half sleeve. We covered ugly roots with a little sleeping fox, and added new life to some sad, sad birds (pictured below in their original form). Still LOTS to do!

 This was a special one. It's the Schrodinger's cat for my long-time friend, Crystal. She and I met when we were 11, and I knew her cat, Pandy, who this is a little tribute to. Super fun with the sketchiness! And after we celebrated with donuts and a little brunch. Boom.

Liz B.

 This was a challenging one- the first time my hand ever cramped. Lines within lines within lines!

It was a really fun design, however. She asked for a fern, as well as some sort of jewelry-type drippy aspect. So this is where I went. She's now going to use it as her logo for her jewelry company!

Goods

These are all goodies that are currently being worked on, are about to be worked on, or are yet to be claimed.

 An etched lighthouse half-sleeve from Maine for one of Indy's coffee geniuses, Stephen of Tinker.

Frida for sometime in August! She's flying in from Portland.

Little butterfly for an arm.

 This image is just doodles and goodies, nothing claimed yet! If you're interested, just shoot me an email! Really would love to do more color work.

 Bits of Maia's mythological half-sleeve. This little guy is set for Monday. (He's only around 6"!)

A first draft of a piece we are working on to go with a previous tattoo (the red outline) of a death's head moth. Lots of work to be done transforming this idea.

He told me to do whatever I wanted. Twice.

 Here's the view of his arm as it twists, which leads into this little healed guy pictured below!

Turning back time

A Time-turner for Sydney as a little tribute to her sister (as well as to Harry Potter!). 

Tributes

 A little teensy tribute to her love of Sylvia Plath

Birthday girl got herself a little Brian Eno goody. That top line may be the straightest line I've ever done in the three years I've been tattooing (the inner lines are supposed to be wobbly, ya'll)!

Katie's hen

Here's the sketch of Katie's sweet little hen and some flowers from a farm she worked at over the summer that was near and dear to her. The left sketch is the color layer on top, the right is the linework. Such a fun thing to design! 

The final product! She decided against the blue circle for now. I think this allows for a nice composition and a farm-ier feel, however does make the sunflower a little awkward. Hopefully she'll allow me to remedy this when she comes back for touch-ups in a few weeks.

I'm hella proud of that little hen though! She's a beaut!

Early April

Re-saturated this little old guy from a few years back!

Soon-to-be wrist cuff with the root chakra and a lotus. Lovely little lotus cut-out in the inside wrist.

Sketching up something big and fun! Gonna use loose graphite for it. New toys are the best.

Etchings forever

This one will be in all color- one of my first little dives into the traditional realm! Representing life and death for my lady Erin.

These little guys will be part of a whole water-based mythological sleeve. The horse is a Kelpie-- a shape shifting creature that dwells in the water and lures children to their death, and the cherub-type children are based on Cernunnos. Deer-like beasts without hooves.

Super fun one on the back of a calf! Always wanted to do a lil tarot cart.

Colin gave me free reign, and this is where I went. Gentleman bull on the inner forearm.