For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.
This Tuesday we take a look at a piece done by Nick from our West Babylon location.
His appointment was a first-time customer who brought in a reference picture of St. Michael that he wanted incorporated into a tattoo that would best compliment his other religious ink.
“I know he had more religious tattoos, so I’m guessing that he was religious,” said Nick. “He just came in and brought a picture of St. Michael and I drew something up for him and he liked it.”
The tattoo took up the whole side of the client’s leg, and being that this was a walk-in visit, the session was much more labor-intensive than usual, according to Nick.
“Usually people come in and they sit down and get smaller pieces, not as big as this one,” said the artist. “This was definitely a bigger piece, it was a four-and-a-half hour sitting.”
Drawing up the design took him roughly 45 minutes to do and since the reference picture was a poor quality print-out, Nick had to work from scratch, which he said was fun and somewhat challenging.
“To actually draw up something that he liked and make it look good on his leg and make everything work, I guess was the most challenging part,” said Nick.
When asked how he felt about the finished piece and whether there was anything that struck him about the design, Nick said:
“After it was done and I put in the white highlights everything sort of came to life, and the way it flowed on his leg, everything just worked out really well.”
Come see Nick at our West Babylon shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.
Today’s Monday Mashup showcases some excellent work from Alecia, Andres Hurtado, Annabel, Gus, Irish Jay, Jay Crutch, Joel, Joey Smallz, Nick, Sebastian and Vaughn. Enjoy!
Article as seen in the New York Daily News
He boasts the Giants are “in my blood,” and now Long Island ironworker Jimmy (Giant Jim) Oliveira is wearing his Big Blue pride on his skin.
The 29-year-old football fanatic commemorated the team’s Super Bowl berth this week by getting his first tattoo ever — the word “Giants” in capital letters, underlined in red, on his right forearm.
“I’m the biggest Giants fan in the universe,” Oliveira, of Centereach, bellowed Tuesday as he visited Tattoo Lou’s parlor in Selden.
“This Giants team is one for the ages. Now it will live forever on my body,” he said, as tattoo artist Joel MacDonald, a Jets fan, finished inking him up.
Oliveira — wearing an Eli Manning No. 10 jersey, Giants Reebok sneakers, Giants socks and a new Giants’ NFC Conference champs hat — didn’t even wince as he got the 1-by-3 inch tat.
“This is something I’ve been wanting to do my entire life,” he said. “After the pain the Giants endured, I can go through anything.”
The body art capped a day in which Oliveira learned he won two tickets to Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on Feb. 5 in a Fathers.com online contest.
In an 86-second YouTube video his 7-year-old daughter, Gina Marie, entered for the contest, she vouched for her dad’s crazed allegiance to her and to the G-men.
“Every Sunday me and my Daddy go to church and then we get ready for the New York Giants game. It’s been our Sunday tradition ever since I was born,” Gina said in the video.
“We go crazy for the Giants,” Gina said. “Every year since I was 18 months old, daddy takes me to the first Giants game of the season. We eat, drink and breathe for the Big Blue.”
“When I heard I won those tickets I just began crying,” Oliveira said.
Of course he’s taking his daughter to the game, he said.
He predicted the Super Bowl will end the way the Giants’ last one did.
“I’m very confident we are going to win,” he said. “It’s been a great ride, but we’ve got to finish.”
via L.I. man’s a true blue Giants fan – now & forever – NY Daily News.
The Giants victory over the 49ers last week generated a lot of excitement, and in lieu of the victors moving on to face the Patriots in the Super Bowl, Tattoo Lou’s decided to host a contest yesterday ensuring that select participants would get a free Giants-themed tattoo at our St. James location.
One of the two chosen winners was 29-year-old Centereach native Jimmy Oliveira who arrived promptly at the shop, sporting signature Giants’ apparel from head-to-toe.
Joel was there to administer the tattoo, and as it happens, both he and Jimmy have been friends for quite some time.
“My friend Joel let me know that he was gonna be here, he knows I’m a huge Giant fan, so I got all decked out and came down to help celebrate my team and support them,” said Oliveira.
Prior to winning the contest Oliveira had never gotten a single tattoo done, but viewed the experience in a positive light knowing that he would be letting his admiration show when he watches this year’s Super Bowl live from the stands, thanks to yet another contest he won, awarding him tickets to the game.
“It was great having Joel do it for me, he’s a good friend of mine, it’s really nice and something I’ll have forever,” said Oliveira after his session was over. “It’s just a great thing to look down upon and hopefully it brings me some good luck.”
After admiring his finished piece, the Giants fan stated that he was confident that his team would ‘come out with a win’ and that he sees himself getting more ink done in the future.
Oliveira was ultimately very happy with his treatment at Lou’s and the excitement he felt from winning our contest was palpable.
“It was great getting it [the tattoo], it didn’t hurt at all and I look forward to getting my next one,” he said. “The shop is very nice, it’s very beautiful. They’ve got good people, and a very friendly atmosphere here.”
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For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.
This Tuesday we take a look at an interesting piece done by Andres from our St. James location.
Last week Andres tattooed Chris whose father, Mike, has been a client of our artist for roughly 10 years now.
As a tribute to his grandfather who served in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, Chris received a first-rate treatment from Andres who incorporated other elements including planes and paratroopers to the patch design that ultimately served as the tattoo’s focal point.
“He did it because his grandpa was on the 82nd Airborne Division and that’s actually the same tattoo his father got, too. He got the same one,” said Andres.
Both father and son got the same design done by Andres, and while the process wasn’t difficult, our veteran tattoo artist stated that drawing a design always comes with its share of challenges and this piece was no different.
“They wanted the planes and the paratroopers jumping off the planes, but they wanted to keep it simple and they wanted to concentrate all the attention on the patch,” said Andres. “And, actually, the patch was the combination of three different ones, they had different parts of other patches, too.”
Chris’s session took about an hour-and-a-half and the same went for his dad-both of whom were very pleased with their new ink.
Come see Andres at our St. James shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.
Today’s Monday Mashup showcases some excellent work from Andres Hurtado, Annabel, Chris, Gus, Jay Crutch, Joel, Sebastian and Vaughn. Enjoy!
For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.
This Tuesday we take a look at a good-looking piece done by Joey Smallz from our Huntington location.
Last week Smallz had the opportunity to tattoo his father, who requested that his son do a coverup.
“Basically my father watched me get better [at tattooing] and he came to me and asked me to do a couple of tattoos on him,” said Smallz. “He’s had tattoos from the Vietnam era…and stuff like that, and he wanted to do the coverup in a traditional manner.”
The tattoo itself incorporates a sparrow, a heart, a rose and the name of Smallz’ mother. Smallz notes the significance of selecting the sparrow as one of the elements used in the tattoo.
“The sparrow I put there in symbolism. It shows the beauty in life, the beauty in my mom as being the sparrow always flying over my dad and looking after him. And that’s why I did it that way,” said Smallz.
The passing of December marks Smallz’ one year working with Tattoo Lou’s and he admits that he’s been dealing with cover up tattoos for about three years, while also emphasizing the need for using carefulness and tact during the cover up process.
“You have to design the piece that way the lines that were there previously can basically be the lines that are involved with the new tattoo,” said Smallz. “You can’t just smack a tattoo on top of another one…otherwise it’ll show through the color.”
The new piece Smallz designed for his dad was completed in a two-hour session and everyone was thrilled with the final product.
“It was a cool thing. It was something I was very proud of, being able to tattoo my father,” said Smallz.
Come see Joey Smallz at our Huntington shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.
Today’s Monday Mashup showcases some excellent work from Andres Hurtado, Annabel, Gus, Irish Jay, Joel, Louie, Nick, Nick Fierro, Sebastian, Joey Smallz and Vaughn. Enjoy!
For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.
This Tuesday we take a look at a great piece done by Gus from our Deer Park location.
Last week Gus tattooed a client named Chris whose existing tattoos are largely inspired by religious imagery. Naturally, during his visit with Gus, Chris wanted some new ink for his arm that would compliment some of his other designs.
“He [Chris] has a bunch of religious tattoos that he has actually gotten from other employees from Tattoo Lou’s,” said Gus. “He saw my work on Facebook, decided to try me, so I did a tattoo on him.”
Gus’ appointment with Chris translated to a three-hour session and being that this was the first time Gus had Chris in his chair, he had to be very careful and considerate of some his Chris’ pre-existing work.
“I had to work with what was around it [the tattoo] because he has existing tattoos, so that’s why I had to add a nice background to it so that it flows correctly…it came out pretty nice,” said Gus.
In the end, Chris was very pleased with his tattooed angel tat and told Gus that he’d be back for some repeat business.
“He loved it, he was especially happy because it took up most of his arm, the upper sleeve, I guess,” said Gus. “He was also happy that I blended it with all the other tattoos he has, because he has some random tattoos.”
Come see Gus at our Deer Park shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.
