Mexican Sugar Skull Rose

This custom colour piece was finished after a 3 hour session.   Only Micky Sharpz machines were used in the making of this tattoo (custom microdial + custom T-Dial)

Tribal Scorpion

This Scorpion Tribal piece took around 4 hours and still needs one more 1-2 hour session to pound the black in, especially around the elbow (i took it easy and said to the scorpio dude- next time brah! as he was starting to fade towards the 4 hour mark). Only used two machines for this one - a custom Paolini for the shading and a custom Biomech power liner to lay down the outline nice and smooth. Suluape Black Samoan Tribal ink is the only ink I use for tribal - goes in easily and has fast healing time.

Koski's Tattoo Machines

An apprentice who is serving his time under an associate asked me about my machines, luckily for him it was time for a stocktake. So here is a brief rundown:

Clockwise from top left: Stealth Rotary, Firefly, Jackhammer, Davan, Blitz, Stealth Rotary Outliner

                                       Paulo fernando Micky Sharpz MicroDial Liner Copy

Paulo Fernando Bulldog Copy Shader/Colour Packer

This Brass liner was a gift from a friend in the industry, as to who made it??

Micky Sharpz Hornet Custom Shader from the early nineties.

Micky Sharpz Iron MicroDial Liner no#107 Custom Cutback Single Coil

Black Widow Black & Grey Shader (Hot rodded c/ Micky Sharpz parts- contact screw,springs,A-bar)

TedTed King of the Dead "The Godfather" Shader/Colour Packer

Tedted King of the Dead Walker B&G Shader

Lauro Paolini "Iban" Shader Customised for Black Tribal

Hot Rodded Micky Sharpz Iron T-Dial Shader no.#378 (@1996?)

Juan Puente Liner (made especially for ya boy Koski B :) )

Micky Sharpz Brass Liner maxed out with Aaron Cain parts(A-bar/springs)

Pimped Out cheap Chinesey Micro Dial Copy with real Micky Sharpz parts, real coils etc..

My favourite machine for lining is the Micky Sharpz Microdials and for shading the two Tedted machines and the Micky Sharpz T-Dial are the best by far. The rotaries are strictly for the ladies.

A friend of mine in germany sent me this Micky Sharpz MicroDial for repairs and this is how it turned out- complete with manta ray skin coils and Aaron Cain hardware!

This National Jonesy Swing gate may be out of fashion and way heavy but i like it, specially rebuilt for pushing 13-14 mags THUMP THUMP

This Micky Sharpz MicroDial rebuild has been censored for younger viewing audiences ;) 

 

The vintage machines above cost a bit but now that I've Hot Rodded them they are worth every cent!

 

Sakura Cherry Blossom Tree

Client requested an Oriental style cherry blossom tree in flower. Her left calf is
tattooed with several koi leaping in waves. Taking this into account when I
drew the flash, I did my best to keep things looking dynamic, active and in keeping with
her other tatts. The background was drawn in freehand on the day in red texta, along with all of the sakura.
Creating the stencils this way enables the artist to customise the piece to suit that particular client's
musculature so every tattoo becomes truly unique (and someone mentioned that it also
happens to make her calves look thinner ;))

After five hours we had done enough for one sitting. Only another one hour session
is needed to apply a few more highlights.

Machines used on this piece: Micky Sharpz Micro Dial Liner (Rebuild) Juan Puente
Liner and a Micky Sharpz T-Dial Shader (Rebuild)

Blessings Going out to all my Homies

This Virgin of Guadalupe B&G lower leg piece has taken 9 hours so far- there is an hour or so worth of shading + white highlights to go. Ya Catholic boy did well to hang in there that
last 4 hour session on Tuesday, just could not do the extra hour or so that was needed to make
this tattoo finito...no shame in that mang.

My artistic aim was to have the Virgin look like a white marble statue and to stand out as much as possible as she is the focus of the piece. The "Blessings" script plus the three stone roses (at the bottom) helped make things pop with their different tones and added more perspective. I like how the different elements have come together to make this religious icon a somewhat unique tattoo.

Only rotaries were used for this piece- Stealth, Bishop and Blitz machines.

BANG!

This pop art style pistol tatt was done in just over 2 hours. The client wanted the piece on his right inner bicep so if he came across the boss in town he could fold up his arms and keep his new gangsta tatt on the down low.  The gun barrel is alot straighter than it looks in the pic, ya boy Josh is just making out that he be in tha gym lol

As I really dig Andy Worhol's art this was a fun piece to ink- the fat black outline gives the tatt a rubber stamp/sticker look and deep red got packed into the flames so they popped out from the gunmetal grey.

The three tattoo machines that starred in the making of this tattoo were: Paolini liner, Juan Puente Liner & a Dragonfly rotary to finish up with the shading.

(Don't Fear) The Reaper

UPDATE 9/4/12: This reaper half sleeve was finito after today's 90 minute session. Total time from start to finish was around four and a half hours. The tedted king of the dead "Godfather" shader is one of my favourites - used it to tighten things up and blend the greywash.
A Dragonfly rotary was utilised for the soft "out of focus" effect in the background.

Only a 2-3 hour session is left to go on this Black and Grey Grim Reaper piece. I think its looking pretty cool so far and the client is stoked so its all good.
Next session I need to finish off the shading with a couple more shades of grey on the flames etc..and a darker background is a must in order  to give depth and add more perspective to the tatt.
This work was inked with a variety of machines - mainly my trusty Lauro Paolini + Juan Puente liners. The shaders I used were both rotaries ( Blitz and Dragonfly ).