1st week back , got another sitting on Kieron’s leg sleeve, this has been coming together over the last three years slowly the gaps are closing in on it ,
We done this hawkshead moth around the front of the ankle, I’ll post better healed photos when he’s back from his six month rock climbing expedition across Europe , Bon voyage Kieron !
this is a sleeve depicting different
middle
top
eras of the Zela game, just finished the layout,
on the go with his as well…..
geisha in progress
we froggy in proggy
hanuman the monkey god still to follow
In the shop ive tried hard to make a functional and inspiring place to work in and be tattooed in, (only today a customer was gazing at the reflection of a sharps bin in the chrome paint drips and decided to mimic the orange to yellow colour fade in his Tattoo..)
In my workspace at home its a starker leaner enviroment but …..
Hard @ it
,whores will have their Trinkets…heres some of mine
My Drawing desk with old business cards on it
silver mexican fighting cockrels
Elements of women sleeve, second woman Fire 1st session
Nautical themed half sleeve sitting 2
Walter Smith second sitting
koi half sleeve just started
i’ve been a Regular of Irezumi Tattoo Studio Since 2004 ive had almost all my tattoos done at this shop i had both my sleeves done before i started tattooing in 2005/6
The shop has survived on its good reputation in the sleepy Dowanhill Street just of Byres Road in the West end of Glasgow with Steven Wrigley knocking out 1st class tattoos since he left his father Terrys shop and opened Irezumi in the late 1990’s,
the shop is known for its Japanese style work and Traditional Tattoos ,its hard to explain the impact of seeing Stevens work around in Glasgow and the photos of large scale colorwork that adorned the walls of the shop on my first few visits If you pick up a tattoo magazine from around this era it’s not too hard too see why it blew me away,
heres all the work i have had done at irezumi so far, i plan to complete my bodysuit there as a testament to the eye opening affect it had on me then an now and its influence on my own Tattoo Career.
you can find Steven Wrigley and Stephen Kelly there tues to sat if you fancy gettin yourself a piece of Glasgows Tatttooing Legacy,
Away to work in my homie Mak#1’s establishment Sweeny Todds in the scenic Lake District
Marcus Quinn we bid you farewell.
Roddy McLean Tattooer 