Richards body suit progresses

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Roddy Mclean tattooer

hardcore tattooing on this customer in two years he has completed one arm and two leg sleeves , here we progress to the back

Based on variations of this print depicting The Wada HeitaTanenaga struggling with huge python

Japanese Tattoo mania

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Roddy Mclean tattooer

Another week of Japanese work filling up the diary , no appointments till August no Saturdays till September !!! get in!

Travels to Japan #2

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Roddy Mclean tattooer

While I was in Okinawa I met a tattooer of 1year called Hiro ,he had some nice work from Satoru he was getting a goldfish tattoo after we were hanging out

Watching the tattoo was a good chance for me to see how the smooth greys were applied , Hiro was a good guy and looks to be a good tattooer, I learned the grey wash mix and the needle set ups to achieve the deep greys that are seen in Satorus work ,

The day to day decor in and around Okinawa are inspiring for any tattooer it was nice to check out the temple and play some tekken Japanese arcade style! There’s a lot of pain in the room with thes two guys getting long painfull sittings,

The pain game!
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Travels in Japan!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Roddy Mclean tattooer

I returned to Oneshot tattoo Okinawa ,Japan to see my good friend Saturo Koizumi it had been 4 years since my last trip in 2009 it seemed familiar and as if it’d only been a short time I was away,

Seeing Satoru knock out perfect Japanese style tattoos day in day out was enough to have any artist asking questions of their own work, I got to see two sittings on a large scale tiger cover up as well as Many other tattoos in my time at oneshot here’s some detail shots of the said tattoo by Satoru.