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YA KNOW I REALLY HATE WHEN I PLACE AN ORDER FOR SOMETHING THAT SAYS IS IN STOCK WHEN IN FACT IT'S NOT!!!!!!!! Update your websites better...losers!!!!!

Up and Running

READY, SET, GO!!!!
The new studio website is up and running, and I love it. It's simple to navigate, classy and is short an sweet without all the overwhelming gook you see on so many other tattoo studio websites.
Check it out...www.chromegardens.com

Staying busy with some really fun projects as usual, you all know that. Working on a lot of sleeves and chest plates...I have a feeling it's going to be the summer of sleeves...LOL
Also working on some groovy ribcage pieces, which I'm always excited to do. Geisha action, and some dragon action. As always you can see all my in progress shiztnits at my personal website. www.tattoosbystacy.com

On a different note I really want to focus on more traditional characters of Japanese mythology, Yokai, Tengu, Oni's and other yummy things like that...so put your thinking caps on people and come at me with some juicy subject matter.

The new studio TSHIRTS will be here next week!!! make sure you pre-order or reserve yours today cause these puppies are gonna fly out the door like the other ones did. $18, now that's pretty snazzy for a good price.

 
 

 

That's it for now kids!!!
PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHER FUCKING TATTOOS!!!!!!!!





 

Someone say...

let spring begin!!! Is that warm weather I feel?? THANK CHRIST TAFFY!!!!
YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

So, my website is no longer hosted by Tattoos.com after 14 years, I really started to feel it was a big waste of money. If you build a website and smart enough to know how to write your meta tag you don't need over priced, under appreciated hosting. Both the studio and my personal website was hosted by them and it's just not worth it. They don't keep their site up to date or gear it the people who pay them for their service. Damian is a great guy...but over the years Tattoos.com has become less and less of a priority for him and his staff.

So onto bigger and better things...Linda has been completely revamping the studio website as we do every so often and it's starting to look really cool!! My site is staying the same, the interface is easy and it allows me the freedom to do mobile uploads and all the geek junk.


Working hard as usual... Doing some really fun projects so go back to my website www.tattoosbystacy.com and go through my In Progress Gallery and "I-SPY" all sorts of yummy eye candy!!! This lil post was just a HI HOW THE HELL YA DOIN?!!! post and I'm gonna shove some food in my face before my next session.

 


















PEACE, LOVE, AND MOTHER FUCKING TATTOOS!!!!!

BLOGGER SUCKS

I had started a really great blog, but because the scripting on this damn site is sooo buggy it crashed and didn't save, and I'm over it. I may try later or may not. But I will try again in a couple days.
Sorry peeps!!

HELLO 2013

Well the world didn't end, and here we are in 2013...where's my jet pack?!!! We were promised jet packs and space travel to Mars by now...fuckin' liars!!! I hope everyone had enjoyable holidays, I'm glad they're over and life can return to normal. As normal as it can be for a woman who stares at peoples naked body parts all day and colors on them LOL

The year has started off with a bang of productivity, a lot of new projects. Leg sleeves, sleeves and back pieces, oh my LOL But honestly what a great start to the year.
http://www.tattoosbystacy.com Go to my In Progress gallery and take a look.

The proverbial question lately has been "why aren't you open to the public anymore" And here is the answer...because I don't have to be. Jan 11th 2013 will mark my 23rd year tattooing and my clients do not get small tattoos. If you know me and know my work then you know I focus on large scale body coverage concentrating on Japanese and Custom work. My schedule is booked out 4 to 6 months in advance, so for me to do someones name or tribal lower back piece is just foolish. I am constantly taking on new clients and new projects, so I'm not missing out on anything. There are plenty of places that have the time and the tattooists to do that caliber of work for people, but it's just not me.

Making the decision to go private was for me to focus more on my clients and the type of work I do, my days of doing 8 tattoos a day are over and have been for quite some time. In the past I would bring tattooist in to take walk-ins but 9 times out of 10 I was having to touch up their work, or deal with complaints from clients about their attitude or blah blah blah. Too much headache and drama for me, thanks.

My schedule is such that I have clients who travel from all over and sit for 6 to 7 hrs. in one day or I may have a day where I have two clients scheduled and each of them sit 3 to 3.5 hrs. a session. I've done my time doing small tattoos, I've done my time doing flash work, I've done my time of tattooing as many people as I can in one day...I've done my time and now it's time for me to enjoy the hard work that I've put into my craft.

I've never set out to be the biggest or busiest studio in the area, having a gang of other artist producing mediocre work out of my studio never interested me. I just don't have that level of testosterone. So, this is the reason why I am private and why my studio isn't open to the public, because I simply don't need nor want to be. I want to be right where I am doing large full body coverage and focusing on the type of tattooing I want to do.

There's the big mystery of why I'm not open to the public anymore...I'm not dying of cancer...I'm not going blind...I don't have crippling arthritis and I haven't stopped tattooing. There's a saying "If they're not talking about you, you're not doing it right" so I must be doing it right for so many people to be all up in my bizness, LOL

So for all my clients, and for all my new clients, take rest in knowing I am well and doing fine and as long as we know what's going on that's all that matters. I talk the talk and I walk the walk...

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHER FUCKING TATTOOS!!!!

HI EVERYONE!!!

I'm here...I promise...and alive and well. Going private has literally been the best choice I've ever made in my life...well next to tattooing. It has been wonderful...so wonderful that I've been focusing on even bigger pieces and focusing more on painting as well.  What a sensual experience it is to have a private, quiet, void of other artists drama space to work in.

This is a piece I just finished for my client Peg, this is the 3rd project we've done on her. Super fun gal and always just let's me do my thing. You can see the rest of her work in in my Japanese Gallery on my personal site.

Jim's sleeve also pictured, what a great project that was...another client who just gave me a free reign over the concept.






We're now moving onto his back which is the goddess of music, very excited about this. She is the goddess Benzaiten and carries a lute with her, she is the goddess of music, which fits Jim perfectly for his own passion for music. The outline will take about three sessions to complete, it's very detailed. Her gown has a dragon and cloud work on it, as well as the addition of chrysanthemums and wind work added to background.

This was just the stencil for Benzaiten, which will cross across the left butt cheek and onto and around the left thigh.

Soooo, yeah I've been working on a lot of groovy pieces. Taken on some concepts that believe it or not I've never done before which is really exciting and fresh.

Some new clients from Ohio, and Wisconsin and California, which I am always honored that people travel so far for my work. It really is a special feeling and very humbling.

This was SUPER AWESOME!!!! My work was heavily used is the newly published book "Asian Motifs for Tattoos" by Sanjukta Ghose. She had contacted me a couple months ago, asking permission to use some of my work for her book, but I had no idea that my work would be featured on the spine, inside cover, back cover and 13 other places through out the book. Even one of my Tebori was featured. What an honor to be 1 of only 2 American Tattoo Artists featured in this book...a very monumental point in my career, I must say. It's one thing to have your work featured in a magazine but it totally feels completely different to see it in someone elses book. Copies are available for sale on Amazon.uk so if any of you want to pick up a copy please do.

Well I gotta scoot and set up for a client, just wanted to pop by and say HI!!! and give some info and what not.

PEACE,LOVE & MOTHERFUCKING TATTOOS!!!!



Ding Dong...

Well it's been a full month or a little more of the studio being private, and I love it!!!! I probably should have done this years ago, but everything happens in it's own sweet time. There's no turning back now and that's fine with me. I love everything about being private...most of all not dealing with kids who are price shopping or just wasting our time. 

Front lobby

Middle lobby with coffee and juice bar

Top pictures my office for consultations and drawing reviews and bottom photos of my tattoo office...we all know what goes on there.            

So as it stands things have been great and I'm loving the new layout, the serenity and over-all positive vibe being private lends to my studio. My clients have been loving it as well, really excellent feed back.

On other great news the Asian Motifs For Tattoos has been released and it is a beautiful book and my work is extensively showcased through it. I am honored to be a part of such a great publication, as well as being in the company of some really talented artists. It can be purchased at www.amazon.co.uk It's really a must pick-up for any tattoo collector or stalker of mine LOL 

I can't believe it's almost September...the summer has flown by...but it's been an incredibly productive summer!!! Speaking of...I have any appointment coming in so I gotta sign off for now.

PEACE, LOVE, & MOTHERFUCKING TATTOOS!!!!!