Showing posts with label flash tattoos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flash tattoos. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Early August - Tattoos, Spiders, Thoughts on Large-scale tattoos, And some nature photography

Normally, for the last year or two, I break the blog up in sections, tattoos, home, nature, streets... But this time I'm going to publish everything in chronological order, with the tattoos and nature and home stuff all mixed up.  Let me know if you feel any type of way about that... 

And as always, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for any tattoo bookings or inquiries.

I've been photographing all the different spiders in my yard the last month or so.  I recon this one is a grass spider, the type that spins the funnel shaped web.  After spying and photographing a crab spider in my garden, I decided I really wanted to get a good one of this species, I always love spying on the funnel weavers...

I've been working on a little painting just for fun lately.  Very much tattoo inspired, but not flash so to speak.  I've been at a funny inflection point with my work and need a bit of space to consider what exactly I'm doing with all this visual art.  I've always viewed the flash as not too precious, but maybe I've turned a corner and need to be creating something more precious after all...

Cow Skull Tattoo from my book of available flash. 

I lost track of the censored versions of this pair of serpents backpiece, so heres just a detail for now.  Such a fun strong start to an awesome piece.  I was tickled to hear the story behind the piece, the client's grandmother loved to take them out snake hunting, and I love the snake as a symbol of cosmic feminine wisdom, as is so often the case.  

Orchid Wrist Tattoo.  I made three of these this day, of a parent and their children, a real honour.

The wildfire smoke, an ever-present reminder of the peril of our times.

We finished this blackbirds and Apple Blossoms sleeve tattoo recently.  I think a lot about the cultural context in which I work, and the various other tattoo cultures that I and my clients are inspired by and the way that they interact.  No question, the Japanese full sleeve tattoo is one of the most sought-after "looks" in tattooing, however, I don't think that the culture of tattooing that I work in lends itself to the specific dark background, full-coverage style of the Japanese tattoo.  My clients are more culturally suited to coming in once or twice a year for a one-shot tattoo, so when it comes to achieving the "sleeve" look, i'm usually shooting for somewhere between five to eight one-shot tattoos that pretty well fill out the arm to a density that suits the wearer.  This sleeve was done in four sessions, the original script, then a session to line the three main sections, a session to fill the whole inner arm, and a session to fill the whole outer arm.  I'm very happy with the result.

A couple of my favourite little details...

A crab-spider in the Calendula.


Honey-Bee

This is one of my favourite little insect tattoos i've shot in a while...

My younger son and I took a little day-trip down the 44 to the Whiteshell Provincial Park looking for loons, we didn't end up seeing loons, but there were some great things to see along the way none-the-less...


Seven-Sisters Falls

Hopefully you can see the little prairie chickens in this photo, sooooo cute!

I stopped in at a little secret-spot where I was young and was blessed with this Great-Blue Heron sighting, I'm sorry to not be a better wildlife photographer, I certainly disturbed this bird and it flew straight away from me, I guess there's not a lot to be done about that... 

An Epic spot.  I remember scrambling through here as a young child.

Meanwhile at Garbage Hill... 


After a good year and a half of shooting only digital, I've been shooting film again and got my first batch developed... good fun, and maybe the project will be something some-day.  I'm trying to challenge myself a bit, get out of my comfort zone, it's hard not to give up, but i'm gonna keep pushing for now... 

Lady's Slipper Tattoo.

Cozy Jackrabbit Tattoo.

Oof, my partner found this little Cat's Face Spider for me, and I was glad to wait until sunset to photograph it with the sun shining through.  These are such cool spiders to see and watch.  Always busy.

You can see the spider up in the top left third of this photo in it's little hiding spot.

I've been waxing poetic on my 2004 trip to the Amazon Rain Forest, and I finally have a pretty complete set of prints of the trip I took down the Rio Napo.  Maybe a zine forthcoming?

Epic Times.

Just about my favourite tattoo ever... Raven inspired by Kyosai.

Snake and Peony Tattoo.

Rosemary Tattoo - to celebrate the child.

This one is a little different both stylistically and thematically from my usual, but I'm so proud of it, and it's no less than twelve years old I recon.  Don't be shy to ask for something like this for yourself... 

Thanks for stopping in and checking out the blog.  Like I mentioned earlier, drop me a line at bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoo bookings.   

All the best,
Bram

 

Friday, April 11, 2025

Late-March, early-April - 2025 - Tattoos, The Studio, The Neighbourhood, and Ecuador

 

Hello, welcome back to the blog, enjoy some new photos of Tattoos, the studio, Around my neighborhood and even a few scanned negatives of my trip to Ecuador in 2006.

I'm always taking new clients and booking tattoos, so don't be shy, Email bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoos. 


I couldnt be more pleased with how this chickadee tattoo from my book of flash fit in with my frient and apprentice Jade's tattoo of these lovely four pedal'd flowers.  Really shows how a community of tattooers can be working together to make some great compositions.

Another tattoo from my book of flash, Chipmunks, Squirrels, love that stuff.

I haven't made cards in a good long while, but I did, feels good.

A simple pair of plant tattoos, I think we were shooting for Aspen and Basswood when we made these, I could be mistaken, but either way, I think they're a classy pair.

Black capped chickadee tattoo.

This is such a funny, random tattoo, but this pair of bowling pins, I think, turned out real good... 

I am proud to have made this lovely back-piece of a loon swimming and flying some time back.  It's a real trip to be making bigger work like this.







I've been digging into swallowtails and goldenrod lately, sometimes both at the same time.  Please do email me if you're looking for a tattoo of either or both of these images or any other local flora and fauna, that's really where my heart's at, ya know?

Oh, and not to mention this owl design!  It's based on that taxidermy'd snowy owl in the manitoba museum, you know the one, you turn the corner and BAM! there is it, big full wings spread snowy owl leaping out at you.  Anyhow... if you're looking for an owl chest tattoo... I'm just an email away.

Thanks again for looking, my books are always open, and I'm always taking new clients, so don't be shy with your tattoo inquiries.  Email bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoos. 

Tuesday-Friday you can find me at my studio, Ritual Winnipeg, in the exchange district from 10am-6pm.  Stop by to say hi, check out the space and peruse my extensive flash collection.

Ezra at work...

...doing wild Ezra things!

My Apprentice Myes has been getting busy tattooing, I'm super excited to watch her connect with all her clients.


The Cowboy.


Brit Cornel has been out for the last few weeks, I love their work, definitely check it out if you've neveer seen it. 


A great tattoo of Jeff Buckley by Dasha at House of Saturn... 

And Alyssa is settling in at the studio.  

Thanks to these and all the other great artists who i get to work with every day, thanks so much y'all!  check out the shop instagram to see everyone's work and to see who's guesting etc... 

Spring is in the air, and i'm pretty hyped to get out and do some wildlife photography.  It's funny, i was so inspired to shoot street stuff when the weather was so treacherously cold, but my interest has completely waned... and I only want to shoot tattoos and wildlife... funny how that goes.










Who wants the over-to-lip?

And this thing... Where are my tailslide-flip-out'ers?

Such a cool ledge.





Maybe the last good snow of the year, and it was an absolute doozy!


The Homies are back!





And these last few area some film scans of my time in Ecuador in 2006.







Thanks again for looking, and again, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoo bookings.