Knowing that you lied, straight faced while I cried...

...still I'd look to find a reason to believe.

Thanks for stopping in to my blog, here are some new tattoos, a few photos from around the studio, and some street photography to wrap it up.

I've been making a fair amount of chest tattoos lately, and I'm super hyped on the opportunity and the results i've been getting.  Chests are, in my opinion, about the most powerful and elegant tattoos one can wear, and it feels dope to be entrusted to do them.

Symmetrical Cedar bough chest tattoo - Winter 2025

American Bittern 

Canadian Goose

I love this grasshopper tattoo - that is all...

@boreal.cowboy_ on Instagram

And the homie Ky added this spiky floral tattoo to the back side to round out this forearm.

Wisteria

My favourite crow tattoo to date for sure! On a great old client, thanks Artemis!

My books are open, and if you'd like to come for a tattoo or a consultation, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com . 

@ladymyes on Instagram

This is Myes, my apprentice.  I'm excited to see her begin to make tattoos the last couple weeks.  Learning to tattoo is definitely a humbling experience, especialy for someone like her who is so cautious as her.  She focuses on fineline tradition tattoos in a European, turn of the century style.

The Future looks bright for this one!

Thanks for looking, you can find me at my studio:

Ritual Winnipeg

Tuesday-Friday, 10-6

420 - 70 Arthur Street

Winnipeg, Manitoba.

We've been open for a year and a half now, and it's really a dream come true.  The studio is big and bright, absolutely full of original art, and we have a big crew of all kinds of different people.  

Ritual is mainly about trying to elevate the standard of care in tattooing in Winnipeg.  I've worked really hard to try to put into place processes by which people can begin to expect client-centred care, and a true informed-consent model in a tattoo studio in this city.

@ruthtattoos on Instagram

This month we have Ruth coming on to join us.  They have been tattooing for three years, and do mainly colourful neo-traditional work.

@alyssamayart on Instagram

Alyssa has been with us for a few months now and it's been nice having someone who is a little more like I was when I was young in my career, exploring all types of styles and images.

@yourbuddyholly_ on Instagram

This beautiful piece by Holly came through my room the other day too.  Holly is going to be working flash-only a couple days a week at the studio for the next little while, keep your eye on her Instagram profile for booking information.

I'm still having a great time shooting with my new camera, here are some photographs from around my neighborhood and my daily commute.

The starlings were on the block for that really rough cold-snap we had last week.

Someone on Insta asked what I shoot these nature photos with, It's my Nikon zf with a Tamron 500mm Reflex lens.

I'm pretty much sick of this lens by now, cause it's just pretty soft all around, so I think I'm gonna invest in a 600 come spring, but I'm sure I'll miss how compact the reflex lens is.

My kid Sam shot this one with the new Nikkor Z 50mm f1.4

I've never had a new lens, much less an autofocus lens, it's been fun checking it out.  It looks so much like the Ai-s 50mm f1.4, but close focuses just a little closer, so I took the plunge, cause I wanted a native autofocus lens for video stuff... 

This is the close-focus on that 50.

Spring is comin!

And this one shows the vignetting on that 50 pretty well.

Thank you so much for looking,

-Bram

 

October 2024 - Tattoos, The Studio, and Around the City

Hello, thanks for visiting the blog!  Here are some new tattoos from the last couple weeks (October 2024).

After the tattoo gallery, you'll find some photos from around the studio, then some random walkaround type of stuff from my life, Enjoy!

As always, email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for tattoo bookings.

Super-committed client!  I love the contrast between the bold/agressive stomach piece and the delicacy of the new chest-piece.

New for the flash-books.

I've been doing a fair amount of this calligraphy brush style of tattoo lately, I'm happy with the results and will continue for sure!

On another great, really committed client, we've nearly made two full sleeves by now!

This one came from my book of avaialable designs, and will now be retired.

Maybe my Favourite crow tattoo to date, based on a Kyosai painting

I'm real proud of this little one.  Small ones are hard!

An available design, for an upper arm or lower leg, based on Audobon's Thresher painting.

Another available design, an upper-arm most likely.  Based on Yamamoto's crows in a snowstorm.

Here is Ezra photographing some pieces on a great client of the shop, they've got work from Ezra and I, as well as travelling artists Brit Kornel and Carrie Bryson.  

I made this tiny snake and Ezra made the flowers.

Flower by Ezra

Cat By Carrie Bryson, Kiss by Brit Kornel

Gun lady by Brit Kornel, Moon by me.

It was a little bit of a heavy month, with Holly leaving Ritual, but I'm stoked for her and excited to see what she gets up to in the months/years to come!

by the one and only: Ky Quirring.

The Kid

Ez

Thus ends the Tattoo portion of the blog.  The rest of these are just photos from around the city, etc...

Fall is upon us.

Seven-eleven closing it's more ghetto locations in the city made headlines this last month, but I personally am happy any time big franchises move out of my neighborhood.

Though boarded-up buildings on busy intersections are pretty sad.

The Hignell Printing building on Burnell is my favourite.

<3

Meanwhile, at Garbage Hill:

This road just got a facelift to be completely soft curbs... looks rippable, skate-wise.

Geurtsy, Front Nose

Jer, Fakie back-tail

Kyle, Crooks

Relics of a bad-time.

Bokeh test on the Nikkor 50mm f1.4

You did it!  Thanks for checking out my blog, bless your heart!

Love, Bram