Monday, May 05, 2025

Mid April - Early may 2025 - Tattoos and lots of birds...

 

Hi, welcome to the blog.  Thanks for stopping by!
Email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for bookings.


I don't tire of making chest pieces like this.  I love these small-but-full sort of chest tattoos.  It feels in keeping with traditional western tattooing, to do a simple, one-session chest-piece.  I think it's perfect, not too big, but big enough to fill the space in an elegant way.

A little snake tattoo from a few years back.

I'm really happy with this Arctic Tern Tattoo that an old friend asked for, Stark and Simple.

This client wanted to add to their back tattoo with something a little more dynamic.

They wanted to make something big and were also happy to have some big open spaces. 

I love the way the composition turned out and the calm and curious energy between the Robin and the Butterfly.  The bumblebee was a last minute addition, but I think it works well. 

This one felt so of-the-moment.  Maple leaf tattoos for everyone!  They just emailed having seen a similar tattoo I made some years back on a friend and wanted to explore the theme, I was happy to oblige.  

Wild Roses

I have had occasion to explore this kind of placement a couple times recently, the other one isn't complete, but I think this is a really nice play on the arch over and under the knee sorts of placements we've seen a lot of these last few years. 

Like I mentioned earlier, Email me at bram_adey@hotmail.com for booking information.
You can find me at my studio, Ritual Winnipeg, Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm.

My love brough home some pussy willows, I love that.

I love any time I get to draw local plants and animals from life.  It's so revealing about the energy of the thing.  This part of the year is just starting, as the flowers bloom, i always get out to draw the wild roses, peonies, lilies and whatever else is blooming in the neighbourhood. 

Coffee... what can be said...

Spring coat weather seems to have come and gone already!


And with the Spring coat, it's off to Garbage Hill for me.  Incoming Blackbird photos...


The homie - Red Winged Blackbird

Not sure about this one?  King bird?

Not sure about this one either, help?

Bald Eagull


And Meanwhile, in the West-End:
I loved seeing the starlings through the winter

And a friend told me about how these are Juncos, and they're a sure sign of Spring.

A lion.

Little Downy Woodpecker.  Woodpeckers are kinda hard to photograph... 

A young raven maybe?

Actually one of my favourite photos I've shot in a while, I love Grackles, that eye....

The scrappiest little squirrel at Garbage hill.

I don't photograph dead stuff too often these days, but this is a Raven I saw...


I'm happy with this pretty pair of photos of this Robin, nothing too special, but crispy in the morning light.









Thanks again for looking, 'till next time.