Hello Ladies and Gentlemen

As usual we have had a busy week. Here are the pictures to prove it…

Amy.

Mark.

Jo.

Andy.

Matt.

Ricardo.

Rachel.

 Goodbye.

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog.

Glenn’s been busy this week, completing a mexican skull, an ornate key on an inner thigh and a crown tribute tattoo

Ricardo did another session on this cool day of the dead lady and completed the paint splash bird half sleeve

Amy started an amazing Gil Elvgren pinup, completed another session on an Alice in Wonderland sleeve and also tattooed an edelweiss flower.

Rachel was busy at the Liverpool Tattoo Convention this weekend and did these lovely ladies.

Here are some more in progress photos of some big pieces Leni has been working on this week.

Jo started this amazing Thai influenced pattern on Leni’s neck.

Andy’s got alot of large pieces on the go at the moment. Here’s what he’s been working on this week.

That’s about it for this week. We’ll see you next time

Good Afternoon people!

Jo is back next week, here is a little peak at some of the work that she has been doing whilst on tour:

Mark started an awesome chest piece this week and did some shading work on this beautiful angel tattoo.

Ricardo finished a traditional neck piece we posted a few weeks back as well as an amazing owl thigh tattoo. He started a cover up which we are pretty excited about and some guns on a stomach which are looking awesome already.

Andy finished this wrist tattoo and started an intricate half sleeve.

Glenn did this little Banksy tattoo and a symbol on an elbow.

Rachel added this cool ship’s wheel to a sleeve she is working on, she also started a lovely smoking lady and finished a Russian Doll. She will be taking part in Race for Life this year, view her page here

Leni added some shading to an epic back piece he is working on, he also added some shading to a ‘Thor’s Hammer’ piece he is working on and got some more work done on the beautiful day of the dead face he started a few weeks back.

Amy started  this robin on some ribs (ouch).

Mark and Andy have an interview coming up in the Dutch magazine Ink Style which should be out just in time for when they are working Amsterdam Tattoo Convention.

See you next week

Hello, and welcome to this week’s blog

We’ll begin with some amazing works in progress from Andy. His pattern work continues to stun us.

Rachel finished this cute mexican skull tattoo and started a large peacock piece.

Glenn also started a couple of sugar skulls on a pair of feet and  tattooed a gypsy chihuahua

Leni did an awesome painting this week. He finished a snake and guitar he has been working on for a while as well as doing an amazing portrait and starting two new pieces.

Mark has been working on a massive back piece which is coming along nicely, he has nearly finished this beautiful Japanese sleeve and did another amazing day of the dead portrait style lady

Amy started this amazing day of the dead lady too but hers is a colour version

Ricardo has been super busy but we don’t have any photos from him this week we are looking forward to some new images from him in next week’s blog

Ta Ta!

Howdy!

This week Matt tattooed Frank Turner at his gig at Wembley Arena, it was played on the big screen so that everyone in the crowd could see you can check out a video on his blog.

He also finished this awesome skull and rose at the shop.

Glenn tattooed a few cool pieces this week, he did a tattoo of a Tara McPherson piece as well as a nice poppy and a started a day of the dead skull.

Amy has been busy this week, she has had some lovely colourful tattoos in.

Leni had some more of his bigger pieces in this week.

Andy finished an amazing sleeve he has been working on, started a leg piece and continued working on the inside of someone’s arm.

Rachel has been busy as usual and managed to get a few pieces that she has been working on finished

Ricardo started this cool Tibetan skull and lotus half sleeve.

Whilst Jo may be away, she is still working hard and has some beautiful pieces on the go

Thats all folks!

Good morning everyone and welcome to this week’s blog.

We’ll keep it brief this week as a few of our artists were either on holiday or busy at tattoo conventions.

Ricardo was here though, and he finished these amazing pieces.

Leni completed another session on this geisha half sleeve and the massive octopus sleeve

While Mark was at the studio he did a little Hannya mask on Chris’s finger and added a portrait of someone’s daughter, to accompany the son he did a couple of months ago. Whilst at the Den Bosch tattoo convention this weekend, he tattooed a 1940′s style lady, which will form part of a lower leg sleeve.

Andy also worked at the convention and did a nice geometric piece in the centre of someone’s chest.

We’ll bring you more goodies next time

Hello! Welcome to the Modern Body Art blog

This week Amy finished a Bruce Willis portrait on Glenn that she started a while back. She also started a really beautiful Alice in Wonderland themed piece.

Mark has been busy as usual Here are a few pieces he has worked on recently.

Matt tattooed Chris’s bum. They both thoroughly enjoyed the process.

Rachel has been hard at work since she got back from Vegas, here are a few pieces that she has been working on including a crow on Mark’s knee that she has just finished. She also had a spread in ‘Pinstriping & Kustom’ graphics magazine.

Ricardo started an awesome owl piece and had the second sitting on this Witchblade tattoo

Andy tattooed these rings on a customer and also worked on the spectacular Polynesian arm piece.

That’s all folks!

Good Morning Everyone,

We unforgivably forgot Andy last week, so this week he gets a bumper pack of tattoos on the blog.

Elsewhere, it’s been a relatively quiet week as a few of the guys were on holiday. Leni finished this peacock feather, which is covering a lasered tattoo.

Mark also had a few days off but started this demon half sleeve. There will be tentacles in the background, to follow.

Rick did another session on this amazing pocketwatch and rose neck tattoo. He also started a bike enthusiast’s tribute to the Isle of Man TT races, and this rose cover up.

Amy continued on this humming bird and floral sleeve.

Here is a bug lady by Rachel, along with a fan and the start of a lady wearing a siberian tiger’s head.

We hope you’ve enjoyed our blog. we’ll see you next week

Good afternnon and welcome to the Modern Body Art blog

Ricardo has been really busy over the last week. Here are a few of his masterpieces for you to look at

Rachel is back from her travels. She has changed her email address to rachelbaldwintattoo@gmail.com and has a new facebook page. She only worked a couple of days last week (it’s ok for some!) But she still managed to get some nice work done.

Mark started this amazing lady and also got some more shading done on an angel piece he has been working on.

Leni started this lovely sleeve which we are really excited to see progress and he aslo started a piece based on Thor’s hammer.

We have a twitter account, so if you fancy following us just look us up @modernbodyartuk

bye bye x

Hello!

First of all we would like to congratulate Rachel she has been away for a couple of weeks getting hitched in Vegas and starts back this Friday as the shiny new Mrs Rachel Baldwin.

Jo is currently in the USA and has been working the Salt Lake City convention where she won best of show for this lady. Here are a few other pieces she has been working on over the last month or so.

Now back to the shop….we have been super busy as usual.Glenn did this lovely humming bird and also added to a geisha that he has been working on.

Leni has been working on an epic back piece so we have a little preview for you, he has also done some lovely animal portraits and mixed it up a bit with a Frankenstein portrait and tarot card leg piece! It is amazing how many different styles this man can tattoo in,  in one week!

Andy has been hard at work creating wonderful patterns on the skin.

Here’s another sneak peek at a biblical backpiece Mark is working on, along with a portrait of a little boy and the start of a huge horse legpiece. Mark’s also been drawing at a life class every week and here’s a piece he did recently.

Mark is still taking appointments Den Bosch convention in Holland on the 7th and 8th of April.  Details can be found here.  If you’d like an appointment please call the studio or email us.

Here are some tattoos Matt has completed recently, along with a tattoo machine on our very own Ricardo. He has a facebook page now and has a public folder of tattoos and artwork and you can subscribe to here

That’s all for this week. We’ll see you again next time.

Good Afternoon.

After a week with quite a few cancellations we have still managed to get a fair amount of work done Be it on customers or each other

Amy started the week tattooing this Bruce Willis portrait on Glenn, it isn’t quite finished so we will post another picture of it soon.

Glenn finished this amazing painting.

Matt got the chance to do a portrait of his one of his heroes, Morrissey. He even cracked a smile whist doing it He did these cool paintings too.

Mark tattooed his own thumb during a cancellation. Here are a few pieces he has been working on recently.

Here are a few pictures of what Ricardo has been up to this week.

Andy has been busy making patterns.

Jo is away in the US at the moment but here is a little preview of a painting she is doing for an exhibition in Italy.

toodle pip!

Good Morning everyone.

We’d like to start this week by saying a huge congratulations to Rachel McCarthy and Nick Baldwin. They are getting married this week in Las Vegas and we’d like to wish them all the very best for the future. While she’s not been getting us all very jealous about her trip she’s been busy at the studio doing some amazing tattoos.

Matt’s been busy putting an interesting and stylish twist to his tattoos lately.

Leni started a koi shoulder piece, completed a portrait of a customer’s wife and did another session on this huge octopus sleeve. He also started this peacock feather, covering a tattoo that had been faded with laser removal.

Here are some sneak peeks at some large tattoos Jo’s working on at the moment, including a phoenix leg sleeve and a ship consisting entirely of geometric patternwork.

Rick did another session on the mechanical owl cover-up. The old tattoo has practically vanished. He also started a pinup half sleeve and a large dragon tattoo.

We’re still not sure how Andy comes up with his amazing patterns (!) but here are some awesome tattoos from the past week. (the ganesh was done elsewhere – Andy added the patternwork)

Mark finished the lion family and here is a piece of artwork he recently drew.

Glenn did a ram’s head piercing an anatomical heart, along with a cute little pair of angel wings.

We hope you’ve enjoyed this week’s blog. We’ll see you next time.

Good Morning All!

We have another new artist starting today. Amy Kinsell check out her work below and just give the shop a call if you want to book in with her. We will have her portfolio on the website ASAP.

Here is a finished picture of the beautiful valentines commission that Glenn did. There will be prints available soon.

Ricardo did some amazing script this week and had another session with this unusual bird piece. He also started a cool iguana piece.

Last weekend saw Jo at the Milan Tattoo Convention, where she did this all seeing eye with a Thai influenced pattern behind it. She also did another session on this woman and skull sleeve.  Glenn had the second sitting on his throat and two of our longest standing regulars came in. It’s always a pleasure.

There appears to be a resurgence in dreamcatchers right now. We’ve done quite a few over the past couple of months. Leni did this one last week, along with another session this geisha tattoo and the day of the dead leg piece. He also started a wildlife themed backpiece and another session on this traditional owl.

Rachel did a valentines themed painting and started a peacock half sleeve. Here are some tattoos she completed this week too.

Mark added a lioness to this customers arm. It will be completed by the addition of a lion next week. He also did a fantastic day of the dead inspired virgin Mary.

Andy did another session on the surrounding pattern to this Ganesh piece and worked on some other awesome pieces.

We’ll see you again next week

Good afternoon!

It’s Jo’s birthday today! Happy Birthday Jo!

There are quite a few conventions coming up this year so keep your eye on the blog and facebook for more info. Here are a few that we have confirmed so far:

Den Bosch (7-8 April)

Liverpool convention (4-6 May)

Amsterdam Convention (1-3 June)

Ink for Heroes (York 23/24 June)

Manchester Convention (4/5 Aug)

Tattoo Jam Doncaster (12-14 Oct)

Contact the shop for more info on any of these. As usual we have lots for you to look at, enjoy!

Here are a few pieces Andy has been working on this week.

Leni has been busy. He has been doing a bit of life drawing this week as well as working so here is a little peak at one of his drawings as well as some tattoos.

He also added the face to a piece that Tom started before he left.

Glenn started a nice geisha this week and also did this cute little octopus.

Ricardo did some lovely lettering on someone’s chest.

Here are a few pieces that Rachel has been working on this week..

Jo was at Milan convention this weekend so hopefully we will have some photos from that for you to see next week, in the meantime here are a few bits she has been working on at the shop.

Mark has also been doing a bit of life drawing this week, here is one of his drawings, a cover-up he has been working on and a few of the pieces he has had in progress.

Although Matt  has been absent from the blog for a while, he has some exciting new work in the pipeline. Here is a painting he did just to tide you over though

Ta Ta!

Hi, Jo and Rachel worked Brighton tattoo convention last week so we have a few photos from that for you to look at. Everyone has been really busy as usual working hard and enjoying the snow Last week Mark (Barnett) changed his name to Mark Gray. Just to clear up any confusion, he hasn’t left the studio, just taken on a new identity

Today is Ricardo’s debut on the blog. We will have his gallery up and running very soon so keep your eyes peeled…

Ricardo is from Portugal so hasn’t seen the snow much he got very excited on Saturday when we got a taste of it…(which didn’t last long!)

Rachel has had a very productive week as usual, she has finished a new painting and here are some works in progress as well as finished pieces that she has done. She did the knife throwing lady and the butterfly jar at Brighton.

Mark continues to produce some amazing black and grey work which speaks for itself.

Leni has been busy working on some big pieces that we are excited to see progressing.

Tom lined this piece before he left and Leni has coloured it in.

Andy never fails to amaze us with his crazy geometric patterns and dot work

Jo has finished a few bigger pieces over the last couple of weeks as well as starting some cool new tattoos before she goes at the end of the month. She started this geisha head sleeve at Brighton convention.

Glenn has been busy painting, drawing and tattooing all week. Here is a picture of him working his magic on a beautiful commission piece.

Finally, here are some pictures of the shop and surrounding area in the snow we all love a bit of snow….

Bye for now!

Good Morning folks.

We are pleased to announce that Mark and Andy will be working the Den-Bosch Convention on April 7 and 8, and the Amsterdam Convention on June 1st, 2nd and 3rd. More details can be found on the website here.

Mark Barnett has changed his name to Mark Gray. He has not left the studio, he is the same old Mark with a sparkly new name He started the week with the amazing lion cub and continued work on some larger pieces.

Rachel has been busy at the Brighton convention this week. She finished a few pieces this week though.

We’re looking forward to seeing this tattoo based on a Sylvia Ji painting get finished. Here are some more pieces Leni’s working on.

Glenn did a painting of one of his dogs and this cute little bumblebee tattoo.

Here are a couple of large pieces Andy was working on this week.

Until next time….

Hi, We have had another busy week here at the shop and were very inspired to have Xoil working with us. Jo and Rachel will be working Brighton tattoo convention this weekend so we hope to see some of you there

Here are a few tattoos that Xoil did here at Modern Body Art.

Matt has finished another couple of paintings.

Andy is working on some awesome pieces at the moment, including Leni’s hand, which was started this week.

Rachel finished this cool hourglass tattoo and started an amazing zombie hand. We’re looking forward to seeing this coloured in. She also did a lady with a cup of tea in her hair.

We don’t often get pictures off  Glenn but here’s a compilation of what he’s done recently.

Leni started a tattoo based around the customer’s love of photography

We’re really impressed with Rick’s script work. This is the guy’s first tattoo and he took it like a champ.

Mark continues to impress us with his black and grey work…

Here are some tattoos Jo has been working on at the studio over the past week

Have a wonderful week!

Hello.

We are pleased to have Xoil guesting with us this week, hopefully we will have some awesome pictures of his work to put up for you to see in next weeks blog

As usual we have been busy this week. Jo and Rachel worked the Telford convention on Sunday and had a great time.

Mark continues to do some outstanding portrait work, he got some shading on a leg sleeve that he is working on and he also tattooed Chris’s bellybutton this week. OUCH!

Jo has started a few bigger pieces recently but managed to do a whole forearm piece in one session so we have a finished picture which is nice. She also tattooed a rose on someone’s hand.

Rachel worked Telford tattoo convention and did a lovely red riding hood piece and a moth. She tattooed Leni with a koala Russian doll and finished a birdcage piece. She also did her first black and grey painting in years

Andy started a big thigh piece and did the background behind this elephant, he still has the other half to go!

Here are a few pieces Leni started this week

Until next week….

Happy New Year everyone!

We hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and new year and that 2012 is going to be amazing. We are happy to announce that Ricardo Pedrohas started working with us from today. His portfolio will be up in the gallery section of the website  ASAP but you can check out his facebook for a look at his work.

Here are a few tattoos we have done over the festive period.

Jo is back in the shop and working hard!

Rachel is working the Tattoo Freeze convention this weekend (January 15th) and has had a cancellation. Email us for details, or Rachel at rjm.tattoo@gmail.com

Here are some pieces she’s been working on this week.

Here are a few finished tattoos by Matt, along with some paintings and drawings he has done recently.

Here are some tattoos Andy has been doing lately.

Mark is continuously impressing us with his portrait skills…

That’s everything from us this week. We’ll see you soon

Good Morning. We’ve got some nice pieces for you to look at this week. There won’t be a blog next week due to Christmas. Our opening hours for the holiday season can be found on our homepage.

Leni’s worked on some cool pieces and we’re looking forward to seeing the finished results. Here are some works in progress and some completed tattoos from this week. Leni continues to be the go to artist for amazing dog portraits

Rachel did a cute little cupcake on a lady’s foot, celebrating the birth of her daughter, a horseshoe, a traditional locomotive and some other cool tattoos.

Glenn did a traditional rose just above the collar bone and the customer came in later to get a matching rose the other side. He also did a cute little pink snail.

Andy’s got a few maori / polynesian sleevs on the go at the moment.

Mark’s got some amazing large pieces on the go at the moment and here are some photos of works in progress and some completed tattoos from the week.

So, that was this week. We’ll be back again in a couple of weeks. Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year

Hello and welcome back to our overdue blog! Sorry about the break, we have been super busy with the refit! We are back with a vengeance now though, the shop is open and the refit is 99.9% finished. Here are a few pictures of the work in progress. Hope you like them.

And the finished product…

Thanks to everyone who helped us with the refit, we really appreciate everyone’s help and are really pleased with how good the shop is looking.

Despite the fact that all of this has been going on at the shop, we have still had time to get some new tattoos in.

Mark has been really busy and has finished quite a few pieces recently. We will be getting his gallery updated ASAP but for now you will have to make do with this lot.

Here are a few pieces that Andy has been working on.

Rachel has been busy making more jewellery which is for sale on her Etsy shop. she has also been doing some cute tattoos as per usual.

Here are a few of Leni’s pieces for you to feast your eyes on

Here are a few tattoos that Jo finished before she had Marley. We have only just managed to get hold of the photos. She has been pretty preoccupied as I’m sure you can imagine! You can check out her blog here.

Well, thats it for this week. A bumper blog! we will be back on the ball now updating every week. Hope you are all looking forward to Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho….

Good Morning

We are really excited to announce that we are having a refit at the shop next week so will be closed from 14-18th November. We will reopen on the Saturday (19th) as usual.

Jo will be working the ‘Tattooed Tashes for (Not Just) Lasses’ charity event for Movember at Painted Lady Tattoo Parlour on Sun 13th Nov. Check out the facebook page to book an appointment.

Matt did this nice little Wagtail on someones foot, which he managed to finish despite the fire alarm going off half way through…Here is a healed picture of the lady face he did at Tattoo Jam and also a Koi half sleeve that he recently finished.

Leni started a pretty big phoenix on someone’s back. He did an apple tattoo with a bit of a difference and a nice feather.

Rachel has done two sets of feet this week, she finished this cute deer head and a princess

Mark did this awesome chest piece and a lady on someone’s forearm.

There will be no blog next week because of the refit, don’t miss us too much! we will be back soon with loads of pictures for you

Hello & Happy Halloweeeeeeeeen!

Lots and lots for you to feast your eyes on this week! Mark’s portraits are becoming very sought after. Here are a couple he’s done this week along with a close up of a  mythological sleeve.

Andy continued on this large torso piece and completed another section of this geometric sleeve, which is covering up a partially lasered tattoo.

Matt did a little filigree heart on Rosie’s leg, along with another session on this traditional roses rib piece and started a cool dotwork moth and mandala tattoo. He’s also been busy painting and here are a few he’s been working on. You can check out more of Matt’s paintings on his blog

Leni has been busy getting through some bigger pieces, he added some more shading onto this skull and roses half sleeve and got some colour in on this lovely pin up on someones ribs. He Did a one off Derek Hess heart and started an amazing mermaid half sleeve. He also did this graffiti based tattoo which was the customer’s own design, a rose on someone’s wrist and added some roses and an eye to an eagle that Tom did on someone’s chest. They have tied in really well and the piece is looking awesome.

Rachel has been working on a massive full torso tattoo, it’s all outlined now so here is a sneaky picture. She also did a cute swallow and a new painting of a honey bear which is for sale.

Glenn did this wonderful rooster tattoo.

Thats all from us. Have a wonderful week

Hello everyone

It was Andy’s birthday this week (21 again…) So we will start off with a few little gems from him. He added a new panel onto this geometric sleeve and started a tribal cover up which should be interesting! He is going to overlay geometric patterns on top of  it, we will  keep you updated on the progress of this one. He also started Robin’s neck which is looking ace and started a Polynesian half sleeve. Happy birthday Andy!

Rachel finished this heart tattoo and started two new pieces this week. An inkpot and quill on some ribs and a viking lady on someone’s arm.

Mark did a beautiful horse portrait, he also started a cool samurai on someones ribs and a massive Michelangelo inspired backpiece with St Michael as the focal point…here’s a little teaser.

Bodacious!

Ciao!

Today is  Glenn’s debut on the blog!

Rachel did this ace panthers head on someones elbow and finished a nice traditional anchor.  She also started a couple of new pieces; this smoking stag and a sailor pin up.

Leni has been starting quite a few bigger pieces recently, here is a picture of a koi that he lined on someones ribs and a cute little cotton reel that he did on a thigh.

Mark has been busy as usual! He finished a sleeve that he has been working on for a while, we have posted a close up of part of it as it’s pretty detailed. He started an Icarus piece on the chest and finished a one off tattoo of some cupped hands on someones back.

Andy has been working on a sleeve for a while now, the top part is finished so here’s a sneak preview. He also started a geometric cover up and a Polynesian design.

So long x

Hello!

We are pleased to announce that on Monday the 10th October, Jo gave birth to a beautiful baby girl Both mother and baby are doing very well and Jo was a trooper, working right up until this Sunday’s All Female Tattoo Convention at Leamington Spa.

Rachel also attended the convention and won an award for Best small colour tattoo, for Glenn’s squirrel, as featured on the blog a little while ago. Here are some photos of the day, along with Jo’s baby bump and a sailor girl Rachel did.

Rachel continued with some nice pieces in the shop including another session on the Krishna backpiece. She started a princess themed tattoo which is going to be amazing and completed a poppy with a heart lock hanging from it. She also finished a cup of tea with some jammie dodgers! Rachel has some new jewelery for sale which she will be selling on her Etsy shop along with t-shirts and prints.

Jo has been super busy carrying on with some large pieces and starting a 9 hour (!) session for this amazing ship backpiece. She will be having some well deserved time off now

Leni continued his trend of dog portraits with this bulldog tribute and added some more pieces to this traditional sleeve

Mark started a tribute piece with lillies and script. the top of the arm will feature a portrait. He also added a rose to this sleeve of birds and has nearly finished a leg sleeve that he’s been working on for a while.

Andy has been really busy again and is getting close to finishing some really nice pieces. It’s good to have a few of his larger scale pieces to show you

Au Revoir!

Good afternoon everyone. We’ve all been enjoying the heatwave here at MBA this week, with ice lollies and ice creams. We’ve also been doing a few tattoos… A cat themed week for Rachel with a bit of a tribute on Chris and also another on a customer’s leg. Rachel also did this teapot tattoo on Leah from Spear Tattoo.

Jo completed this amazing turtle tattoo and here’s a photo of Andy at London convention with the tarot painting that Jo did of him. She also started this phoenix tattoo.

Andy finished this geometric Hamsa Hand and completed another session on this sleeve. He also did a mendhi inspired dotwork piece on a shoulder and a customer wanted the symbols he has on his guitar fretboard.

Mark did another portrait, we couldn’t get a great photo of it but managed to get one good enough for you to see and wewill get a healed one soon. He also did this skull and lettering.

Leni started this sailor pin up.

Matt has been pretty busy finishing some bigger pieces these last couple of weeks. The first two are covering tattoos that have been lasered by us. The finished results are a perfect example of why we advise people to have a bit of laser before a cover up; you cant even see the old tattoo!

Chris was a busy boy getting tattooed last week as he also got this Guns N Roses themed piece by Tom – one of his final tattoos at the studio before he heads out Down Under. Here’s a photo of the gang on his leaving do.

Salutations!

We have lots of goodies for you to look at this week! Jo worked London tattoo convention this weekend so we will put the photos from that on next weeks blog. This week is Tom’s last week with us at the shop he will be moving to Australia soon and we will be sad to see him go…

Rachel has been busy again. She has a new print available for £15, email rjm.tattoo@gmail.com if you would like one. She finished an unusual tank girl inspired Russian doll, did a lovely owl teapot and started a ‘tough girl’ mermaid on someones arm.

Jo finished a chest piece she has been working on for quite a while, she also did a lily tattoo on someones foot and started a mermaid on a thigh.

Tom finished a batman piece he has been working on, and did an AWESOME R2D2 tattoo on Rosie

Leni started a time themed sleeve and did this bird portrait.

Mark has made some nice progress with a roses half sleeve that he has been doing and he finished a Sparta comic strip piece.

Until next week…

Hello people. We’ve had another busy week at the studio but we’ve still managed to squeeze in a few tattoos on some of the team here.

Leni is continuing the tradition of wearing a monkey mask to show off his new knuckle tattoos by Tom.

Rachel started this crow in a rose on Mark’s knee, finished a nice tribute to a customer’s lost friend, a cute little owl and a really cool moth. She also did a new painting.

Mark has finished one angel and started another.

Andy did a new piece of artwork. He also finished two pieces and started a new Polynesian half sleeve.

 Jo started Donna’s neck.We cant wait to see it finished!

Leni started this nice lily tattoo.

laterz gaterz

Hello! So we have managed to squeeze the blog in today! It was in danger of being  late but no here you go:

Jo is back at the shop at the moment which is lovely she has been super busy here are a few of the pieces that she has done over the last week. The gnome sleeve was started abroad and the customer sat for two days over this weekend to get it finished. Thats hardcore for you. Jo also touched up a moth and flower that she did on Matt a while back. She has started a few new pieces too so here’s a little peek.

Matt shaded in a nice skull and lotus

Andy has been really busy this week. He tattooed Chris’s head which looks AWESOME! His work kind of speaks for itself and its not often that we get this many pictures from him to put on the blog so enjoy!

Tom finished Mark’s knuckles this week. He also added some shading to a skull half sleeve that he has been working on.

Leni started this skull half sleeve and did a really nice womans face on someones arm, which is going to be part of a bigger piece. He also started a guardian angel woman which is coming along nicely.

Mark finshed this cool  angel on someones ribs and also these roses on someones calf

see you next week

Hello.

Tom tattooed Chris and Mark’s knuckles this week. Chris’s got finished but Mark’s didn’t so we will post a picture when he grows some balls…

Rachel started a lovely marine themed lady on her friend and also a cute little daruma.

Here are three pieces that Matt has on the go at the moment. You will also find a little interview with Matt in the back of Total Tattoo this month.

Leni started a nice piece which will eventually wrap around the thigh.

Mark also did a rose tattoo.

Andy finally finished this palm that he started over a year ago! He has also got a few really interesting pieces on the go, so here are some pictures.

Until next week…

Good Morning folks!

The blog’s a little bit late this week because of the bank holiday, but here are some tattoos and works in progress we’ve been doing recently.

It’s been a very black and grey week- We can’t wait to see this Virgin Mary tattoo when it’s finished. Mark worked on this and also the bird and Greek God sleeve.

Leni added another dog portrait to his customer’s arm. One more to go. He also started this large Rose piece. Our very own Rosie became a godmother, and had an O for Oscar on her leg. Her friend was Godfather, so got a matching tattoo.

Matt started this big skull and octopus piece and got his pinkies tattooed by Tom..

Here’s a bit of colour for you, courtesy of Rachel.

Aswell as tattooing Matt’s little fingers, tom finished this graffiti piece.

Jo returns from her travels this week for a few months. Here are a couple of paintings from her new project.

Andy made a start on this huge henna inspired piece. It’s the customer’s first tattoo! He also started this cool geometric tattoo.

That’s all for this week! We’ll see you soon

Hello and welcome to our blog

Rachel has another print for sale, it is £10 (A4) email her at rjm.tattoo@gmail.com if you would like one.  Here are a couple of tattoos she has done this week  too.

Matt tattooed a moth on Chris this week. We will put a healed picture up soon, here is a photo of the incident.

Andy has been tattooing Toms knee, he finished the back this week.

As promised last week here is a photo of one of the tattoos our guest artist, Xoil did last week. He’ll be back again soon and we’re looking forward to his return.

Glenn has drawn a few moth/butterfly designs up. If you book in before the end of August the price will be £50 for each design.Ring the shop (0121 236 0753) to make an appointment.

Leni did a nice tattoo of Hokusai’s Great Wave.

Mark finished a really cool sleeve that he has been working on based on a heaven and hell theme. He is also working on a Jesus tattoo that is not quite finished yet.

Tom tattooed the inside of his customers fingers, he also did the palm tattoos on him. Here is a sneaky picture of part of a skull half sleeve that he is working on.

We don’t normally do this but as he is a regular knows it might not stay in, Tom made an exception..the photo looks pretty gross.

Until next week

Peace out x

Good morning

We’ve had another eventful week at MBA. We survived the riots intact!

We had a last minute visit from Xoil of Needles Side in France. He guested here on Friday and Saturday and completed 2 awesome pieces. Sadly, he left before we managed to get the photos from his camera, but we will post the pictures as soon as he’s emailed them over to us. Meanwhile here is a photo of the man at work, and a link to his Facebook page. Check his work out here. His work is amazing and he’s a great guy. He’s welcome here anytime.

Leni did this really nice dog portrait. The customer is coming back for portraits of his other 2 dogs over the next couple of weeks.

Here are a few in progress photos of a couple of sleeves Mark is working on. One’s a birds and nature sleeve and the other a vintage cine-cam and gramophone sleeve.

This Batman half sleeve is really taking shape now that Tom’s done the sky. One more session and it will be complete.

Rachel’s been busy tattooing and painting. She worked the Tattoo Jam convention at the weekend.

A4 prints of the chihuahua are £10 = p&p. Email Rachel at rjm.tattoo@gmail.com for more details

Here’s a sleeve that Matt is doing, he did this gingerbread man and lady face at Tattoo Jam and the skull is a laser cover up.

Thanks for reading our blog. We’ll see you again next week!

Hello!

We have had a busy week this week. Matt and Rachel worked Tattooed Jam and we would like to welcome Leni to the team

His portfolio will be on the website very soon so keep your eyes peeled.

Andy finished this tribal craziness. It is an abstract face, he has been working on quite a few bigger pieces recently so here are a few pictures for you to check out the progress.

Tom did this cool set of lettering on the insides of a customer’s fingers. He also did another session on the Star Wars sleeve we’ve been featuring recently.

Mark did this lily and roses piece. We’ve pixelated out the chinese symbols that the customer originally had and Mark worked this tattoo around them.  He also did another session on the skull and lotus leg sleeve. This time it was the knee. Ouch.

Jo’s been super busy on her travels. She’s done around 45 hours on Matt in the past 2 weeks alone! She also completed this amazing sugar skull and took part in some underwater activities as you can see in the video below.

Good Afternoon people!
we have had yet another productive week, so here a few pictures for you to have a look at. Enjoy!

Rachel has a new A3 print for sale. It is £10, if you are interested contact her on rjmtattoo@gmail.com

She has also been working on a full torso piece, we think it’s going to be amazing once it’s finished so here is a sneak preview. She also finished two beautiful lady face tattoos.

Andy lined this cool piece that runs from the shoulder blade over to the chest.

Mark did some more on a bio organic piece that we posted a while back, he also got some colour into a beautiful Japanese tiger that he has been working on.

Tom started a really nice pirate skull and rose on some ribs and finished a pin up. He also did  an evolution inspired tattoo next to a portrait of Darwin that he did a while back.

Matt has quite a few large tattoos on the go at the moment, here is  a section of a skull and lotus sleeve in progress.

As some of you may know we lost one of our team a couple of years ago now, he is still very much missed so when we stumbled on a video of Frank  Carter tattooing at the shop we were very happy to see Sumo in the background. Here he is in all his glory. RIP Sumo.

Hello everyone. We hope you’re enjoying our weekly blog posts.

We get asked a lot for cover ups. While it isn’t impossible to cover every tattoo, we will often advise the customer to have a few sessions of laser removal to fade the tattoo down enough to cover it successfully.  This will make a nicer tattoo for both client and artist, without having to compromise. Matt’s customer had a tribal piece on her shoulder and after 5 sessions of removal she was able to have this japanese kitsune in its place.

Matt also finished a really nice skull and japanese flowers tattoo.

Mark’s almost finished this sleeve – again, covering some lasered tribal, and did another session on this pegasus piece

Jo’s sent us some in progress photos of Matt’s stomach, which she’s been working on on her travels.  The colours are awesome. We’re looking forward to her return in a month or so!

Here’s a nice little swallow and a finished tiger head and lady tattoo by Rachel.

Andy did another session on this impressive geometric sleeve and a really cool dotwork pattern.

That’s all for this week. We’ll see you next Monday!

Hello everyone. We’ve got lots of goodies for you to look at today. Some big pieces have been started, some have been finished.

Rachel did a guestspot at Time and Triumph in Monmouthshire, so here are a few pieces from her – The lucky cat was done here at MBA.

Matt started this awesome dragon backpiece, which will be covering the tiger, and completed this snake and flower half sleeve (This is covering a tattoo partially removed by laser) He also finished this cluster of flowers and a little owl tattoo.

Tom did this cool little hourglass, started some graffiti and did another session on this boxer girl. We’re looking forward to seeing this finished.

Mark started a Greek god war themed sleeve and tattooed an old Penny on an Australian guy visiting the UK

Andy’s got some amazing geometric pieces on the go at the moment and here are a few in progress.

Well, that was this week! We’ll see you next time…

Good afternoon everyone,

Here are last week’s goodies for you all to look at:

Tom finished a pin up on someone’s ribs (ouch) and started a lovely day of the dead style senorita. He also did a one off piece based on a Derek Hess Illustration.

Rachel finished an awesome rollergirl piece, along with a rose cover up and a Rescuers piece on our very own Rosie.

Jo has finished a painting of one of the sketches we posted in last week’s blog.

Mark has nearly finished a religious sleeve, he also got some shading into a bio-organic sleeve that he has started and did a nice one off piece of a soldier, based on the customer’s Grandad’s tattoo which was done in the war.

Matt started this:

Adios mes amigos!

Morning everyone As usual we have a few things for you to look at. We hope that you are enjoying our weekly blog updates.

We have a few pictures from Jo for you to see this week. She has started a new painting project and here are a few of her sketches for it, check out her website www.joharrison.co.uk for more updates from her:

Matt started a couple of cool pieces this week:

Tom tattooed a bug, he did a tattoo of a bug that is not on one. That would be cruel…haha:

Rachel finished a couple of big pieces this week. A tribute to Tasha’s kids and a lovely big cupcake/sweets themed rib piece, she also started a new thigh piece which is going to be really nice:

Mark got some colour into a big Japanese leg piece that he is doing:

Well that’s all for this week. Hope you are all enjoying the weather

Ta Ta!

This week has been super busy and productive, and some amazing pieces have been started.
Ivana joined us again for another guest spot. Her colour work is unbelievable and we’re always in awe of her work when she visits.

Here’s Rachel tattooing a squirrel on Glenn’s arm. It will be finished on the next session and we’ll definitely post a pic.

Andy finished this sleeve and an awesome chestpiece. We don’t quite know where he gets his ideas from but he never fails to impress us!

We’re looking forward to seeing the end result of this skull and roses chestpiece that Mark has started.

Matt’s been doing alot of tattoos of ladies lately and finished editing a video of something he did on his friend recently. We hope you can see the video – certain countries have been experiencing copyright issues for some reason. We’ll see you next week

Hello! We have been really busy again this week which means that there’s loads for you to look at!

Tom finished some pictures that he has been working on and started two new tattoos. A  boxing pin up girl and a Batman piece. Both should look really cool once they are finished :

Tom also tattooed Matt’s toes this week with lyrics from his favourite New Model Army song. Matt was very brave and got a lolly afterwards for being so good:

Here are a couple of tattoos that Matt has in progress at the moment:

Rachel has had some super cute things in again (of course):

Glenn tattooed a lovely lotus flower on his friend’s  foot this week:

Andy has finished a couple of really cool tattoos:

Mark did another amazing portrait and started putting some colour into a Japanese sleeve that he is doing:

Some of you might know that Jo is away in Thailand at the moment. She sent us this video of her adventures, so we thought we would share it.

Thats all for this week! see you next Monday

Hello! We’ve got a few cool pictures for you to see this week, some started, some finished and some still in progress.

Rachel  finished this lovely harlequin lady:

Tom did a heart tattoo this week, and he coloured in a skull that he started a while back:

Andy started a cool spiral piece that’s going to be crazy once its finished:

Matt did a Nick Cave portrait on Tom’s lady:

Mark did this little bird on someones arm, and got some more work done on an ace leg piece that he has been working on:

Over and out!

Hello! Welcome to our newest blog

Tom started the week with a couple of  iconic film characters, we cant wait to see these pieces finished!:

Andy finished a piece that we put in the blog a couple of weeks ago and he started a really cool Buddhist protector tattoo:

Matt did this portrait of Darwin on his friend:

Jo sent us over the pictures of an awesome piece she has started, this client sat for 4 days in a row to get his tattoo outlined and the colour started. That’s dedication for you.

Rachel started a couple of cool pieces. A bear girl and a flamingo!

Bye for now!

Good morning! So once again we are fashionably late with the blog. It was a bank holiday though so i think we can be excused. We have been pretty busy as usual so here are a few snippets of what’s been going on at the shop since our last update.

Rachel has had an article published in this months issue of Skin Deep so go and check it out, she also did this cool pilot lady tattoo:

Tom has been a busy boy, he got some more shading done on this cool pin up that he is doing and also added some more to a sleeve that he started :

Mark finished this really nice pocket watch half sleeve, covering some chinese symbols, and he also did a beautiful lotus flower on a shoulder.

Andy’s had a bit of a holiday but completed this awesome Polynesian / geometric sleeve.

So long ’til next week!

Good Morning! Lots of new stuff this week. Some cool pieces started, some finished and some in progress…

We’ve got some photos of work Rachel did at the Liverpool Convention this week. She also has some T-Shirts available. They are in a limited run of 50 and are available in small, medium, large and extra large, in white on black and black on grey. Email rjm.tattoo@gmail.com for more info

Tom’s had a week full of chests. He started this traditional eagle and finished this script.

Mark did this Pegasus tattoo, which is going to be the start of a Greek mythology sleeve. It’s looking pretty nice, so we thought we’d give you a bit of a preview.  He also started a bio – organic sleeve and some skulls and waves on a calf.

Andy finished this, which started as a rework of some old tribal and grew into a geometric sleeve of epic proportions!

Matt’s been working on a sleeve on his friend Steve. It’s coming along nicely.

We ended the week with a little barbecue. Most of the team made it – the cool ones anyway

We are a little bit late posting our ‘weekly’ blog this time! I think we might update every Monday, as Saturdays are pretty hectic for us. We have had another productive week with lots of cool pictures for you to look at. Rachel went to work at the Liverpool tattoo convention over the weekend, so some of you might have seen here there.

Before she went she did this cool death head moth/butterfly design, she also started a pretty awesome back piece which we thought deserved a mention:

Tom started a really nice skull tattoo:

Glenn did these cute cherry blossoms on someones foot:

Andy almost finished this ace swan cover up, we thought we’d give you a little sneak peak as its nearly done:

Mark finished another lovely religious tattoo:

and Matt added some colour into a Japanese sleeve that he is currently working on:

We have some more exciting pieces coming in this week so be sure to check back and have a look at the photos.

After a week with an unusual amount of cancellations, we still managed to get some really cool work done.

Rachel finished these super cute hand pieces:

Mark did this awesome portrait:

Andy started a cool leg piece:

We are going to try and do weekly blog updates from now on, with pictures of all the work we are really excited about doing at MBA, so stay tuned!

We are pleased to welcome back Ivana from 20-25th June 2011. She is booking up quickly so be sure to book in ASAP if you want some work from her.

We now have a YouTube channel. Only one video up so far but many more to come including resident artists and hopefully future guests.