Session with Joe Moses

Last monday i received a call from my boi Larry he told me was bringing in Joe Moses to get to get sum ink.  Now i didnt really think he was going to come thru, normally these celebs dont follow thru due to busy schedules etc.  However I told Larry koo bring em in of course id take care of him.   Moses on the other hand was serious about his ink and wanted to get a few small peices. Check out sum of the photos from the late night session and media of his work after the jump!  Peace!

Ant Thaxton Slight Work!! Part 1

Biznass as usual at the shop lately and my clients have really been challenging me with these custom pieces.  Its always a good thing when your clients have trust in you and give you the fredom to do you. Heres a few pieces I cooked up these last two weeks or so.

Session With The Homie R2

Wuddup everyone out there!  So the other day my homeboi and fellow tattooer R2 came by the studio to drop off a photo of his custom workhouse irons machine he wanted tattoo'd on his hand.  As soon as i seen it i knew it would make a sick piece given the detail engravings in the frame. So as soon as i had a opening in the chair i hit em to come thru to lay dwn the ink. Check out the pics!

Also check out his fresh clothing line R2G2 Collection http://www.r2g2.com/

Egyptian x African Half Sleeve

Heres a half sleeve I completed earlier this year of a Egyptian mixed with African theme.  The crazy part about this piece is it was done in one day, all free hand and about 9 hrs of inking.  The best part about  it is that it was done on a super tuff client that didn't flinch once the whole time.  He really sat like a champ. Check it out!

Putting down the smash Part.2- New pieces by ANT

Lion Cover-Up

 My dude Eric a coo new client came by the shop today to cover up this lion he had on his arm.  Best customer I've had in a while his only request was he wanted a cross and the rest he left totally up to me and he didn't care what the cost was. I know straight baller talk right!(We don't look at price tags).  lol...  Anyways check out the before and after pictures.

B-News Half Sleeve!

The other day my homeboi from my CRU came thru to get a half sleeve done.  Which he said he wanted but more times then not people bit off more than they can chew with these tattoos and end up not being able to take the pain and tapping out early.  Well not Bnew he sat there in that chair for 6 hours didn't request a smoke or drink break or nothing! G-Shit right!?? lol.  So he had no ideas he wanted me to do whatever it was i wanted to do and it was all freehanded by the way.  I couldn't really get any great pics because it was pretty swollen and irritated. but ill post more pics once it healed.  Anyways check out the pics yo!

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Of course i didn't do the Cali Boy piece in the middle. but we'll get that fixed up later.

Freedom: First tattoo of the New Year by Ant

Native Indian Day of the Dead Chic

This piece was done on a good friend of mines son.  He came in to the OC shop to get it in and wanted sum art that mixed Native and Mexican stuff together.  So we collaborated sum ideas and this is what we came up with.

Latest tattoo's by Ant

Forever to Infinity

This is a cool client that came down from OC. "Forever to Infinity" tattoo took about 3.5 hours and she sat thru this thing and didnt make one face or move once! well maybe once now that i think about it! check it out...

Creation of God

Creation of God necklace freehand this session took about 2hours.  Whats funny is every time I do these lettering tattoos i think back to grade school when the teacher would pass out papers to do work on and ask everyone to make sure you put your name on it. I would basically get it draw my name on there really fancy in cursive and sketch on the paper and that was it! lol  Now all the cursive handwriting practice is paying off.