It’s safe to say life here in Vancouver is significantly different from life in Saskatoon. When i first moved here I was incredibly overwhelmed but soon settled into everyday life in Vancouver which, after a short period of time, consisted of working at Adrenaline. Getting to be here everyday is the same feeling as being a kid in a candy store. I get to be around all of the things that i like to be around and all of the…
I’ve been working here at Adrenaline going on 4 years now. Working in such closed quarters with such amazing artists is so inspiring and really gets the creative juices flowing. We have painting nights weekly where a few of us co workers gather, have a couple drinks, and paint the night away. My artistic abilities in my opinion, have definitely improved tenfold. This coming summer I plan on hosting my very first art show, but that’ll be a blog all…
It seems like I can’t turn on the TV anymore without seeing some form of new tattoo “reality” show. While I do appreciate the antics and comedy that these shows provide I do have a few issues with the reality factor on these shows.
For example, I promise you that the full sleeves and backpieces that you see finished on these shows are not drawn up in 15 minutes time and tattooed in a single session. I’m sure…
My first memory of tattoos was seeing the greenish blobs of ink on my Grandpa’s forearms when I was little. Tattooing has always intrigued me since then. When I was 10 I started trying to reproduce the art I saw in my older brother’s tattoo magazines. By the time I was 17, I was running the desk at Supreme Tattoos where I later earned an apprenticeship. I started tattooing full time in 2007, pushing myself to learn as much…