who wants a tiki tattoo??

i work at avalon tattoo 2 in north park san diego. ive worked there for 7 years now, and ive done many tiki tattoos, but not enough!! i tattooed otto this last oasis, it was a blast.....soooo, if you are interested let me know! i would love to carve YOU!

Can we see some pics of your tiki work? I've been thinking about getting one.

Mahalos.

on these moai i did not do the lower wave stuff.(below the belly)


please do not copy these pics or try to have someone reproduce these, as they are one of a kind and i dont think the owners would be happy. if you want something designed i can make one just for you. thanks again



hope ya'll like em

hey good job on the tattoo artist job for so long. youve really stuck with it there. but i think the "would love to carve YOU" part spooks me a little bit. haha jokes
look foreward to seeing your work

yeah, i thought of that, but i do have a very light hand, all or most of these pics are taken right when they are finished! no blood! how can i hurt if theres no blood? hehehe! thanks!

Thanks for posting the pics. Those are cool designs. They give me more ideas to think about when I get around to the next bit of ink.

great work!! i've got a lot of tattoos, but no tiki ones yet.....but i still have another arm to sleeve, so they will get worked in there somewhere. i love that they're all custom pieces.....it makes the owner of it so much happier knowing it's the only one out there like that.....not some flash off the wall that hundreds of people have. looking foward to seeing more of your work. i may have to come by the shop next time we're in san diego.

On 2006-08-23 16:59, sleestak wrote:
yeah, i thought of that, but i do have a very light hand, all or most of these pics are taken right when they are finished! no blood! how can i hurt if theres no blood? hehehe! thanks!

Ha! Beware of the tattoo artist that says they don't hurt! :) I know I'd bleed, I always bleed. Hey, it's part of the fun, right?

Here's my last tattoo and first tiki piece

This was done by Cory at Lucky 7 in King's Beach, CA (Tahoe). He did a great job, but the moai is a little funky and a lot of people see it as a dog.

Let me ask you this: do you consider yourself a tiki specialist? If you are, I would definitely come down to San Diego to have you "carve" me :) I want to do a big tiki piece on my calf but I'd like to get it done by someone that knows and loves tiki so they can help me make sure it's right, and also help me plan out the rest of the space there so I can eventually end up with a wrap around tropical piece there.

Your work looks great, love to see more!

here are some paintings, kinda beat kinda neat! hope ya like em!




heres me in action at the san diego convention with fellow finknik!

Seen your stuff up close and personal. Truly great. As a fellow Finknik I'll be setting up an appointment soon.
Cheers.

Wow... the skateboarder kicks ass! Reminds me of Stacy Peralta, but with black hair.

You do really nice work... both paint and ink!

thanks a lot, actually that is a rendering of myself skating in the old stencil stlye! but its not a stencil, its really painted! thanks everyone!

good stuff there. i like the crazy bird one

if anyone is coming down for the next oasis i will be booking for that time, soooo, if you wants to git stuck, lemme know. we still have a year!

Very cool work. Too bad your not coming to the Calgary tattoo and arts show on sept 3-5.

i love the rat! here's my rat fink.

so what i gather is nobody really wants a tiki tatoo. sigh

On 2006-08-29 10:35, sleestak wrote:
so what i gather is nobody really wants a tiki tatoo. sigh

Not nobody!

Tiki Central is a worldwide community, lots of people who are interested in getting a tatt of a tiki may just not live in your area, plus they may still be undecided in terms of design & placement.

On 2006-08-29 10:35, sleestak wrote:
so what i gather is nobody really wants a tiki tatoo. sigh

i do! book me for next year's oasis.

great one kings.td
Here the first tatt pic from Otto ? I wonder what he asked for a tiki tattoo ?

heres a small collection of finks!!

all of these fink tattoos belong the the one and only von finkelstein

im not actually tattooing at the oasis. but my shop is less than 5 minutes away!!!avalon tattoo 2

Nice work Dave, but I'm hopefully going to be having Fip start a leg piece on me within the next few months up here at Hardy's place. Koi with lot's of japanese imagry on one side of the leg, Tiki with polynesian on the other side.

-W

if anyone is interested in booking any time aroud the oasis i will be taking appt for then, i will not be tattooing at the actual oasis but avalon is less than 5 minutes away! i will also have a booth there selling art and stuff known as the "finknik" booth! see you there

very very cool, everyone! I love seeing your ink. Here's my Rat Fink:

I had a tattoo done at Avalon last summer. You guys do great work! It was my first one and I was actually surprised at how little it hurt. I got a chrome Mustang on the outside of my right ankle. Marty did it for me at the Pacific Beach location.

I am thinking about eventually getting some colorful flowers around my wrist. Hibiscus, etc. Still in the thinking process on that one :wink:

I'll be getting my second tiki piece today with a hot rod theme :) very excited...

its weird that this thread re appeared if you didnt see the other post, heres some new ones

if anyone want to do something(tattoo) around tiki oasis, lemme know!!

I'm game...sent you a pm. :)

Ok so I know you have said you are not tattooing AT oasis but have you considered it?... it would be some great exposure and may just convince more people to get tiki tattoos, also people can see your work and get your shop details.... maybe before the mai tais start flowing... I would be keen for some new work at oasis... just a thought..

sounds cool, but.... there are lots of children, drinks, and the health department probably wouldnt be too happy. plus lots of people swim and just party hard, and tattoos seem to not enjoy this party. i do though. plus i have a booth(the finkniks) and am playing, so ill already be busy enough honestly.

sweet bro... i will be sure to pop by your stall and maybe organise something for after the event... cheers....

your'e on!

Hell YES, Sleestak!!
Great looking work!

Nice work. Tattoo ideas is the reason I stumbled upon this website in the first place today. I want to do a half sleeve wrist-elbow in a tiki/deco theme.

If I wasn't halfway across the country I would come in and chat with you.

that would've been ripping! make da trip!

We'll see. I gotta see what kinda vacations I plan on taking this year. I want to go to So. Cal pretty bad. I've only been to Cali once, to LA and I really didn't care for it. I want a better Cali experience, one that makes me not hate the state.

Far out. How do they work the clean/dirty rooms at those conventions? Could you set up a Tattooing booth at Oasis 8?

i honestly dont think that oasis would be the best place to be doing tattoos . first of all there is the drinks! we all have to get them! plus there is swimming, oh yeah did i mention the drinks? you catch my drift. then the city would probably want to be involved. geeze, im sure otto has enough on his plate. but i work that thurs, and the following monday! great idea, but to sketchy im afraid.

Just PM'd you!