~resonanteye~

a woman tattoo artist’s journal about work and life and things

queen of the joke tattoo

Posted by resonanteye on August 31, 2008

I swear I’ve become the specialist in this kind of thing.

louie's mustache

louie's mustache

Between pigs in dresses polishing turds, “finger deep” “half pint” and “slug bait”…mustaches on pubic mounds and fingertips…and a hundred other goofy things, I’ve turned into the go-to girl for strange, funny, weird, and ridiculous nono tattoos.

And I love every minute of it. When people ask me “what’s your favorite thing to do?” I know they really want me to say “birds” or “tribal” or something. But what I reply is “I like anything that makes me laugh my ass off.” If it happens to be tribal or old school or a bird or a lettering…doesn’t matter one bit. As long as it’s funny, I’m excited.

Louie is leaving us to go to south america. He’s been here nearly as long as I have, the shop I mean. Right after we found the location and started cleaning it up, geo hired him. He helped us build the place, helped me lay concrete for the fence posts, painted, sanded, did all the early work right along side me. He has been a fixture (sometimes a broken one) since the very beginning. And even though Louie and I have had disagreements from time to time, I am really going to miss him.

I gave him his mustaches as a going away present last night, at the end of his last day at work. I hope he has fun with his new friends, the spider monkeys in the jungle, and the heat down there.

2 Responses to “queen of the joke tattoo”

  1. bruki said

    awwwwww. me likey. :)

  2. apinkykiss said

    I must have sat here a good while smiling away to myself with this picture…I could just imagine Louie being silly with his mustache for entertainment.

    I have a feeling that the times of shared laughter out weigh the ‘disagreements’ and will carry you through those times you miss his presence.

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