Work in progress...

Yeah, it's on the getting-there side these days!!!
Or, at least, a "good" start...

Oh, whatever, check the pictures already.

:)

...oh, and don't forget, the shop will be CLOSED NEXT WEEK, so if you want to get tattooed by Mattias in two weeks, DON'T FORGET TO ASK THIS WEEK!!!

Enjoy!!!!

Guest spots!

Hello!
So finally it's Summer. Yay!
too bad it's a bit cold this time, but it doesn't change much things for me as i am getting my back tattooed... sun is not an option for me this year hahaha.

whatever.

Anyway, this summer we also will have some "action" going on, as we always fear summer will be a low season if people leave the city to go on holiday...

Add'ink will be closed the last week july, as from 24 until sat. 28 july i will be doing a guest spot at flying dutchman tattoo studio...
i am already fully booked for that week, but i will go again probably in October or November.

We will also have our friend Mattias coming over for a guest spot, he will be tattooing with us on tuesday 31 of july, tuesday 1rst and friday 3rd of august!
there still is some room for you to get an appointment, but hurry up, as this year we already are very busy.

You can reserve with Mattias or me by showing up at the tattoo studio anytime where opened, and make a deposit (deduced of the price of your tattoo) to fix your appointment.

Please note that on that week,
the shop will be closed on thursday 2nd and saturday 4th of august.

i will tell you more about summer closings and guests in the next post. have a good time!

new month, new pictures.

Hello to all of you out there!
So it's already been a mounth?!?! oh damn time is running so fast...
I have been working, tattooing a lot these last weeks, so this time there will be more pictures about tattoos.
Lately i have spent some time thinking about the whole idea of social network.
you see, i am both on facebook and instagram, and what seemed in the beginning like a good way of getting myself known out there and promoting my work to maybe get more clients now became something i don't like as much as i used to...

I find facebook mostly filled with hate, and the source of painful frustrations due to my lack of social contact.
As a tattoo artist, i'd rather spend some time with my friends or go random in a bar or to see a concert, maybe talk with a few people out there, and go home. Or just stay home with my wife, have a beer and do my drawings.
But with this social internet thing, instead of having this spontaneous thrill of discovering whatever would happen on a night out, i feel myself trapped in bullshit feelings because mounths before the event, getting tired of being invited over and over to the same event by people who don't care about inviting me, just want one more person random not me.
And the second part of my frustration is that most of the time, my true friends would use a message on my phone rather than group message if they want to meet me there. So i get all worried when no one contacts me... why do i feel so lonely? why stay on a social network that doesn't give me enough of this social contact?

On the other hand, it really helps me to keep in touch with SOME people. like 10 times a year. and i'm addicted to it, i have been using FB for years, so stopping won't be as simple as it gets maybe....

yeah i'm thinking about quitting facebook. and instagram. quit all the social stuff, except just blogging like every two weeks... that would actually get me like 3 hours free each week, like 12 hours a mounth!!!!! just by stopping hanging on my phone and computer...
well i think that's all for now. I will post some pictures for your eyes to see, thank you so much for visiting my page.

love
sylvain.

big days

well hello y'all!

so what's new?
...well i've been working (obviously) a lot the last few weeks, but also traveling a bit.

went to Zurich for two days...
then this tiny tattoo convention in Conthey during the weekend. the organizers take care of us by making a little private access for tattoo artists to eat food and chill a bit if we get too uncomfortable withe the crowd, with is nice. And there's always a whole bunch of people who want to get tattooed there. they actually wait for the artists to come each year so they can get tattooed without having to travel away from their place :)

alright...
about that, though, i think everything about this convention was ok except the contest system.

On internet i really try to complain as less as possible, mostly because it's very alike to take dramatic proportions, but this year the jury was just lame.
I don't even know if any of them where tattoo artist. one of them looked less than 18. three of them looked drunk. a lot of time, they looked bored and basically just gave notes according to the presentation guy yelling the name of the artist and giving personal impression about the tattoo on the microphone.

there. at least i said what i saw, with is important since this is my blog.
But i still had a lot of fun, laughing with other tattoo artists, great loud discussions with friends in the hotel room, laughing to tears at the booth, great tattoos to do, fun tattoos to do... I also met some cool people, all working near me in switzerland. I hope we will meet soon :)

Then, we also went to Copenhagen to see our dear Amalie and Uncle Allan to finish my wife's arm. their blog can be found here.
It was just awesome to talk together about japan, and i am super happy my wife didn't have too much pain!
after her tattoo session we went off for a little walk in Copenhagen.

okay that'll be all for now.

i still really have to post more about japan. next time! soon!

Barong, done in 1rst session

rose filler in conthey, 1/2

rose filler in conthey, 2/2

fun skull in conthey, 1

fun skull in conthey, 2

we're moving on!

wheeeeee!

copenhagen mermaid

me and lucifer

my lovely wifey!

viking airlines! yay!

Back in business

Just so you guys know, I have been working again for the last two weeks. I also made some new business cards, and next week I will attend to the tattoo convention of Conthey in Valais Switzerland. info

Japan, part two!

So here it is. We finally caught the cherry blossoms!
We went to Kyoto, and then Nara for two days, were we saw so much beautiful temples and nature... We went to Osaka for three days, and then back to Tokyo for another week! This trip to Japan was just SO awesome. All I can think now is how to go back... I will post more pictures as time will tell, but here are some of them to start with.