by Sunny | Aug 26, 2020 | Archive, Drawing, Technique
July lesson at the Louvre. To change things up this time I went with a friend! It is very nice to sketch together, chat and then go to lunch 😁. This is supposed to be a group of feathers on the back of the soldier’s helmet. He’s in anguish after being...
by Sunny | Jun 2, 2020 | Archive, Tattoo History
Emma De Burgh was one half of the first tattooed couple attraction, Emma and Frank De Burgh. She was entirely hand tattooed by Samuel O’Reilly the inventor of the tattoo machine. It’s reasonable to assume that during the 18 months that it took him to...
by Sunny | Apr 26, 2020 | Archive, Music, Travel
The Burger Boogaloo is a Bay Area punk and garage rock music festival. It started in 2012 and is famous for having John Waters as the Master of Ceremonies. I attended in 2018, it is held in Mosswood Park, Oakland, California. The festival is vaguely associated with...
by Sunny | Apr 25, 2020 | Archive, Tattoos
by Sunny | Apr 8, 2020 | Archive, Books
Here’s some of the efforts by friends and clients who bought my coloring book from Monsa publishing. Some of these were sent to me during the confinement. The original intention of adult coloring books is as a relaxing pass time and stress relief, so I guess...
by Sunny | Apr 4, 2020 | Archive, Tattoo History
Tattooed Women/Irene Woodward La Belle Irene Irene Woodward was the stage name of Ida Levina Lisk born on August 24, 1857 to a working class family (her father was a shoemaker) There is some discrepancy as to who was the first tattooed lady, Irene Woodward or...
