Tattoos Archives - Page 4 of 4 - Carl Hallowell (Horisho)

Sujibori, or Outline Stage

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On April 25, 2015

The Tora And Snake This young man here came in with the right idea. I am very lucky he came to me. Or perhaps I deserved it. Or karma led to this chance meeting. Or the tattoo gods presided over the realm we walked that night. Either way, here we are, and there is nothing […]

Established 1995

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On April 8, 2015

Before the Sailor Jerry books came out, before the Tattoo tv shows, before the internet, and cell phones, before computers were everywhere, before credit card scanners, before the revival of the rotary tattoo machine, before a tattoo color kit included ten shades of green, before the tattoo internet chatrooms made trade secrets public, before there were ten tattoo magazines, before the death of the […]

Keepers of the Light

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On April 1, 2015

Join me as we head underground into the catacombs past what you thought you knew, leaving familiarity behind for a sense of adventure and allowing the doors of perception to open. True reality can become apparent. Rows and rows of designs, these are the archetypes. Which one will you be today? – Miike Ness… The […]

Sleeve of Water

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On March 9, 2015

Traditional Tattoo Designs Didn’t take Jessica too many trips up to D-Town to get this bad boy wrapped up B. That’s because of the hours and hours she sits each session she comes to town. Did you hear the story of Bodhidharma’s tattoo? The Medusa tattoo who’s wearer had turned to stone? The Sailor who […]

Walk-In Tattoo

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On January 22, 2015

Tribal Tattoo This customer came in with a misplaced cross and tribal tattoo that was not too well done. He dreamed of a tribal half sleeve but didn’t know how to go about getting it done. I covered the old cross and tribal with a new design; next, I added on down the arm with […]

Traditional Tattoo Sleeve

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On November 5, 2014

American Traditional Tattoo Sleeve – Do It Again All Jeff’s traditional tattoo sleeve needs to do now is heal. I spoke before about Jeff’s work ethic when it comes to his tattoos- “get it done.” When you look down your arm and see that your sleeve is finished it is an incredibly proud feeling that […]

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On September 15, 2014

The yellow rose is an excellent choice for your Texas tattoo. Whether you have been here all your life, or are about to move away, or are just here on vacation, many have felt the desire to make the moment last with a Texas tattoo. How can I not automatically think of two beautiful women […]

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On August 16, 2014

Yin, and Yang A clean back, a white piece of paper, amazingly inspirational and full of possibility… I like to choose Simplicity… Overwrought ideas look nervous, unsure of themselves… or cluttered, like a Dirty Closet… or suffocated, the line choked, unable to breathe… Most of this just things I’ve learned the hard way, what […]

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On August 2, 2014

What was great to me about these was that they decided to get an image based tattoo in the end. They had originally brought in a picture on their iphone of lettering alone. While tattoo lettering can be very cool, nothing beats that strong black shading, those open fields of color. It just looks like […]

Posted by Carl Hallowell
On July 28, 2014

I was happy that my client requested color in his memorial to his Mother. I felt that I got a chance to do this classic motif justice, now that my drafting skills have improved. I believe the color really adds emotion to the piece and gives it a sense of harmonious balance. The interplay between […]