so I had a spare day and some cash

[John at My Favorite Pinups{★}]

I was in NY this past weekend picking up my dad's car... my mom wanted to give it to my oldest daughter after my dad passed away last october.

When I got home I trotted over to Lost Soul Studio to get some work done
This was my first time with this guy

I was never quite happy with my pinup girl tattoo and thought I'd get it touched up to fix some errors in the previous guys work... the original artist has been MIA for quite some time

so I was in the chair getting 2 new tattoos and the touchup... it took from 10am till after 6pm

Chris @ Lost Soul Studio in Racine WI is a f****** genius as far as I am concerned.

He totally reworked my pinup and made her pretty
He did a bass clef on my inside left wrist and most important to me designed a tribute tattoo for my left arm.

My dad was my best friend and I miss him a lot, being in NY for even a brief period of time freshened his death right up, and driving to Wisconsin in his car all alone gave me time to think way too much.

Me and Pop spent a lot of time hanging out, playing pool, drinking coffee and talking. He had a black fedora he wore all the time.

So I tell this to Chris, tell him I want a pool cue a cup of coffee and of course the fedora. I even gave him the hat itself to use as source material

He came up with a great concept and I let him go to town, he chose the colors and the layout I honestly didn't even look at it after the rough sketch.

Chris even took the time to ask me how Pop took his coffee (light no sugar.. milk.. never ever creamer) and he mixed a color and showed it to me before he put it on.

I love this guys work and will be going back soon for him to start on my back piece and if you are in the area.. look him up.

http://www.myspace.com/lostsoulstudio

[John at My Favorite Pinups{★}]

keep in mind... these are less than 24 hours old

[Edson Carlos]

Love the pieces bro, if I could give a little feedback I'd say the pool cue needs completion. Have that baby extend off the other side of the mug and add a little of the "diamond" type details on the base so its CLEARLY a cue.

At the moment it couuuuuuld be a pencil, I initially thought, oh cool insurance salesman or teacher. Easy little touch to keep the overall scale correct!

These markings:

Amazing story, I'm so in sync with my dad too, I wish time would just freeze as he just flipped 60.

[John at My Favorite Pinups{★}]

with the placement I wanted and the size of the tattoo if I added the back of the cue it'd be on my back

but there just might be room to add chalk

[Edson Carlos]

Reaching to the back blade area might actually be kinda cool, sans the red backdrop it would be a nice connector. I like the chalk idea too, small lil brick or a ball of his/yours lucky # in the space between the fedora and the mug.

PS tx for giving the pinup a nice rump.

e

[Cherry Cyanide]

nice.

[John at My Favorite Pinups{★}]

this is the original pinup tattoo...
Chris did an excellent update

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

LOVE!!! The color is amazing!!

[Redhead]

Nice work, I love the pin-up!

[Jessica Parish]

These are all really great.

[Ellie Monster{★}]

Love the work!