I’ve been aware of this artist for some years and have admired his style and talent. I did a small post about him almost 2 years ago that was lacking “meat” and decided David needed more credit than I gave him in that post. Bollt is not only a respected tattoo artist, he has a large following of admirers of his fantasy work and is well known for his illustrative work for book covers, CD covers and magazine art work. When he was only in his early teens, he began his art career by freelancing. He designed cover work for local bands as well as science fiction magazines. After getting his Fine Arts degree and working in the field for awhile, he spent a year studying tattooing. He travels the tattoo convention circuit and you might be able to catch him with his traveling art gallery which hits about 20 cities a year. continue reading
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Todays Post is by Guest Blogger Todd from http://newlookhouston.com/blog/ Sometimes the decision is made in drunken haze and sometimes it comes in the clear light of day. No matter how lucid the individual is at the time of the act, some tattoos are just not a great idea. Oh I know it SEEMS like one at the time, it always does, but these 25 tattoos were destined for laser tattoo removal from the moment the needle was dipped in ink…
- “Mom” Tattoos – Trust me she would have preferred a Gift Certificate to the Cracker Barrel.
- Cartoon Characters –Someday that stretched-out, mutated Tweetie Bird will ruin Loony Toons for your kid.
- Naked People – I don’t care how artsy you think you are…it’s porn.
- Tramp Stamps – Whether it’s a butterfly, a Rose or a bulls-eye a lower back tattoo says “I really ought to pull up my pants in public”
- Side of the Neck Tattoos- You may have been man enough to handle the pain, are you man enough to handle the “douche bag” stereotype?
- Chinese/Japanese Symbols How much do you trust your tattoo artist’s linguistic skills? The tattoo you THINK says “Strength” probably actually means “Cabbage”.
- Belly Button Tattoos – skin elasticity fades away with time…but that ink won’t. A tight ring of flowers will be a hula hoop after baby #1
- A Lover’s Name – A bad break up can leave you wishing they’d left you with herpes instead.
- Boob Tattoos – sooner or later those things are gonna shrivel like raisins… and so’s your artwork.
- Butterflies- of all the possible things to permanently mark yourself with, you choose a bug. You know those things were worms before they got wings right?
- Portraits- If you’re gonna do a portrait choose some one fat and wrinkled. That’s the only way it will still look normal when you get fat and wrinkled.
- Those tattoos that make it look like you’re a robot underneath your skin- No one thinks you’re a robot. They think you’re a geek for wanting to be a robot…
- Prison Tats- Because your criminal record doesn’t make it hard enough to get a job. Nothing says “Don’t Hire Me” like your “Cellies 4 life” tattoo.
- Gang Symbols for Gangs you aren’t in. – Dude, not only are you begging to get shot, you are more are less resigning yourself to a life lowering fries into hot grease.
- Racist Tattoos – Just in case this isn’t self explanatory… at some point someone bigger than you WILL be offended and WILL kick your ass.
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When you think of clown tattoos your mind usually visualizes the evil clown figure – demon like features, possibly fangs. At least that’s where my mind travels. Clowns are an extremely popular choice for tattoo body art. This tattoo brings back memories for me – my Mom collected clowns. Not evil scary ones, but more of the Emmett Kelly type like this image with it’s sad and forlorn feel. continue reading
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Well, foreign to me – I wanted to relay more information about this artists’s work and background but unfortunately, his background is not in English. Capturing the glistening eyeball with the cool paisly type background.
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In the future, I think you’ll see more household items depicting Tattoo art in various ways. Perhaps, minus the “thing” like hand. But the sailor Jerry, old school and classic tattoo choices appeal to a large enough audience to warrant a whole industry of clothes and accessories so why not furniture?
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I’ve been aware of this artist for some years and have admired his style and talent. I did a small post about him almost 2 years ago that was lacking “meat” and decided David needed more credit than I gave him in that post. Bollt is not only a respected tattoo artist, he has a large following of admirers of his fantasy work and is well known for his illustrative work for book covers, CD covers and magazine art work. When he was only in his early teens, he began his art career by freelancing. He designed cover work for local bands as well as science fiction magazines. After getting his Fine Arts degree and working in the field for awhile, he spent a year studying tattooing. He travels the tattoo convention circuit and you might be able to catch him with his traveling art gallery which hits about 20 cities a year. continue reading
I love the popularity of tattoos and how you are seeing the influence of the art infiltrating so many aspects of our lives. For example this hand painted Travel Chalkboard at “Furniture Art by Chrisi”. 
