Betty

February 13th, 2009

Betty came by the studio to be part of my tattoo project. Click the photo to see her whole gallery.

Betty

Tattoo Diaries: Shantae, Part 2

January 8th, 2009

Shantae came by a little while ago to be part of my tattoo storytelling project. She has a heavy death motif in her body art. Listen as she talks about the individual pieces and get the story behind the ink.

You can see more of her tattoos here.

Keep an eye out for part 3, coming soon.

Tattoo Diaries: Shantae, Part 1

October 20th, 2008

Shantae came by a little while ago to be part of my tattoo storytelling project. She has a heavy death motif in her body art. Listen as she talks about the individual pieces and get the story behind the ink.

You can see more of her tattoos here.

Keep an eye out for part 2, coming soon.

Tattoo Diaries – Vasara, Part 2

September 4th, 2008

Here is Part Two of my interview with Vasara. She describes her ankle spikes and goes into more detail about her New Mexico tattoo as well. At the end, she finishes by talking about future tattoo plans and more generally about what her ink means to her.

Vasara, a local model based in Alexandria, came by to participate in my tattoo project. She has some really interesting work on her and was a blast to meet and talk to. Are you interested in participating? Just let me know and we will work out a time for you to talk about your ink.

See more of Vasara’s tattoos here.

Tattoo Diaries – Vasara, Part 1

September 2nd, 2008

Vasara, a local model based in Alexandria, came by to participate in my tattoo project. She has some really interesting work on her, so be sure to watch the video and keep an eye out for part 2 of this series. Are you interested in participating? Just let me know and we will work out a time for you to talk about your ink.

See more of Vasara’s tattoos here.

Tattoo Diaries: Christine, Part 5

July 22nd, 2008

In this episode, Christine continues the narrative of her body art, talking about the tribal and butterfly tattoos she has on her back, as well as the one she shares with Angelina Jolie, which represents her struggle with an eating disorder.

Christine is a model I met who is covered in well over 20 tattoos, each one with some meaning or story behind it. As such, this was a very lengthy interview and will be broken up into five different videos. Be sure to check back to see the new videos and photos as they become available. See more photos of Christine’s tattoos here.

Read more about my tattoo project here. Interested in taking part? Get in touch and we will make it happen.

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Shoot with Vasara: Edited Photos

June 14th, 2008

My last post featured an unedited photo of Vasara Noxxul, a model who came by to participate in my tattoo project. Vasara was a lot of fun to work with. She is the type of person who is really an expert at what she does and it is clear that she enjoys it. Seeing that type of expertise and passion is a lot of fun to watch. Here is another photo from the shoot. Click on it to see the select edited images.

Vasara. (c)2008 by Carl Weaver.

Photos from My Shoot with Vasara

June 12th, 2008

Vasara is a local model who came over recently for my tattoo project. I am very excited about the photos, as she was incredible at posing and very expressive. I haven’t even edited the photos yet but wanted to post a preview here. Keep an eye out for the whole set of photos.

Vasara, by Carl Weaver

Tattoo Diaries – Christine, Part 4

May 21st, 2008

In this episode, Christine continues the narrative of her body art, talking about her mermaid, nautical stars, chaos symbol and other tattoos.

Christine is a model I met who is covered in well over 20 tattoos, each one with some meaning or story behind it. As such, this was a very lengthy interview and will be broken up into a few different videos. Be sure to check back to see the new videos and photos as they become available. See more photos of Christine’s tattoos here.

Read more about my tattoo project here. Interested in taking part? Get in touch and we will make it happen.

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Tattoo Diaries – Christine, Part 3

May 15th, 2008

Following up from previous videos of Christine (here and here), we now get to learn about her chest tattoos – two swallows and an ouroborous. She also talks about how her family feels about her body being covered in ink.

Christine is a model I met who is covered in well over 20 tattoos, each one with some meaning or story behind it. As such, this was a very lengthy interview and will be broken up into a few different videos. Be sure to check back to see the new videos and photos as they become available. See more photos of Christine’s tattoos here.

Read more about my tattoo project here. Interested in taking part? Get in touch and we will make it happen.

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