Brick and Mortar

Hello, here is a little sneak into a thing that has been brewing for nearly a year now, I am going to be relocating my private studio in Lewes to a full tattoo studio / gallery in Brighton’s wonderful North Laines.

More on this project later, but for now here is a little sneak of the shop front as it is at this moment before we start painting and fixing it up.

As part of cleaning house and making some funds for the new buildout I’ve added some originals to my big cartel store. Thank you for reading!

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Rainbow Intermission – New Screen Print

Hi there!

I’m really excited to share my latest print with the wonderful folks at Nightswim Project.

It is a 11 layer screen print with metallic gold on 110# Crane Lettra 100% cotton paper. Hand numbered & initialed edition of 60

Printed at NIGHT SWIM by Sarah Schatz

I originally created for the band Cold Wives S/T album cover that was released last month, it is a great record and I’ve been friends with the band for a long time so it’s been great to do this together.

You can find the print here

https://nightswimproject.com/shop/p/thomas-hooper-rainbow-intermission

And the album here

https://romannumeralrecords.bandcamp.com/album/s-t

Thank you!

Have a great weekend – Thomas.

Tomm Li, skull shifting across multiple realities ( A Back Piece)

Tomm Li, skull shifting across multiple realities ( A Back Piece)

Yesterday we finished the main section of this crazy one, then outlined the back of both thighs down to the calves, Tomm LI is a great Tattooer originally from Hong Kong, that now lives and works in Leeds with his family, he guested with me @nowhere_tattooing on Tuesday then got tattooed for two days in a row 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾.
The swirling abstract patterns are inspired by the first person I ever saw doing anything like this on the body, sumigashi abstract black work tattoos by @roxx_____ done so incredibly, I wanted something that was representative of things being off balance and warped and to not imitate ROXX’s work, so instead I took concentric circles in illustrator and warped and twisted them, printed them out and dragged them on the flatbed of a photocopier to warp them even more, then had some fun stencilling em.
Thank you Tomm for your trust on this one and the freedom to get a little wild.

Austin’s Front

Austin’s Front

On my last trip to Texas, we made some serious progress on Austin’s tattoo @rockofagestattoo – what began as a half sleeve around an existing moth has become a body suit, it’s a slippery slope.

Thank you Austin for the perseverance and courage to keep going through this one, the torso is no joke…….. easy bits next?