Lydia the Tattooed Lady

2012-01-08T20:49:00.001-08:00

Did this tonight.

-for appointments email me at Gaytha.Watley@gmail.com

Location:Work on the hubby's back piece.

Newer

2012-01-02T22:30:00.001-08:00

Weekend fun.

2011-10-16T22:01:00.001-07:00

Creepy trees

2011-10-02T15:04:00.001-07:00

On my friend Alysha

Oh Mary!

2011-07-24T20:34:00.001-07:00

On the super cool lady, Kristen.

Shaded hands, face and veil.

Location:12th St,Oakland,United States

Black & Grey

2011-07-23T00:31:00.001-07:00

From a picture provided by client.

Virgin Mary

2011-07-11T09:16:00.001-07:00

Part one.

Still need to finish shading the face and the veil.

Location:Sacred Tattoo, Oakland, CA

Russian Prison Tattoos

2011-07-04T16:29:00.001-07:00

Did this lovely tattoo on a couple in Oakland.

I have an ongoing love for Russian prison tattoos. They're from beatiful to brutal.

Step by step

2011-06-29T09:54:00.001-07:00

Building a sleeve that tells the story of the changing seasons.

Cranes

2011-06-29T09:43:00.001-07:00

Colored with black, white, red & tan.

At Sacred

2011-06-14T07:40:00.001-07:00

A first tattoo on a client. He had an entourage of buddies with him.

Outline of tribal half-sleeve and chest plate finished in an hour and a half. We start the blackening in two weeks. What a way to spend your high school graduation money!

Bones & life

2011-06-12T19:20:00.001-07:00

Artwork was provided by my client.

Cranes

2011-04-01T07:50:00.001-07:00

2011-03-17T21:20:00.001-07:00

Doll

Ferdinand

Random fun

2011-03-14T21:29:00.001-07:00

Cool kitsch.

Psycho Billy zombie pinup

On my Mother-In-Law

Dagger & banners

Wicked Cover-ups

2011-03-02T12:26:00.001-08:00

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Location:44th St,Oakland,United States

Quick update

2011-01-18T22:43:00.001-08:00

Peacock

2010-10-01T12:08:00.000-07:00

Flowers

2010-09-17T07:56:00.001-07:00

Walk-Ins make life easy.

Lotus on Chris.

Anyone for a flash tramp stamp?

Henna Inspired

2010-06-27T20:05:00.001-07:00

Get a tattoo

2010-06-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

email me, gaytha.watley@gmail.com

Wild Micro Tattoo

2010-05-10T22:47:00.000-07:00

On my amazing friend, Tobia.

Single needle, 7 round liner, and a 7mag. 3 inches.
If you can name the band and album this art is from, I'll give you a cookie!

Scissors

2010-02-27T21:08:00.001-08:00

Today I tattooed my lovely and wonderful friend, Maria. She's my maticulous crafter friend who I posted about in my other blog. She found these Victorian style scissors in an underground clipart mag called Craphound. Delicate, and done with a single needle and a tight five. It's about two and a quarter inches tall.

Opposite of this open pair is a closed pair. She's got a lot of life and death themed art. I'm grateful she chose me to do these lovelies.

The Namesake

2010-02-26T11:06:00.000-08:00

Welcome

2010-02-26T10:30:00.000-08:00

First post. I figured it's time to start blogging about my tattoo experiences now, while I'm still fresh, and excited about the industry, and not an old, jaded fart.
I want to start this off with the evolution of MEDUSA.

This one was a custom job of Medusa for a friend of mine. It's on the front of her thigh, above the knee.
The sketches were made; They were just approved with an enphatic "Fucking amazing. Holy shit." In the meantime I'll paint in watercolors so I have a decent color scheme going for her. Tracing over and over, tweaking and tweaking.

The final product presented above. The painting is currently MIA somewhere in Oakland. All I can say is document any attending art shows thoroughly. It was "lost" by East Bay Express and the Oakland Museum. Oh what a cluster fuck.

finished Medusa
Originally uploaded by GAYTHA