Well...Dave does it again!
Making my annual trip to All or Nothing once again was an extremely memorable experience...and this time I was able to bring a friend with me (who also got tattooed by J Ranno at the same time).
What can I say? AON, as always, provides the ultimate experience...between the amazing shop space which is just bursting with art and inspirational tattoos, and the extremely professional and courteous staff....coming to AON always feels more like some kind of private tattoo vacation, than just a day at a tattoo shop.
For this session, Dave spent the day coloring in my arm, which he had previously lined in a session almost a year ago.
He did an AMAZING job, and we were lucky enough to have Max in the shop (he was there to photograph an AMAZING b&G skull that Brandon did on a client that same day over at Anti Art)...so I got Max to take photos of my backpiece (which never made up here since we didn't have great pics) and my arm....so hopefully when he gets those uploaded, I will be able to share them with you.
I also want to take a moment to say that J Ranno is really dropping some sick ink also. My friend came in there with a really straightforward tattoo idea (A western style dragon breathing fire) and J knocked it out of the park....I know he blew my friend's mind....so J...my hats off to you as well.
To anyone out there on the interweb who is debating making the journey to All or Nothing, all I can say is JUST FREAKING DO IT (look at my location...I drive 10 hours each way to get to AON). You can read all these testimonials, but at the end of the day, words cannot capture the awesomeness of the entire AON experience. Spend a full day there getting tattooed and I guarantee you it will change all of your beliefs and expectations about what the tattoo experience is all about.
Pics to come very soon.
p.s. - I also want to extend my thanks to all the new apprentices at AON. Last time I was there, John and Matt were still apprenticing, and Mondo was basically still the new guy. Well....now almost a year later, Mondo is the senior apprentice and there is a whole new group of apprentices working hard and learning from the AON staff artists. The faces may have changed, but the professionality, courtesy, attentiveness, and passion...they are still forefront in the actions of the apprentices at AON. I swear, sitting around the shop, there was *never* a moment when at least one apprentice was not busy cleaning some surface of this immaculate shop.
EDIT: Pics are up!!!! (Thanks Max!)