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-Natan Won Best Backpiece at NH Convention!

Micah — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:25:47 +0000

While Natan was busy working away at the Manchester, New Hampshire Live Free or Die Tattoo Convention this last weekend, he happened to win the first place trophy for best backpiece! After working through many sessions, Natan recently finished up this massive phoenix piece on shop buddy, Mike Carlin:

1st Place Men's Backpiece- Live Free or Die Tattoo Convention

Mike was nice enough to make it out the show in order to enter the contests and was rewarded for his efforts with a shiny new plaque.

Natan is booking about a month out for large, custom work, but does have scattered availabilities for consults. Make sure to call or email to start planning your custom piece with him today!

-New Flash and Shirt from Jebb

Micah — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:07:40 +0000

Check out some slick new merch over at SHIRTS AND DESTROY. Great dudes, great stuff.

Just in time for summer…

Thanks for looking,
Jebb

-Lightwave Tattoos at the Boston Tattoo Convention

Micah — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 19:52:05 +0000

This years BTC looks to be a ripper, and you can bet we’ll be there. It is September 2-5 and Natan, Jayski and Jebb will be tattooing all 4 days. If you’d like to make an appointment to get tattooed at the show, get in touch today. You can call us at the shop 781-233-1780 or email lightwavetattoos@gmail.com to set something up. Our past employees, Johnny Smith and Kristina Bennett who relocated to Oregon will be there as well. A reunion of sorts!

Tickets for the show can be purchased HERE!

-Thanks and we look forward to seeing you there!

New Work by Natan

Micah — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:57:49 +0000

Last week, Natan got the chance to finish up this half sleeve of imagery relating to the beast of revelation. This piece features an interesting balance of both illustrative and geometric techniques and gave Natan the opportunity to play around with a diverse and out of the ordinary subject matter.

Beast of Revelation

Natan is booking out a couple of weeks in advance for custom work monday through wednesday at Witch City Ink and Thursdays and Fridays at Lightwave Tattoos. Give us a call to book out your time today!

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Natan at the Philly Convention!

Micah — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:21:57 +0000

Natan is off to Philly for the weekend for their tattoo convention. He’ll have registration forms and info for the Boston convention on him so make sure to stop by and say hello! Find more information online at http://www.villainarts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=91

New Work by Natan

Micah — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:08:34 +0000

Despite our struggles with the onslaught of snow as of recent, Natan has been pulling consistently long days working on some big new pieces he has in progress. Check ‘em all out below:

First up is this in-progress shot of a Kali backpiece that Natan has been working on. The latest session on this involved adding in the tibetan flames as a border around the piece and to accent the natural curvature of his client’s anatomy. More photos of this one to come as she heals up and makes it back for more work.

Kali Backpiece (In Progress)

Next is the latest progress shot from another long-term project of Natan’s. Our buddy Mike has been in and out of the shop every other week or so, plugging away at getting his full back completed. As you can see, they’re just about in the home stretch and should have a finished photo up here fairly soon.

Phoenix (In Progress)

On a slightly smaller scale is this St. Michael piece that Natan completed a couple of months ago. Natan’s been getting a fair amount of religious work coming in lately and it’s always interesting to see his take on a particular piece. This one below was rendered out with some soft, muted, painterly tones.

St. Michael

Last up is this piece based on the Alex Grey drawing “The Seer”. If you’re familiar with the work of Alex Grey (or if you take a cursory glance at some of his pieces online) you know how incredibly detailed and intricate everything by him is, making it all fairly challenging for translating into a tattoo. Natan was able to figure out a system to tackle this complicated one here, grounding it in a strong and bold tradition of tattooing while maintaining all of the nuances which give the original drawing it’s power and effect.

Alex Grey (The Seer)

Natan is at Witch City Ink (Salem, MA) Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, and Lightwave Tattoos (Saugus, MA) Thursdays and Fridays. Give us a call and book up your time with him today!

New Work by Micah

Micah — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 21:13:18 +0000

Here’s a couple of pieces that I’ve been working on lately, for your viewing pleasure.

First up is this folksy, guitar-playing skeleton with some desert flowers on my buddy, Jake. Just gotta finish up the rose on the other side and then maybe we’ll think about some background stuff…

Folk Skeleton

Secondly, I lined out this big new viking-skull-with-bats piece on constant client, Trevor. Should be a fun one to color in and I’ve got a large watercolor painting of this I’m working on as well…

Viking Skull

Alright, that’s about all the new stuff worth mentioning for now, couple of new smaller pieces in the portfolio section as well. Hope all’s well out there in internet land, we’ve still got snowball fights and high-fives if you need ‘em,

_micah
lightwave tattoos
lightwavetattoos@gmail.com
781 233 1780

New Work from Jay Ski

Micah — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:15:09 +0000

Mr. Jay Ski, known far and wide for his bold traditional fare, broke out his toolbox of old-school tricks for a couple of little one-sitting pieces in the last week or so. First, is this classic sleepy-looking but secretly dangerous, tiger. Classic! (Check your tattoo history book for Bob Roberts, Bob Shaw, Zeke Owens, Col. Todd Shaw, etc. to fully understand this particular brand of deceptive tiger).

Tiger

Next up is a sweet tat, as your mom might call it, of a demon face. When I queried Jay as to what his client had asked for, he simply replied “A demon face!”. So there you have it.

Demon (Face)

Now, I know what you’re thinking, as sweet as that demon face is, how cool would a full, complete, epic demon backpiece be? Pretty cool. Call Jay!

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184 Broadway, Rte. 1 North, Saugus MA
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Gift Certificates now Available!

Micah — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:30:52 +0000

Are you searching for the perfect holiday gift? This season, give your friends and family the gift that will last forever, a tattoo gift certificate! Yes, that’s right, Lightwave Tattoos offers gift certificates, in any amount, for everyone on your gift list.

Visit us in the studio and finish up the rest of your shopping in one place, Lightwave Tattoos.

Boston Tattoo Convention Registration Now Open!

Micah — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:33:23 +0000

Registration for the 2011 Boston Tattoo Convention is now open! Click on the following image or link or head on over to our registration page to download a copy of the form and book your book today.

BTC 2011 Registration Form

btc2011regform