Jimmy Duvall

Fully booked until September

2011-05-23T16:43:00.001+02:00

I am now fully booked until September 1st. I will open my books for new appointments in August. At that point I will most likely book the rest of the year. Every now and then openings in my calendar might show up. If so I will post this here or on my Facebook profile.

Yutaro Sakai to Norway

2011-03-01T06:57:00.003+01:00

My trip to Japan in a few weeks time is getting me real worked up, as it is closing in. My friend, Yutaro Sakai, from Skull and Sword, San Francisco (www.theskullandsword.com), is coming Sunday 20th. of March for a few days, before we all go to Japan together. Yutaro was so kind as to volunteer to be our enterpreter and guide in his native country. Really thankful for that. I'm lucky to have friends like that!

San Francisco, in the lobby. January 2011

2011-01-05T21:45:00.009+01:00

I'm currently sitting in my hotel in San Francisco, trying to put out a few updates before I forget them.

I was supposed to spend this past week editing photos and updating my blog. I ended up not having as many days as I needed, seeing as other things (-and places to be when visiting another city) always turn up. I also have a lot more photos to rummage through than I figured (stuff going back to 2008). So, I'm not even halfway through it all.

But what I can do, for the time being, I'll post a few pictures of work I've done somewhat recently. At least that's something, for now. When I return, I'll be back on it.

New Year's Eve 2010

2011-01-05T21:28:00.011+01:00

Kvelertak @ Checkpoint, Stavanger December 2010

2011-01-05T21:25:00.005+01:00

Yule

2011-01-05T21:10:00.012+01:00

Spent the "Holiday" in Stavanger. Bagged a few photos of random stuff. A concert with Kvelertak, among other things. I also snagged a photo of a sticker of a logo I did a long time ago for the band Shot At Dawn. It was stuck to the inside of a rest room door at the club where Kvelertak where playing.

Defenders of the Faith (Flash sheet for Black Pearl)

2010-12-24T03:42:00.005+01:00

So the painting I was supposed to do for Black Pearl's new shop sure took it's time. I sat down, and started drawing what I was gonna paint, at five in the afternoon, Tuesday. I already had a rough idea of what imagery I wanted to put on there. I had decided on making a big sheet of flash, bigger than standard sized flash. This was 20" x 16"/50cm x 40cm. I wanted to keep the overall look of each piece pretty simple, more close to traditional. But eventually I kinda lost track of keeping it really simple and made certain things more detailed than first planned.

The whole project, drawing, planning certain stuff and then painting, ended up taking almost exactly 24 hours to complete. I only took breaks for using the restroom and eating breakfast with my girlfriend. So I ended up sitting from 5pm, Tuesday until 5pm, Wednesday. No sleep. And then just in time for a quick shower and change of clothes before heading out to the party. I was actually feeling pretty good (I guess I'm pretty used to not sleeping a given amount of hours every night now, or any at all), except for a cold that has been hanging on for a little while now. Ended up going home before midnight, but it was still real fun to see my closest friends again. Ichibay from Three Tides was also there. Was nice to see him also.

I added a photo of the painting, but taken with my phone, so the quality of the photo is not the best.

I also added a photo of of the moon that was still full at nine in the morning, although the sky was all blue. Pretty fascinating. The moon was lighting up like a sun. The picture is too bad for anyone to see the wonderful texture of the moon, like I could see it. It just looks like a the sun on the photo. Like I said, my camera phone was what I had.

On a separate note, the imagery I put on this sheet is stuff I would really like to do in the future, on skin. Although other versions, of course, so odd bits and ends inspired from this sheet might turn up down the road.

If you live in the Stavanger or Sandnes area, make sure to get your tattoos at Black Pearl Custom Tattoo. Best guys on the planet.

What day did you say it was?

2010-12-21T02:16:00.005+01:00

So, I'm finally going to bed. It's Monday night, and the time is two thirty. It's a lot earlier than my usual bedtime hours, but I didn't go to bed Sunday night, at all, so this is pretty late after all. My weekend has been pretty hectic, much like the past two-three years. This is what my schedule for this weekend ended up being:

(After working until night time Wednesday, I had to draw for Thursday. Finished that at about nine in the morning, went to bed, up at 1pm, work at 2pm. For Friday, same thing, drawing until nine or ten in the morning. I think it might have been close to ten. Up at one, work at two....)

Started work Friday at two, like I always do. 2pm; Outlined a chest tattoo of a mythological figure on my first client, 8pm; finished two pieces on a girl's lower arms (faces with butterfly wings), 11pm; covered an ex's name on a girl's neck with a big swallow. Finished work at some point between 2am, and 3am. Kinda tired. Had a ton of stuff to draw for the next day, so I stayed at the shop, drawing, instead of going home, since my drawing room doubled as a guest room for relatives this weekend. Kept drawing until 10 in the morning, got my gear set up for the first tattoo, and at 11am I took a nap on one of the couches at the shop until 1pm. Got up, got ready, first client at 2pm.

This is now Saturday. 2pm; I tattooed a pretty big dagger and a devil's head on a calf, 7pm; outlined a big eagle chest piece, 11pm; tattooed a bird, flowers and butterflies on a girl's lower arm. Finished at 4am. Pretty tired. Had stuff to draw for Sunday, so I got right on it after cleaning up the shop and stuffing my face with some wonderful fajitas my girlfriend made, and brought me. Best fajitas I ever had, I tell you. Kept drawing until about 8am or 9am, went home, had a shower, watched my girlfriend eat her breakfast, went to bed at 11am. Up at 1pm, work at 2pm.

Now Sunday. 2pm. Finished a fairly complicated piece on a favorable client's lower arm, 7pm; made three tattoos on a client. Two separate swallows, and a sugar skull. Not too big a fan of the cute versions of the latter (or cute versions of either!), so I made it a little more mature, hopefully. That tends to be my usual approach to doing sugar skulls. Finished work at 2.30am. More tired.

Work was all finished, but seeing as I was set to go out of town Monday at around 3 in the day, I had to pack and get quite a ton of stuff done in the city, before leaving for the Holiday. I also needed to paint a painting (not too big, though) for some friends who just opened up a new shop in the city where I was going for Christmas. I wouldn't have time to go to bed. Nice. I packed my bag, and also packed another bag for when I'm going to California straight after New Year's Eve. I have two days between this Holiday and my flight to San Francisco (where I'm gonna be working), so I had to have it all set before leaving now. Got the errands done, just in the nick of time. Even got some errands done, that I didn't think I could make.

And then seven hours driving to where I was going. And now; now I'm really tired. So I am actually gonna go to bed. Painting time tomorrow. Tattoo shop party Wednesday at my friends' shop.

I took that picture on my way home from work Sunday.

The Facebook

2010-12-16T05:46:00.005+01:00

I finally got a little thing on Facebook up and running. Access the link followed here (or even better; just press the link to the right on the screen) and press "LIKE" (if you have a profile yourself) and you'll see yourself as being wonderfully updated on a few things; guests, openings in my booking lists, art shows, and whatever else I feel like broadcasting to anyone who cares and everyone who doesn't care. I manage to stay quite busy with all sorts of bigger or lesser things, so I might as well force the people around me to take a gander at it all.

http://www.developers.facebook.com/pages/Jimmy-DuvallINVICTUS-Custom-Tattooing-of-Norway/184403858243517

Hva enn jeg annonserer på Facebook ender nok antageligvis opp med å bli formidlet på det vakre, folkelige norske språk, ettersom profilen der fungerer i hovedsak som en utstrakt krøpling-arm til klientellet mitt. Dette med grunnlag i at arbeidsmengde og klientell har fått en massiv utvikling, i store, trampende dimensjoner. Slik blir Facebook den suverent letteste måten jeg klarer å nå ut til såpass mange spente barn, og samtidig bruke minst mulig kaloriforbrennende energi, i motsetning til før da jeg brukte tekstmeldinger til å spre det glade budskap. Leve teknologien som befrir oss fra den fysiske aktivitetens kalde lenker.

Finally; changes...

2010-12-13T15:01:00.002+01:00

This blog will shortly, presumably after New Year's Eve, be updated with pictures, info, and projects galore. It's taken a long, long time, but my schedule has gotten out of hand the past years, so whatever I've posted here in the past has only been a fraction of what has really been going on. I've traveled a ton, done a ton of tattoos, and done a third ton of drawings and paintings. In addition my studio has been so lucky as to host an array of wonderful tattooers. Among others; Phil Holt, Yutaro Sakai, Seth Wood, Adam Barton, Chad Koeplinger, and more are shortly to follow. It's been the craziest year, ever.

So; sit tight; I'll bring you up to speed in not too long. I hope.

I will also have a Facebook pretty soon. Just to update clients on what is going on at the studio, not for personal use or contacting me or my co-workers. For contact my e-mail is still the one way that works best (invictuscustomtattooing@gmail.com)

Guest Tattooer

2009-07-03T02:09:00.002+02:00

From July 10th until July 20th Invictus will host the NY based tattooer Seth Wood. He is already fully booked, but work of his can be viewed at www.sethwoodtattoo.com

Guest Tattooers

2009-05-05T05:18:00.003+02:00

From May 6th through May 21st Invictus will be housing the tattooers Edu Cerro and Jason Anderson of O'Reilly's Tattoo Parlour in Santa Cruz, California. For samples of these excellent tattooers' work check out the shop's website www.oreillystattoo.com for extensive amounts of such. Both tattooers are at this point fully booked, but in the future Invictus will keep having regular visits of other amazing guest tattooers, some new and some old faces, so stay updated or you might miss the opportunity.

Guest Tattooer

2009-05-01T01:32:00.003+02:00

We just had the Swedish tattooer Peter Lagergren from Old Bones, Malmø working at Invictus for a week in April. For those who missed this check out the web page www.oldbonestattoo.com.