Year in

2011! What a year! Things have happened. That I can say with confidence. Work, my apprenticeship and my art work outside of tattooing. I have been busy needless to say.

I've been pulling 60+ hours a week not including just plain old painting, Since march. I'm used to it at this point but I'm starting to lose steam. I would like to make the transition to tattooing and painting full time and quit my job at the coop but thats a scary prospect to me. So 2012 is all about that. I have a few plans in the pipeline so please check in here once in a while and I promise I will to. In the mean time check out my tumblr page for day to day stuff mostly related to tattooing. I don't always have much to say but I always have new things to show. and thanks to folks who have been showing me love and getting work done and supporting me! You rule!

BLAM!

im starting to feel more settled in my new place. my art space is coming together and i got some sweet prints (pictured sitting on my lightbox) from the steakmob boys to hang up on my walls.

nate of the deth crew set us up a little show at moxy in MPLS under uptown tattoo and next door to bobs java hut. he just keeps putting new shows together which means i never sleep. just work. luckily i have no life to speak of anyway.

goodbye for now.

prints

these are some left over prints i did with my buddy eric gorvin of steak mob fame. we put these together for the gods and monsters III show last month. i will be putting these up for sale here on my blog along with some much nicer pictures. anyone interested in picking one of these up should email me at chriskrapohl@gmail.com for info.

sketch.

i watched natural born killers the other day and this is supposed to be Mallory. i didn't quite turn out so i just colored her hair blonde and changed it. but that was pretty much the inspiration

new TATTOO page

i have decided to create a new separate page devoted exclusively to tattoos that i have done. i hope to post here often so check back often. find the link to this page under "pages" to the right. the total depravity page will be more general and feature my art and sketchbook and any up and coming advancements in my world. i hope to be making some shirts and prints in the relatively near future and that sort of stuff will be here as well. tanks folks!

i had a pretty productive day at the shop today. i worked on my exorcist drawing for gods and monsters III. im hoping to do screen printed posters but im worried i wont have enough time for it. fingers crossed. i have been really digging this brush pen i bought. im having more fun drawing than i have for some time. im like a kid.

i started a pretty cool green lantern chest piece. the guy came in with a sketch he did and wanted me to rework it i guess so i busted about my trusty new brush pen yet again and whipped this drawing up pretty quick. i was pretty happy with it and so was he. we got as far as coloring the lantern part before dude had to call it a day. i didnt get much of a pic so obviously i didnt post one.

i did some cool sketches in my new sketchbook which i love. markers are a new and wonderful world to me. and i like them. tattooing has been a little slow lately so being at the shop sometimes means finding other non tattooing ways to be productive. success!