For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.

This Tuesday we take a look at an interesting piece done by Andres from our St. James location.

Last week Andres tattooed Chris whose father, Mike, has been a client of our artist for roughly 10 years now.

As a tribute to his grandfather who served in the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, Chris received a first-rate treatment from Andres who incorporated other elements including planes and paratroopers to the patch design that ultimately served as the tattoo’s focal point.

“He did it because his grandpa was on the 82nd Airborne Division and that’s actually the same tattoo his father got, too. He got the same one,” said Andres.

Both father and son got the same design done by Andres, and while the process wasn’t difficult, our veteran tattoo artist stated that drawing a design always comes with its share of challenges and this piece was no different.

“They wanted the planes and the paratroopers jumping off the planes, but they wanted to keep it simple and they wanted to concentrate all the attention on the patch,” said Andres. “And, actually, the patch was the combination of three different ones, they had different parts of other patches, too.”

Chris’s session took about an hour-and-a-half and the same went for his dad-both of whom were very pleased with their new ink.

Come see Andres at our St. James shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.