Chris Paez

Teen angels tribute

2012-01-28T13:49:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of making this tattoo and I want to do more like it.

Travel update

2012-01-21T02:48:00.000-08:00

FEB. 7-9 I will be working at Inkvaders in Geneva, Switzerland

FEB. 10-12 I will be working the Milano Tattoo Convention in Milan Italy

email me for appointment info:

Thedolorosa@gmail.com

Alex Garcia the man, the myth, the weirdo

2011-09-24T04:54:00.000-07:00

Alex Garcia solo art show October 15, 2011

This will also be another release for his line Ghost Machine.

This will be going down at The Dolorosa Tattoo Co.

Stay tuned.

Vualla!

2011-09-13T01:27:00.000-07:00

This is a portrait of Hilary Duff as a baby on her body guard. He is a cool guy.

Here he is holding a gun that he is about to point at the paparazzi that took this photo. He told me they cant get any money for the photos were he is waving guns around in them, haha ha ha. Photo stolen from my friends at TheHundreds.com

Owl and snake combo tattoo. This is what happens when you tell me to make it however I want. I am proud of the posture of the owl. Thanks to my homie Sergio makes an excellent client.

Front and back views.

Three cups of cholo with some free masonry for good measure

2011-09-13T01:09:00.000-07:00

A detail of the elbow pit of my buddy Dean. This tattoo is fresh and bloody.

Egyptian eye on a korean girl's rib.

Chain around the neck, with his lady's initials inside the medallion.

La Sirena, part of a soon to be sleeve that started with the fixing of a large tattoo on the shoulder. There is a pirate ship on the other side of this arm..

Some of that

2011-09-13T01:00:00.000-07:00

A friend of the shop Avshi came in and asked me for a Queen in honor of his mother. This is what I drew up and tattooed him with.

Broken spider tattoo, actually it was solid for a tribal tat, but he wasn't feeling it anymore so he commissioned me to fix it. In this photo is my yellow, green, and red sharpie sketching.

The Fixed product, looks like it was always meant to be that way. Some single needle webs under it and its good to go.

A dragon chest and arm piece that has come together over the last couple months, one more session!

Black and grey rose with a little bud for good luck. I did the name for this guy about 3 years ago.

Phoenix thigh tattoo, the eyes inside the peacock type feathers are gonna be colored in next time.

Tibetan skull with smoke pouring out the mouth.

Smile now cry later clown cholas, good times!

Some of this

2011-09-13T00:41:00.000-07:00

Jesus Christo is watching his back.

Wolf tat, its done now, just haven't photographed it.

Rosary necklace free hand fever.

Spare time

2011-06-18T18:00:00.000-07:00

Had a cancellation today....

It afforded me the chance to update this blog. It's been way to long. Here are the rest of the photos that have been accruing for the past month or two.

Jesus Christ! Thats right, This was a one shot tattoo, took me 7 hours. I enjoyed every second of it.

A little magical mixture of old world Japan and good ol' America. Took this Suikoden design and gave him some traditional tattoos and a broken bottle in his hand.

Raven chest piece, with a rose and some draping beads... Hopefully I can finish this soon.

Lord of the flies boar head on a steak, for a guy named Clark.

Smorgasbord

2011-06-18T15:38:00.000-07:00

A little design I made as a Jimi Hendrix tribute, bold as love.

This guy had the ninja star on his shoulder from about 8 years ago, and wanted something to work with it. I was able to free hand this Dragon on him. It was a challenge, so far I have done two sessions on it. It will be finished by the next session.

A little traditional butterfly tattoo for a great customer of mine.

Got a chance to make a sugar skull tattoo a bit different than I would normally do and it was a good time.

It was a honor to make this tattoo for an Iraq war veteran. This was just an outline session, one more session and it will be done.

I made this tattoo for my friend Nixie, Her name means, tiny sparkle of water. And so thats what we made her tattoo say with a twist.

This spooky house tattoo was a lot of fun to do. Since finishing this one we have started a cool beginning to a half sleeve with california related imagery, which are my favorite.

Did this on a homie, at first I drew something totally different for him and we had to reschedule. The end result came out awesome. I had to look at it with fresh eyes then it came together sweetly. So with my original design, I am gonna make a painting, all good!

Took a little trip to Eugene, Oregon

2011-06-18T13:04:00.000-07:00

And here is what happened.

I got to line this up In Portland last October. This was the second session of this Dragon Koi and Chrysanthemum. This will be a whole sleeve soon enough.

This little tiny tattoo I honorably got to make on my friend Ross Carlson who is an awesome tattooer out of Portland, Oregon. You can now catch him on occasion at Art Work Rebels with Jason Kundell, who is an ass kicker, literally.

ketchup

2011-03-30T01:03:00.001-07:00

Some stuff that has been done over the past three months.

A good client had a slight circus theme going on her arm so this was my addition. More to go with it and fill the gaps.

A sweet rose done for my friend's mom, she is 65, this was her first tattoo!

Rose and dagger tattoo for a really cool dude Victor Jimenez, he is a really dope illustrator. This was a tattoo for his first born daughter, congrats!

Sloth hobo for my friend Jared.

Pink flamingo tattoo, notice the crazy implant that i had to work around and touch. That was crazy, tripped me out doing lines next to it.

Commissioned painting of a partying panda bear.

Watermelon man, a christmas gift for my brother.

Until next time...

Dragon back

2010-12-19T15:54:00.001-08:00

In progress...

The classic

2010-12-19T15:47:00.002-08:00

Got to do this skull and snake tattoo on a knee the last day of the Portland convention.

2010-12-19T15:47:00.001-08:00

Smorgasbord

2010-12-19T15:35:00.000-08:00

Heathcliff fish bones tattoo on the foot of an old loyal customer.

Broken fly tattoo on my homie's dome.

Broken sea horse tattoo for my buddy Tone.

Indonesian version of a valkyrie. I did this tattoo on a chicks thigh.

Silverware tattoos, done pretty small, very fun. The one in pink likes to fork and the one in white prefers to spoon. The knife is there in case they need to cut you up and eat you. Watch out.

carbon and something made by a cabron

2010-12-19T15:29:00.000-08:00

Got to make one my best little tattoos on one my family friends. A carbon atom stippled wild style.

This tattoo I made using single needle, then shaded with a mag. Had a great time tattooing my paisana from Bari.

Free hand oni

2010-12-19T15:08:00.000-08:00

My homie Jason had these kanji tattoos for a while.

This is how I worked with it to make a japanese sleeve.

We have recently added a snake and peony on the inner arm and tricep. Pics of the finished product to come. We have another two sessions to seal the deal on the top half.

2010-12-19T15:02:00.000-08:00

A modern hero, japanese mixed with americana.

This my friend Deans beautiful thigh. I did this over a month ago now he needs to come get this thing done.

Phoenix rib panel, she sat like a champ. This took about 20-25 hours I cant really remember. Still need a healed pic....

dragon carp or koi ur call

2010-12-19T14:51:00.000-08:00

All healed up.... and from this I was commissioned to make this....

I made this tattoo for my friend's wife. Check out his work he is an awesome monster of a tattooer, Ross Carlson. Hopefully I'll get to throw down on this again soon.

I got you covered

2010-12-19T03:16:00.000-08:00

Underneath my scribbles of sharpie and saltwater pens are three roses that looked pretty weak. My client hated her tattoo. So I decided to save the cherry blossoms and murder the roses.

The flower is all healed except for the gold part. This was session two of the tattoo. I did all the background greys, colored the leaves and re-did the cherry blossoms. Good times.

This was a bit of a challenge but after some sharpie sketching I figured out what to do....

I did this free hand cover up tattoo while Jerome was hanging out right next to me. He was cool with it, and I'm probably gonna cover his tattoo of this ladies name.

Crappy photo, I'll get a healed flick hopefully.

my homie Tone

2010-12-19T03:10:00.000-08:00

Congrats to my friend tone on his daughter Malia. I was happy to make this heart and tulip tattoo for her on him.

A month after that we did this... A poppy with wings and and a seed of life stippled as a halo.

better late then never

2010-12-19T03:02:00.000-08:00

California love

Loved doing these quails and poppies they made for a great tattoo.

I randomly had another request for a poppy tattoo in the same month as the foot. California imagery that is out of the ordinary is the best.

Fancy cat tat, with a gold mouse cane.

long over due

2010-12-19T02:55:00.000-08:00

Some fun tattoos, these people were the perfect customers. I was lucky and happy to make them some sweet tats.

Day of the dead lady head.

Did a little something different with the water, and I'm really feeling it.

I think I'm turning japanese, i really don't think so..

2010-10-07T02:13:00.000-07:00

I have more tattoos to put up, just haven't unloaded my rig lately.

Finished this Koi tattoo, she had existing tattoos on her upper arm that Im going to incorporate a japanese background into to tie it all together. Had a lot of fun busting this out.

Got this Koi half sleeve project referred by an old customer about an hour away. And he hunted me down. It was a pleasure making this guy a tattoo and I also made a sweet day of the dead tattoo for his lady. We did double wammy sessions, tattooed each of them for about 4 hours each time they visited me.

Healed pic of the tank tattoo. We won first place at the Tattoo Hollywood Convention for best chest piece! My first trophy, yee haw.

Portland, Oregon here we come!

2010-10-07T02:10:00.000-07:00

My beautiful friend Carlos Rojas made the painting for this flyer. Can't wait for the IPA's and some Voo Doo Doughnut!

http://www.portlandtattooexpo.com/

Tattoo repair

2010-08-30T00:49:00.000-07:00

These project are always a challenge but I always give my best and I am very happy with the results. In the near future I'm going to make a portfolio of just fixed or covered tattoos.

This rose tattoo was fixed for a friend of my cousins. More flowers to come on her arm, we are sticking with all black and grey.

This is Aram, he works near the shop and came in asking how I would be able to fix this tattoo. The red lines are the beginning of my sharpie sketching on his arm...

Here is the fixed product. The church is the Etchmiadzin Cathedral in Armenia, this church stands in the home town of my client.

Tattoo Hollywood

2010-08-18T23:44:00.000-07:00

I will be here all weekend, holler at yer boy, word is bond, the block is hot and all that stuff. yeeeaaahhh.

a before b and c

2010-08-08T03:25:00.000-07:00

Updizzle, 3 in tha A-Mizzle.....

And eventful past couple weeks eclipsed, as we anxiously await our second child.

A betta fish tattoo for a long time customer of mine. This lady can run her ass off.

P-40 Warhawk tattoo for my wife's homie, this was pretty fun. Wish U could glide my hands across one a real one.

Booze and bowling chest tattoo, in progress, a tribute to his parents. His mom is a bartender not a wino.

Added the magical background to the owl tattoo I did about 5 months ago. And she had the awesome idea to do some cholo script, very sweet!

Finally got to make a custom tattoo for my friend George. I made him a sweet throw back tatt of a kewpie doll holding a cross.

A twist on an old favorite, the sugar skull. The drawings I made for this customer spawned a new idea for me to play with, turning animals mexican! Here is an example...

A cat turned mexican, for anybody seeking a tattoo of any subject matter "turned mexican" holler at me.

thank you, and have a wonderful morning.

sssss. ummmm. errrrr.

2010-07-15T01:55:00.000-07:00

finished a couples sweet ones, peep em.

Meet justin, he came in asking me to make him a tank chest tattoo. This is what happened, when asked why a tank, his simple response... "they are tough" POW! healed pic coming as soon as he stops bleeding.

And meet Kevin, my personal banker. I made him a day of the dead skull and also talked him into getting a snake in there too, score! thank you and good night.

Aviate

2010-06-10T16:08:00.000-07:00

A little dedication tattoo for my buddy Danny's grandfather.

On the grind

2010-05-28T00:18:00.000-07:00

This carp and chrysanthemum tattoo took 4 sessions of about 4-5 hours over the period of a year. His inner arm has a samurai head one more session and a complete half sleeve will be done.

Chest piece in progress, some hot angels are going to be placed on each side of this.

This is actually a very tiny tattoo, when i get a healed photo i going to put a quarter next to it for reference .

Little black and grey feather tattoo. This was her first one and she sat like a champ!

I referenced the gone with the wind movie poster. Thanks Clark Gable!

This tuna tattoo was finished about a year and a half ago. Just touched it up a little bit, now its shinning!

just clownin foo

2010-05-16T06:35:00.000-07:00

So I was asked to make a tattoo of a clown. At first thought i wasn't that amped on drawing clowns. So after a little marinating in the brain and referencing some of the work of great tattooers like Chad Koeplinger and Tomas Garcia. This cool tattoo was born. And it also covered an old tattoo of the dudes own name (drunk mistakes in Vegas can come back to haunt you).

Here is the before photo, above the name is a tattoo I fixed up about a month ago.

Oregon Ink

2010-05-16T06:26:00.000-07:00

Spent a weekend in Eugene, Oregon for a convention and got to make some sweet stuff.

This peacock tattoo went on a pregnant stripper. She didn't tell me until hours after I had tattooed her, I scolded her harshly, enough said. To top it off the photos I got of it blow.

This fancy owl tattoo was the highlight of my trip, I made this for the wife of Ross Carlson, an awesome tattooer out of Portland.

the sun is shining

2010-05-16T06:14:00.001-07:00

Its been a spell since I last posted some stuff, so here is what has been happening at the laboratory.

A little sacred heart remembrance tattoo.

Got to bust out this peony tattoo for this girl's birthday. Hope to continue this shoulder capper with more flowers and a background.

Dragon Carp tattoo. Simple color scheme finished in about 15 hours.

Awesome idea, this lady asked for wild flowers and calla lilies coming out of a snail shell. Had a lot of fun with it. Got to get a healed photo.

California fresh oranges. I always wanted an orange tattoo, glad I was able to make one for my friend Nicole.

mo video

2010-04-05T01:14:00.000-07:00

More videos of me making lasting impressions. enjjjjoy! happy easter.

Getting a tattoo: Stop Motion from Austin Passy on Vimeo.

Some old mostly new sweet tattoos

2010-02-28T02:28:00.000-08:00

PEE OOO KNEE

2010-02-01T23:47:00.000-08:00

Sweet little cover up action of some kanji.

updater

2010-01-12T15:45:00.001-08:00

Welcome two thousand ten, here are a few pics. Some new and some old....

Matt's Bald Eagle holding a shield with his mother's maiden name family crest on it. It was a fun tattoo, took me four sessions to finish.

This dude initially came in with this idea and honestly at first I didn't know what we were gonna do. It came together great, I had a blast!

Bart Simpson and Santa's little helper as the devil and a demon. This tattoo rests in the knee pit of a friend he muscled through it no problem.

Kewpie tattoo, done for Dean a friend of mine.

Be well.

c. lotti is sweet!

2010-01-12T14:54:00.000-08:00

The Lady Killer from c.lotti on Vimeo.

viddddddiot

2009-12-10T20:45:00.000-08:00

Rad Ass for Mayor from gnarphoto on Vimeo.

In the beginning...

2009-12-04T15:40:00.000-08:00

Tired of editing my other website, this seems easier to keep people up to date on my work. So here we go...

This was a cover up of a tattoo with the same theme. Just made it bigger and better.

My friend Dan from OBEY asked me to make a mexican eagle with an american traditional style to it.

This guy was a crack up the tattoo I covered was two weeks old. When he went into the original shop he got it from he asked for the words "strength" and "foresight". While he was waiting on the guy to draw it up he went to a bar and came back hammered and made the dude change it to whats in the photo.... So I covered the cuss word and made her nipples into hearts.

This lady didn't know what flower to get for her first tattoo so I pushed for a small peony and she loved it. Now she wants more.

My buddy Shawn had been talking to me about this tattoo for the better part of a year. He finally set up the appointment and we laid it out in three sessions I think? Got to catch a healed photo next time I see him.