And guess what else? The turtle is actually a coverup. The lines alone are a good start, so the tattoo below should be completely hidden once the color is put in! More pics will be on the way as these pieces progress.

You know what’s not fun? Getting your elbow tattooed. You know what is fun? This “lucky” tattoo by Steve.

And a bit of shop news:
-Steve is booking out about 3 weeks now.
-Natan is booked through nearly all of June, with limited smaller time slots.
-Natan’s phoenix back piece is currently Inkbase’s tattoo of the week. Check it out!

Steve is currently booked until early May, so get in touch with us if you’d like an appointment with him soon! 978.744.9393

These days, we’re favoring Google over Yelp when it comes to customer reviews, and we’re trying to direct people there. Why? Because Yelp automatically filters 99% of our reviews, and in doing so, all of the kind words from our clients become hidden from us and the rest of the world. Plus, it’s unfair that our clients take the time to write about us, only for it to become filtered within a day or two! Here are a couple of our recent favorite reviews, now hiding behind Yelp’s filter (note: you can read filtered reviews by scrolling down to the bottom of our page and clicking the “# filtered” link).

“I am wicked glad I did NOT real the reviews before we went in! We had Steve, sure he is quiet but that allowed for my friend and I, getting matching tattoos, to chat! He was EXCELLENT at his job, which IS tattooing and not small talk and the front of store woman was spot on, polite, friendly and did her job excellently! My ex husband and I OWNED a tattoo shop and I think this one is lovely, clean, and in a great location!” -Gypsy

Gypsy also included this photo in her Yelp profile!:

“I recently got work done at witch city ink and I couldn’t be more satisfied! I was tattooed by Natan Alexander who did an amazing portrait of my son. The atmosphere of the shop was very serene and helped relax me before game time. By far the best parlor I’ve been to in New England. I’ll be going back real soon.” -Kyle

And those are just two of eighty-two filtered reviews! We’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating — we have the BEST clients.

So while we encourage you to leave us reviews over on Google rather than Yelp, we’d like to give a little thank you to for taking time out of your busy schedules to leave us kind words — if you leave or have left us a positive review, we would love to give you a t-shirt the next time you stop by the shop. Or hugs*. Giant ones.

*Hugs will be dispensed by Steve, the official Witch City Ink hug-giver.

This owl and hourglass on a young gentleman’s back is coming along nicely! This also happens to be his first tattoo. We’ve had a lot of clients recently with the “go big or go home” attitude, which is fun.

This next photo is after the second session of this back piece, which is based off of a piece of flash by Timmy Tatts. Steve asked Timmy for permission before using it, which is generally a good code of honor to abide by in the tattoo world. The girl it’s done on sits like a champ, too. All of the shading was done in the second session yesterday.

That’s all for now kids! Check back soon for more updates.

Without further ado, here are a couple of pieces they’ve done recently.

Melanie came in wanting an antique bird cage on her back. The two birds escaping from it were actually drawn by her friend, and then transferred into tattoo-form by Sharonn.

Sharonn has also been working on this Green Man piece for a couple of sessions, and it is looking gorgeous! The Green Man image is actually seen in different cultures worldwide, and is typically viewed as a symbol of rebirth, or representing the cycle of growth each spring.

Remember the elephant outline that Steve was working on in our last post? It was pretty great with just the intricate black outline, but Steve finished it up with some color earlier in the week and it’s looking even better.

That’s it for today, kids! We’ll be closed tomorrow, Sunday the 8th, for Easter, but we’ll be back to business as usual on Monday.

Steve is also working on an elephant.  He is doing color work on it today and there will be more pictures to follow.  The detail in this piece is really impressive!

We also wanted to show you a geisha piece Steve is working on.  Geishas are female Japanese entertainers from centuries old tradition with an air of mystery surrounding them.

Steve is booked out for next three weeks, so if you are interested in having him tattoo you, please call us so we can book your consultation at Witch City Ink – 978-744-9393!

More recently, Ken has become one of our favorite new clients. He originally came in to get a coverup of some initials on his neck with a crab, which is a pretty unique coverup choice, we must admit. Steve worked a bit of his artist-magic, and poof! Initials gone. Afterward, Ken came back to have Steve start a sleeve for him, full of more oceanic creatures. We’ll post pictures of it later on as it progresses.

Also done recently by Steve, was this massive dragon on a client’s calf. Despite having to sit for a while for the color session, the client was all smiles when it was finished.

Steve is currently booked about three weeks out, so if you want to be tattooed by him we recommend setting up a consult as soon as you’re able! 978.744.9393

In other news, we’ve finally pestered Steve enough where he’s taking pictures of his work again (hooray!). He did this large koi yesterday, on a returning client.

One of the new favorite things in the tattoo world seems to be Instagram, which is a (free!) photo app for iPhones. And guess who has an account? Our very own Mr. Gillespie. You can find and follow him at stevegillespietattoo.