In a Field

"In a Field of Poppies" 

8"x10" Digital. Amanda Zito. 2014. 

Poppies symbolize sleep, peace and death. The opium extracted from them has long been used to relieve pain. The blood red color of its petals is symbolic of blood. In Greek and Roman myths, poppies were used as offerings to the dead. 

Prints Available 

More Tattoo Flash!
Keep up to date with my Weekly Tattoo Blog Over Here

Commission,  7"x10" Drawing in Pencil on Somerset Paper

Finally finished this art trade
Acrylic on Canvas, 18"x24" 

A gift for my brother's birthday
A painting of my father and grandmother in acrylic on a cow skull

The revised rough sketch for Lazarus's Gas Tank

My first tattoo on human skin! Woo hoo!
I'll be taking volunteers soon! Email me at blindthistle@gmail.com
if you're in the Portland/Vancouver Area and would like to volunteer a piece of skin for my practice! 

Another trip to Montana :3 

Up Sleeping Child, Montana

I also made a trip to Shaniko, OR recently, which only had 3 open stores, which did not include the hotel/cafe behind me (the largest building in the vicinity.) The museum is self guided, and there was a building filled with very old dust covered cars. I was a little bummed I didn't get to go into the Hotel, but the ice cream at the parlor was good. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the area, if anything else, just to look at the old cars, the neat buildings, and get a stereotypical shot behind the jail bars.  

Let's Catch Up Shall We?

I graduated College! After four very very long years of being told what to do and how to do it, I am free. 

As a celebration I drove home on my graduation present from my lovely father, a 2005 Honda Shadow 750.

My last assignment from art school, a artist portrait of the lovely Aimee Flom, a fellow PNCA Graduate. 

a few animal sketches

One of the last etchings from my Printmaking Class, which is available on my etsy

I have also reopened Commissions!
See Example A, another custom Golden Snitch Tattoo! 

Another Commission  this time of Deadpool! 

And a rare example of a acrylic painting commission of a lovely friend's  deceased pet. 

If you're interested in chatting about commissions or have any questions please email me at blindthistle@gmail.com or shoot me a question in my ask box on tumblr 

A birthday present for my wonderful mother. 

Just a few of the more recent Tattoo Flash Pieces I did for my Tattoo Blog

All Down Hill from Here

A little Acrylic practice

Some Fan Art for Jonathan's awesome sky manta riders! Check out some his sky mantas over {HERE}

woo warm up

a new quickie facebook banner

Cover-up Roses tattoo design for a friend

quickie doodle

obligatory Art School Selfie before my last semester of Art School. 

Some shots of my very awesome tattoo mentor Sumer Mattison

The Week before the End

It's the last week before my last year of Art School.

This weekend I'm going to Kumoricon in Vancouver, so next monday shall be filled with convention photos, then the real work begins.

A  quick doodle for the awesome people at Muddy Waters (a restaurant in Vancouver, WA) 

A WIP shot of an art trade

Jonathan and I's adventure to Smith Lake, where we got thoroughly lost in the cotton wood forest lol 

Last but not least, our adventure to the coat before we start school again. 

My Summer In a Nutshell

 Oh hey! Yes I live! 

Some Fan Art for Scarlet by Marissa Meyer that I haven't colored yet

A couple commissions I've been doin'

First time ever getting to practice with that machine on pigskin! Woo Tattoo Apprenticeship @ Dark Star Tattoo in Vancouver, WA. 

I also ventured to Montana the first week of July on my motorcycle, all by myself. It was pretty awesome, and I can't wait to do it again! 

A Mini Adventure up to Battleground Washington (on the left) and my third tattoo on the bottom of my foot of tire tracks (on the right) which was quite painful, but worth it! Gonna get the other foot done after I graduate in the Spring. 

Sticker Packs are now available on my Etsy! 

Another Commission, 12"x60" oil painting on hand stretched canvas

A quick portrait of Jake Malik

My adventure down to Woodburn, OR, Mt. Angel Abbey, and Silverton, OR

My "Cat Whisperer" T-shirt design for a friend :)

When Amanda learned that fake skin is much worse to practice on than pig skin, because color just stains the surface and doesn't come off lol. 

Tadah! You've now been caught up, and there is literally only like two and half weeks before I start my last year of art school/thesis. It's kind of scary. 

See you soon

-Zito