In a perfect world I would sit in a small cabin and draw pictures that made me giggle all day. Here are some ink and digital pictures I drew last year or so.
Author Archives: Matt Hodel
Lessons Learned
My SELFJournal has a few parts to it. There is an opening of the day that includes writing your Itinerary, a Gratitude lList, Targets and daily Goals. Upon closing the day, you write Lessons Learned, […]
Posted in Interesting, Life, Positive Message
Tagged art, Bastards of art, big tattoo, good tattoos, haram, haram ahn, matt hodel, motivation, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, st.louis, tattoos
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The Showmen of Tattooing
Another great and informative blog on the History of Tattooing. Tattooing is rich with culture. There are so many aspects of just getting the tattoo that adds to the meaning behind the action. Without the […]
Posted in Haram, Humor
Tagged good tattoos, haram ahn, Haram Tattoo, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, st.louis
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Bastards of Art Podcast : Episode 26
Learning to Tattoo Recently I have been hanging out with Haram. She wants to learn how to tattoo. But first she must understand what it is she is asking for. Matt Hodel
Tattoo Artist Meet-up!
What we do is not secret. Secrecy has been considered a value in the tattoo culture. It has been such a tradition to guard all of your information that we pretend we are sitting on […]
Posted in Positive Message
Tagged art, draw, good tattoos, matt hodel, motivation, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoos, tutorial
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Tattoos I Tattoodid…
Sometimes I feel so swamped drawing new tattoos for clients that I forget how much I have done. They say if you wanna have self esteem, do something to be esteemed about! I’m posting this […]
Posted in Art, Tattoo Pictures
Tagged art, bad ischl, big tattoo, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, hodel, learn tattooing, matt hodel, motivation, photography, St. Louis, st.louis, tattoo
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History Lesson in Tattooing
The history of tattooing is as colorful as tattoos themselves. Where would Batman be without the Joker? Every town has their rival shops. Without them tattooing would be boring. I can teach someone how […]
Posted in Haram
Tagged art, big tattoo, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, haram ahn, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoo, tattoo history
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New Episode!! Bastards of Art Podcast
Episode 25 starts a new chapter for the Bastrards of Art PODCAST! I’m back with some short and sweet episodes! Miss me? I know you did!! -Matt Hodel
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Bastards of Art : Lost Episodes
The Bastards of Art Movement Last year I had the idea to try a podcast. I wrangled Jon Fournier into the project and together we recorded 24 episodes that were released weekly. Together we […]
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No one said it would be easy!!
The Beginning.
The two most important things to learn in the beginning of any tattoo journey is: A. What is a good tattoo. B. Who came before you. Starting with Sailor Jerry covers both. Haram is starting […]
Posted in Haram
Tagged apprenticeships, haram, haram ahn, matt hodel, motivation, productivity, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoos
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Failing to Succeed
I hear the word success more that 10 times a day. I choose to hear it. I surround myself with the word. When I run, the Nike App commentator says it in my earbuds. When […]
Posted in Positive Message
Tagged Bastards of art, big tattoo, hodel, matt hodel, productivity, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis
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Meet My New Friend
Never have I had a prospective practitioner present themselves in such a positive way. A young lady approached me about learning the craft of tattoo. I have a pretty standard reply to those who have […]
Posted in Art, Haram
Tagged art, haram, haram ahn, learn to tattoo, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoo culture
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Americans Can Start to Forgive Themselves.
Hunter said “Buy the ticket, take the ride” This is my political stance. Riot and Protests are an explosion of pent up energy. Like a teenager losing their cool. It’s the overwhelming feeling of being […]
BLURB’s Online Portfolio Maker
www.blurb.com I love Blurb. I just got done making another portfolio. In the past I have used Adobe InDesign to layout my books. Doing it this way gives me a lot of control of the […]
Posted in Interesting, Uncategorized
Tagged art, blurb, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, matt hodel, photography, portfolio, productivity, publishing, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoo
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Wanna see some of my older tattoos?
It’s Throw Back Thursday! I found a memory card from 2008. I guess I didn’t like taking straight photos in back then.
Posted in Tattoo Pictures, Uncategorized
Tagged art, big tattoo, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoos
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Wish it was Warmer.
Man, its cold out! I can’t believe summer went by so fast. Here are some pics from our last campout to get me through this damn cold weather.
Posted in Life, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged camping, family, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, rv, St. Louis, travel trailer
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Be Successful, Damn It!
Being successful isn’t out of your reach. I use an app called flip book. It searches the internet for me and brings back topics I’m interested in. Today, the blog I reposted below came across […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Tagged art, draw, matt hodel, motivation, productivity, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoo
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Don’t be a Dick.
My second year of tattooing, I was working long hours at Iron Age. It was the original location that was upstairs next to Vintage Vinyl. I’d had a trying week of crazy customers. It was […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Tagged be nice, good tattoos, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis
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Kelsey’s Photo Shoot
www.matthodeltattoo.com
Posted in Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged art, black and white, female, girl, matt hodel, photography, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis
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Winter Ride.
First camping trip of the year. A 250 mile loop to Giant City State Park. We found a cemetery for old heavy equipment. Went on some hikes. I think April and I have figure out […]
Posted in Life, Photography, Uncategorized
Tagged camping, dyna, giant city, hiking, makanda, matt hodel, motorcycle, photography, St. Louis
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You will Quit Tattooing
Why you will quit tattooing. I used to say “Tattoo artist don’t retire, they just die.” Thats not a true statement anymore. It is no secret that a rising amount of ambitious practitioners are rushing […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Tagged learn tattooing, matt, matt hodel, productivity, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis
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Dyna Flashback
2015 was an awesome riding season. We really pushed my dyna to its limits. Traveling through 9 states we cover a few thousand miles of back roads. We did our best to stay off the […]
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged camping, dyna, fatbob, matt hodel, motorcycle, St. Louis, tattoo
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Mark Your Tribe
This is Tom. Guess what Tom does? Mechanics and Gearheads will recognize his tattoos instantly. That’s Tom’s tribe. If Tom got stuck in some shitty dinner party with a bunch of stuck up assholes, […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Tagged everything auto motive, hot rod, matt hodel, mechanic tattoo, ragtime tattoo, rat fink, St. Louis, tattoo
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Five Programs you will need to learn.
Sketch Book Pro https://www.sketchbook.com/ This is the starter kit drawing program for the intimidated and computer inept artist. I have shown this program to tattoo artists around the country. Artists that had never drawn digitally […]
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Tagged draw, dropbox, learn tattooing, matt hodel, motivation, photoshopcc, quickbooks, ragtime tattoo, sketchbook, st.louis, tattoo, tattoos, tutorial
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