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 […]
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Tattoos I Tattoodid…
Posted in Art, Tattoo Pictures
Also tagged art, bad ischl, big tattoo, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, hodel, learn tattooing, matt hodel, motivation, photography, St. Louis, st.louis |
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
Also tagged art, big tattoo, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, haram ahn, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, tattoo history |
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
Also tagged art, blurb, colorful tattoo, good tattoos, matt hodel, photography, portfolio, productivity, publishing, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis |
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
Also tagged art, draw, matt hodel, motivation, productivity, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis |
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
Also tagged camping, dyna, fatbob, matt hodel, motorcycle, St. Louis |
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
Also tagged everything auto motive, hot rod, matt hodel, mechanic tattoo, ragtime tattoo, rat fink, St. Louis |
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 […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Also tagged draw, dropbox, learn tattooing, matt hodel, motivation, photoshopcc, quickbooks, ragtime tattoo, sketchbook, st.louis, tattoos, tutorial |
The True Tattoo Artist
When Nathan was ask what he wanted to be when he grew up, he said “A professional baseball player”. His fourth grade teacher told him to pick something real. I think this pushed him harder. […]
Posted in Positive Message
Also tagged art, artist, colorful tattoo, draw, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, tattoos |
Sketchbook 2011
Sketches from old conventions.
Head Hunters and old Friends
Grant Wyatt stopped by today. I haven’t seen him in over a decade. He is living life to the fullest in Vietnam. A Missionary, he and his family give hope to those we only see […]
Posted in Interesting, Travel
Also tagged burma tattoo, burmese, hand tattoo, headhunter, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, st.louis, tribal tattoo, vietnam |
Jake Doty: Nice Guy Hockey Player
Jacob Doty Age: 22 Hometown: Billings, Montana Occupation: St. Louis Blues, Chicago Wolves Position: Foward “Why I got this tattoo is because I live away from home a lot and wanted something to […]
Posted in Tattoo Pictures
Also tagged billings, blues, hockey, jacob doty, jake doty, landscape, matt hodel, montana, ragtime tattoo, st.louis |
Meat for the Machine
Entrepreneurs vs. Company Men Henry Ford was an entrepreneur. The people who worked for him were company men. When loyal company men leave or lose their jobs, they are not trained to be entrepreneurs. Tattoo […]
Posted in Positive Message
Also tagged advice, art, draw, drawing, matt hodel, motivation, productivity, ragtime tattoo, st.louis, work ethic |
Done Vs. Perfect
It’s easy to forget how much time has passed by while an idea has remained hidden from the world, locked in your brain. Something that you’ve been telling yourself you’ll “get to at some point,” […]
Posted in Positive Message, Uncategorized
Also tagged art, louis, motivational, productivity, saint, workflow |
Opportunity Knocks
A recurring theme in my life in the last few years has been encouraging others to see the opportunities all around them. To not get so hung up on boundaries, but to focus on the […]
Competition
“When you are in competition with others, you get bitter. When you are in competition with yourself you get better.” Competition is healthy. Like most traits, using competition in the wrong way can be self […]
#FBF Some of my First Digital Drawings.
It has been almost two and a half years since I made the digital switch. Here are a few drawing from the early days. It didn’t take much time to get used to drawing on […]
Posted in Art
Also tagged angel, cintiq, drawing, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis, wacom, wolf |
It’s a Fishy Friday Flashback!
The Koi Fish There is meaning. It’s whatever meaning you give it. Sometimes just the experience of getting a tattoo is the meaning. Don’t think so hard. On this friday I FlashBack to five Koi […]
Posted in Tattoo Pictures
Also tagged coi, coy, fish, half sleeve, kio, koi, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, sexy tattoo, St. Louis |
How much Oral do you Want?
The majority of my career has been the equivalent of processing fish. People lined up to get tattooed and I tried to get through the day as efficiently as possible without losing quality. I don’t […]
Posted in Positive Message
Also tagged appointment only, client, customer, matt hodel, St. Louis, walk in tattoo, work efficient, work flow |
Tick Tock Boom
Eventually the shit is gonna hit the fan. I drew a candle because I didn’t actually want to draw shit and a fan. www.matthodeltattoo.com
Posted in Uncategorized
Also tagged candle, cartoon, hate, love, matt hodel, ragtime tattoo, St. Louis |
Flash Back Friday of a Sexy Matt Hodel
This Friday I give you a few flashbacks!! Here is me in all my sexy. The 90’s were my heyday, as you can see. If you remember me then, can you fill in the gaps […]
Posted in Uncategorized
Also tagged austria, brad fink, brazil, japan, sabado, tattoo artist, vienna |
“Yelp all you want, they can’t hear you”
I have been trying to take control of my business page that Yelp offers. I can’t. It won’t let me. I am against Yelp. I don’t think you can run a review service that pays […]
Machine tuning 101
Posted in Art, Humor
Also tagged comic, drawing, funny, learn tattooing, matt hodel, tattoo machine, tutorial |
How I Draw a Jellyfish.
How I draw. This is a Jellyfish. www.matthodeltattoo.com
Posted in Uncategorized
Also tagged colorful tattoo, girly tattoo, jellyfish, sexy, underwater, water |