Ben Russell tattoos

31/08/2026

28/08/2026

Big ol piece done today for a new client…around 5hrs on this…customer sat great…we’re going to add some flowers to this in a months time or so 🙌🏻 most of this was drawn on btw 🤷🏻‍♂️

25/08/2026

Did this cool piece today for a new client…around 3hrs…the moon in the background was my clients request and actually a picture he took himself with the little silhouetted bird on there also 👍🏻👌🏻🙌🏻

19/08/2026

Nice big piece done for a new client over two sessions…some of this is almost healed…around 7.5/8 hrs work in total here 💪🏻👌🏻👍🏻

18/08/2026

3hrs re working this rose to start off a full back re work !!! This will be a long project but I’m confident it’s going to look great when it’s finished 💪🏻🙌🏻👌🏻

15/08/2026

Another good session on this on going leg sleeve…around 4.5 hrs on this…still got the leaves to finish on the rose and one small gap on back of calf then that’ll be the full lower leg done 👍🏻🙌🏻

13/08/2026

Some recent jobs…a traditional eagle cover up on a long term client 👌🏻🙌🏻 compass/map added to an ongoing nautical sleeve on a returning client…and a rose for a new client 💪🏻👍🏻 thank you all

10/08/2026

Just a polite notice to all regarding AI designs…I will keep my opinion on AI to myself…but I would like to take a moment to clarify a few things, and please bare In mind this is from my personal perspective and not trying to talk for a whole community.

While ai/chat gpt images give the client a good idea of the potential tattoo they have in their head…they are, in my opinion, 99% of the time unachievable in the real world to give a lasting, solid realistic tattoo. I would seriously appreciate it if my clients/potential future clients used ai generated images as a rough guide line and still come to me with an open mind and be prepared for me to say “I’m sorry, I can’t do that, but I will try and do similar”

I’m not saying don’t send me ai generated ideas…I’m not saying don’t use it…I’m not saying it’s not a useful tool…but from my almost 17 years experience, I’d like to think iv come to know what needs to be done to create a tattoo that meets the needs of the client and holds up over time…and from what iv seen, the vast majority of these ai images will not be so.

So…happily send me your ai/chat gpt images, but…be ready for me to say things along the lines of…we can do similar, that’s not going to work, not in a million years, get to f**k, and my personal fave “we’ll sort it tomorrow” 🤣👍🏻

Thank you for taking the time to read and hope everyone’s had a great weekend, benny 🙏🏻🙌🏻

07/08/2026

Don’t you just love a nice full leg 🙌🏻👌🏻💪🏻 some pieces here are around 7/8 years old…and we’re still chipping away adding more and making adjustments/improvements…there’s some more to be added to the top and one last big session and this should be complete…maybe 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣 thanks kate…I’d like to say you sat mega…but you didn’t 😒😩❤️

05/08/2026

Spent the last couple days working on this leg sleeve for a great client. The only thing I havnt done is the woman’s face on the outer leg (clearly healed) but hopefully once this all settles down and is healed it’ll look good, we may re work it in the future but let’s get some more cool pieces on there first 💪🏻🙌🏻👍🏻