PARADISE TATTOO

New Blog for Me!

2011-05-25T11:48:00.000-07:00

See MY NEW BLOG and enjoy more of the tattoos you've come to love and expect. tell your friends, make a note, my blog is a little different and has a slightly longer title to distinguish me from the "other" Paradise Tattoo shops out there. Both will remain intact so I don't lose any connectivity, but I will be posting new photos and tattoo stuff through the coreyparadisetattoo.blogspot.com

Fourth of July weekend in Maine, it is what it is

2010-07-07T12:56:00.000-07:00

K.V. Cats Cradle cover homage

2010-07-07T09:18:00.000-07:00

Tattoo artist and owner Corey Paradise

2010-06-30T18:22:00.000-07:00

Nice Ink from Paradise Tattoo

2010-06-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

May as well get tattooed...

2010-05-19T12:04:00.000-07:00

Fake Fucking False

2010-05-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

Well I got bored and googled my name and found some lame ass "blogs" that hijacked my tattoo photos. so If you see your tattoo out there or my name on some bullshit site, please ignore it and move on, or better yet complain to the site. any how, thats the web for you.

I've got a fang...it's a sweet tooth.

2010-05-05T11:39:00.000-07:00

fresh baked goods with attitude

skully

2010-05-05T10:29:00.000-07:00

one of my drawings floating around the tattoo shop, becomes a tattoo just like that. I really like the color scheme.

more recent works for your hungry eyes, write a review on google for paradise tattoo and tell em how much you love it!

2010-04-12T06:48:00.000-07:00

tattoo tax season is on in early spring

2010-04-12T06:46:00.000-07:00

Paradise Tattoo artist and owner Corey Paradise

2009-10-08T08:56:00.000-07:00

whats up in the shoulder season? INK in SKIN at Paradise Tattoo

2009-10-08T08:49:00.000-07:00

august is for inklovers...

2009-09-01T11:05:00.000-07:00

New work at PARADISE TATTOO in Blue Hill Maine, by Corey Paradise

2009-07-25T14:59:00.000-07:00

BUSY TATTOO TIME! WORK WERK WURK! GIT SOME...

2009-07-25T14:57:00.000-07:00

funny bones

2009-03-08T12:16:00.000-07:00

Here we have brave Curtis getting his ribs tattooed. fun times! tickles there don't it? finished piece coming soon!

winter wunder...

2009-03-08T12:08:00.000-07:00

Winter weather got me in the mood, to do some sno tattooin' on my mountain man friend from alaska via jersey. Hangin' out in the phoenix sippin' shine and feelin fine! lost my g's in the shuffle. Inspired by the Berthoud pass huts and the St.mary glacier and the woods of blue hill let it snow!!!

SMILE

2009-03-08T11:42:00.000-07:00

update, downturn

2008-12-08T13:35:00.000-08:00

Yes i know I'm a sonuvabich. haint poted in way too long. But da snow she has come to coastal Maine this weekend. I went and Spun records at the martini bar in Bangor (really, people go out in downtown bangor these days!)I will be playing again on Dec. 20th from 10-1 (no cover) with MAGNUS & DJPARADISE (me) an all dub show, in Westmarket Square Bangor at RED MARTINI. and yes i will put up some new photos. maybe even revamp the whole thing....

Forearm tattoo with rosary

2008-07-31T10:16:00.000-07:00

Put 'em up B!@+c#!!

Yar!

2008-07-03T06:48:00.000-07:00

One sitting on the ribcage don't tickle

Lilly flower tattoo

2008-06-20T06:32:00.000-07:00

Cover up that homemade party tat with some bold living color.

collaborate and conquer...

2008-04-28T13:21:00.000-07:00

whoa. Some Isaac Wright designs reworked into a big piece. All the elements are here: sparrow, skull, rose, blood, what else does a good tattoo need?

Look into my EYE!

2008-04-28T13:18:00.000-07:00

Been busy with spring things, like new ink!

Biomech? Giegeresque, One sitting!

2008-03-07T07:07:00.000-08:00

Just like that the old tattoo disappears. This was a fun all day session. Curtis tells the best dirty jokes.

Big blue foo!

2008-02-25T10:17:00.000-08:00

fresh ink, filigree

2008-02-25T08:13:00.000-08:00

more ink from the well...

2008-02-21T07:15:00.000-08:00

Carving anti social across the stomach describes the sentiment, without words, first by the strength of its form, the arch. Second, the endurance of the placement is no understatement and by shaping the words from bone suggests sustenance derived from the idea, the meat of it eaten and digested, nourishment for the collector maybe. Or is this the remains of an ideal, found picked clean by the birds, bleached by sun and rain, its skeleton weathering the test of time. Time, who is ever present, each tattoo marking the path, for every inch of skin a moment of your life, a trail of bread crumbs receading into the forest.
Whatever true tale this body holds there is also a perfect conundrum. The label "antisocial"and being marked by tattoos go hand in hand and yet such a large tattoo will certainly bring the collector attention and interest, most likely by others with ink, searching ,as we always are, for connections and commonality. Seeking equilibrium between creativity and entropy, pushing away and drawing closer.

From sketch idea to tattoo, just like magic.

Here is a right Dandy hero some of you might recognize! Thats right, that leg belongs to Mondo Dandy himself!

posting back photos of a variety of tattoos...

2008-02-21T07:08:00.000-08:00

Roberto say Hi! Note the bone handle, black rose and cool gore! Hope you love it, cuz I had a blast.

butterflies, roses, vines, tribal...Can't decide? Go for a little of everything.
Initial sketch for a fragmented mandala in black and grey, deconstructed for her pleasure... To me mandala art is like an optical illusion, where the mind creates three dimensional space out of two dimensions. Stare at the forms long enough and physical space begins to expand in the minds eye, unfolding impossibly, expanding infinitely, conflicting spatial information shorting out the assumptions of the minds chatter, revealing that which lies beneath the surface.

Flowers blooming in a snowstorm

2008-02-13T08:25:00.000-08:00

Flowers are the tried and true Valentine gesture, and these Forget Me Nots last a long, long time.

a Willow tree grows in winter

2008-02-13T08:18:00.000-08:00

Been on this naturalist kick lately with trees and flowers, you think people are starting to pine for spring?

Shine on you crazy

2008-02-13T07:22:00.000-08:00

Diamonds are forever... mostly. these are on my ex, go figure. But hey! what a great way to say I dig you for Valentine's day, with tattoos.

Custom Color Tattoos!

2008-01-04T07:45:00.000-08:00

Nate Dog!

2007-11-13T10:39:00.000-08:00

Saturday night I lined out this fun cover up tattoo. Check out the old Betty Paige piece (actually the second tattoo I ever did!) that won't be there much longer.

2007-11-06T11:16:00.000-08:00

These colors don't run...

2007-11-06T10:30:00.000-08:00

What lies hidden just below the surface? Stars and stripes forever, baby!

Opening Night

2007-11-06T10:07:00.000-08:00

First night for the shop was Haloween, an appropriate night for an autumn tattoo. Here is a good example of a design that represents something personal (in this case mariage) without direct literal representation. So instead of her husbands name, or the date of the wedding, she chose two leaves floating together. This is a more timeless design that still has meaning for her and, god forbid they should split up, is universal enough to take on new meaning later in life.

Hola!

2007-11-06T09:06:00.000-08:00

Greetings! welcome to the opening post for my newly launched blog. Paradise Tattoo is the business half of my virtual 10/90*. Come here to see pictures of tattoos, talk about tats, see the shop, make an appointment, that kind of stuff. Or go to the Stinkblot for recreational rants and raves, like last nights GWAR show in Orono!