Custom Tattoo Styles: Taking It Back to the Old Skool

Old Skool Tattoos and Traditional Tattoos are both names referring to the Western version of tattooing: Americana Tattoos.  Tattoo Adam, Hawaii Tattooist extraordinaire and the homies at our Waikiki Tattoo Shop, 434 Tattoo, are well-versed in many styles and we surely pay homage to the roots of tattooing in the West.

Old Skool designs gained popularity during the days of another famous Hawaii Tattoo Artist.  In every tattoo shop around, you will find multiple sheets of tattoo flash displaying designs that have been popular for pretty soon a century! And that’s the beauty of art, it lives on long after we do.  It transcends, time, space, and embodies chaos and tranquility  through all of that.

In honor the Old Skool Tattoos and keeping with the trend of offering the best Hawaii Tattoo discounts, come in and request an Old Skool design that fits in the palm of your hand and Doubledown will ink you for $60!

And to the douche bag who didn’t think he could do straight lines, we think you need your eyes checked!  He’s being trained by Tattoo Adam and under the guidance of two of Hawaii’s other amazing tattooists, Marko Livingston and Andy Burley!

So come on down, free consultations, open 7 days a week, world famous artists and up and comers worth your time!  If you’re lucky, we’ll even blow the conch shell or run the tattoo train!

Adam Siehr, President and Proud Owner
434 Tattoo
Custom Tattooing LLC.

Directions:
434 Ena Road
Honolulu, Hawaii
96815

Contact:
mailto: adamsiehr@gmail.com
1-808-391-8287

A Story Told in Ink: Some Flash…

A Story Told in Ink: Some Flash…

JMAW for 434 Tattoo

A year ago to the day that Tattoo Adam put the wolf on me, I started my three-quarter sleeve (which knowing me will end up as a full-sleeve) with some Tattoo Flash from a tattoo parlor in New Orleans just outside the French Quarter, Electric Ladyland.  I didn’t know I would work into a sleeve nor intend it at the time, but that’s how life works, sometimes a little too smoothly, a little too eerily, but it works nonetheless…

I was picking up the pieces of my life and that piece of flash was to be a symbol of rebirth, I realized that I was a work in progress, much like ‘Nola, the city who stole a piece of my Heart, that place along the Mississippi still in her rebirth, even years after Katrina ran through it, which disrupted business as usual then and ever since.  But that’s life, it’s the grit, it’s the grime, and it’s all beautiful if you really look at it.

“My tattoos on the back of my hands, they mean alot of different things, but they are powerful, and I believe in them.  A monk at the Tiger Temple, tattooed from head to toe put them on me.”  Adam had said to me the day earlier and even the first time he had spoken to me about spirituality and tattoos.  So much has happened in both our lives since my first session with him, now ten months ago.  It’s funny because his son was a newborn when we met, now he was almost a year old.  A lot can happen in life in a year, and certainly both within and outside a tattoo shop.

“The other day, this dude came in, he had all these spiritual tattoos and they were so far just symbolic of his past.  He was telling me that the next ones were going to tell the story of his future.  It gave me chicken skin.”  Adam continued.  It was funny/eerie because though the wolf appeared on my arm in a dream from my past, was confirmed by a woman who saw it on my arm before any of the sleeve save for the flash was even conceived,  the wolf was there to symbolize my present and lead me towards the future. Adam placed the wolf three times before he was pleased, the wolf was already there and we were both just playing a part it would seem…

“There are many forms of medicine.  Tattoos can be one of them…” Adam has told me during more than one of our custom tattoo and talk story sessions. I agree.

I’ve written this before and will do so again: I spent three years with politicians, and now just over one with tattoo artists, and tattoo people are definitely more my type of people because if anything, the only flash is on the walls, you know what you get when you pick it, and its honest throughout the whole nine yards…

Add Some Custom Color Tattoos (To Your Life)

What’s life without a little color?

While a tattoo can be beautiful with or without color, why not consider adding some color to your next custom tattoo to give it that extra pop?

You have a broad array of design options to choose from the tattoo flash on the walls, our tattooists’ portfolios in our Waikiki Tattoo Studio, to just bringing in your idea and having a discussion during your free consultations.

Our specialties range from traditional Americano, Hawaiian Custom Tattooing, Asian Tattoos, our own custom styles, and more!  434 Tattoo is open everyday from 10a-10p so give us a call, stop on by, and let’s get you set up to add a tattoo, more color and/or/all of the above flash in your life!

 

Adam Siehr, President and Proud Owner
434 Tattoo
Custom Tattooing LLC.

Directions:
434 Ena Road
Honolulu, Hawaii
96815

Contact:
mailto:adam@tattooadam.com
1-808-391-8287

 

First Tattoo Tips

If you have never got a Tattoo and have been thinking about getting one, then read on!  If you have one or got bit by the tattoo bug and have many then read on as well!

From Hawaiian Tattooing to Asian Tattooing, there is just so much to choose from at 434 Tattoo, our Waikiki Tattoo Parlor.  Add in the unique vision and skills of a custom tattoo artist and sometimes it is hard to know where to start.

When walking into a tattoo shop, you’ll notice many designs on the walls to choose from, which we call Tattoo Flash.  You can also look through our artists’ portfolios to see pictures of work that we have done in the past.  You can find some of our custom work at our website and also learn more about our Professional Staff .

It is a really good idea that you all ready have a concept in mind before walking in to our Honolulu Tattoo Shop, because that way when the Tattoo artist asks, “was there something you were looking for?” you can then reply, “yes i had a dream about a jaguar, but a black jaguar crawling up my arm.”

If you walk in and have no idea what to do or get, that is very common as well.  And if that is the case, 434 Tattoo recommends you look at everything available on the walls and books in the studio. Sometimes a tattoo design will Jump Out at you, as we like to say, and if that happens, tell the artist, and we can start designing your future Custom Tattoo!

Adam Siehr, President and Proud Owner
434 Tattoo
Custom Tattooing LLC.

Directions:
434 Ena Road
Honolulu, Hawaii
96815

Contact:
mailto:adam@tattooadam.com
1-808-391-8287

WHAT IS TATTOO FLASH ?

When you walk into 434 tattoo , after being greeted within the first 15 seconds of walking in , we are going to ask you to take a look around , and please make your self at home .Then we will ask , do you have any questions ?

If you reply , no i am here to take a look today , , that is when we will point you in the direction of our tattoo shops TATTOO FLASH section.

Tattoo flash is what is on most tattoo shop walls , and flash is all the tattoo designs available from that studio .These designs are found all across the world in all tattoo studios.Tattoo flash is designed mostly by other tattoo artists, and some commercial artists , and graphic design artists as well .

These designs for you to look at can be changed , re-sized and re-designed .Its a great starting point for the beginner who would like a small tattoo .

please stop into our studio today , and take a look at our quality selection of superior designs ready to put permanently into your skin today !