A sick fly, the Grinch and an Aries Ram...

rocked out a few fun lil pieces over the past week or so...
First up, I did a toilet overflowing with a fly with IBS flying away on my buddy Tony Linville from Goddfellas Tattoo in California.

Then, i did a black and grey Grinch for my client who already has the Skeleton King piece.

Finally, got to do a sweet Aries Ram on a guy from Toronto Canada... hopefully he comes back soon to knock out the rest of his sleeve!

Christmas FREE TATTOO GIVEAWAY!!!

After the success of the previous giveaway, as i stated in a previous post, I've decided to continue the giveaways, but for this month I'm gonna add a special twist for entering.
To enter the giveaway this month, I'm taking donations for Toys for Tots. Come down to the shop (Chrome Gypsy Tattoo 3326 S. Highland Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89109) and drop off one, new, unwrapped toy, and sign up for the Christmas Free Tattoo Giveaway.
I'm at the shop Monday-Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, noon-8pm. You have until December 18th to enter.
Donations must be given to me directly, as I am the only one at the shop doing this, so be sure to come in on the days listed above. Contact me directly at 702-689-1642 if you have any further questions, or to make sure I will be there when you stop by.

Again, here are the details...

1. Must be on the lower leg(calf), upper arm (bicep) or forearm. The piece will be roughly 8in X 11in
2. I choose the colors. The piece will be in full color.
3. No words or dates will be added to it. No alterations will be made to the design. Period.
4. This piece will not be used as a cover up of prexisting work.
5. Must be atleast 18 years of age.

The drawing will take place on December 19th, 2012. 
After notification of winning, the lucky winner and I will arrange the date and time for the appointment. I would like to do this piece in one sitting. If the customer is unable to finish the tattoo, the usual hourly rate will be applied to any additional sittings.

With that said...let me present to you Santa Claws!

Angry from years of ridicule, due to his disfigurement (Ectrodactyly...Claws disease), and fiending for cookies and milk,  Santa lashes out at an unsuspecting child. Never get between The Claus and his cookies!!

Round 1....FIGHT!

Well, it has begun... The lucky winner of the Thanksgiving Free Tattoo Giveaway, Daniel, and I started the Turkey's Day piece this past Sunday. Let me tell you...That guy can sit. It became an endurance match between the two of us. We began the piece at 11am and he finally tapped a little after 10:30pm. We took a few breaks in that span of time, but for the most part just worked and worked. Originally we were going to do the piece on his calf, but due to lack of room, we had to move the back of his thigh. I'd say we still have around 2-4hours left... but for now here's the results from round 1...

check back tomorrow to see the details and sketch for next month's FREE TATTOO GIVEAWAY!

And the winner is.....

First off, I'd like to thank everyone who entered the drawing for the "Turkey's Day" tattoo. At first I wasn't sure if anyone would be interested, aside from the fact of it being free, but I got alot of great responses and compliments over this past week, so again, Thank You.

Secondly, I was quite astonished at how many of you entered. I figured, who the hell really wants to get a turkey slaughtering a chef on them...permanently? Quite a few people it turns out. I'm so amazed there are this many people with as twisted a sense of humor as I have out there. I commend you all.

Fret not if you we'rent the lucky winner, or decided not to enter because the theme of the piece wasnt what you were looking for... due to the overwhelming response,  I've decided to continue this little monthly giveaway idea... Although I'm not 100% positive if I'm going to be doing this every month or not, I will at least be doing a Christmas themed piece next month (to be revealed next week), possibly a Valentine's themed piece in February and more likely than not, a Star Wars themed piece in May, so be sure to check back for details on those. I may also have discounted little piecces on certain holidays, and again this coming year, custom sheets of 13's for Friday the 13th( September and December 2013)

If you have any ideas for any other giveaways or fun little pieces, or are wanting any other tattoo work,  feel free to contact me on my cell listed at the top of this site...

Without further ado... the winner of the "Turkey's day" Thanksgiving 2012 FREE TATTOO GIVEAWAY is

 

 

 

Congratulations Daniel!! I look forward to meeting you and having fun with this tattoo!

 

To everyone else who entered, thank you all so much again for your interest in my work, and if you live in Las Vegas, and are able to swing by Chrome Gypsy Tattoo(3326 S. Higland Dr. next to the Spearmint Rhino) this saturday, I will have gift certificates for $20 of any tattoo over $100, $50 off any tattoo over $200 and $100 off on any tattoo over $300. These are in envelopes and you will get to choose one random envelope. 

Thank you all again, and I can't wait to show you all the Christmas piece for next months FREE TATTOO GIVEAWAY!

Free Tattoo Giveaway

So in the holiday spirit, I thought what better than to do a holiday inspired tattoo...FOR FREE. This isn't going to be a dinky lil piece either.
Here are the details:

1. Must be on the lower leg(calf), upper arm (bicep) or forearm. The piece will be roughly 8in X 11in
2. I choose the colors. The piece will be in full color.
3. No words or dates will be added to it. No alterations will be made to the design. Period.
4. This piece will not be used as a cover up of prexisting work.
5. Must be atleast 18 years of age.

I will take entries for the free tattoo by text or phone call to 702-689-1642, at which point I will take down your information, and put it in for the drawing which will take place on Black Friday, November 23rd, 2012. After notification of winning, the lucky winner and I will arrange the date and time for the appointment. I would like to do this piece in one sitting. If the customer is unable to finish the tattoo, the usual hourly rate will be applied to any additional sittings.

And now, without further ado... Turkey's Day.

 

This fine fowl, finely gets his day of revenge for all of his slaughtered relatives and ancestors.

 

As you can see, there are a few spots that I'm still refining, but I just couldnt wait to show you all the sketch for the free thanksgiving tattoo.

Good luck to everyone and thanks in advance!

SCHWAB

Doc Lobster!

Rocked this lil guy out the other day on Dr. Kneeland, a Veterinarian from Iowa. Sat like a champ for his first piece, and had a great conversation about anything and everything. had some fun with color theory. enjoy.

The Las Vegas Tattoo Convention

So my buddy Omaha Mike and I just wrapped up our weekend at The Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth (the Las Vegas Tattoo Convention) at the Mirage. We had a blast and for the most part we we're both extremely busy. Met some super cool people and got to do a lot of fun pieces. I've got two started that I'll post when they're completed but for now here's the "Pumpkin party foul" I did on a kid named Josh from San Fransisco who let me have creative license with this piece, and let me tell you, if you ever want a really good tattoo, it's best to just let you're tattoo artist do what they do best.
I'm also posting a few other recent tattoos. A horseshoe and a tiki guy that I did on  a couple from Spokane( both their first tattoos) a nintendo controller I did on a young man named Luke, who I previously did an Ewok on. Also there's a lotus I got to do last week.
enjoy...

HALLOWEEN DEALS!!!

Since Halloweeen is easily my favorite holiday of the year, I'm running some super duper extreme deals!
First off I'm looking to fill the remaining 4 appointment times I have left at the Biggest Tattoo Show on Earth Tattoo Convetion at the Mirage, Friday October 26th- Sunday the 28th. For the convention I'll be doing Halloween themed tattoos for anywhere between $100-$300. Tell me your price range and your idea, let me put my spin on it, and I'll work with your budget. These are gonna be scary steals! Ideas may include jack-o-lanterns, bats, monsters(vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghouls, goblins, zombies, or my take on Dracula, Frankenstein, the Invisible man etc...), trick-or-treaters, halloween skulls, scary cats and more! Be sure to contact me at 702-689-1642 to book your appointment ASAP, cuz they are limited. Come by the booth and say hi, and get a treat!!!

Secondly, from now til November 5th, I'll be doing halloween themed deals at the shop as well as doing Day of the Dead specials, and V for Vendetta inspired pieces(Guy Fawkes Day!). Again, the only catch is you have to let me put my spin on the idea!

Thanks to everyone in advance!
Schwab

a few more new pieces...

a buttload of new sketches....

heres a sneak peak at some sketches for my upcoming 3rd book...

Game Over Dr. Wily!

Rocked out this lil Megaman piece the other day. Super stoked about it. I'd been waiting a bit to do this one.

the skeleton king

rocked this out yesterday. super fun piece. should be adding more around it shortly

Dexter's Dino!

Did this on my beautiful wife the other day to commerate our family's new addition, our son Dexter Elliot.

This week's super deal!!!

Mention this post, and get 50% off any of my style tattoos!! let me put my spin on your idea, and VIOLA! 50% off!!!
Call 702-341-0011 and ask for Schwab. or call my cell directly at 702-689-1642
Hope to hear from you all soon!

roller giraffe

just rocked this one out the other day...fun lil giraffe on roller skates!

Old Fashioned books

Rocked out this mini stack of books for a kid's first tattoo the other day.

A couple new pieces...

Here's a few new pieces I've done, or just begun. Hope you all enjoy!



Dropped this lil guy on my buddy Chris Little at 314 tattoo in St. George UT




 Did this Darwin Fish on a skateboard on my buddy Justin for an early Father's Day gift from his wife

This is the beginning of a zombie Alice in Wonderland piece inspired by the American Magee Alice game

 A lil cassette memorial piece












Victorian Mouse

So a while back my buddy Brett Rosepiler was sketching up a lady mouse with antlers, and I decided to attempt my version of the theme... heres the results... came out pretty cool

Skull/Rose cover up

did this cool lil cover the other day... thought i'd share it...

Ravage on Endor!!!!

Rocked this out the other day. Kid's first tattoo. I want to add some background and some further texturing to the fur...hopefully I can talk him into it. Anyway...heres an Ewok with a severed Biker Scout head...so stoked.

Here's a few new pieces... round 2 on the cracked out Sonic the Hedgehog

A memorial piece featuring a shamrock with ghost skulls

and lastly an aviator skull on shop homie Lloyd...

Havasu Tattoo Show

Just got back from the Havasu Tattoo Show, with my buddy Jasen Workman (from 314 Tattoo in St. George, UT) We had a blast, but are glad to be back in our respective homes... He killed it all weekend with some sick ass pieces on some lucky people...I got to do two extremely fun pieces that were right up my alley. Two cool people, with two brand new super sweet tattoos!
First was the cleptooctopus that Albert brought in. I put my spin on it, and it came out awesome. Im super stoked on it. Then Jeremiah asked for an Excitebike arcade machine. I've wanted to do an arcade game piece for a while, so this was just fun as hell to do. I'll post a sketch to tattoo piece in my next blog, but for now, heres the tattoos

A few character designs...

Did these the past week for my Illustration class. Really dug the old guys. They make me laugh. And my wife can testify about me giggling while drawing the infant assassin

I also did a sweet digital painting last week. I agree it came out a bit dark and have yet to rectify this... but i will... until then here's what I have