Dave Tedder consistently puts out quality work like this, but for some he seems to fly under the radar. I’d love to see a big update from him. I know he does big pieces, now it’s just a matter of us seeing them.
Tattoo by Dave Tedder at All or Nothing Tattoo in Atlanta, GA
Jack contacted us with photos of this super-collab tattoo he had done at Tattoo Jam this year. I think I’ll let the gentleman tell you a bit about the piece himself:
This charity piece was donated by the All or Nothing crew (Brandon Bond, Tony Mancia, Dave Tedder), Paul Booth and Darrin White also offered to take part. They didn’t break it up into sections, instead using quite a novel approach, as Brandon, Tony and Dave blood-lined the piece first. Which means (sorry, I’m sure you know this already) that they used just water to lubricate the needle and outline the design on my skin, which left a red bloodline for the time that they were doing the tattoo, but goes away when it heals.
If you study the tattoo, you’ll notice that there are no lines, just clever shading. So it meant that all of the artists could just tag each other in and out (about 30 minutes at a time)–it took about 6-7 hours to do.
All of the artists were involved in the shading and blending. The only areas I know to be attributable to specific artists were the white lining (Paul and Tony) and the large extended background areas above, below and around the rose, which were done entirely by Paul.
Check out photos of Jack receiving this amazing tattoo on Facebook.
Collab tattoo by: Brandon Bond, Paul Booth, Tony Mancia, Dave Tedder and Darrin White
The All or Nothing Tattoo website was recently updated, including this collaboration piece that Dave Tedder and Brandon Bond have recently worked on. They note the piece isn’t completed, it’s actually going to be a full sleeve.
Also worth mentioning is that Dave and Brandon want to do more black and grey tattoos. If you’re interested, drop them an e-mail for additional information.
