Brandon Gross

NO FILTERS OR EDITS!! 2 days in a row on my brother. The calf is one day old with saniderm on. Super stoked on this progress. Trying some new things, incorporating more of my oil painting process into this piece. This whole leg is a surreal take on A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan. In progress.

Closeup of a large project in progress. No fu**in filters. Under sh*tty indoor LED lighting.

Got another couple hours on this b***y beauty, maybe 4 hours total so far. One more should wrap her up. Can’t wait!

Finally a day of not burning🙌🏼

If somebody calls you by the wrong name and you don’t correct it the first time you have to keep the name they gave you or you’re the as***le for letting them do it. Also for anyone that doesn’t know, the B in B.Gross is for Brandon 🙄

Callin her finito. One of my all-time favorites. She’ll be hard to sell one day for sure! Tattoos are fun but nothing beats painting. It makes me a whole boy. Peep those gloppy details😻

She ain’t done but I wanted to see her in the frame 😍

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Lil yeti. Oil on panel. Alla prima 🤌🏼 maybe 2 hours. lll add some detail layers once it dries. This one will go in a custom shadow box as well with some flickering blue LEDs

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When it’s all said and done, when arthritis sets in, when I have bad knees and hips, back problems, respiratory issues, and ultimately my senses fail, it will all have been for art. That’s what I’m here to do. F**k everything else, I was here, I existed.

Progress pics. These are gonna be sick! Gonna use 3mm flickering LED lights powered by a 9V.

Ideas-a-brewin’

Another one… adding more mural work to this block in downtown Hanover. First time I got to see my mural featuring the lights that were crafted by another awesome artist. This space is so dope. Can’t wait to grab a burger here and soak it all up. 🍻

Rounding the bend on this demon bunny. I’d like to imagine he runs the cutest corner in hell 🥹

Added some details and a nice warm glaze to this little fellow, now I’m calling him done. Not sure why I waited so long to get into oils. I love the process!

Me and had a super fun oil painting sesh today. Here’s our results. Oh art, what would I do without you?

Things ppl don’t know about tattooers:
How and what we get paid-
Talking about money with clients makes me uncomfortable but here’s the jist. Most tattooers working in a shop either pay a percentage or a chair rent, like a hairstylist. I’ve never done a chair rent so I can’t speak on that. As far as percentages, they can range from 50% to maybe 75% depending on the situation. So for example if your artist charges $100/hr it’s more like $50-75/hr. In the shops I’ve worked the shop provides most of the disposable stuff like gloves and paper towels. Things like inks, machines, needles, etc. are supplied by the artist. So after supplies that $100/hr could be closer to $35 or $50.

Tipping-this is one I think some ppl just don’t know about. I didn’t know when I started getting tattooed that this is a service industry like all the others. Theres no real answer about what to tip. Some ppl say 20% but there doesn’t seem to be any real etiquette. Anything is appreciated. $20 is cool. Anything above $50 feels like a good tip to me. And obviously it’s based on your experience. Did you feel welcomed and informed? Was it clean? Are you happy with your tattoo? Did you know tattooers can’t legally charge a service fee in PA? Did you know that someone still has to pay for the tax on that service? Guess who pays it. Yep, the artist. At the end of the year we pay the gov the tax on the services that WE performed. So while tipping isn’t required it’s sometimes a vital part of surviving as an artist or service provider in general. Just wanted to share some info on our industry that I don’t don’t think everyone is aware of.