FUNHOUSE UPDATES - TAMI, RYAN, FESTER AND ART

Over the past four years Tami has dedicated her life to learning the  art of tattooing. 

Blessed by many teachers since day one, each has, in her words, "bestowed priceless knowledge, humility and faith in what I have done. The most significant of these mentors is Funhouse’s own Fester!"  

Working to please each client’s request and idea, Tami does her best to encompass many styles. From bold colors to soft grey shades her goal is to not just leave her client with a beautiful tattoo but to give them a comfortable and memorable experience. 

We're stoked to introduce Tami... our newest addition to the Funhouse crew!!  Call to book with Tami! Fall is here, soon it will be winter, The best time of the year to get tattooed!!!

RYAN - DOIN WHAT HE DOES..  

FESTER TOO!! 

WE HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND IT SEEMS TO CONTINUE INTO THE FALL. IT'S ALREADY LATE SEPTEMBER AND IT FEELS LIKE JULY! 

THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN'T TATTOO... SO COME AND GET IT.

AMBER'S VICTORIAN SLEEVE... 

 

AMBER'S PUGS ON VICTORIAN CHAIRS...

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STAND OUT PIECES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS... THERE ARE MORE... THESE ARE JUST A FEW BY ART.

PHIL'S 3 LEGGED RAVEN - TATTOOED BY ART -  ORIGINAL ARTWORK FROM PRINTS DONE BY LARRY VIENNEAU!!! 

AMRIT'S SICK SIKH BAD ASS BATTLE SCENE...

BRAD'S BIRD....

PIN UP PAINTING....

LOOK AT THIS BRUISE!!! POOR CLIENT!!  

FUNHOUSE - FUN FOR ALL...

RYAN TSUTSUMI - FUNHOUSE

Wave by Ryan..
sun by: who the fuck knows.

Ryan Tsutsumi has been at the shop for over a year... as a part time artist. His normal duties were shop helper, which he still maintains on the days where he's not tattooing full time.

His work is solid and clean, as he keeps developing his technique and style, you will see more and more updates of his work right here. 

He is confident and precise. Clean sharp lines, solid color. Well placed and balanced lettering... he has a way to go yet, and with guidance from everyone at the shop, he'll go far in this business.. to book with Ryan, please call or come by.

ART GODOY - PIC & TEXT IN RED BULL MAGAZINE ARTICLE - SOUTH AFRICAN TATTOO CONVENTION.

A BIT ABOUT THE TATTOO INDUSTRY....

If we had to define Godoy Machines we would use the following words:

Education, Innovation, Function and Direction.

WHY THOSE?

Lets break down the industry into groups in order to better understand the motivation behind Godoy Machines.

*A Client who needs a tattoo, well done of course but they have no artistic ability nor knowledge of how tattooing works...pain factor, technique, machine function, sterilization proceedures, time it will take to apply, care instructions...WE HAVE TO CATER TO THEM, THEY FEED US...and REGARDLESS HOW MUCH THEY ANNOY YOU, THEY DESERVE THE BEST YOU CAN GIVE THEM.

-----We tattoo daily so we understand their insecurites and needs ...we were all clients once-----

*Artists in need of products to apply the tattoo...artists of various technical and artistic levels are consumers...all of us are buying ink, needles tubes, machines and disposables/throw aways (paper towels, bandages, skin cleansers etc)...ALL THE WHILE RELYING ON THE SUPPLIER TO PROVIDE US WITH THE NECESSITIES TO APPLY THE TATTOO in an efficient, hygenic way...Some artists with all the blind faith in the world trust the suppliers to provide quality products such, especially MACHINES...Some artists are so egotistical that they will DENY any education regarding technique or machine function as they ignorantly raise their glasses to toast an obsolete generation of old men who may have "pioneered" the art of tattooing AND never advanced it. Education NEVER hurt anyone.*

---------We tattoo daily and believe in the advancement of tattooing... artistically, socially, technically... with no limits.

Tattoo by Steve

Tattoo by Art

*Suppliers who PROVIDE all these "useful" things to artists YET have NO CLUE about machine function AND whose main goal is to pull in money in order to liquidate readily available hyped products with no regard for what defines true quality...sometimes taking back used machines covered in biohazard and replacing them with a new one due to their and the clients lack of knowledge pertaining to machine function. These people come in different levels aswell...the "kit salesmen", the businessman who buys cheap Chinese machines and re-sells them, the corporate distributor who sells every machine "brand" and doesn't realize that they all look alike and have the SAME components as eachother.

-----We scrutinize all of our suppliers and have a long check list of demands and criteria they must follow in order to carry our machines...thats why Godoy Machines are hard to find in the mainstream industry...also thats why we have the best and highest quality innovative machines available to only professional tattoo artists-----

*Machine manufacturers who...

1-Don't tattoo, can barely tattoo or aren't artistically current enough to apply today's artistic demands onto skin.

2-Builders who copy eachother's recipies..derived from copying a guy who copied another guy who copied another guy...and so on for the last century...with no actual knowledge of each part assembled on the machine and its function...guided myths,superstitions AND misinformation.

3-Manufacturers/machinists who jump into this industry to profit...knowing that because its NOT REGULATED by the artists involved...they can sell to em...easy money.

It's impossible to regulate this entire industry BUT we can regulate ourselves by educating ourselves and spreading the knowledge and ethics behind what we do in order to avoid intruders selling us hyped machines or buying from egotistical "jump on the bandwagon no talent havin' machine building clowns" who truthfully are just happy that the machine makes a noise and the a-bar goes up and down....TRUTH IS: WITH MACHINE EDUCATION WE CAN BUY ANY MACHINE AND WITH SOME PRACTICE... REBUILD, RETUNE AND REFINE IT.

4-Ex tattoo artists with hyped up names whose low end products are being sold by non tattooed sales reps to tattoo artists...while they enjoy the money the hype brings em.

-----We do not support hacks in tattooing nor in machine manufacturing...we do not buy the hype and do not name drop...we are for the people, we believe everyone has the right to machine education and do not buy into the old "secret society" machine thing...the thruth is THEY NEVER KNEW MACHINE FUNCTION and STILL DON'T-----

WHO ARE YOU GONNA SUPPORT AND WHERE DO YOU FIT IN??

Now...here's a little story of an encounter this past weekend at Musink Tattoo convention...

Sittin at the Godoy Machines booth...here come 3 guys interested in our machines...one guys TELLS me, just by looking at our machines in the class cases that they look like "whip shaders" or "color packers"...I asked "WHAT ? Are you SERIOUS???"...Realizing that i had to have EXTRA PATIENCE with this guy ...i calmed down to hear him out, if anything...for entertainment value...He had one arm sleeved with new below average stuff and nothing on any other visible part of his body...i would say he barely had 3-5 years in this business unlike Art and my 27 years each. This guy claimed to be a machine builder and tried hard to compare himself and put himself at OUR LEVEL...I had to laugh and put him in his place with science, physics and FACTS...Now...whats the moral here???

"COLOR PACKER" IS THE WORD TO HIDE BEHIND FOR A MACHINE BUILDER THAT HAS NO IDEA ON HOW TO ACHIEVE INCREMENTAL SENSITIVITY BETWEEN 0 AND 7... SO TURN IT UP, FORGET ABOUT FUNCTION AND PACK THAT COLOR.

There are a million clowns like him roaming around...preaching to anyone who will listen.

We all know there are tattoo artists of different artistic and experience levels out there as well as new ones comin into the industry every day...with or without apprenticeships.

Like it or not, to anyone NOT involved in tattooing, we are and will be associated with them.

So...here we are...between a rock and a hard place i would say...SO lets EDUCATE them AND ourselves in order to breed a new strong generation to stamp out the "old ignorant, irrelevant ego driven one"...sounds GOOD right???

Well...We here at Godoy Machines have laid out a business based on advancement of tattooing through INNOVATIONS on electromagnetic machines that will facilitate tattoo application and technique with Patented machine systems assembled and designed for true FUNCTION while promoting EDUACTION on this subject as WE wrote 'Tattoo Machines and Their Secrets' an industry text book available in various languages with countless benefits for any tattoo artist with little or no experience to master artists with many years under their belt ,who understand that technique and quality tattoo application comes directly from machine function...

WE teach seminars globally in order to better the industry!!!

Here we are in Italy - 140 people.

All this finally gives us our DIRECTION...

We keep innovating our machines, constantly improving their performance!! New components, features, advancements and designs... ALWAYS!!

WE teach true machine function with the ONLY TRULY EFFECTIVE SEMINAR OFFERED to ALL artists of ALL levels ALL over the world...We still tattoo AND understand an artists needs, therefore our customer service is unbeatable.

GODOY MACHINES
NOT for the substandard asshole.

THATS WHY.

ALL IN A DAY...

Apply stencil...

Peel off stencil...

Tattoo over stencil...

Bald spot partially covered! She's coming back for more!

There are always options, if you're flexible and if you're creative. Losing hair is no big deal sometimes. The lack of hair and the smooth skin make ideal conditions for tattooing! The above 4 photos are the sequence of covering the bald patch.

Here's Ryan, the same day, tattooing the inside of a client's lip. The lip is not the easiest area to tattoo. It can be difficult to heal as well. Normally it doesn't heal perfectly, there are usually parts that will need to be re touched.

I got to tattoo a dog portrait... while watching Shutter Island... The tattoo was way more interesting...

And an owl.. work in progress...

FUNHOUSE - WE'RE GREAT.

TATTOO MACHINE SEMINAR - MONTERREY NL. MEXICO MAR. 16, 2012

TATTOO MACHINE SEMINAR -
PRODUCED BY GODOY MACHINES
AND SUPER FLY TATTOO.

IN SPANISH...

SKINNED ALIVE - A FILM BY BART SARIC - A 'SKATER MADE' FILM

Art Godoy-Bart Saric-Steve Godoy

"It was sometime in 2002, I was busy producing art and skateboarding films. I had just finished a unique skateboard lifestyle film, called “DAZE IN THE LIFE“. In that film I edited a part featuring Eric Dressen skateboarding. The segment follows him to a late night tattoo spot in Los Angeles, where he gets a calf piece by Clay Decker. The films chapter was well received. The details of the tattoo process were visually exposed through the artist’s eye without losing the cultural integrity.

One day not too long after, a dvd sales manager named Tom Allen, approached me to create a tattoo-inspired movie with skateboarding. Kind of like what I did in “DAZE IN THE LIFE”, but full-length. He worked for a distributor that carried my film.

It was pretty much a no brainer. I grew up in the era that dawned the birth of this fusion before anything like that was considered cool at school. You were pretty much a fool. It was taboo in the 1970’s -mid 1980’s for surfers or skateboarders to sport big tatt’s. An outlaw’s detail, if you will.

Tough people had tattoos, back then. People kicking the shit out of other people, shooting them with guns, over tattoos. I’d seen a few things “Pop-Off” while growing up in Los Angeles, as an artist that skateboards and surfs. Expressionist perspectives became clear on the streets. These sub-cultures, along with the music, naturally merged and eventually influenced the way of the lifestyles. Art and sport, a hybrid culture bound only by the limits of the individual’s imagination. All it’s own. Filled with rich and colorful characters.

Originally, I wanted to name the project, “Scarred For Life”. But, a skateboard book already had this title. That’s when Tom offered up the title “Skinned Alive”. Now, there was an older B-type horror movie with the same title. But this project was completely different. It was a documentary based on reality. Professional skateboarding and tattooing unveiled !

All I know is, that if I were committed to diving into these 2 highly respected and diverse lifestyles, I did NOT want to BULLSHIT ! That was my job as a filmmaker.

Bring out the grit and the gristle. The love and the passion that came along with those that pioneered it. It had to star those that were at the forefront of this revolution. This project would not be done without Art and Steve Godoy in it, period.

They are the catalyst in the stories and godfathers to it’s bastard style. Fred Smith, a partner in crime, with their disciples Jason Jessee and Bill Danforth. We needed to feature some of the O.G.’s like Mark Mahoney, Danny Romo and Tim Hendricks, who’ve been slinging the ink to these guys. And those Pro’s that were influenced soon after, Eric Dressen, Jesse Martinez, Neil Heddings and Kyle Yanagimoto.

What “SKINNED ALIVE” did NOT need to be was the saturated and imitated aftermath of mainstream fashion. This was the moment I realized I had to make this film before someone else made it with the wrong people in it. Authenticity is a natural and essential quality in good documentary films. Something that translates with the subject’s in this film. If anyone has the jurisdiction to discuss and educate us about the history and interrelationships of these professional lifestyles, it’s this cast.

They are legend, the footage is classic and the interviews are candid. The editing is colorful and the actions very real. It is a quintessential, first and definitive film of its kind. Check it out ! You won’t be disappointed."

-- Bart Saric 01/11/12