Tattoosday Goes to L.A.: Oscar's Horror Sleeve

I previously wrote about meeting <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2013/02/tattoosday-goes-to-la-javies-sublime.html">Javie Dev</a>, one of the artists at <a href="http://www.aceofheartstattoo.com/index.html">Ace of Hearts Tattoo</a> in San Pedro, along with <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/2013/02/tattoosday-goes-to-la-vanessas-sugar.html">Vanessa</a>, the shop piercer.<br /><br />I also spoke to another of the artists, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oscar-The-Monster-Tattoos/279520791811">Oscar Montes</a>, who shared his horror-themed sleeve:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSfa-zv4w-iT7MtW4P2ga3gCruEa1eTIprnIbqaAtY0-gyKNFYom71TUPe7Kqvjnr5w4ebA9Alb6qP_0IriK3hSK2lsVRyGxMIWXN_ausk7L3yud0wBtuOS4l0gCvAiEn59828ShlAVU/s615/photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSfa-zv4w-iT7MtW4P2ga3gCruEa1eTIprnIbqaAtY0-gyKNFYom71TUPe7Kqvjnr5w4ebA9Alb6qP_0IriK3hSK2lsVRyGxMIWXN_ausk7L3yud0wBtuOS4l0gCvAiEn59828ShlAVU/s640/photo.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><br />He credited the top image in this sleeve to his mentor, Guillermo Figueroa, who works out of <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/tinta-maldita-wilmington">Tinta Maldita Tattoo Shop</a> in nearby Wilington, CA.<br /><br />The middle image, of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leatherface">Leatherface</a> from <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Texas_Chainsaw_Massacre_(franchise)">The Texas Chainsaw Massacre</a>,</i> is credited to "the world famous Diablo," a.k.a. Edgar Marquez, who is owner of <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/long-beach-ink-assassins-long-beach">Long Beach Ink Assassins</a>.<br /><br />And the bottom piece of the sleeve, the iconic hockey mask belonging to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Voorhees">Jason</a> of <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_(1980_film)">Friday the 13th</a> </i>fame, was inked by Oscar's friend Irving Lozano, who works out of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Addinktion-art-gallery-and-tattoos/265624156809028">Addinktion Art Gallery and Tattoos</a> in Los Angeles.<br /><br />Thanks to Oscar for sharing his work with us here on Tattoosday!<br /><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><b id="internal-source-marker_0.3747453649993986" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This entry is ©2013 Tattoosday.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are seeing this on another website other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit</span><a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: initial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://tattoosday.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.</span></span></b>

Tattoosday Goes to L.A.: Oscar's Horror Sleeve

I previously wrote about meeting Javie Dev , one of the artists at Ace of Hearts Tattoo in San Pedro, along with Vanessa , the shop piercer...

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