David LaFrance - Thirty3 Studio

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‼️BOOKS OPEN‼️ Please read carefully bef

‼️BOOKS OPEN‼️

Please read carefully before you book.
I will be opening my books from the beginning of Feb through the end of April.

I will be focusing on larger scale projects. My focus right now is black and grey realism, surrealism, fine line, and micro realism. If these mean nothing to you, my previous posts are a great place to wrap your head around my style focus currently. Especially the past year.

I WILL NOT be tattooing any floral projects, landscapes, reworks, coverups or color work(huge surprise here I know)

If you want to book please send me an Email, my email is linked in my bio on my page. This is the ONLY way to get an appointment. If you have reached out when my books aren’t open just resend said email in the correct time window.

Lastly, I want to thank each and everyone in advance for the opportunity to work with you. I am so excited to hear your ideas and create together! And thanks to all the amazing faces that came through our shop in the last round. Much love.

Fun take on a butterfly for Hollie last week! Lo

Fun take on a butterfly for Hollie last week!

Love the way these two images came together🦋💀

Got to tattoo a fun one today for Trevor! He wan

Got to tattoo a fun one today for Trevor!

He wanted the illustration done by John Craig on the cover of Smashing pumpkin’s Mellon collie album.

I love doing tedious designs like this, really feel like a grow my skill set with each tattoo I dress over just a bit. Stoke with the outcome.

I know, I’m a week late😴 but a quick recap of

I know, I’m a week late😴 but a quick recap of some of my 22’ projects and some quick thoughts on the previous year.

2022 was a bit of a roller coaster from time to time with my back injury and being out of tattooing for a solid 2 months. With that low came lots of highs. I learned more about my body, my mind and implemented routines that changed my life in the aftermath. I also feel like in turn this allowed me to create a body of work that I can say I am the most proud of in my career, I learned so much and was so inspired working with my crew @thirty3.studio along with all of my amazing clients. Together with your ideas and trust in my process I feel like my work is a reflection of my art and a path i hope to take going forward.

Excited for what the new year will bring and the project I will create with you guys again. I am excited for new goals set in place and more growth in the coming year. For those of you who have read this far, and all the amazing people I worked with this year, thank you! Sending you all positive energy coming into this new year.

Got to create this extremely unique yet very tough

Got to create this extremely unique yet very tough design for Simeon🤌🏼

he wanted to create a statue out of a tasteful nude of his wife with Aphrodite vibes. In the background we also included a simplified shape of her wedding ring. This is a prime example of trust and a few unique ideas coming together to make magic.

Thanks again brotha, always good adding to your collection.

Perseus slays an undead Medusa🤷🏼‍♂️

Perseus slays an undead Medusa🤷🏼‍♂️

This was a second piece I tattooed for Joel, part of a cool project we’re working on.

I want to thank my clients for trusting my vision and my process, I have been getting to really showcase MY art lately and cannot wait to show you guys some of the stuff in the works!

The chosen one🪐🚀

As some of you may know I’m a bit of nerd for Starwars, so creating this piece for Wes was sheer enjoyment. My inner child was so happy to mesh this together.

I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do😅🤷🏼‍♂️

I got to make this fun new rendition of this popul

I got to make this fun new rendition of this popular design idea today.

Tori sent me a few variations of similar designs the set me free and this is what we created🫀🧠 hope you guys like it.

I got to make this super fun piece for Joseph yest

I got to make this super fun piece for Joseph yesterday💀🦅

This isn’t a great photo, but I like this tattoo too much not to share! Lots of fun details not pictured but that’s life😂🤷🏼‍♂️

On going sleeve I’ve been working on for Amy✨

On going sleeve I’ve been working on for Amy✨

we have a couple more sessions to go before we call it complete but I haven’t posted many of my larger projects so I thought it deserved a post.

Everything is fully healed except white highlights.

Rib cage overgrown with floral for David💀💐

Rib cage overgrown with floral for David💀💐

I had a lot of fun with this piece, really got to nerd out on all the small deets🧐.

Drop a comment and let me know what you guys think.

A lot of times you’ll have clients who say they’ll give you artistic freedom, and sometimes you’ll have clients that actually mean it. Joel was one of those clients and I think we made some magic✨ this has a lot of fun small details in it along with a bold foreground that I think reads so well, but let me know what you guys think!

That’s it for this round! As always I am overwhe

That’s it for this round! As always I am overwhelmed by the response and I look forward to reading through your idea’s.

Apologies in advance for those of you who I won’t be able to get in. This was a very small amount of openings given the holiday season.

Until next time✨

I haven’t used this in awhile. Haven’t been fe

I haven’t used this in awhile. Haven’t been feeling super motivated to present my art on social lately but have still been working. Trying to get back to it. So here are a Couple pup portraits from awhile back.

Yesterday morning I received the news that my frie

Yesterday morning I received the news that my friend, my brother, and a mentor of mine had passed away at 5:37am.

Casey Somsel was a light, his energy, his mind, and his talent were truly special. I met Casey at a large transitional period in my life/career. Casey and @troubadour_tattoo not only welcomed me in but really made it a point to get me in their shop. Over the next two years i worked side by side Casey. He taught me so much about life, his random knowledge on everything and anything, his tips and unique approach to tattooing, his weird witchy energy, or the super odd raw food he would have us eat. Casey changed my life, to this day I practice things Casey taught me.

It seems in this life the brightest burn out the fastest. Casey was no exception. I know that his energy lives on. I am so proud to wear your art, to have shared your company, and to have called you a friend. I love you Casey, cannot wait to see you again in a next life✨

My take on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for Mathe

My take on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs for Mathew🔺👁

Client: “I want a Capybara floating through spac

Client: “I want a Capybara floating through space”

Me: “Say less”

Fun one from last week for my boy @timkvne I love

Fun one from last week for my boy @timkvne I love doing the surreal pieces that incorporate multiple styles and elements of tattooing!

If you’re seeing this check out his page! He is quite the talented artist💪🏼

Been putting in a lot of work recently😤 little

Been putting in a lot of work recently😤 little
Compilation of a few favorites over the past couple weeks.

Had the pleasure of tattooing my good friend Sierr

Had the pleasure of tattooing my good friend Sierrah’s fur baby on her last week🐺 always have a blast w/ these.

Dune inspired piece for an addition to Wes’ slee

Dune inspired piece for an addition to Wes’ sleeve🌗🌖🌓

Above is the multiple moons of Arrakis incorporated in a seed of life, and a third as an eye of the Fremen. Dune is one of my favorite movies, and this was a fun design to make. It doesn’t scream dune, and I like that fact.

Iconic Swallows, Done in a Single session for Port

Iconic Swallows, Done in a Single session for Porter🦅🌹

Greek Soldier for Mac last week🤺 It has some

Greek Soldier for Mac last week🤺

It has some fun details with the progression of the seed of life, an osprey and sun, and tetrahedron, and much more.

Last week I got to make this super fun piece for R

Last week I got to make this super fun piece for Ryan🗿

He is quite the multi talented kid and we actually got to incorporate his photography in this piece with the landscape. We also honored his late running coach with his quote and ryan’s nickname “Poseidon. There are quite a few other fun details🔎

We aren’t 100% finished as this piece needs white highlights but I figured I’d post it anyway.

I got to make this badass Apollo piece for Luke’

I got to make this badass Apollo piece for Luke’s first (real) tattoo😅

Statues are always a favorite. Then you add skulls, and it’s up there for some of my favorite tattoos. Love this one.

Thanks Luke🙏🏼

This was the final piece to complete Elisa’s sle

This was the final piece to complete Elisa’s sleeve🌹🤌🏼

This was around a 2 1/2 year project. It taught me a lot about this style, composition, and layering. It is probably my favorite sleeve I have completed thus far. Excited to show ya’ll when it’s all healed.

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I had the honor of tattooing this statue of Nike,

I had the honor of tattooing this statue of Nike, along with a background layout of the Bend/Redmond airspace for Ashley.

This was a tattoo to commemorate her passing her pilots license with a bit of emphasis on her studies in college as well. Thanks for trusting me with such an important piece! Was a fun challenge for sure.

Sorry for my lack of posts the past few weeks! I’ve been out on vacation but we back now😈

Big ole’ bird for Tygh🦅 He set a new standard for a single session on the ribs💪🏼

This was the last tattoo I did before my accident,

This was the last tattoo I did before my accident, so it’s been sitting in the archive for awhile now!

I got to tattoo this sweet boy for Melissa as a memorial piece for her dog Zeus. Along with some snowflakes and a snowy mountain as he was happiest playing in the snow❄️

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