Trying to walk Rabbit
Friday, May 7, 2010 | 0 comments
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French bulldog,
Rabbit Bailey,
walking
The Next Day
Thursday, May 6, 2010 | 0 comments
I was on facebook and the homie tagged the photo of the "eye" tattoo I did yesterday.... I love to see a tattoo the following day or 2...people say my eyes are my trademark...their not my trademark to ME but hey... Whatever makes the people happy....I actually got those eyes from my mother... When I was a kid, my mom would draw eyes for me... I would be amazed by the feeling it gave me... Like they were looking right back at me...she would also draw Erie & Bert (and graffiti bubble letters) but that's another story...

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Posted from my iPhone
"The Eye"
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city of ink,
eyes,
Miya Bailey,
tattoo,
windows
Life is short....
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 | 0 comments
It's funny how fragile life is...one minute your flying high and loving life.... The next your just a memory and flying high with God....becareful out there y'all...watch out for the windows and walls... hit one and you can end it all


A dove die on the sidewalk on Peters street
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A dove die on the sidewalk on Peters street
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death,
dove,
Miya Bailey,
peters street
BET Atlanta Lifestyle Video....featuring Miya Bailey
Sunday, May 2, 2010 | 0 comments
Just a video BET did before their Hip-Hop Award show...they popped up on me when I was about to start a tattoo...
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BET,
castleberry hill,
city of ink,
Lamorne Morris,
Miya Bailey,
nicki minaj,
slice
My Film Project "Pain & Tears"
Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 0 comments
I'm at the stage of my life where I want to be known for being more that just a tattoo artist....I want to show the world ALL of my vision...from books, paintings, fashion, and FILMS...the reason I'm in DC right now is to work on my film project... I hooked up with my homeboy, AJ who did my Vimby video interview because I'm a big fan of his camera work... I drew out some story boards and he can see my vision so it feels like a perfect team...this film is about the struggles and lifestyle of black tattoo artists in america.... They are not a lot of TRAINED professional tattoo artists who stay in own community to serve own people... A lot of them move on because the money is wayyy better when your dealing with a clientele that has a respect and knowledge of this art form we call "Tattooing" I want to show all sides of tattooing... How we never see our children, how our relationships suffers because we don't see our mates....how we don't have a social life outside of the tattoo shop.... When we get off work everyone is sleep so it's always lonely nights... How our own people will still go to tattoo parties, tattooist who dont even understand black skin (lie and say you can't get colors) and scratchers with no professional training to get tattooed because they are CHEAPER when we spend YEARS training to serve the people....these days of filming were VERY emotional... Lots of tears and pain.... The people HAVE to know what tattoo artists go through and how important it really is to support TRAINED black artists in this industry...these tattoo parties, home call scratchers, and the leak of respect for tattooing just for money is really hurting our industry... "Understanding" will be born... And after you see this film I PROMISE...you it will understand why I have to retire and help my fellow tattoo artists teach the people about this ART we call
"tattooing" after this film I will see where I will stand in the tattoo business...if the people don't care about the struggles I see my fellow artists go through daily.. I will forever put down the needle... And won't return to tattooing...and the scratchers can have it...
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African American,
black,
film,
Miya Bailey,
scratchers,
tattoo artists
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