HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here's from me to you. Happy New Year. I am truly blessed for 2012 and I am looking forward to 2013. See you all there.

Update "Mothcredo Design"

Well here is a lil blog update. I have finally got the graphic design name up and running. Mothcredo Design, you can check out some older work on Tumblr and I will be posting new design work soon. I got a lot of graphic design work going on. I have a number of Business cards I'm designing for different companies, I'm working on some designs for a new skate board company, a couple book covers for the writer David K. Mantoya, a cd cover for a death metal band which i am doing the design and art work for, and a packaging design for a small sweets company. Once these designs are done and approved I will post them. I'm very proud and fortunate to able to take my art in another direction on top of tattooing and doing my painting. I want to thank everyone for there support and the people that have had me do some graphic design work for them. It's a great feeling. ---Travis

E-mail: mothcredodesign@gmail.com
Tumblr: mothcredodesign.tumblr.com

Happy Christmas, Merry Hanukkah, but most of all....

Your Life Matters

Seems I've been hearing a lot about suicides lately. It is a very sad situation. It makes me think about my life and no matter how bad things get I don't see suicide as an Option. We all have our problems but I feel we can all help each other out of a situation that makes us feel like we must take our own life. The Holiday season does get many down and
depressed but it is a time for joy and love. So no matter what, we need to let others know that they matter to us and that we are there for them. Give that person you pass on the street a smile, that maybe all they need to know that they matter. If someone you know is thinking of suicide please find them the help they need. Thanks for reading. Much love.

Graphic Design Work

I am looking to do some more Graphic Design work. I do Business Cards, Flyers, Posters, Logos, Product Packaging and other design work. E-mail me if interested at traviswycofftattoo@gmail.com until my design site is up. Here are also some samples of things I have done as far as Business Cards, Flyers, and Posters.

Back at it again

Well I'm moved in to the new house and have got my art space all set up. I'm working on a few new paintings and having some fun. I hope to have some stuff done soon so I can share it with you. A few of the pieces I'm working on will be in the art show in January. They will be for sale as soon as they are finished. If you buy a painting that will be in the art show you can pick it up and take it home right after the show. Thanks for all the love and support.

Update

I've been a lil quite on my blog lately. Been busy and dealing with a lot of new business ventures. A lil update on the live painting I had scheduled. It going to be postponed until further notice. A few of the places I was going to do the painting at we're out doors and do to the weather change, it just wasn't going to be a good idea. But there will be some indoor venues that I will still be doing the live painting but it will be announced the day before or day of. Thanks for the love and support.

Motivation, sometimes the thing I lack the most.

Motivation is defined as the process that initiates, guides and maintains goal-oriented behaviors. Motivation is what causes us to act, whether it is getting a glass of water to reduce thirst or reading a book to gain knowledge.

It involves the biological, emotional, social and cognitive forces that activate behavior. In everyday usage, the term motivation is frequently used to describe why a person does something. For example, you might say that a student is so motivated to get into a clinical psychology program that she spends every night studying.

Psychologists have proposed a number of different theories of motivation, including drive theory, instinct theory and humanistic theory.

Components of Motivation

There are three major components to motivation: activation, persistence and intensity. Activation involves the decision to initiate a behavior, such as enrolling in a psychology class. Persistence is the continued effort toward a goal even though obstacles may exist, such as taking more psychology courses in order to earn a degree although it requires a significant investment of time, energy and resources. Finally, intensity can be seen in the concentration and vigor that goes into pursuing a goal. For example, one student might coast by without much effort, while another student will study regularly, participate in discussions and take advantage of research opportunities outside of class.

Extrinsic Vs. Intrinsic Motivation

Different types of motivation are frequently described as being either extrinsic or intrinsic. Extrinsic motivations are those that arise from outside of the individual and often involve rewards such as trophies, money, social recognition or praise. Intrinsic motivations are those that arise from within the individual, such as doing a complicated cross-word puzzle purely for the personal gratification of solving a problem.

Dirty Dames

This is April Madera modeling for Dirty Dames sporting a owl I tattooed on her arm a while ago. Check out dirty dames on Facebook. (Photo by Isaac)

Convention line up I will be doing for 2013

These are the Ink Life Tour 2013 tour dates I will be doing with Coast 2 Coast Ink Magazine. Hope to see some of you out there.

Amarillo TX Feb 15-17 3rd annual Confirmed
Ft Myers FL, March 1-3 2nd annual Confirmed
Oklahoma City April 26-28 3rd annual Confirmed
Albuquerque NM May 17th-19th 1st annual Confirmed
Madison WI June 28-30 2nd annual
El Paso TX July 12-14 4th annual
Longview August 23-25th 2nd Annual
Kansas City Fall date TBA
Colorado Springs Fall Date TBA
Tampa Florida Fall Date TBA

A few tattoos i did for the Jarod Maxwell benefit.

Burning the candle at both ends

Definitions
. to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work


So lately I have been doing this, at first it hadn't effect me or my work but some times the brain and body say "hey time for a brake" we'll it's time for me to do so. I've not been able to create the best art do to being so over tired. To the point where I draw over and over the same design and I'm just not feeling it. So time for some me time to collect my self and get my creative thinking going again. Even though I have told my self I'm going to take a day off but end up working anyways, oh well such is life.

Skater Girl

Did this lil doodad today. Part of the Jarod Maxwell benefit.

Some Good T.V. From Vice's Tattoo Age.

Bad ass girls on 8 wheels

Pic of Shin-dig .11 from the roller derby team The Dirt City Roller Rats who I am tattooing a leg piece on (as you can see the outline in the pic). Check these girls out they are ruff and tuff. https://www.facebook.com/DirtCityRollerRats?refid=9

Mariner 10 tattoo

I tattooed this on a clients who's grandfather help build this satellite and many others including the mars rover.

Mariner 10 was an American robotic space probe launched by NASA on November 3, 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury and Venus. It was launched approximately two years after Mariner 9 and was the last spacecraft in the Mariner program (Mariner 11 and 12 were allocated to the Voyager program and redesignated Voyager 1 and Voyager 2). The mission objectives were to measure Mercury's environment, atmosphere, surface, and body characteristics and to make similar investigations of Venus. Secondary objectives were to perform experiments in the interplanetary medium and to obtain experience with a dual-planet gravity assist mission.

Rebellious Tattoo Studio

Come check out the other spot I tattoo at in Apple Valley CA. It's a great lil shop I call home and work with some great guys I call family. R.T.S for life. I am there Friday, Saturday and Sundays. Taking walk-ins and appointments. For mor info e-mail'e at traviswycofftattoo@gmail.com

Sparrows in memory of Jarod Maxwell

A couple sparrows I did for the Jarod Maxwell benefit that started today. They surround a cross that is not pictured.

Historically, the sparrow tattoo started as a sailors’ tattoo.
Sailors used to get a sparrow tattoo for every 5,000 nautical miles they traveled.
Sparrows were also believed to bring a sailor good luck, so sometimes the sailor got his Sparrow tattoo before leaving the docks, hoping it would act as a talisman, and help bring him safely home again.



The ancient Egyptians believed that sparrows would catch the souls of those who had died.
This belief was another cause for a sailor to have the sparrow tattoo, as if the sailor had the misfortune of dying at sea, according to the legend the sparrow would carry his spirit to heaven.

In modern times, the sparrow tattoo is sometimes used as memorial designs for loved ones who have passed away.

Tattoo Benefit

Jarod Maxwell a 14 year old young man and friend of my daughters was struck by a car and passed away today while riding his skateboard to school. We will be donating all money earned from this to the family of Jarod to help them out. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those effected by this tragic accident.

Polynesian style tattoo I did at empire tattoo

1595: European explorers discover Polynesian tattooing

The early Spanish explorer Mendaña “discovered” the Fenua Enana Islands in 1595 and baptized this archipelago Marquises Islands.
But the first descriptions of Polynesian tattooing were written almost 2 centuries later by English Captain Samuel Wallis, French explorer Bougainville and English Captain Cook.
In 1767, Wallis had noticed that it was a “universal custom among men and women to get their buttocks and the back of their thighs painted with thin black lines representing different figures”.
The next year (1768) Bougainville reported in that "the women of Tahiti dye their loins and buttocks a deep blue”.
Height year later (1774), Captain Cook returning from his trip to the Marquises Islands, wrote in his diary “they print signs on people’s body and call this tattow”.
Ma’i (called by the English Omai), the first Tahitian to travel to Europe (with Captain Cook) became rapidly famous partly because of his tattoos.

Couple original watercolor paintings for sale.

These are a couple watercolor study paintings I have for sale and they come framed in a cool frame. These are the originals that I am selling. NO prints where made of these. So there one of a kind. If interested in one or all email me at traviswycofftattoo@yahoo.com

Stuff for sale

Check out http://traviswycoff.bigcartel.com/
I have some stuff up there for killer prices.

September 11th, 2012

We will not, and can not ever forget.

ME PHOTOS

Sometimes ya just gotta post them.

I'm on Google+

For those that have google+ you can check me out on there as well.

911 Tattoos, don't for get the fallen, EVER.

I am taking appointments now for September 11th. Any September 11th related tattoo I will do for a discounted price. Also service men and woman (police,fire,military,ect.) get a great discount on any tattoo for that day. Email me to book your appointment now. Last year I booked up quick so e-mail me as soon as you can. Thanks. Traviswycofftattoo@gmail.com

Empire Tattoo Studio Redlands CAI

I Am Tattooing at Empire Tattoo in Redlands CA Mondays through Thursdays. taking appointments and walk-ins. I am still tattooing at my shop Rebellious Tattoo Studio in Apple Valley CA also Fridays through Sundays, appointments ONLY. for any appointments or Question please E-mail me at traviswycofftattoo@gmail.com Thank you for all the love and support.

One Hell Of A Deal

I will be doing 4 hours of tattooing for 200$ this week only 7/16/12 to 7/21/12 at Rebellious Tattoo Studio. if you are interested call or text 760-403-2584 to make an appointment or for any questions.

"some tattoos I've done"

Some works in progress.

"UPDATE"

Instgram

Follow me on instagram also, my user name is @travis_tloc_wycoff on there. thanks

Another Artist I Admire and Respect. Tim Hendricks

Tim Hendricks - Hand Made Tattoo Machines from Tim Hendricks on Vimeo.

i always love doing flower tattoos

this is just the start of a bigger piece she wants to work on.

Rick Walters, i truly respect this man.

New Ventures

I'm gonna be doing some guest tattoo spots in the Inland Empire And San Diego areas this year,and I have a few out of state spots i will be going to also, more info to come so keep your ears open for that. so stoked to move forward in my career and learn from other great artist. This is what I needed.