Shallow Water

Where are you from?

Originally from northwest indiana, but presently living in Boston Mass. 

Ive been drawing since I was a little kid, designing Merch for my own bands through high school, and for hire since 2008/9

The gay rights movement has made great steps in the last few years, and a lot of people think that more liberal states like Massachusetts have already won the war, but there is a lot of work left to do. They are working on developing youth outreach to help kids who get bullied and as someone that dealt with that a lot in school, I saw it as a perfect combination to help two groups of people at once. 

It was important to me that I come up with something that was a symbol of solidarity between people, without being overt about who those people may be. The handshake was a great foundation for that idea, and the eagle perched atop was just something aesthetically pleasing to make the design more full. 

In the past year or two, I’ve become very focused on traditional American style tattoo art, although I am not a tattooist myself. I’m not formally trained at all, so my style has become the product of a lot of random influence from different fields. 

I play bass in a band called la dispute which takes up most of my time. The rest is likely spent drinking coffee with my roommates in Boston. #1088

Adamxvass.com is my main hub, but I also post a lot of sketches an progress photos on instagram and twitter under the user name @adamvass.