Mike Jones, Artist

"The halfling was dear to thee, I see. Know that he suffered greatly at the hands of his host." Mouth of Sauron prints are available! Also check out my art instagram @notreallymikejones

I know, another announcement post! I'm trying to get some things sorted out before I leave, starting with the most pressing: people who have unfinished tattoos! Please follow the instructions below in order to properly contact me. Obviously we are still on lockdown which is making things very difficult but I want to get things organized so that I can properly approach the problem when the time comes. Please read and follow the instructions, it makes it so much easier if I hav...e a ton of messages coming in so that I can sort through it properly. If you have an unfinished tattoo - this means like a portrait that is half done or a piece that only has outlines etc - then please do the following: -Send an email to [email protected] -Subject line "Unfinished Tattoo" -In the body include a description of what you have and what needs to be done. -If you have a photo of the tattoo please include it -If you have a tattoo appointment that was affected by this lockdown please include the date. -Include your preferred method of contact and contact info (if you want me to call you, make sure you include your number etc) Please do not expect an immediate response. I have a lot of emails and I may not even get back to you. I'm trying to sort out everything into folders so that I can contact you when I'm able to get back to the piece! I'm sorry that both my departure and this COVID lockdown are happening at the same time. I was hoping to have everything taken care of already. It sucks that we can't work 1 on 1 but we can have a giant town-wide market Talk to you all soon!

Starting this coming week ill be trying to organize people who have unfinished tattoos. This does NOT include sleeves or large projects on the go, only if you have a tattoo that is only partially completed (like a half done portrait or something). Please look out for the post, likely monday or tuesday. Thanks!

! ANNOUNCEMENT ! This is the biggest life changing decision I've ever had to make, but I'd like to announce that I will be leaving Ontario. Working and living in Strathroy has been an amazing time and I've met and worked with so many wonderful people. I never thought that I would ever leave my hometown let alone leave Ontario all together. I know there are going to be a lot of people with a lot of questions but I will answer all, if not most of those questions throughout thi...Continue reading

Recently finished up a painting. My first ever fan art of my favorite series of movies! I've been watching the LotR Trilogy several times a year for over a decade and I guess this lockdown it was time for me to finally create something from it. "The Mouth of Sauron" Digital painting by me. Prints are available of this, they are 12x16" on high quality paper $35 CAD plus shipping if you are not local. Smaller sizes available upon request!

UPDATE Long post ahead: Hey everyone, I just wanted to update you all on the current state of my bookings including COVID appointments and scheduling appointments in the future! ... COVID APPOINTMENTS: Currently all appointments that were affected by the COVID lockdown have been rescheduled. Because of how far in advance I book, these appointments were moved to the first available spots after the appointments that were still in place. I know this sucks for those people but please understand it makes a lot more sense doing it this way than to reschedule hundreds of people and rearrange every client for the next few months. CURRENT APPOINTMENTS: If you have an appointment that was NOT affected by the lockdown then your appointment is still scheduled. FUTURE APPOINTMENTS: Currently I'm not taking any new bookings as I'm trying to get through what I have an don't want to make people wait upwards of a year, I open my books for a few months at a time then close them so that people can get in in a reasonable amount of time, especially those with ongoing projects. Going forward, if you have an ongoing project PLEASE tell me that when booking, I'm aware that there are quite a few sleeves and stuff in progress and I'd love to finish those up. I will make a post about when my books are once again open and taking new clients. If you have a small/medium tattoo idea feel free to message me though, I may be able to squeeze you in somewhere. Non-Tattoo Stuff: As you may have seen I do have some artwork for sale/prints. I'm working on a better online place to put things for people to buy prints, download phone wallpapers, stickers or if you just want to leave a small tip in support. I'll make a small post about it in the next day or two. If you'd like to follow some of my artwork I do have an IG for it @notreallymikejones. Huge thank you to everyone, I cant wait to ink you this year

Going to be closed for a little while longer it seems

I still have a few more of these large 12x16" prints! Send me a message if youre interested :)

As I'm sure many people have heard, Ontario is entering a lockdown once again. This lockdown goes into effect December 26 at 12:01am and will last 28 days, until Jan 23rd. Anyone who has an appointment missed, please do not worry. As before, once I am able to work again I will have my assistant call and reschedule everyone to the soonest possible date in the order that your appointment was missed! EDIT: Please share this post, it might help clients who have January appointments see it! Thank you so much I hope everyone has a very safe holiday!

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