https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/betty-neals~5212 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/e46aaf63-0dab-43d8-8a66-edf93c88387b-original.jpg betty neals drawing done for my good friend's band, and their website...check them out online, www.bettyneals.com virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/betty-neals-record~5213 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/46c3004e-6df7-4f7c-b561-ede98fd349a4-original.jpg betty neals record an honor to do, their first record, my first record cover drawing...check them out online at www.bettyneals.com virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/lawndarts~5214 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/0b9e0496-826c-4692-a946-d237e1a0fd3c-original.jpg lawndarts logo for the new jersey local band called the lawn darts...i don't even know what they sound like, who they are, or if their even still together, but i enjoyed drwaing their logo for them. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/zine-cover~5215 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/44594a44-93d9-4ce0-9e79-541a3a6430d9-original.jpg 'zine cover back in 1996, i did this cover art for an undreground new jersey music 'zine called "shock to the system." i'm sure it's no longer in publication, but it was cool while it lasted. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/jimi-in-a-box~5216 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/40302e21-536a-4dde-abd3-6d2571e100ed-original.jpg jimi in a box a study for a potrait of jimi hendrix that i never got to do...gotta love it when clients don't bother showing up...too bad, it would have been a cool piece. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/world-famous-will-rogers~5217 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/18558313-5f4c-41fb-ae5d-70b64e8f93c3-original.jpg world famous will rogers this is a man who i had the distinct pleasure of working with at 4a's Classic Tattoos in raleigh, nc. he doesn't tattoo, but rather helps around the shop, talks to customers, and that sort of thing. at almost 80 years old, he has many a story to tell, and still gets tattooed regularly. this image was actually an subscription add that ran in "ITA" for a long time...i just photocopied the page and colored over it in marker and colored pencils...whallah, instant mantle piece for "world famous will rogers." virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/spiral-up~5218 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/c0571204-fb60-4d9a-819f-45c235cb1f00-original.jpg spiral up just a pencil drawing on a slow day... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/la-vita-e-bella~5221 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/6d02773b-e00a-4014-9b67-60765c9d334c-original.jpg la vita e' bella... ...life is beautiful...a wedding present to my cousin, wife, and their newborn son in rome, italy. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/resonance~5222 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/ed563e56-1adb-47e2-adcf-f4ba07e16e28-original.jpg resonance the flyer i drew up to introduce myself at resonance gallery in center moriches, long island...might just be my favorite drawing i ever did...now in the collection of the guy who operates one of my other websites...check out my work and his other sites at: www.thinkink.com virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/evolve~5223 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/ee0c3115-194e-4aa5-b769-20b542e1c744-original.jpg evolve colored pencil drawing of my logo, now in the collection of the girl who wears a very similar image on her lower back... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/woven~5224 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/6dffed1c-c530-41da-94c2-d88438af5fee-original.jpg woven photo of a box i wrapped with rubber bands, talk about obsessive compulsive... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/serenity~5225 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/b87e20be-7200-4944-986d-35f7a81e56c9-original.jpg serenity photo from the southwest, on my six month cross country road trip in 1999...best vacation i ever had... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/redemption~5226 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/8eef8389-2d9a-4cff-931e-4d44535c20d5-original.jpg redemption one of the very few redeming qualities of life in new jersey...random sunflowers growing from the cracks of the weathered sidewalks... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/oxidate~5227 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/f4dcd584-f5b0-46ba-84af-0e7ea57800e7-original.jpg oxidate part of the fence around the patio at a cafe i used to frequent in chapel hill, nc...it just screamed at me to take pictures of it... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/math~5229 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/cb3fed7c-9b84-45c1-acd7-5e9ddfb76f67-original.jpg math... these cool looking plants made a home outside my front door at a new jersey apartment...nothing like the perfect math and geometric patterns one finds in nature... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/joshua~5230 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/57d51658-b0e6-4e16-94b5-79e05732ae3d-original.jpg joshua sunset at the joshua tree national park in southern california... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/imagine-again~5231 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/553895dd-beed-4cef-83cd-336c42c9a63d-original.jpg imagine again central park, new york city...imagine a better world today, and help make it happen tommorow. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/desolated~5232 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/b646ce46-e153-4c49-9e98-24713db17e9e-original.jpg desolated another view of the world left behind at the quarry i used waste time at in paterson, nj. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/choices~5233 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/028fa871-4b9d-40f3-9753-61fabf5423fe-original.jpg choices... i think this is the best photograph i ever took, found in an abandoned quarry, situated on top of the mountain i grew up under in new jersey... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/midwest-moment~5228 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/49e68d4f-e9d8-4331-ac34-9abe5f38b3c0-original.jpg midwest moment absolutely the most magnificent sunset i've ever seen, in of all places, indiana... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/cool-and-warm-spiral~5219 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/f0035f20-d291-4b5e-a14b-741273660628-original.jpg cool and warm spiral a colored pencil study in math and geometry...since doing this drawing, i use this age old pattern in as many tattoos as i can. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/12-cent-souls~3221 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/3f66247e-ac56-4ca3-83f6-49ecf5d64868-original.jpg 12 cent souls acrylic on 16 x 20 canvas, given as wedding gift to keith and renee van norman virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/beacon~3722 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/42b18c8c-76c1-47fa-9042-4865ffc0514f-original.jpg Beacon playing with textures is fun... oil on 10 x 8 canvas virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/evolve~3319 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6756fa6d-580f-4cc3-901a-9e395896c871-original.jpg evoLve This tattoo is in fact my logo, but my friend insisted that she wanted it...and she got it...big! This was a lot of fun for me, and quite an honor, so now, I'm looking to stamp this logo of mine on as many people as possible, in as many ways that I can... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/love-is-forever~3222 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e76cd96d-8454-499c-9347-4580038d9fd2-original.jpg Love is Forever acrylic on 16x20 canvas, given as wedding present to anthony and carolyn d'aiuto virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/fragmented~21027 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/c2494c76-2e9b-4062-a5f5-ddfbda68cbb1-original.jpg fragmented painting on a skated deck that i did for an artshow at wink salon in virginia beach...i started this a few years ago, and finally had the chance to finish it... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/views-from-heaven-and-earth2~23962 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/d497823c-719f-4b06-bc6b-9937303f932f-original.jpg views from heaven and earth...2 scratchboard project part two virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/views-from-heaven-and-earth1~23963 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/76d6b0aa-5ed5-416b-b64c-9e19673ae9f7-original.jpg views from heaven and earth...1 scratchboard project number one virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/memento-mori~25201 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece/images/2026/06/304b60cf-9550-455f-8d17-3fba69275f35-original.jpg memento mori arcylic on canvas virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/reconnect~37199 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2ac10585-e145-4704-b68d-64ddc96fa08e-original.jpg reconnect watercolor on 16 x 20 canvas, innerstate, 2009 virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/coalesce~39864 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5eec2a1e-9250-4ba8-9e7a-7da92701bab8-original.jpg coalesce acrylic, on two 2x3 canvases for the pint sized painting project...second in a series of three tree paintings i have been working on... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/bee-jewelry~39871 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ab2747c7-ca0b-4e07-bebb-b3e4a40c2d5e-original.jpg bee jewelry mother of the girl that got the “it’sa bee” tattoo...she wanted something to resemble a piece of art nouveau jewelry...good fun to do, on their way moving to texas... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/jeffs-sketch~40100 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/dd0421f0-50ed-4cd7-820d-9ae400995dd9-original.jpg jeff's sketch my cousin got his first tattoo at hell city phoenix, 2009...and he let me do the tattoo, as i sketched it, in blue, teal, red, black, and white...i think he was a bit surprised with the size of the piece when we were all done, but, we're both psyched with the end result...looking forward to putting another piece on his other shoulder someday virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/giant-squid~44693 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/77b872d1-e4b2-4f2b-be9b-9ad9ad93b8d8-original.jpg giant squid Giant squid attacking an old sailing ship...part one of a two part half sleeve project...looking to get his other arm started in the fall with a phoenix and similar backround...this tattoo won 2nd place at the 2007 summer richmond tattoo festival in the best small color category virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/phoenixed~44694 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/68f8ad60-d2ec-46c7-81be-45554308c695-original.jpg phoenixed half sleeve with matching background to this client's other arm...always good times tattooing him, check back for updates on his chest plate... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/antitribles-2~44695 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/86bd3e98-90cb-4f6f-acef-815a9106ab38-original.jpg antitribles 2 for my client's first piece, he wanted something not tribal, not biomechanical, something abstract and completely different than what he's seen anywhere else...so, this is what i came up with... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/antitribles-3~44696 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8340f133-ddd4-4688-9eab-ddef7d9935e4-original.jpg antitribles 3 got to do this piece in one day at the fall richmond tattoo convention 2008...the picture kinda sucks, and the colors shown are not really that which i used, but i wanted to post the picture anyway, since i probably won't see the girl from NJ again, anytime soon...i would like to get back into this again someday, and maybe add more to the underside of the arm, or onto the shoulder...or even just, some contrasting background colors...maybe next year, on the road. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/color-lines~44697 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/4b9e09db-f391-4d83-bf1f-90de7f2bdd4b-original.jpg color lines this piece is loosely based on a painting my client found on the internet somewhere...i have no idea who did the original art, but i had great time doing the tattoo and playing with all the pretty colors... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/color-wheels~44698 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/63ca5e3b-1e62-429e-a385-97e1aa422258-original.jpg color wheels this is loosely based on a fractal my client found online...of course, she already had the "highlander" symbol in the center, i just reworked it...this tattoo was tons of fun to do with all the colors, layers, and shapes involved virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/cured~44699 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e738c4e6-1398-4c94-ab02-ae203645cbd2-original.jpg cured the hand from the album “wish” I had a good time doing this tattoo, even though i never really got into the cure as much as i should have as a kid... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/daliesque-four~44700 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b7a6579b-0787-426c-885d-8d7309984866-original.jpg dali'esque four this is actually two dali pieces thrown together...i got to do this on my brother in law, while i was at the south florida tattoo convention back in august of 2008...i really dig doing dali for tattooing, so, bring some in and let's get to work... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/dragon-koi~44701 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/3972d2f4-aeef-42ba-8b31-033a46f737fb-original.jpg dragon koi with all the koi tattoos i have done in my career, this was the first dragon koi i ever had the opportunity to do...this was this guy's first tattoo, in memorium for his father... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/falls-child~44702 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5adec662-852e-4b95-a4d1-e8bda3c876ad-original.jpg fall's child this client of mine wanted a piece to signify his attraction to the things that go bump in the night, particularly around the halloween time of year... this project was a lot of fun to do over the 15 hours we spent in three sessions...looking forward to working more on this 18 year old young man who is heading in the right direction with his tattoos at an early age... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/geigerish~44703 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e95e10a3-4bc3-48e3-87eb-1fb8f13a4cb3-original.jpg geiger'ish four sessions later, this h.r.gieger piece serves well as a coverup of one of those three sided tribal ying yang things...this being the first gieger piece i've ever done, i'm quite excited with the results and look forward to doing more... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/go-greener~44704 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9ce5ae0c-c83c-48d4-8468-83a400221705-original.jpg go greener cosmic space stuff, heart with an eyeball, and an energy efficient lightbulb...must be something spiritual...underarm, two sessions… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/hands-that-see~44705 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/3902c4eb-9d45-433a-93bb-db099ba0b6ab-original.jpg hands that see Interpretation of some alex grey artwork to start mirrored half sleeves on this great customer of mine...these tattoos took first place in best small tattoo, and second place in best small color tattoo at the richmond summer convention, 2007... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/heavens-gate~44706 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/76c5d685-a4c3-471d-9498-f1d568f3fedd-original.jpg heaven's gate this may very well be ne of my favorite tattoos that I've done in my career...this piece is worn by the same fella that has the "nobody's robot" and "life is precious" images, and is intent on filling up his arm with more thought provoking, strongly opinionated work...can't wait to see how it all comes together...there is still work to be done on this side of his forearm though, before we can carry it around and up his arm... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/lucky-bat~44707 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/cbec7dc3-4784-4987-9649-0273bae40556-original.jpg lucky bat based on the maneki-neko cat, this bat is part of an ongoing sleeve of bats, on a great customer of mine, that i get to tattoo at conventions a couple times a year...should be done with the entire project in a few more sessions... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/miss-vann~44708 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/447e9435-a20d-4ca5-9df8-41e2014c5e94-original.jpg miss vann a piece of miss vann artwork, a graffitti type artist from europe...i got to finish this piece at the summer richmond show 2009... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/muffins-man~44709 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6f1c15a0-048a-4a7d-93e7-905cac249627-original.jpg muffins man do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man...do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/older-and-wiser~44710 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/cb6beade-cb71-43a5-8cf9-ccf956f56ba3-original.jpg older and wiser this eyeball belongs to that of the old man on the original cover of the 'godfather' novel. I love to tattoo eyes, so this was a blast to do, and probably my most favorite eye tattoo I've done to date... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/polycelt~44711 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/837d6e9d-2045-479c-9e4d-815ce672155a-original.jpg polycelt for this client's first tattoo, he wanted to combine a celtic'ish cross, polynesian tribal, and a fibonacci spiral...since i don't get the opportunity to work in black and grey all that often, this tattoo was quite a pleasure to do... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/rib-caged-heart~44712 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/fce21dab-ef0b-4735-9e0f-d5eb467a5073-original.jpg rib caged heart rib cage sacred heart, from the detroit motor city expo 2008...this piece is part of an ongoing sleeve project that i started a couple few too many years back...hopefully, i'll get to finish him up one day...if he ever visits Virginia again, that is… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sailing-on-a-sea-of-roses~44713 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/67219683-bc57-456d-afc4-c52a4f06bc40-original.jpg sailing on a sea of roses nothing too traditional about this piece, but it's a classic theme...ship, swallow in the cloudy backround, and a sea of blue roses...this tattoo was great fun to do, and one of my favorite pieces i've done. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/navy-skully~44715 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e6a3d9ff-aeb5-43a0-b8e6-66351cb01fb6-original.jpg navy skully i've been getting to do some black and grey work lately, and i'm enjoying it quite a bit...this is a partial coverup and rework of the existing anchor and chain arm band...i got the project done in two sessions, and did convince him to let me do some color work in the backround... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/the-biz-and-the-window~44716 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/fc9f8c9b-c061-49e1-867c-558d67dd4d4d-original.jpg the biz and the window Travelling from pennslyvnia to get tattooed in virginia beach, this architectural historian decided on an image that meant something to her, in both her professional and personal life...go figure, tattoos with meaning are cool too...this was a lot of fun do, and quite the challenge actually...looking forward to more work on my people from up north... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/real-thing~44717 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ff3c7d01-a810-4973-adc9-5817cba19450-original.jpg real thing cover art, flaming water drop from the faith no more record the real thing...yeah, this was a lot of fun to do, as i've always wanted to tattoo this image...glad i finally got the opportunity... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/tool-eye~44718 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/bb908ded-42af-456f-bcd1-d0f8473ed217-original.jpg tool eye alex grey inspired eyes from the recent 10,000 days album cover art...moving forward to add more alex grey work on both forearms... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/water-monitor~44719 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/bd5b8ba5-7acd-47ac-aedc-da876b034794-original.jpg water monitor this tattoo was such a pleasure to do, and it's just the start of a full sleeve of reptiles, insects, and jungle imagery...one of my favorite tattoos to date, mainly because of the stark contrast between the realism of the monitor, and the post modern, "mondrian" influenced boxes...a great first tattoo for this reptile enthusiast, and a wonderful start to his sleeve. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/celticish~44720 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ed75d23e-848c-48d7-beab-f255e1e6a744-original.jpg celtic'ish i had great fun interpreting this piece traditional celtic sprial at the detroit motor city expo 2008...sure was cold there in february... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/compass-rose~44721 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/90346bf3-18e6-4977-ae37-54581e59f909-original.jpg compass rose this client can't see color at all, only contrast, and for his first tattoo, he wanted a compass to signify directions in his life, so i suggested the choas wheel in the center to represent all the confusion that comes with making choices. i chose to use nothing but the three primary colors (plus black or white) to give him piece that he can see and appreciate, i believe it worked out pretty well...he's happy and so am i... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/daliesque-too~44722 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8a1fdb8f-9878-421d-ac89-1f2ecd0e849d-original.jpg dali'esque too this tattoo is finally done and i have the picture to post...all of this based on a salvidor dali piece that we're all familar with...wish i could do more on this young lady, but she moved to texas, so best of luck to you and yours in your new world... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/daliesque-three~44723 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/add6e534-41c5-4d1f-850d-86b5cb471ba7-original.jpg dali'esque three i'm pretty sure that this is not the actual name of this painting, but it fits...this tattoo was done in two sessions to accommodate the useage of brown washes and different tones of opaque black and brown...i'm really happy with the outcome of this piece, as i'll look forward to doing more dali pieces in the future... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/ohmkey~44724 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c9718811-d2b9-4333-a1e1-dc7dd93fb4b2-original.jpg ohmkey ohm key, spiral based on the fibonacci sequence in the background...two sessions, thanks doc… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/healing-hands~44725 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/70169e12-a471-4749-a86a-fa9fb1cf908e-original.jpg healing hands this was her first tattoo, and probably the only one this massage therapist will ever get...two sessions, ohm symbol, the universal symbol for healing, and healing hands, all overlayed ontop of a negative space double helix... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/magritte~44726 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/97e705a5-5e82-4152-b69d-07db8a0bec86-original.jpg magritte this is a healed photo, sent to me by the client wearing the piece...the tattoo is a reproduction of a magritte painting, with just a little bit of blue sky backround added behind it...a painstaking process it was to do, over two sessions... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peanut-butter-jelly-time~44727 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/cb778320-d6e6-4d7f-ad41-5ec422d58c35-original.jpg peanut butter jelly time this tattoo is part of kristel’s ongoing food belt project...this tattoo was an absolute blast to do, as it gave me the opportunity to work on a fellow tattooer, and get outside my box a little bit...i'll be looking forward to more work soon in a similar style... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/itsa-bird~44728 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d51543d9-325f-4318-be56-2737df36b441-original.jpg it'sa bird i had a good time doing this piece, took the image from a black and grey reference she found online somewhere, although, i don't know who the original artist is... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/shiva~44729 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/826d4841-0fc4-4851-b917-b8d5a2ae85ec-original.jpg shiva part two of many for this shiva tattoo that will become a full back piece...we started this in 2006 with just the diety, and have gotten done with the background so far...looking forward to adding more soon virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/skully-hands~44730 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/de0dfe30-fb97-4ae8-bf15-0f34ede0618d-original.jpg skully hands one of two major pieces on this loyal clients' back...we will be tying things together soon, with trees, birds, and some other randomness...he's not a hairstylist, he just likes sharp objects, and gets most of his ideas from album covers and song lyrics... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/zodiac-wheel~44731 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d93415f6-1420-4dc0-ae28-9de63af1a39f-original.jpg zodiac wheel Zodiac sign tattoo based on a tarot card, changed up a bit to make it more tattooable...this is after three sessions and lots of layers... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/dragon-phoenix~44734 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5a0f3775-0d0c-44fe-9aec-db3dca88d886-original.jpg dragon phoenix healed photo of second place winner for backpiece at the 14th annual richmond tattoo festival, 2007...a little twist on a traditional asian theme, designed around the existing uppermost kanji character that just had to stay there... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/hindu-goddess~44733 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ebb6e295-1063-45bc-ab7f-8c411a34c347-original.jpg hindu goddess full view of entire back, healed...winner of first place back piece category at the 14th annual richmond tattoo festival, 2007...the diety lakshmi itself was there, as was the tribal up top, I just redid all that and added all the rest… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/skull-and-bones~44735 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0ded7d85-1ba6-40d7-830a-94993191383d-original.jpg skull and bones before and after...little bit of a coverup and rework, adding the ship, clouds, and sunset behind a silhouette of a norfolk (va) mermaid underneath the bicep.. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peacocking-covers~44736 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/170e0db4-9e3e-413f-b619-742d958ea91d-original.jpg peacocking covers using peacock feathers for a coverup, in the third of a series of these tattoos...lots of old scar tissue under there from the first piece, but a few layers later, the original is hidden...i'd like to add some backround, as i don't think the tattoo is done yet, but we shall see if she comes back... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/jaguared~44737 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ab9c04a9-30d3-4338-b7c5-868fa068b538-original.jpg jaguared another piece i had the opportunity to rework and polish up nice...lots of scar tissue to deal with on this existing piece, hopefully i will get to add some backround soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/tiki-head~44738 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/4977eb7f-4555-4fce-b3a7-2c83d9e61b61-original.jpg tiki head tiki head covering up an old tattoo of a ex's name, just in time for him to get married again...out with the old, ya know… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/geisha~44739 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/42ab4e3f-bd90-46ce-aff0-6761198ba9aa-original.jpg geisha Coverup and rework of a really bad portrait of his wife, from many years ago…we opted to turn her into a geisha of sorts, and add an asian influenced backround… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-skull-raven~44740 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0c14d369-f0a9-44e3-99bd-d6dcbce73a99-original.jpg sketchy skull raven coverup, on a fellow tattooer from seattle, this piece was both a pleasure and challenge to do, at hell city phoenix 2009...that's a davinci skull (sketch) that the raven is sitting in, and a flock of birds flying away in the backround...looking forward to doing the other side next year, possibly at the hell city tattoo convention again...maybe i'll even get that quote in there that she wanted the whole tattoo to be based on... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/spaniard~44741 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e195210d-a2a6-42af-9abb-cecd2319adff-original.jpg spaniard coverup of an existing piece, with a conquistador helmet, and an old spanish ship in the background...had a real good time working on this tattoo, as i always do with coverup work...i'll be looking forward to doing some more historical work on his other arm in the future... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/escheresque~44742 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/559bf7c1-db2c-4ee9-b997-a30e81ed393e-original.jpg escher'esque this was the second m.c.escher piece i took on, and went quite a bit more quickly than the first...his work is always complicated and a challenge to reproduce, but it's also a lot of fun and very rewarding...looking forward to more of his pieces in the future... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/dragoneye~44743 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/22a11da5-96bc-4c80-ac13-c84a9359a53b-original.jpg dragoneye starting on his chest...onto arm, and back...this tattoo is actually covering up two pieces, one on the chest, one on his shoulder blade...had a great time doing this tattoo, and i'll be looking forward to our future plans to add more to his ribs, or maybe his sleeve... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/families~44744 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2a55be65-239a-47b6-b5d6-ef4710fbae4f-original.jpg families front view of the flower chest panel that flows a little onto her arm...gardenia for mom, pansy for dad, gerber dasie for one daughter, tiger lillie for another daughter, rose for her son, lotus for tootsie, paisley for her sisiter, and stargazer lillie for herself, watching over her famdamily... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/on-the-mend~44746 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/1d851021-2485-4cb9-a0a4-97908c39b4ee-original.jpg on the mend okay, the chest plate is finally done...this is the healed photo...something like thirty hours later we still have to cap off her shoulders and start her left sleeve...and she just wanted to get a broken heart on chest to start... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sacred~44747 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/62123272-f0a2-4b8e-8d9b-032e3f501b66-original.jpg sacred and some wings, with an all seeing eyeball... this piece was a lot of fun to do and i'm really happy with the outcome...done in two sessions to accommodate this walk-in clients wallet, i'm looking forward to working with him further on an entire chest plate when he's ready... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sthippos~44748 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/856aa13d-7a65-4b4f-bcb2-43cd67c217c8-original.jpg sthippos that is, stippled hippos...chest plate, good fun, as i'll be looking forward to finishing the backround someday, with a stippled forest or something... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/2-fetuses-and-a-microphone~44749 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9e89aaef-8099-4885-8773-b722d0943001-original.jpg 2 fetuses and a microphone one of my most favorite tattoos ever, this piece is now a full sleeve... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/organic~44750 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2b960c94-d14d-43b7-8ad7-32243b5c9c6b-original.jpg organic I worked on this piece on and off for almost two years, as that's what happens when you tattoo your coworkers...based on magnified photos of pollen spores...this is my favorite style of work to do, so, if you want some textured organic tattooing, let me know. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/interpretations~44751 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5724a0d3-ae2f-4022-a736-03d1f5939a5c-original.jpg interpretations this half sleeve is a combination of three of blaine fontana's pieces..it was great fun to do, and will hope to do more of this great artist's work in the future...go look up his work, it's really awesome... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/easter-island~44752 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/00c4c62f-ca76-445d-ae4e-3b11335f5642-original.jpg easter island this is the second tattoo i've done on this guy, started out as him wanting a sun and moon, and he left the rest up to me...after his daughter was born, we added the chest plate to compliment his arm… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/fibonacci-space~44753 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/afaa4bab-2f8e-4ef4-b76a-5a8aa8fdbf92-original.jpg fibonacci space negative fibonacci spiral overlaying two spiral galxies and a binaural on the inside of the arm...this project was great fun to do, as i'll hope to work more with this client when he decides what his second tattoo will be. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/hippiestink~44754 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e86c66d7-e7c9-4967-8e12-21d3c4b61e91-original.jpg hippiestink for his first ever tattoo, he got the oroborus, then the phoenix and the lotus, then the tree, scarlett begonias, and the background...and finally the inside is based loosely on grateful dead lyrics and album art...so yeah, hippie stuff is cool... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/king-tritan~44755 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a24fd30d-99bd-4603-83c4-294af7e156fd-original.jpg king tritan poseidon and a sea serpent, wavey waters, global map, and nautical star compass underneath...yep, good times on another from new jersey virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/koi-swallow~44756 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/00cdecd5-7f7c-4636-9cd3-a6e528e329d7-original.jpg koi swallow for his first tattoo, he wanted a koi, a sparrow, some water, and rocks...everything asian, interpreted as i wanted virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peacocking-too~44757 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a6053a53-db62-45f1-afea-e29546685c23-original.jpg peacocking too the second in a series of peacock feathers, and my favorite so far...i had a great time with this piece, and look forward to more work with this good friend of mine... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/pearl-necklace~44758 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a5dcefd7-5c63-41e5-91bc-eae759d5b4f8-original.jpg pearl necklace finished half sleeve project covering a mostly laser removed tattoo...this will eventually be a full sleeve, check back for updates...someday, maybe virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/pottery-pinup~44759 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5f95947f-37e4-41fa-9fb2-b466e1d23119-original.jpg pottery pinup sort of a self portrait of her at her pottery wheel...i don't do many of these type tattoos, so, this was fun, as i will be looking forward to more in the future... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/virgo-girl~44760 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/750fde7b-5065-49ef-9ff1-e19c7c6bd782-original.jpg virgo girl this project, starting on her 18th birthday, (with the angel, and finishing almost two years later, with the thigh piece) was her first tattoo really...just over an extended period of time...more is planned for the future... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/antitribles-jellfished~44761 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e1316d12-4083-4be4-a702-fa52f3418f85-original.jpg antitribles jellfished she wanted a tribal jellyfish, she got a stylized and ribbony one instead...and got it a lot bigger than she intended...had fun with this, really want to add a backround someday... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/grenada~44762 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ead863d5-75dd-44f4-8eb4-fa6bf5951f16-original.jpg grenada incubus record cover art...actually, quite a fun piece to do... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peacocking-three~44763 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a896f066-b8fd-46f5-b799-a97bb60a9b25-original.jpg peacocking three the fourth peacock feather in my accidental series, and one of my favorites to date...it might have been my last, but who knows though, i may have one more left in me... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/radioheads~44764 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/509bc27c-fcbb-4cfa-a881-e4128b7bb542-original.jpg radioheads this is part of a sock, work in progress, of music stuff, and i usually don't post many pictures unless the project is done, but, i really dig this piece, and wanted to share it...the cover art from the radiohead best of cd and dvd... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/seeing-eye-lotus~44765 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a8c467ce-19b7-41ce-84f3-2a35b5c67c7f-original.jpg seeing eye lotus got to draw this on caroline, at the summer RVA show...had a blast with this, as i am honored that another tattooer asked me to work on them at a convention... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/landscape-artist-skull~44766 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/65081a48-3ad9-4480-8390-7a95e43259fe-original.jpg landscape artist skull he's a lawn and garden guy, this is his first tattoo...had some fun with this one... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/the-new-nouveau~44767 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9fe01640-0a89-4f71-8398-85b209269a3b-original.jpg the new nouveau given the opportunity to combine a bunch of nouveau type references, henna references, and some other tribal references....this is what i came up with...and i'm pretty happy with the results...this was a lot of fun to do, and i'm looking forward to someday going down her calf onto the foot for some more of the same...lotsa fun... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/time~44768 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/1884f1f4-5958-4e46-b658-1ff547ef5d69-original.jpg time a full sock, skull with wishbone, hourglass, good and evil wings, and some outer space...yep, this was a blast on a customer that i have been tattooing for about five years, who always has a new project in mind, and who bases all of his pieces on interpreted song lyrics... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/bouquet~44769 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0d255a95-0b09-4a12-a6b3-6b600210aa7a-original.jpg bouquet lotsa flowers and some other pretty stuff on the ribs...this piece took some time to do, but had good time getting to know the wearer and her husband...looking forward to her other side, maybe in the future, as well as finishing his sleeve... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/boy-on-the-water~44770 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8f12ad20-6001-4c7c-a9b5-557ff4349bf0-original.jpg boy on the water pretty much a reproduction of a piece, by somebody, who's name escapes me...damn, hate it when that happens...anyway, i added the negative space, swirly frame bits to break up the piece and make it fit his ribs... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/itsa-bee~44771 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/701e6aee-66e8-45ce-bc0c-573de879d9a3-original.jpg it'sa bee i never have gotten to tattoo a realistic bee, so, i thought this was a very fun piece... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/pin-cushioned-heart~44772 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a4261a26-ee66-4c91-b409-45c5b8078c7b-original.jpg pin cushioned heart loosely based on a tim burton sketch that my client found and brought to me to interpret. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-bat~44773 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b6666a0e-7c8d-428e-9ae0-cf9f6bd6fa02-original.jpg sketchy bat tattoo of a bat all sketchy like, that i did at the first dayton gem city heart attack show... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-bird~44774 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/876f7feb-3280-4495-a1c8-7b77d18307fc-original.jpg sketchy bird bird on a foot, all sketchy and stuff...another piece i did at the first gem city heart attack show in dayton ohio... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-boy~44775 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a3b2ab03-e76f-44d1-b4df-98e940de4f3c-original.jpg sketchy boy another addition to my series of sketchy tattoos, using just a shader instead of a liner...sleepwalking holding a candle...i think he's pretty cool, from a sigur ros album cover I think… virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-hedwig~44776 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ef53fae7-fe85-46c8-a74a-9837a91ba7d6-original.jpg sketchy hedwig this is actually an image taken from the inside cover of the "hedwig and the angry inch" movie soundtrack...i just had to have a little sketchy like fun with it to make it a little more interesting... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-guitar~44777 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eaceb022-8323-4875-8389-65a51dd1b5f2-original.jpg sketchy guitar got a chance to get this guy tattooed before he moved away, or went back home, or something...sort of last minute, but had a lot of fun with the piece...one of my favorite sketchy tattoos to date... chris skull and bones virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-heart~44778 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6459bddb-02e9-4847-8c41-a831b1585299-original.jpg sketchy heart another in my ever growing series of sketchy tattoos...the particular fun about this piece is that there was already a heart on this young man's neck...so, taking that basic outline, changing the whole thing, and adding a bit of background color to increase the motion on his neck was a good time...as always, looking forward to more work in this style.. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-hess-one~44779 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a565eb5a-7ec7-4afc-8938-bba96d229eea-original.jpg sketchy hess one after the first sketchy posed dude healed up, this navy guy decided to come back to wings added to his chest piece, before he shipped off to san diego...best of luck on the west coast... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-hess~44780 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/df89c2eb-44ac-48aa-9a90-feeebb72b811-original.jpg sketchy hess another derek hess piece i got to interpret...i actually think this one is one of my favorites, and also happens to be on his website, in the tattoo galleries... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-infinity-heart~44781 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0a0f3805-5f1d-4e9f-a623-1fe962748259-original.jpg sketchy infinity heart this was a rework of someone else's attempt at a sketchy style of tattooing...i redid the heart, made it more sketchy and added a background to balance the tattoo out, as it was off center on his forearm... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-robot~44782 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8be75c52-4c0e-4831-9b68-bb35bb553034-original.jpg sketchy robot this was the very first sketchy tattoo i did, and another stong conviction on the same boy who wears the "life is precious" piece...This one was just a whole lotta fun though, as it holds no political ties. He's young, gets tattooed regularly, and has great ideas...what more could you ask for in a customer? virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-soulfly-sepultura~44783 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/cfaa999d-a92c-47fa-9169-65010d600933-original.jpg sketchy soulfly sepultura sketchy renditions of the sepultura and soulfly band logos...looking forward to a whole sleeve of sketchy stuff on this client's arm someday... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-star-dooooode~44784 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/06cf5c5a-81f5-4e96-99ce-8eb5ce7e0619-original.jpg sketchy star dooooode this tattoo is based on a drawing done by a graduated apprentice of mine, emily sue...another in my series of sketchy style tattoos, this was quite fun to do and as always, i'll be looking forward to more soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-swan-song~44785 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/3048a56a-83a3-46da-a09c-1ad38d6b0f4b-original.jpg sketchy swan song sketchy tattoo imagery is one of my favorite stlyes to work in, especially when the piece is big enough to experiment with gradation and line value...this was a ton of fun to do, as she sat like a rock for her first tattoo... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/hess-sketchy-sleeve~44789 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a23673e2-7402-44ff-873f-79c28a303637-original.jpg hess sketchy sleeve this started out as one small piece, for his first tattoo on his 18th birthday...a couple years later, his three quarter sleeve of derek hess's artwork is done...for now virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/davinci-and-hess-sketchy-sleeve~44790 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/335f61cc-0d61-4ba6-bfa1-630aa8964ad0-original.jpg davinci and hess sketchy sleeve full sleeve of davinci and hess artwork, done all sketchy and stuff...this project took 5 sessions over the period of a month, that this young man was in virginia for some schooling from the navy...currently stationed in japan, i'll hope to cross paths with him in the future to do some more tattooing... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/anti-tribles-three~44786 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f2a3f082-4210-4d4d-b0a4-c2963ddce761-original.jpg anti-tribles three this piece won first place tribal at the 15th annual richmond tattoo convention...40 hours of work, over a year or so…it’s intended to be the opposite of his black tribal on the other side of his torso...that which i did not do, but will be reworking and cleaning up someday... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/dragonforced~44791 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/19693832-c2cb-45ef-aa13-f4670c88303b-original.jpg dragonforced for his first tattoo, he wanted an interpretation of a traditional asian themed dragon sleeve...this is what he got... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/helmut-dragon~44792 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c389f7e5-8c24-4ab6-9c91-8f6ea729146d-original.jpg helmut dragon an interpretation of the the dragon that was on a helmet, still have to add a backround someday, when we get around to it... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/lotus-and-vines~44793 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6dfcb2ae-f53f-4526-bb15-67db5396f2d1-original.jpg lotus and vines this tattoo was drawn on and wash lined in one session, oh soo many moons ago... it's finally done, and i think we're both pleased with the outcome...the largest lotus on the outside of the arm is actually a coverup of a butterfly tribal thing...and to think, she just came into the shop that day for a small cross...see what happens when you let your tattooer do what they want to do... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/vacation-sleeve~44794 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/28ad9a5b-940b-42d5-96c2-36ab7da5e89d-original.jpg vacation sleeve he (chuck's custom catering) wants to retire on the beach under the stars with palm trees, beers, and cupcakes...in the meantime, if you're in the hampton roads area, he makes great food for any occasion...let him know i sent ya... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/jasons-sleeve~44795 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a5ed4e09-4059-4194-ac71-9bc73c3a10d2-original.png jason's sleeve i've been working on jason for a few years now, having done this sleeve, the half sleeve on his other arm, and his chest...we finally got this project done after doing the top half first, and working down his arm piece by piece...yay, completion...we recently started working on the bottom half of his other arm, so, that could be done soon...check out what he could do for you and your graphic design and internet needs at: www.myspace.com/jasonleedesigns virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-angel-pose~48021 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/680430da-0723-4e91-b10d-e76ca48b863e-original.jpg sketchy angel pose having met this client at the summer 2010 richmond tattoo convention, i finally got to to tattoo her, as one of my first customers at studio evolve...she wanted a sketchy angel in a pose reminiscent of a crucified messiah...i decided to add a couple pair of wings, and dripping backround to complete the piece...on the back of the calf. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-angel-holding-heart~48023 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2c223493-df3e-4e49-97c2-6428815b692b-original.jpg sketchy angel holding heart he wanted a large sketchy angel on his ribs, holding his heart, giving it away...this tattoo ended up being more of a loose painting type piece, rather than the typical sketchy work that i usually do, but it was one of my favorites to do to date. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-hess-angel~48024 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/545fe9ba-02a6-49cb-9a1b-15eaa7387543-original.jpg sketchy hess angel the center piece of this chest plate is actually a derek hess drawing, and it's wings were designed to fit and drawn by me, made of bombs, instead of feathers, to complete the tattoo in two sessions...i do actually enjoy doing interpretations of derek hess's work, and adding more to them, to make it more personal for the wearer... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/picassos-old-guitarist~48025 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b6c72c3f-3cdb-44ac-afb8-b69ac8baefd2-original.jpg picasso's old guitarist this client wanted an interpretation of picasso's famous "old guitarist," but looser and done in my sketchy style...this tattoo was done in one six hour session, and it was a fun challenge to stay true to the original, yet add my own twist... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-emt-snake~48026 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6bcab5aa-228b-4df3-912e-933eb0f84af2-original.jpg sketchy emt snake this was actually the best customer drawing that anyone has ever brought me to tattoo...the client wearing the piece is an emt, and his sister drew the design for his appointment...i did the tattoo almost exactly as it was drawn, which was quite fun to do... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/asian-dragon~48038 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/580c7097-dc70-40dc-b85b-f4b4c4cd4ac2-original.jpg asian dragon this piece took a while to complete, as it has a lot of elements going on...dragon, pagoda, water, lotus, falling leaves, and green smokey backround...i'm quite a fan of doing asian themed work, as long as i get to interpret things in my own style... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/koi-sleeve~48039 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0a28ea58-17b2-4f66-ad01-20664480412f-original.jpg koi sleeve this sleeve started out as the upper half, with the intention of carrying on down to his wrist...yet another twist on an asian theme, with two koi, waters, flowers, and a foo dog... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/fraternity~48040 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5854b351-4b92-41db-9947-abfede416a9e-original.jpg fraternity i'm not sure what the actual meaning of all of the elements of this tattoo are, but, i believe it has something to do with college...apparently, it's a serious brotherhood, but either way, it was kewl project... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/froggers~48041 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/dd8fa7e2-7795-4a9b-8bc9-7ec0be3162c3-original.jpg froggers this tattoo was done in two sessions, at the hell city conventions, columbus, in 2009 and 2010...the frog and the toad are representative of her children, so the paisley is just some added pretty stuff... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/celtic-warrior-woman~48042 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/45fc840b-2d59-4d4a-8629-48642a77a1e8-original.jpg celtic warrior woman this is not exactly my normal type of work, but i enjoyed it all the same...the mandala behind her head was quite a challenge to do, as was the detail of the pattern in the dress, but overall, i think it came together nicely... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/mandala~48043 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/935abcde-72a6-4280-a752-f2ac94277e43-original.jpg mandala this tattoo is based on the mandala as the center piece, with the seven chakras floating around it, and into it...the flowers, vines, and backround were added to soften up the whole thing, and make it fit her arm...after several sessions spent on the outside of her half sleeve, we just added an ohm to the inside of her arm to finish the project... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/the-raven~48044 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eb173a6f-7dd4-43f3-9c5e-4e61ae88cc98-original.jpg the raven the raven and the apple...skull inside, driven with nails, blood drippins, and a nifty negative space backround...yep, this was a good time tattoo, on a long time client, who is wearing several pieces from me... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/art-nouveauish~48045 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ec168c04-c721-41da-96ac-4bf299bfe384-original.jpg art nouveau'ish this project, spanning almost four years, is finally at a point which i can say, is mostly done...back, ribs, tops of the arms, and it wraps around to her chest...obviously, the tribal at the bottom and the top of her back was already there, the peacock feather on her neck was done by dan henk, and the organic design on her left arm was done by adrian dominic...yep, good times here...thanks. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/flowers~48046 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7b653501-09cd-45f3-be4d-db2b1588f33d-original.jpg flowers this particular client of mine has been getting tattooed by me for a few years now, having collected a couple few smaller pieces, prior to getting started on this project...the lower viney and flowery bit, is actually a piece of flash that i put on her way back when, and then incorporated into the expanded final product... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/ginkgo-tree~48048 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/bc1d31e1-46dd-4bbf-9148-136ae90500f7-original.jpg ginkgo tree this project took a while to complete, and it's still not done done, as i really want to finish it off with a backround, but we shall just have to wait and see about that...leaves of the tree are covering up a dense little tribal thing, and the bottom of the tree is covering up, as well as incorporating, an existing dragon...would like to spend some more time on this tattooing, and adding a lil'something behind it, to finish the project, as soon as she's ready... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/gear-head~48049 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f434b6ef-6153-41f2-ac8d-a5ffa56844eb-original.jpg gear head this tattoo is based on an image that my client found on the interweb...i have no idea who did the original artwork, or what the significance of any of the components are in the design, but, it sure was a complicated, time consuming project...even though i'm sure i lost something in translation, but i still had good time with the work... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/outer-spacial~48052 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5cfff808-64ca-4058-a66a-876bd117fd7c-original.jpg outer spacial this outer space scene, galaxy, and planet, is actually a coverup of a really dark horoscope type line of starbursts, that started mid arm, and went diagonally up onto his chest...the skyline below is my rendition of a nyc skyline drawn in an art deco style, and the inside is home to a binaural nebula...another long project, but worth the end result i believe. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/space-turtle~48054 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2173a012-f02c-47b8-82e5-bd11b145b1c9-original.jpg space turtle this tattoo is an image from my client's dream, that he had years back...the foremost flipper of the turtle is actually a coverup of four kanji characters, that are a memory from his past...the bubbles were left open purposefully, so that if we add onto his leg in the future, we can incorporate an underwater scene...this tattoo was a blast to do, so, i will be looking forward to doing more work on this gentleman soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/true-blood~48058 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b86800ab-7a23-468f-816f-d54d68cc98dc-original.jpg true blood an interpretation of the dvd cover, from the first season of the true blood series on hbo...i've been wanting to do this tattoo, since i first started watching the show, and i am pretty pleased with the results...i've posted a close up of the mouth, as well as the picture of the whole piece, and where it sits on the back, as to show the location of it all, and what it is that i had to work around...i had a great time doing the piece, and i will be looking forward to branching out in the near future, to do more realistic type work... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/blue-flowers~48371 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/413284f6-df0c-4dd0-b625-f06dce83a0a7-original.jpg blue flowers travelling from california to virginia, to get her sleeve finished, she sat for a grueling ten hours of tattooing, over a thirteen hour period of time, on a friday the 13th...still have to get back into her upper arm to complete the project and tie it all together, but this has been a great time so far, and i will be looking forward to finishing everything up next year sometime... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/lateralushealed~55468 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7ca56a32-4dc4-4060-b01d-43d660673fb0-original.jpg lateralus...healed it's been a year, thought it'd be a good idea to throw the healed version of this tattoo up here...alex grey's work is always a challenge but a pleasure to tattoo, so, i'm interested in doing more. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/apsaras~55469 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eaab989a-4368-4637-8ae4-7cdd12259094-original.jpg apsaras a tribute piece, apsara's, lotus flower, galaxies, with an arch to tie it all together...and it's a coverup of his very first homemade tattoo...this is a healed photo of a newer project. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/firery-phoenix~55470 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9cbaac83-842c-4fdd-b712-3b0462367d32-original.jpg firery phoenix the main image of the phoenix was borrowed from a print my client found online, and all the negative swirlie stuff was added to create flow, so that it framed the piece out and worked with her anatomy... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/celestial-phoenix~55471 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b7261ed7-c8dc-4d1d-a17b-3dd5db098f86-original.jpg celestial phoenix another image that my client found online for me to interpret, with added negative smokey stuff to break up the image and have some movement to flow with his muscle structure... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/chinese-dragon~55472 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/beb92ae6-8f42-4f3b-a436-e16be352bfd6-original.jpg chinese dragon his first and only tattoo, the dragon representing his heritage, protecting the kanji in the scroll that are for his children...nope, he says he's not getting any more tattoos. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/koi-fishey~55473 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7722ebb9-61c7-40da-977a-7859fab3fd04-original.jpg koi fishey the traditional themed koi with maple leaves, waters, and a big ole' rock for a lil'coverup action... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/reconnect~55474 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7aacaed4-42c2-4dbd-9500-49216410259d-original.jpg reconnect ...this tattoo is based on painting that i did at the first innerstate, at hell city in colombus...i had to change up some of the color selections i used, to accomodate skin tone, but, it was great to reproduce one of my own pieces of artwork, from canvas to skin. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/caduces~55475 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9e4dbaa6-98e3-413b-9471-03db9311b96c-original.jpg caduces an interpretation of a statue that my client brought in to me, and the whole tattoo is based on a vision he had in a dream, involving the snakes, spheres of energy, and rays of light...glad to have had the opportunity to get it right for him. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/bobble-head-buddha-pete~55476 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f812a7ba-fe2e-4b83-b2a8-30f93fd9d297-original.jpg bobble head buddha pete petey the pit, on top of a statuesque version of buddha, inside a lotus flower...should be finishing up his forearm half sleeve soon, tying it together with another piece i did just a few months ago... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peacock-feathers-foot~55477 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ad71a570-d6fa-4065-b3b4-af59b9a4410e-original.jpg peacock feathers foot three feathers, some firery smokey back round stuff, and an eyeball for good measure... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/peacocking~55478 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/1e709228-43b0-4262-8e82-c800d7bbb585-original.jpg peacocking another in an ongoing series of peacock feathers that i've been doing for a few years now...always looking to keep the series alive, and do more projects of the like... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/musical-sock~55479 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/72a3038e-e3c7-4ebc-9ed0-daea3f69b63e-original.jpg musical sock started and finished this sock a couple years ago, just finally got the photos taken...dimebag darrel's guitar, pink floyd hammers from the wall and the animals album art in front of that, two radiohead images, and a hed(pe) logo...lotsa blue sketchy stuff in the back round and some guitar picks to fill it all in...we're working on his other sock now, should be done with that one soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/alex-grey-forearms~55480 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7ed18cfe-65d1-4e5a-98d1-de50f5b4d914-original.jpg alex grey forearms matching and corresponding half sleeves from the elbows to the wrists, of art and interpretations of alex grey's work...another project from a few years back, we finally got around to taking pictures of it all...gonna do the tops of his arms someday, when we get to it... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/alex-grey-forearms~55481 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/30d4d49d-3a4b-4941-b162-6796513fdb7e-original.jpg alex grey forearms the insides to match the outsides, of two wrist to elbow, matching half sleeves... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/mc-escher-eyes~55482 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6f45f1a4-915d-4ed5-ba20-80f9483a50b4-original.jpg mc escher eyes matching mc escher pieces, on two best friends...purple monochromatic interpretations of a black and white classic piece of art. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/mc-escher-mobius~55483 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/36533737-16c4-485f-ac3d-39b4f2c1a2b8-original.jpg mc escher mobius another mc escher interpretation of a classic monochromatic piece...the color spectrum was used instead of the brown pallet that was used in the orginal artwork. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-tree~55485 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d6b5370f-60b0-4ad9-84da-8ff3d44e1f1b-original.jpg sketchy tree got all this done in one session, right before this sailor set off to sea...had a blast with this tattoo, and look forward to his return from deployment, so we can finish up the inside of his calf... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-brandon-boyd~55486 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/bcf7083a-3897-4f0e-abbf-bbe45b74a0b6-original.jpg sketchy brandon boyd ...based on an orginal piece of artwork from the book from artist and musician brandon boyd virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-matador~55487 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/08b01299-4d22-4e59-9639-6c00cd765ab0-original.jpg sketchy matador got to fit this sailor in, right before he deployed to the middle east for a year...never have gotten to tattoo a matador before, so, with the charging bull, this piece was a blast to do, as it also helped me to find a new way to interpret this sketchy painterly style i've been working on since 2005... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-phoenix-tribute~55489 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/6f1abd9a-70b4-437c-918e-346f72f0bfb4-original.jpg sketchy phoenix tribute in honor of her ailing mom, we decided to use a lot of cooler colors in this interpretation of the phoenix...blues, greens, magenta, pink, some orange, and lots of white, to soften the whole piece... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sketchy-thestral~55491 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b377d828-ab05-4c9e-ad90-e733036564a7-original.jpg sketchy thestral thestral originial artwork by MaddRaVen, found by my client on deviant art... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/asian-phoenix~55494 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eb267bfc-da79-4bdc-8b42-90911c2a66d3-original.jpg asian phoenix did this large scale phoenix with obvious asian influences, a bit of a peacocking flair in the tailfeathers, as well as some art nouveau influence going on in the back round...this project took a while to complete, but, had great time working on it... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/buddy-christ~55495 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/da7cc823-5dfd-40bf-a79b-ca57632e2e1e-original.jpg buddy christ yep, always wanted to tattoo this guy, ever since dogma came out...added an apple with an eyeball, some back round stuff, and we'll be starting some celestial outer space stuff behind it all soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/happy-buddha~55499 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eb4e05e3-3abf-4112-87b6-5ceae345c45c-original.jpg happy buddha got to do an interpretation of a laughing buddha, with cosmic outer space for a back drop...this was her first tattoo, and she sat like a champ. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/meteor-showers~55501 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/29946e90-9ae5-4037-9786-1be850ac28fa-original.jpg meteor showers comets, meteorites, galaxies, and far off distant planets...this tattoo was great fun to do, as i am always into working with outer spaces... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/crafty-galactic~55502 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/fee23ad2-46bc-4ffa-9175-59a4c9bd9d34-original.jpg crafty galactic the adventures of the cosmic cupcake in the crafty galactic...yeah, she's a baker, an artist, painter, and so on...put this all together for her, and freshened up her underarm to match with the new stuff, we're both super stoked as to how this came out... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/artist-hand~60000 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/04a18729-3668-4c0e-be99-713e45a52b07-original.jpg artist hand ...an interpretation of alex grey's "artist hand." it's always a good time and a challenge to tattoo this type of work, but i always welcome the opportunity and i'm always looking to do more... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/handloser~60001 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/201a97cf-300b-4b7b-a89d-6f177816e2fb-original.jpg handloser this client of mine has the last name handloser, so, she thought it appropriate to get a tattoo symbolizing it...good times. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/dick-blick~60002 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f595c979-2b1d-4c93-89a3-7c0b41553709-original.jpg dick blick i've always wanted to tattoo one of these guys, and it was just as much fun as i thought it would be...gonna be adding more to this half sleeve sometime soon. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/raven-heritage~60005 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e075a844-67d9-4e17-bf59-99e0dfe35b6d-original.jpg raven heritage this tattoo is representative of his family, the bear and the salmon is for his kids, the deer is for his wife, and the raven is him...one session, just before he deployed from the area, on to his next station. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/itsa-map~60006 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7b3df6ac-644d-441a-a6bd-88bb6a856436-original.jpg it'sa map traditional'esque swallows, anatomical heart, and a map based on classical globes...the bear claws were there before, so, we just went ahead and colored them to match... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/mechanical-tribles~60008 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e505b5e9-9c6a-49a4-8de2-c7be1e87af56-original.jpg mechanical tribles covering up, reworking, and adding to an existing piece...done at the paradise gathering in one shot...looking forward to getting back into it, to tighten a few things up a bit, and add some more backround for this collector... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/nouveau-dance~60009 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c9d5c402-2d21-4cd8-a3cc-ef4fa6b7b7f4-original.jpg nouveau dance an interpretation of one of alfonse mucha's more recognizable pieces...i really enjoy tattooing anything art nouveau influenced, and always look forward to doing more. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/da-de-muertos~60010 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8ea4cd3d-b994-4bbc-b513-a3de16bc0e19-original.jpg Día de Muertos an interpretation on a traditional day of the dead theme...had fun with this, especially all of the swirly negative designs that are going through the tattoo... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/roses-and-filligrees~60013 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f00bc1e3-b41e-41d9-bd58-e99a4a730a18-original.jpg roses and filligrees some pretty roses and filligree tribal stuff up the ribs, on this great new client of mine... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/ribtree-filligree~60014 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e680ff43-5675-4f4f-9fc7-62903845dd26-original.jpg ribtree filligree this project was started with just the tree, but, over the past year or so, we've added all the fillgree, birds, and back round colorings...we decided to stay with mostly warm tones of browns, with some black, purples, blues, and greys in the birds...we have plans to maybe stretch down her left leg or right arm, someday soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/raphael~60015 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c10648d1-c820-40af-8141-a21065f9e8a3-original.jpg raphael an interpretation of the arc angle raphael painting from the byzantine era, along with some decorative victorian scrollwork, to complement the piece, and fill out the three quarter sleeve... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/blinky~60016 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/19ee22f1-0682-482e-8b9d-8e78e4c6c23c-original.jpg blinky blinky the three eyed fish half sleeve, from the simpsons...the record player was already there, but everything else was done by me, from the cartoon series. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/pee-wee-herman~60017 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0ac6ee61-de27-4c6e-80c0-81de892c8e25-original.jpg pee wee herman duo chormatic interpretation of pee wee herman and jambi... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/flower-garden~60045 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/08dcec15-8367-4fa0-b1cf-af53d5ba07c9-original.jpg flower garden started this tattoo quite some time ago, when i was apprenticing her...she's since graduated to a professional tattooer, got married, and had a baby...we got to finish the project just a few months ago, and i finally got to take some photos of it...i'm super happy with the end result, now that it's all settled in. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/math-space~60046 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b79da9c6-4a19-4a4c-b2b4-55b79dd3e1e8-original.jpg math space metatron's cube on the chest side to represent the math, a rendition of the big bang explosion at the base of the arm, a human iris that could double as a planet to represent the human aspect, on the back side, and the spiral of space to tie it all together and symbolize the connectedness of nature in the universe...more to come soon, going down his arm some... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/cosmonaut~60047 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/f6c1a262-93b3-404f-a3e1-0e08fe53760c-original.jpg cosmonaut this tattoo is all about a tribute to the wearer's grandfather, as he helped invent the spy satellite that watched over russia during the cold war...the diagram underneath his arm is a blueprint from the original schematics, the satellite is also flying behind the 50's style reprensentation of what an astronaut would look like, but he's holding a candle...his grandfather used to say, "why curse the darkness, when you can light a candle." all around great fun and good times, working on this project. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/anatomical-space~60048 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/31091623-fe03-47e9-bfb2-755d722dbd95-original.jpg anatomical space muscle structure starting at the wrist, running up the arm...muscle stem cells scattered throughout the piece...circuit board underneath it all, a representation of the wearer, turned into a mechanical version of himself at the top...some outerspace behind it all, to tie into the solar system that is going to wrap across his chest and back, soon... virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/fibonacci-spiral-staircase~69866 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/dff88554-390b-42ef-aa4a-d8af5ba3ba2e-original.jpg fibonacci spiral staircase ...meet ed, he's rad. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/infinity-sketchy-heart~69867 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c786f71d-1e5f-49b7-b7ee-452ffe943b6c-original.jpg infinity sketchy heart hell city columbus 2012 virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/vitruvian-man~69868 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/a4cb8129-fd7f-4c4e-9119-8ac7ea3caf4a-original.jpg vitruvian man part of a half sleeve work in progress, davinci inspired virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/davinci-woman~69869 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/2b728971-14ad-4266-b7ce-bae4ebf97a3e-original.jpg davinci woman part of a sketchy half sleeve, inspired by davinic virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/buddah-head~69870 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5f9da73b-d658-42a4-9483-5042f8561f59-original.jpg buddah head ...part of a full sleeve, thay i've been working on for several years now. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/daliesque~69871 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/efcdecbe-813e-48e5-bb65-9b087e764c17-original.jpg dali'esque reworked the mandala, added all rest, inspired by dali virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/lakshmi-mandala~69872 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/450c581d-24d2-4415-a4f0-08da7d543032-original.jpg lak'shmi mandala this guy took a while, good times, great folks virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/godess-warrior~69873 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/25bca8c2-c23d-4fe2-82bb-5948f829657d-original.jpg godess warrior coverup on the thigh, she owns virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/duality~69874 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/e307dc2b-2c10-447b-929c-5c1e4d0c68bb-original.jpg duality rags to riches, good verus evil, the evolution of humanity virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/inviticus~69875 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d44f0b2b-c773-4fa5-9a53-21e9b8641374-original.jpg inviticus a warriors' tale virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/rangda~69876 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/ff28cf4f-2fd1-4e23-95ea-30d9d73ba183-original.jpg rangda good times, inner thigh virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/twenty-four~69877 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d90bee43-e781-4233-956a-08e6fa18db02-original.jpg twenty four elvis has left the building virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/americano~69878 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0d456b2e-a6a9-45b9-981e-b8a4a408610c-original.jpg americano double cover up action virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/feathers~69879 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5a0c0870-478d-43b7-bf10-1d8fcd4c3425-original.jpg feathers hell city 2012 virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/under-the-sea~69880 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/b2e93bb3-31da-4c7f-8af9-866431e2d8cf-original.jpg under the sea lotsa cool stuff going on underwater virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/tribute~69881 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/86b1b196-9795-4551-90a8-7f5d86fae62c-original.jpg tribute ...to her father, family, time and so on virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/by-moonlight~69884 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/921f8f95-6bff-4c37-af12-dbedf29c5152-original.jpg by moonlight ...keeping time virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/scream~69885 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d195f8bd-0b28-414b-850f-3c674eef8d14-original.jpg scream finished this sleeve in 2010, finally got healed photos virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/wonderlanded~69886 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8298765f-32f7-462d-9d5b-e8cb5458df62-original.jpg wonderlanded alice in wonderland themed sleeve, with out much direct reference to the movie(s) or characters virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/bat-sleeve-detail~69887 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/9a291a22-93ab-4128-aa04-cd126e3dbd10-original.jpg bat sleeve detail some closer shots virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/bats-bats~69888 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0661a35f-503a-42a1-abb6-e0dbde987a4e-original.jpg bats, bats! this project took almost five years, at several locations, during several conventions...good times, great people, happy ending virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/treescape~69889 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/5a80b51f-07a6-45d4-bc7d-c6f635508f32-original.jpg treescape started this tattoo in 2001, with that rad tribal'ish arm band, got back on it in 2007 maybe, finished it up in 2012...not so bad for old friends who live in different states virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/mars-attacks~69890 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/c4aa7bd9-97f6-4902-8679-a3f115c05f17-original.jpg mars attacks pulp like comic book style virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/lighthouse~69891 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8c3e0ca0-ed56-48d4-a2d4-d3692789a859-original.jpg lighthouse a memorial piece for his mother, who had a thing for lighthouses virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/circa-survive~69892 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/17b0d19d-4279-473a-bf76-9d161154d826-original.jpg circa survive album cover art virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/willy-wonka~69893 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/d424ae3d-683d-401b-985e-79d105b7a3b8-original.jpg willy wonka gene wilder virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/jimi-hendrix~69894 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/eadee073-a37b-48de-8c9c-1bfc7ed3bc19-original.jpg jimi hendrix based on a painting done in the woodstock era virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/beatles~69895 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/32dd1fb4-e5a7-4fd4-ba9e-3ad167ee694b-original.jpg beatles lucy in the sky with diamonds blackbird strawberry fields virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/heart-tree~69896 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/7403de29-fbe0-4044-a120-31acd100ce35-original.jpg heart tree sketchy tree and smoove heart, one of my favorite combinations of styles to work in.. virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/temptation~69897 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/0c97cb77-4cc3-43eb-bc03-f62fc7569942-original.jpg temptation side piece that started in 2010, mostly finished up in 2012, have more to go on the top and bottom when she comes home for deployment in 2013 virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/tattoos/sweet-treats~69898 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/419a78c3-94df-4ca4-999d-78fe214cc41d-original.jpg sweet treats 3/4 sleeve, sweet eats and lotsa treats virginia beach, VA https://gabrielcecetattoos.com/gallery/art/on-the-mouth~69900 https://images.tattoonow.com/tenants/gabriel-cece-dot-com/images/2026/06/8da9a962-6b92-4597-82ae-843c3599ab29-original.jpg on the mouth acrylic on 3x4 wood, for ian mckown's minikin madness project virginia beach, VA