Every time I see him, he’s looking at my leg and looking at my thigh and making sure every one is on point. 19.4k Likes, 289 Comments - Steve Wiebe (@stevewiebe) on Instagram: “Nipsey Hussle done on his wife, Lauren. He inspired me.Steve Wiebe works on a tattoo for Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors in September of 2016.“Every tattoo that I have, I reminisce and think back to when I was a kid and the moments that they helped me get through. Wiebe did Wright’s first tattoos at the end of the 2014-15 NBA season.“I got a rose on my chest and a King Tut on my thigh that I still need to finish,” Wright told The Undefeated. “I said, ‘We can try it.’ We did a peace sign on his knee … Very uncomfortable. “We liked hanging around him. Follow me on Twitter @joewelkie Join millions of people looking to find tattoo inspiration, discover artists and studios, and easily book tattoo appointments.This site uses cookies to offer you a better browsing experience. The latest and best from The Undefeated — straight to your inbox
It’s significant. Just to be involved with any of these guys is dope to me.
He took that knowledge home to bring his own style of tattooing, which was foreign to Canadians, who favor fancy script writing and roses.“I was taking trips by myself after saving $1,500. Oct 10, 2018. “But I know the older you get, the more that s— hurts, so we’ll see. Wiebe also attended one of the rapper Future’s family events in Jamaica and spent a lot of time with him this summer. The 29-year-old went on a trip with Durant and Jordan to Greece and the Netherlands after the Rio de Janeiro Games. It’s been an easy relationship.”Wiebe puts his tattoo equipment in an old Jordan Brand shoebox that is taped up instead of a fancy tattoo bag. He’s good, man,” he said.Wiebe is a huge basketball fan who loved going to Vancouver Grizzlies games for $3 as a kid to watch Mike Bibby and Shareef Abdur-Rahim before the franchise moved to Memphis in 2001. He consulted with Wiebe while he was there to set up work on the first of several tattoos.“He did two pieces on me in back-to-back days,” Jordan said. He played basketball for a year in junior college before deciding to go into the real world to become a kitchen cabinet-maker.Wiebe is also a huge fan of Hall of Famer Allen Iverson, who “went against the grain” and had outstanding tattoos. He unfolded the massage table and just went to work.“It shows me he just loves what he does. Wiebe has collected quite a few names in his celebrity rolodex of patrons, with the likes of Kevin Durant, DeAndre Jordan, Josh Smith, Brandon Jennings and Dorrell Wright of the NBA, along with the rapper Future visiting his shop to get some ink. But with all due respect to his NBA friends, Future and the other celebrities he has tattooed, Wiebe’s biggest dream is to put a tattoo on Iverson.“When people say, who do you want to tat of anybody in the world, that’s the name that comes up,” Wiebe said. I think what he does on the court is incredible.”Durant, Jordan and Wright plan on getting more work done from Weibe during the offseason since it is hard physically to get tattoos during the season. “He does a great job and he is definitely going to finish the rest of my body once I get a chance.”“He’s really like an artist. It became his passion, but he was more into drawing beautiful roses than skulls, to those Canadian tough guys’ ire.“Once I got tatted, I thought that this was something I could probably do because I have an art background. Only 3 days…” He eyeballed their every move to “gain knowledge” of some of the top tricks of the trade. His obsession with the art form has led him to becoming a huge success in the industry and has probably lined his pockets with some dope cash.I'm Joe. That was definitely inspiring to me.“Probably the first time I really listened to music was Rick James with my grandma when I was 7 or 8 years old. He was probably my influence getting into tattooing.”Steve Wiebe inks a new tattoo on recording artist Future while in Jamaica back in June of 2016.After giving up on being a kitchen cabinet-maker in 2008, Wiebe got a job helping out at a tattoo shop with a lot of tough guys “who liked dark, hard-core s—” as clients in Abbotsford. All rights reserved. “The fact that he is a great artist makes it even better. He might not want any more.“What I do is a dream come true. What picture to go with. Placement. You can’t really see it either.“He’s very talented. Tattoo artist Steve Soto was born and raised in Orange County California. He doesn’t talk about himself. Two, three hours later, he had me tattooed.”“I had never heard of anyone doing it on a plane, so that kind of piqued my curiosity,” Wiebe said.
This was the hardest tattoo I’ve ever done. Tattoo artist Steve Wiebe is responsible for a lot of ink on the court “I didn’t want to get tatted that morning because I was tired. He is one of those dudes I can wait for. He doesn’t talk about who he tattoos. Durant drew inspiration from watching Wiebe keep it simple and his attention to detail.“He has a Jordan box wrapped up in tape,” Durant said. And every time I hear a Rick James song, it just takes me back to my childhood when things were easy and good. It was just timeless interviews and timeless moments that he had that still resonates with us today.