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A Little Bird Told Me…
Small blue sparrow that is part of a leg piece I have been working on that uses traditional tattoo elements but rendered in a not so traditional way. Lots of bright color going on. I will add photos of some of the other pieces as we progress.
Sleeve in Progress…
Sleeve in progress. This flame inspired sleeve features a dragon and several Oni masks. We have spent many hours on the piece since these photos were taken and I will have completed photos very soon.
Eagle Scout…
He got a neat tattoo, all I got was this lousy photo…I neglected to snap multiple photos of this tattoo today at work so I only have this really blurry photo for now. I’m sure he’ll be back sometime and I’ll snap a new picture. I still wanted to share it even though the photo is bad, hopefully you can still tell what’s going on. After looking at it longer, I think I would like to add some clouds to give it some more depth, just a thought.
Cross with Wings and Crown
The glare on this photo fits the design (hehe). Cross with roses, wings and a crown. It’s always fun to do stonework (and black and grey in general really). We already have plans for the other side but we are going to fix a tattoo on his chest next.
The Hunt
Half sleeve of hunt related imagery. The inner arm (the rabbit etc.) was freshly done in this photo but the outer arm is completely healed. I will update with healed photos in a few weeks. Thanks Laura!
Geisha
Blue Dragon
I did this one on a whim. We were sitting around on a slow day and this gentleman stops in and says he can afford about 2 hours and he wanted a dragon. This is what we came up with. I did my usual freehand marker sketch and got the okay to proceed. 2 hours later this is what came out. It’s really bright and sits nicely on his upper arm (shoulder cap)
US Navy Half Sleeve
U.S. Navy half sleeve done in about 3 sessions (I think). These are photos of the healed tattoo. He had some great photographs of the submarine that is surfacing (bottom center) everything else I just used my imagination.
It’s usually kind of confusing trying to show all the parts of a tattoo that wraps around the body so I’ll explain.
The center of the image is the exterior of the arm (this is how the sleeve is seen most of the time). The skull with the sailor hat (on the left of the image is on the inside of the arm with his head up towards the armpit. The mermaid is on the back (and slightly inside) of the arm.
Phoenix Backpiece
The client already had the character on his upper back and the design on his lower right side. I was charged with doing a traditional ink-wash style phoenix to cover the entire back. When I took this photo most of the tattoo was healed so you can see a little redness around the spots we just completed.
