Koi - Another Session

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Still more to go, here's the small post from the last session. I thoroughly enjoyed figuring out how to mix orange. How do you make orange darker? I went over the greys with a version of orange mixed with blue. And it seems to have done the …

Buckethead

Sorry about the glare, but here's a larger version. And here's some other angles of the tattoo

This guy came in and wanted Buckethead on the back of his calf. He's a huge fan and was gung ho on getting a complete pose in full color.

What I enjoyed was the detail. He …

The Internet Dragon

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Gradually more people have been coming in with great images found online. They find the look for whatever it is they want, then they print out the idea and bring it with them. It's great to have more than words to translate their ideas into a tattoo. …

Danzig Shin

Andy got this on his shin, right below his knee. Ouch.

I'm not sure how much I've gone into the extra dimension of depth while tattooing. The concept is taking more time than I imagined. I am drawing with a set of needles going in and out of the skin. Which seems …

A Little Guy

I added this flash butterfly above an already existing tattoo. It's nothing special, but I liked it. While I was finishing up, I realized my comfort level was higher and I was curious why the process went faster... then I realized that I'm slowly building …

Different Styles

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While some clients communicate what look or feel they want directly, others approach with subtle adjectives for me to pick up on. As I gain experience, I'm slowing figuring out how to translate the communicated vision (a murky glimpse of what …

A Handful of Tattoos Posted

Along with what's been posted here, another handful of tattoos and commentary has been posted in the Tattoo Gallery. Script samples, a celtic thingy, two french hens and a tie dyed peace symbol.

Covering Up

Here's a cover up I did yesterday. She wanted stars and picked out curves/shapes from off the wall. The fun part was randomly stenciling on the stars then drawing the cloud shapes with my Fisher Space pen.

Overheard on my cell

"David, you've been messing with colors, right? Doing it freestyle... mixing them together to get other colors?."

"Um, yeah. Have you been reading my blog?"

"Sure. Hey, do they make a skin color?"

"Yep, and you can mix to try and match your skin tone."

"So, do you think …