8.21.11

Worked on Jon's tall ship today, but the photos didn't turn out so well...   Good thing I have an extra photo from a few days ago I can post tonight.   Lined and shaded the inside of Morgan's arm Friday.

Worked on Morgan's are today for a few hours, he decided no colour, just black and grey.  It's kinda hard to make the transition mentally when a client tells you he wants a colour tattoo at the time of the consultation, and then changes his mind after the outline and background are done.  The photo's shinny, but you get the idea.

Then more beers at the Sugar Bowl with Justin.  Awesome hanging out someone who's as if not more obsessive with tattooing/blogs as I am.

7.8.11

Remembered the memory card today, so here's yesterday's doings.  This is Samantha's first tattoo.   Pretty epic, both in size and subject matter.  Peonies and a junebug, so awesome.  She wasn't super happy towards the end, so I just grey lined most of the bug.  We'll go back and reline those areas next time.

Today, finished the "first pass" of Amy's deer.  We'll go back and do touch ups in about a month or so.  I'm thinking I'll also add a drop shadow under the finger waves so they pop a bit more.  Always a crazy day when you finish a big tattoo... I can tell you that Amy sure was happy!  Finishing your backpiece is definitely a major accomplishment.

Second appointment today was shading out the background of Morgan's 1/2 sleeve.   Super fun shading out clouds and wind bars.  Excited to work on this again in a few weeks.

6.10.11

Last night when I was making a line copy for today's appointment, I decided to take a big risk.  Whenever I have to outline something with scales, I leave them out and just outline the main structure.    I then struggle to get them back on perfect at a later date... not today.  SO many lines, but my stencil didn't wipe off, Morgan sat like a rock, and now the scales are done and I don't have to worry about them in future appointments.