IN-PROGRESS: SAMOTHRAKE NIKE

This is a in progress tattoo of nike.

We have one more to go to finish all the details :)

Love doing classical piece.  At the art school i have attended, we had a reprica of this very sculpture.

As i work on this piece, it brings me back some of my fond memories <3
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HAMSA TATTOO

Hamsa tattoo on very fun client. We are working on something else currently but she never lets me down with a great laugh :)  I’m definitely feeling lucky to have many fun client-el for sure!

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EYE OF HORUS TATTOO

i have promised mr.C to put this photo up on my blog for so long! That i believe was late summer….

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CROSS, ROSES&CAPERING HANDS. COVER-UP&MEMORIAL TATTOO

Reverse process can be seen as you scroll down. We got to finish pretty good amount each sittings to get this project done. The color did come through and we just had a touch up session to cover it up :)

Also there is going to be some expansion to inner arm near future to complete it as a half sleeve.

Thank you for your patience, Steve!

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LOTUS TATTOO

I had fun doing this tattoo :)  I’m always psyched to do any flower and skull tattoos! Miss S, thanks again for let me do this project <3

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IN PROGRESS: SKULL&SNAKE TATTOO

In progress at this point. Continue above for more snake body and background.

Possibly a graveyard scenery to fill up all the gap. Still in the middle of brainstorming for both of us…

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SLAYER TRIBUTE TATTOO

Finally got to do a slayer tattoo.
Needless to say I was retty happy about that.

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SHARK, GREAT WHITE TATTOO

First two photos show the healed tattoo. Thanks Beth for the great shot!

Below two are photos of fresh tattoo from when it was finished.

I had really great time tattooing her. She is the mighty enabler for my new photo project “hello kitty challenge!”. mhahaha <3

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UPDATE- LOON TATTOO

We finally  had a chance to touch up the wings.  She makes such a pretty model so i have a few picture accompanied in black and gray :)

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HELICOPTER & BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BRIDGE TATTOO

In the second photo you can see the cover-up in progress.
Definitely never expected to do a helicopter piece :)

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