036

Date: July 25, 2009
Tattoo: Custom design, cute notes singing, one smiling

Was FUN. I want to color more. Filling in with color completely, rather than leave any skin tone, makes it SO much better.

032

Date: July 12, 2009
Tattoo: Custom "evil" and "good" wings
Location: Back of upper arm (Left is "evil", right is "good")
Needle: 7RL and 13M

Tattoo 030 and 031 have to be re-shoot; as I lost all my equipment and a majority of my artwork in a recent robbery.

028

Date: 6/24/09 (line work) 6/25/09 (shade)
Tattoo: Custom evil and sad clown masks.

I did the line work the day before. When he came in the next day, it looked weird like I went too deep. But I swear I only went as deep as I usually go, which isn't deep at all. Guess I'll see when it heals. And I swear they appeared to have more depth in person after I finished. Again, guess I'll see when it heals.

Line work:

026 [first cover] - 027

027

Date: June 22, 2009
Tattoo: Dedication | Determination | Elevation
Location: Right under arm | Chest | Left under arm

He wanted it filled in. I wanted to finish it. But he decided to save that part for another day.

026 | first cover | wip

I forgot to take a picture of it before starting. I remember just as I started covering it.

Click to zoom in (as with EVERY picture posted on the site)

Date: June 22, 2009
Tattoo: Custom Mario (nintendo) bomb, freehanded on skin.
Location: Right wrist

He'll return so I may feel in the smoke (lower left of feet), and make the shoes black (The red didn't show up on his skin very well ).

017| first pay!

Date: June 8, 2009

Tattoo: Original broken heart and script

Location: left chest, shoulder

Needle: 5RL | 13M

My first paid tattoo.

014

Date: June 6, 2009

Tattoo: Original crowned baseball

Location: left side cafe

Needle: 7RL | 13M

Reflection: Need to take better pictures: The baseball is round, not wobbly.

011-012| first color

012
needle: 5RL | 13M

location: right arm
tattoo: knife and ribbon through skull (my design, based off very simple patch brought in by client)

011
needle: 3RL | 5RL | 7M

location: along right arm
tattoo: Gayle, Katherine | True Royalty | 2 Roses (my design)

Date: June 3, 2009

Reflection:
011 | Experimented with shading the leaves in. I look forward to seeing it healed; then I'll really see if it worked or not. Messed up the Katherine, hope to go back at later to fix.
012 | My first time with color, and I experimented successfully I think. I mixed the red with just a touch of light grey wash for the outline. But, I didn't use his skin as the highlights till I went up from the last ribbon (which is the last one is the only fully colored one. I like how the skin created the highlights, and how the mixed read provided a nice outline for the ribbon.
Overall | Still getting accustomed to doing line work and shading.

009

Date: May 29, 2009

Tattoo: Hawk, designed by me

Needles: 5RL | 13M

I think it could've been better. But it gave me another chance to familiarize myself with shading. And with tattoo placement, weird angles...

I learned that the neck/collar bone area doesn't take too well to ink. Had to go over the lines.