a good hand

i took my Tattoo Source book with me and while i was doing the dragon on his back jo was looking through at the designs. he found an image of a hand of cards a think its called a royal straight though its been a while since i worked in a casino. the image has a scroll of writing that said born to lose, live to win and jo decided at about 5pm he would really like this one too.

so i set about drawing it up and putting the stencil on.

it was quite a fiddly design with lots of different little pictures in one but it was enjoyable.

it was all my own too i didnt need to try and match it to anything as it was far enough away from the other designs to be its own piece.

i think i did an ok job though i fear he may want a couple of bits redone once it has healed as it was getting late and the false light in the kitchen was casting difficult shadows. but i dont mind. it was great to get stuck in to a real picture for a change.

jo had mentionned there are more designs he would like so i will hopefully see them all again soon. the family were really lovely and i would like to thank jo and elaine and their two beautiful children for their hospitality and patience xx look forward to seeing you all again

dragons

the dragons arent mine unfortunately they were drawn and tattooed by another artist. but jo, felt as though something else was needed to make the design complete so we added some swirly bits and some more cherry blossom flowers to what was already there and came up with a similar design to draw the hole thing together.

jo has collected his tattoos from all over the world and it was great to be able to add my work to his collection too. again it was difficult to make it similar enough to match the work already there but i think it works quite well..

this took us to about 4:30pm id been tattooing at this point since midday and was getting grouchy lol but they kept me going with cups of tea and bars of chocolate xx thanks for the rocky bar it was wonderfull.

added flowers

this was the second part of my day, after donna left i travelled to kilwinning to a new family referred to me through a friend of a friend. this one in particular now belongs to elaine. she already had the upright flower design but felt that it finished too abruptly and wanted it taken a little further around her waist to give the design a more complete look.

it took a couple of tries with our little sharpie pens but we finally came to design we were both happy with and i set to work.

it was difficult in one respect trying to make my work match up with the piece she already had but i think we managed it quite successfully.

we also added a couple of swirly bits to the final design which set it off nicely. elain was quite pleased and was off out that night with a brand new tattoo. hope you enjoyed the tribute acts elaine lol xx

celtic stars

this was the start of a very long day, a returning customer donna, wanting the three stars in the celtic colours arrived at my door at 12pm. its on the back of her neck and i think it looks quite cool. many people have commented on her choice of football team but they were all celtic fans so it was all good comments lol

her next one in the planning stages is a grey me to you bear in memory of her brother i think she said.

dragon to cover a snake

a new customer come for a cover up the original picture is a snake making its way in and out of the skin but this was done a few years back and kyle wanted it covered up so we did a japanese dragon design and i think i did a relatively good job xx

kabuki

this ine was hard work but good fun, emma had a house full of people who all wanted a little something. three of them were getting their first tattoos and one girl wanted a star in her ear. originally she wanted it coloured in but could only manage the outline in the end. i cant say i enjoyed the experience much either and ear is not a place i would recommend.

emma however wanted a green awareness ribbon for something called kabuki syndrome which is important to her. the japanese characters underneath the picture say kabui and the little flowers were added to make her look less like a poster print and more like a tattoo. she bled quite a lot and it took some working but i think the final result is lovely and emma is happy too.

thanks for having me round again emma see you soon xx