rising from the ashes (part four)

well another section finished, just the flames tonight as my back has been playing up cause im so old now, i think i manged the effect i was aiming for quite well the flames fading from yellow to black. favoured the red for the musical notes so as to blend them in with the flames.
definately agree with dad and david that the bird will need a little more work once its healed just to give it some definition really as now the flames are in its looking a little bit pale.
so booked in for the skull to be done in a couple of days and also the get the words "novus vita" underneath which in case you cant figure it out means new life. the perfect title for a pheonix tat.
xxxxx

rising from the ashes (part three)

well a little further on yet still no wiser haha, this was a little battle of wills with myself and allans horrid back. he was quite happy to sit all night where as i was losing the will to live behind him pushing the pedal and drilling the holes.
the body isnt quite finished yet i need to wait until its healed a bit now and add some detail of feathers and shadows etc.
the darker section is where the body and tail continue down through and behind the flames this also will need a little more definition when the tattoo is nearly complete.
its a bit of a race against time now actually as im a way on holiday on the 20th of october and im not wanting to leave it unfinished.
so keep your eyes peeled for part four folks lol

rising from the ashes (part deux)

well here we are part two, this was a lot more work than i had anticipated actually the head and both wings took me from 9pm until 12midnight. i was ready to commit murder by the end of the three hours the concentration had pickled my brain. needless to say im having the night off tonight as i have no kitchen roll left haha.
im really pleased though with the way the colours have turned out and i actually cant wait until its finished so i can see what it looks like altogether.
dont get paid until weds though so it will need to wait.
xxx

rising from the ashes

this is my first full back piece attempt. in case you cant make out the picture very well, its a skull at the bottom cracked and broken with flames erupting from it and a pheonix in the flames.
allan who got leckey on his tummy a wee while ago, (and who is also no longer with sharleen by the way), has had a rough time of it since he moved over from island but he has finally started to pick himself up now, hes got his own house, hes got some good friends and has met the woman he wants to love til his dying day. so he felt it was time to get some representation of this and after many notes and scribbles trying to explain what he was looking for we settled on a pheonix.
i did the whole outline tonight and it took a good hour or so because of all the feathers, and we are looking forward to another couple of sessions i think to get the colour in there too.
ill keep you posted xxxx

dolphin number one

this is another first today, my friend eilidh is moving down south next month and wanted a tattoo to not only make a memory of her daughters sasha and sophie, but to mark the big change in her life.
it was good fun doing this one eilidh is such a brilliant laugh and im glad i got to give her a going away present that will last forever.
were all gonna miss you eilidh but we wish you good luck for your future xxxxx

ghost rider

another not very good photo here but its actually a skeleton on a motorbike, a wee tribute to davids brother as he had something similar david has been trying to think of something to get and this is the end result. dont know if it was just the mood i was in or the fact that ive worn a hole through my top spring but this one although it only took an hour and a bit felt like forever.
but this morning it looks a lot better than i was expecting it to, this shading malarky is very misleading lol xx

my first shading attempt

well two photos of the same tattoo, my first attempt ever with the shading and i have to say im really quite pleased with it on the whole.
it now belongs to sharleen who has been on here before with several different pieces, it is an impression taken from a tattoo book and the picture was called "the lady of hell".
its quite a simple design that relys on the shading for detail so i had free reign to practice.
it only took a couple of hours but next time ill know how the different shades work so it will be a bit quicker, its about five inches from top to bottom and three inches across its widest point so its not too small either.
it was good fun playing about with a new technique an davids got one booked in for tomorrow lol
xxx