Tattoos with Religious Themes

Religious tattoos carry substantial meaning for the tattooed. This is one I did recently. Paul will come in for a second sitting in a couple of weeks to add a little more shading.

More of Lemar's Japanese Style Tattoo

Tattoos in multiple sittings

Earlier in the month I shared pictures of a large tattoo that I'm doing for a client named Lemar. He was back for another sitting yesterday. The first pictures are before I started tattooing so they aren't fresh and red. This tattoo has several more sittings to go. Eventually it will be in full color.

Portrait Tattoos Rock

Here is another portrait tattoo I've had the privilege of doing. I can't tell you enough how much I enjoy the challenge of this type of tattooing. And the rewards are tremendous.

Monochromatic tattoos

What are monochromatic tattoos? Mono = 1. Chromatic refers to color. So monochromatic tattoos are tattoos done with one color. Most generally you see these done in black. But black is not the only option. Recently I did this arm piece all in red. I like how it turned out and so does Karina.

Celtic Tattoos

Another fun and challenging type of tattoo to do is Celtic work. Celtic tattooing takes a lot of patience and concentration. When a tattoo artist concentrates his skills the resulting tattoo is terrific. Here is an example of some Celtic work I had the pleasure of doing recently.

Tattoo Portraits

One of my favorite subjects to tattoo are portraits. I've been meaning to share this picture for awhile and lost it on my computer. Dang file protocols can be confusing. Jim has had a few tattoos from me and his back showcases his family.
Having a portrait tattoo done to memorialize your family and friends is probably the ultimate tattoo.

TATTOOS in Progress...Fun Stuff

I love working on large project Tattoos. I love being allowed the freedom to design and draw them. I know this is when I do my best work. Thanks to all of you that have given me that artistic freedom. Here are some pictures of one currently in progress.This was a preliminary drawing. First I drew this on Lemar free- hand. Took some photos and tracings and then went home to work out the dragon's head on paper for a few days.

I believe this was taken by Susie during the 2nd tattoo session. You can see the head is taking shape and I'm beginning to add details. The dragon body is also winding up and then down Lemar's arm.
Lemar's arm is starting to take shape.

I've actually had two more sittings on this tattoo and Susie's had the camera with her at home both times. I will make sure I get pictures at the next session so you can see how far it has come.