o0k. February is just about here, and it's been a while since I've posted... So let's just pick up where I left off, yes?
The month was December, the year: 2011. It was a crazy year. Lot's of crazy. And it was dirtier... the past is always dirtier... BUT! It was a good year, full of many cool projects and clients. I'm fortunate for that and appreciative.
Let's just start with a big one. First up is Norman. We finally finished the two humongous roses that take up half of his arm!
The idea was to make the roses so large that they became abstracted, and to push it a little further it's a progression from pristine on the upper shoulder to decaying on the lower. I really enjoyed the challenges presented in this piece. We completed it over several sessions, probably around 5 or 6, and finished it just in time for the new year.
The next one up is smaller, but waaay cool, I think. It's Angelique's magnolia seed pod! I've never really seen one of these tattooed, and had a ton of fun tattooing it. Lots of folk are getting magnolia flowers tattooed on them. The flowers have become something of an icon of the south. This particular tattoo is about life-size, a 1:1 ratio approximately, the bulb of which is slightly larger than, I don't know, two eggs next to each other, let's say. It took something like 2 hours to complete.
Here's Craig making another appearance. Continuing with his soon-to-be bodysuit! We have an angelic figure, hands outstretched, sending off a crucifix being carried by birds towards his heart in the center of his chest piece. The cross we borrowed from a Dali painting.
