Peacock swoop

Here's a quick post. On Monday I started a large peacock on Virginia, a local bartender. It was a marathon session - 5 hours just on the outline! But she's tough. Definitely one of the more patient clients out there. It was a really fun drawing, a bit of a challenge in terms of placement, but that's fun for me too. Of course, it's going to be vivid and colorful in true peacock fashion.

And she's got a lllooot of work lined up! Not only is she getting the peacock, but she's also getting her other shoulder/back redone by Chris Black, who used I used to work with in Kenner, but who now works at Eyecandy Tattoos. He and a few others left Electric Expressions in the beginning of January, and Chris settled there. It's good to see him (almost) as often, since he's right up the street from us. Chris has a blog as well - http://chrisblacktattoo.com/ - check it out!

 Ok - So here's them:

New Orleans Noah's Ark

I just realized I never posted this photo of Jeremy's arm - it's a  New Orleans themed Noah's Ark tattoo! The ark is made from an upside down umbrella, with the dove holding the olive branch as the handle. A shotgun house (typical New Orleans style home) is the center structure of the ark, and in the background is the flooded city. You can kind of see a hint of the city in the last rotation, but there's a little more there that isn't shown. Also,  Noah is the name of his newborn son. 

This was a ton of fun to draw and execute. Jeremy came to me with just the idea of the Noah's ark, and then gave me a bunch of freedom with the design and all the elements. People often ask me if I have a favorite tattoo that I've done. I really don't have one favorite, but many of the pieces I am most proud of are the ones where I'm given a basic idea or theme and a ton of freedom to design and develop concepts. So this 'NOLAs Ark' tattoo definitely fits in that category.