Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Tattoo

Spending the day with my bestie, Lora, getting our new tattoos!
     I've always wanted a tattoo, but couldn't think of anything worth permantly inking my body for.  That is, until I had my daughter, Leona.  I wanted to represent the bond between a mother and her child.  This is the progression from sketch transfer to finished product. After about a month, the tattoo will be completely healed and the redness will be gone. It was totally worth it!









The original picture that inspired my tattoo


     Lora is covering up a tattoo done when she was a teenager.  It has significant meaning to her, but wasn't represented well.  Because of the size and detail it will take 2 sessions to complete.  This is the first session and it took 5 hours!  It was touch and go there for a moment...Here's some pics from Lora's tattoo starting with the original:






It is amazing to me how you can't even see the original tattoo!  I'm really excited to see her with a finished product!

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