Flapper Girls Tattoos

Drawing of a 20's flapper girl who looks strangely like my friend Gabriella.
Drawing based on Hot Sauce, who is often found chillen with us at the shop.

baby dragon

I started working with a bamboo pen and ink. It is similar to the type of line you can make with a tattoo gun, and you must hold in a similar fashion to get the ink to flow. I had a great day at the shop today, just drawing and watching people get tattoos I was very inspired and created many sweet tatts.
Russian doll. Ed did a scary zombie version, it came out really nice. Mine is just a traditional Russian doll with a sweet friendly face.

Moi

Color Effects

Flower tattoo designs exploring color effects. These flowers would look like a watercolor birthmark on light skin.
Variation of the same flower, but with darker shadows and more color contrast for darker skin.

Tattoo Gun!

First time with a tattoo gun! I love the sound it makes...i love everything about it! I did my best on this first try, the lines came out really inconsistent at some parts and it was difficult to get the fire effect to flow. But I did learn that the main thing I need to practice is pacing, because unlike drawing with a pencil the gun runs at a consistent speed. I found myself changing speed as I moved up the piece, I started on the bottom right and by the time I moved up I was trying to use the gun like a sharpie marker. I have to have more patience, and slow down if I want sweet lines like Damien and Ed. (damn their good!) The back of the melon was mostly freestyle...I do love my melon <3 and there will be plenty more to come!

Elixir of Spiritual Life

Tattoo I'm getting, because you never know when you will need to use an Elixir of Spiritual Life.

Drawing Dragons

Practicing drawing with just the outline, as you can see my style of drawing has changed to more resolved solid lines. I have been practicing a lot of tracing to develop a steady hand, sometimes I trace on the subway to practice line when the train is moving. I have transferred these drawing on a honeydew melon and will go over the lines with a real tattoo gun on Monday. I am so excited! When working on my melon, Damian taught me the importance of shape and edges. Creating an overall shape of the tattoo gives movement and identity to a part of the body, so it is important to make the drawings flow cohesively. I added fire and flames, and placed the dragons one behind another to create space.