#03 "Strength" Kanji - Solid Black

This is the same client as the shuriken (which I will be duplicating on his opposite peck soon enough). He requested a kanji the size of a piece of paper that says, "strength," which will be part of a set of three kanjis in a theme.

This represents the outline, plus a few areas that I chose to fill in with the smaller needle bit. Due to scheduling, we will be filling the design in completely at a future date.




Here, you can see stage 2 of the design. I'm having a little frustration with the way the skin is taking the ink. I am thinking that when the needles have been going for a little while, the skin gets irritated and swells, making it more difficult for anything to penetrate it.But here is the first completed coating, which should be finalized in a few weeks, once this heals up.
I'm happy with the progress, but wish it was going faster.