Japanese Waves Sleeve Update

Well, we've come a long way, this blog and I. I started blogging this summer as a person interested in tattoos and practicing on various willing fruit. Now, I'm working at a tattoo shop merely 5 months later. Pretty sweet.

This tattoo has been making progress. I spent 4.5 hours with the client today getting all of the shading done. He will have one more visit to get the waves colored in with blue, but for now I'm just happy t sit back proud of what's already been done. The shading done last time was done with a 7 Round. My mentor has given me tips since then, and the rest I did with a 7 Flat, and boy did it go faster! This thing is really turning out nice.

Bee Sting

I have decided not to put counters on any more, as I have lost count. I don't mean to say that I have done a hundred tattoos since my last post, but I have done several. Working at the shop has been great. This morning, in fact, I opened the shop alone and got us a new client worked on after walking in the door unannounced. It's a bee stinging him to match a bee tattoo his wife has already. It was great to do, and I feel very accomplished!

I suppose that I will blog whenever anything note worthy happens. Suffice to say that this has become more than a hobby. I am now getting paid to do artwork, and I love it.

#31 Joker Card

This client really likes the Joker and Harley Quinn from the Batman series. This card shows a bit of that side, fixed into a personalized design.

This tattoo was also done in the shop. I might have to take a break from my original set of clients fr a while, as I'll be spending a lot of time working and charging people full price for the boss. Pretty exciting!

# 30: Kiss My Lucky Charm

This tattoo marks the beginning of a new chapter for me. I have spent time working on fruit. I have spent time working on people. Now, I am beginning spending time on people in a tattoo shop. That's right, this is the first tattoo that was also an audition to work at our town's local tattoo parlor. I was nervous, and in some ways it felt as though I had never done it before. By the middle of the tattoo, I was much more confident and it felt more natural. Now that this step is out of the way, I'm excited to actually be doing several tattoos a week. It will be a challenge juggling it with my day job, but I'm excited to make them both work side by side!

The client had been wanting this tattoo since she was 12ish, she said. Now when people try to pinch her on St. Patrick's Day, she can just moon them!