A tribute to my recovery

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGwF8T9FDhQEdMoor8pwIj48SBqrXHEfFq8UGXH7v3FwGS1csjQhsv83VML4GYOmRWO4vN8JWph-btXsmNpGESkee5IzY6-j6q850Af3c3gEFEJU9gcYT6tqhC-qvRGJZMGCvLzrbyII/s1600-h/aatattoo1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349498369547547890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGwF8T9FDhQEdMoor8pwIj48SBqrXHEfFq8UGXH7v3FwGS1csjQhsv83VML4GYOmRWO4vN8JWph-btXsmNpGESkee5IzY6-j6q850Af3c3gEFEJU9gcYT6tqhC-qvRGJZMGCvLzrbyII/s400/aatattoo1.jpg" style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><blockquote>This design will be going on my right arm, on the inside of the arm. The circle and triangle will be on the inside of my wrist, and the flames and smoke will undulate up my arm, and swirl around the elbow. It is designed to fit perfectly together with the tattoo I recently had done as a memorial for my Brother John. This is particularly poignant for me, as my Brother was killed by his hopeless addiction to alcohol and drugs, and this tattoo represents my freedom from addiction to alcohol and drugs.....there IS hope!</blockquote></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2aE3PzDGpZQEVAmZP8SYAYO5bLUS0ikv9cjOT67rdcd8NPM-tgMlcac6aRa88wHr6xVZewm5xq-6OTyEuPaaswqoqRd4xkHC7zjpojkSSWmWmplt8y1m5tv8Tmy8X1edgdKOcHTzaR4/s1600-h/tataacopy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351692416681719938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2aE3PzDGpZQEVAmZP8SYAYO5bLUS0ikv9cjOT67rdcd8NPM-tgMlcac6aRa88wHr6xVZewm5xq-6OTyEuPaaswqoqRd4xkHC7zjpojkSSWmWmplt8y1m5tv8Tmy8X1edgdKOcHTzaR4/s320/tataacnpy.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" /></a><br />This is a very rough idea of what it might look like. I just did a quick comp in photoshop, the image is not properly wrapped around my arm.

A tribute to my recovery

This design will be going on my right arm, on the inside of the arm. The circle and triangle will be on the inside of my wrist, and the flam...

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A new tattoo design for my friend Phil...

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30KNJ1m6XAZDoNwCp4lgnb7nZCNucEtYGCem0CuZzBmlPUj__2ZqdEfdPJ-J0oxgOnyTc1I1CxoqFv7uwIJTmo_4Y7SKNOguQQMQ3msLfJrZsaRVDIiJ5Q38ESW0Lx142ZZj2QTqOCPU/s1600-h/philtatrevised4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351730950082575282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi30KNJ1m6XAZDoNwCp4lgnb7nZCNucEtYGCem0CuZzBmlPUj__2ZqdEfdPJ-J0oxgOnyTc1I1CxoqFv7uwIJTmo_4Y7SKNOguQQMQ3msLfJrZsaRVDIiJ5Q38ESW0Lx142ZZj2QTqOCPU/s400/philtatrevised4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />My dear friend Phil asked me to design a tattoo for his shoulder, of a beautiful Native American woman with a wolf. This is what I came up with. Damn, it is incredibly hard for me to draw women really well.To truly capture beauty in a drawing is extremely difficult, I can only imagine it is that much harder with a tattoo gun. Perhaps that is why so many female faces I see in tattoo work are often a little bit weird looking. Only the very finest tattoo work I have seen captures the true essence of female beauty that I am trying to portray with this tattoo design.....Hope you like it Phil, and make sure you get it done by the very best!

A new tattoo design for my friend Phil...

My dear friend Phil asked me to design a tattoo for his shoulder, of a beautiful Native American woman with a wolf. This is what I came up w...

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