Tattoo 13

View two larger images: Big vertical image / Slightly different view.

It was a slow day at the shop and one of the guys I work with, Chris, encouraged me to go for it. So I taped up a couple versions of my little bulldog, Oliver, and went for it. Was I nervous? Absolutely. But once I got in the zone, the pain didn't really matter. I just wanted to come up with a cool tattoo I could live with.

It really helped to prop up a couple of pre-rendered images near my ink for reference. (Upside down because that's how I was viewing it)

I'm big on positive/negative space so I tried to apply my interest into the piece. Also of concern was the altering direction of his hair patterns. I really learned a lot by drastically shifting the position of the 9 mag... which helped in trying to create a texture.

Two more shots to show my body position: Shot one / Shot two