My Thigh - Session 01

Yep, that's right, one whole year of tattooing is near. And it just so happened that today was a slow day in the shop. It seems the local Catholic church was having a carnival, so in honor of fried fish and beer gardens I decided to tattoo St. Theresa on my left thigh.

Well.

Actually I've had this planned out for some time. Ashlee and I were lucky enough to have walked around Bernini's sculptures in Rome. His Ecstasy of St Theresa inspired this piece. I sought out other versions, other paintings, to use... but you get the idea.

This is the first session: an hour and a half of good times. (View larger version here) The goal was to get the outline completed enough to be able to use for later. But I didn't want to use a liner, so I setup a 9 mag and came at some spots with full force and others at an angle. Once it heals, I can fine tune to my heart's content.

The final piece will be substantially large, so I'd like to post every session I complete. Because I don't have much time to work on myself, it'll be interesting to see the progression over, say, fifteen small sessions. Maybe it'll help me pick my mind publicly. If not, you'll just get to see a lot of my left thigh.

Nice.