Lady with Cross

The idea was a lady taking up her cross... So I took some time to plow through paintings of women by artists I love and trust. After finding a close body shape, I pieced this together and finished it off with a Baroque style face (classy, not trashy!).

Jaymi sat really well. There's a standard threshold of annoyance that I've seen people hit after an extended amount of tattoo time (i.e. pain). She hit it and I'm glad we were close to finishing. Last week I worked on a piece and the guy went over that threshold fast. I sensed it and I let it affect the final product by taking shortcuts to finish the piece. I wasn't happy with that final product and I'll never let that happen again.