Session 8
February 2nd
6:30PM
In this session Joel shaded the belly scales in green (a combo of mint and neon). He also shaded the underside of the claws in Lavender and began shading the fringe along the backbone. He started be adding small brown spots and will finish during the next session be filling them with yellow.
Great news -- Joel thinks there are only two more sessions to complete the work -- followed by a couple of touch-up sessions.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The Worst Pizza in Castle Rock
Drum roll please -- the award goes to Niccolo's Pizza in Founders Village.
It managed to fail in every measurable category.
The crust was flat, dry and flavorless. The filling was completely free of any semblance of flavor.
It was quite possibly the worst pizza I have ever had.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Wide shot
Here is a wide shot showing the recently completed head in context. The belly scales and the spine fringe are the largest parts remaining. The very last thing will be the completion of the eyes. I'm leaving the choice of eye color to Joel.
Everything is healing nicely (It's now been three days) and I'm really looking forward to the next session on Superbowl Saturday (if there is such a thing).
Everything is healing nicely (It's now been three days) and I'm really looking forward to the next session on Superbowl Saturday (if there is such a thing).
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Photos from Session 7
The Dragon's head completed.
Here is an excellent article by Japanese master Kazuo Oguri, describing traditional Japanese tattoo.
Here is an excellent article by Japanese master Kazuo Oguri, describing traditional Japanese tattoo.
Tattoo (Session 7)
Yesterday was session 7 -- another hitoppori (Japanese for "two hour tattoo session"). Joel completed shading/coloring the dragon's head. The results are really spectacular. The head was the largest part that was still unfinished. Finishing it made a huge difference.
It was also a very different session. Being a Saturday, the shop was really busy. Every station was full as was the waiting room.
It was also a very different session. Being a Saturday, the shop was really busy. Every station was full as was the waiting room.
My mom is visiting this weekend and watched the first hour of work. As an artist she was really interested in the process and, I think, came away impressed by what she saw.
See all the tattoo photos here
See you all again in two weeks for hitoppori....
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Friday, December 14, 2007
Session 6
I especially like this one. It sort of captures the moment. Note that this is isn't because of a tattoo gun -- this is cleaning up with "Green Soap". It stings and he scrubs pretty hard. It is often worse than the tattoo itself.
End of session 6
Session 6
December 13th
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Tattoo (Session 5)
Monday evening Joel added a little red and yellow to the flames and filled on most of the cherry blossoms either red or pink. The pink ones look red and white when new but will blend to pink over the next few days.
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