Progress on Steve's Arm

Steve started coming into the shop about 4 years ago. He has since become a regular coustomer and a good friend. He has his own gallery featuring a back piece that we did over the course of the last 2 years. After finishing his back piece we started working on upper arm sleeves.

We started with a tattoo done several years ago by one of my apprentices...










Working from several photos of Steve's arm, I did a sketch that I worked from to lay down the line work for the new tattoo. I redid the more inportant lines in the old tattoo and will eventually touch up the color in the old piece to keep it from being overpowered by the new work. Since his backpiece has a sun overhead, this piece will include a dusky sky and a rising moon...







In the most recent session we added color to the evergreen trees and mountains and did the shading in the foreground rocks...











Stay tuned for further developments...