Wayne Allen of Red Dragon tattoo kicks... well you get the idea. I have been forming this idea for a tattoo in my head for over a year now and Wayne is just the man to make it happen the way I want it to be!I have too many people in my life that I love to have their names tattooed on me (besides... BORING! And I don't put names on my body anymore. I made that mistake once which is now a pair of beautiful flowers on my hip!)
Portraits are out too. I could have done a rainbow of colors for each birthstone but then I decided I really like flowers. I researched birth flowers for the birth months of the people I love put together a folder for Wayne with pictures and names of the flowers and what color I wanted each flower (I also included the name & birth month of the person the flower is for.... for my own info... I'm getting old & the mind isn't quite what it used to be)
We started yesterday. Wayne is AMAZING!! Since he was working on my shoulder & arm I could watch him work. Circles turned into sketchy, rough flowers which turned into better flowers. Then it was time to start laying the ink. My "quarter sleeve" has turned into a "half sleeve". He started by doing the outline of each flower in the color I wanted it to be then he added the heavy black lines called "weighted lines". The very top flower with the red outline is for my nephew Tyler (August is a Gladiola) & that one caused me the most pain - youch!!! The 3 flowers that are the same - Lily of the Valley - are for my adopted daughter Roo, & my dear friends Jessica & Narissa. The rose is for my sweet niece Mariah who was born in June. My brother & his wife are both born in July so I found two different flowers for July. The large, beautiful Water Lily is for my sister-in-law Lori & the Larkspur (the tailed, blue flow) is for Allen. I was most worried about the Larkspur because I had a hard time finding a good picture but Wayne came through. It is my FAVORITE so far! My dad was born in March & his flower is the Daffodil. And last but not least my mom's is the Morning Glory for her September birthday.
The other sleeve on my left arm will have the flowers for myself, Duck, Jessica, our wedding flower (& my favorite flower), Cristina & Jo Jo and last but not least, my mentor & dear friend Janet.
Both of these sleeves will be connected across my shoulders with vines & ivy (which represents fidelity).
I will continue to post pictures as the work progresses. Tattoos may not be for everyone but they are definately for me... especially when they are sleeves of flowers for the people I love!
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