Today’s session was good. We worked on the black shading of the waves. It has really given some depth to the water. It doesn’t look like much was done, but three solid hours of sitting says otherwise.
This sitting didn’t hurt nearly as bad as the outline. Apparently the single needle concentrates the penetration in a single area, unlike the shading needle he used on me this time. The shading needle he used is comprised of 7 single needles (staggered and grouped together). More needles sounds like more pain, but it’s quite the opposite.
I will have two more sittings to complete this. The next sitting will probably be in mid January. Ron says we can work on color then. I’m hoping to get one koi/flower colored in and leave the remainder for the last session. I can’t wait to see the final product. It’s looking amazing (even though these photo give the work no justice).
(Session Time: ~2 hours)
Jovan | March 14th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Hey Micheal. You don’t know me but I came across the photos of your koi leg piece and I thought it was really nice work. I have a similar piece done on my leg but i left it black and grey and sans the flowers. I would love to see some pictures of your finished piece. I’ll send you some pictures of my leg piece if you give me an email address to send them to. mine is: jovanblineau@hotmail.com
Michael | April 19th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Thanks for the comment Jovan. I don’t have any photos of the completed Japanese koi fish tattoo yet, but I have plans to put them up on the site soon. I’ll email you then. Thanks again for the comment.