The preliminary work on your sleeve looks really nice, it sucks that the artist is not local. I have seen some really amazing octopus tattoos, the tentacles work really well on people's bodies. I am also a big fan of text-based tattoos, so good call on that end.
Thanks. I learned that the octopus' turn particular colors when they are in certain moods. Red when they are angry and white when they are afraid, I have yet to do any further research on the colors. Yeah, text based tattoos can be pretty neat.
