I'm in the process of getting a rather large piece of tattoo work done. It starts on the side of my hip, goes up my ribs to my armpit, and comes around to my shoulderblade. It started with a fixation of the mythical beast, the Phoenix. I spent a good bit of time looking over the net for images and other tattoos, but nothing really jumped out at me. I took a stab at designing myown tattoo with colored pencils, and brought that to a carefully selected tattoo artist. He must have tried so hard not to laugh when he first saw it!
Jay, the artist working on me, drew up something that was much more to my liking. I have to laugh a little bit now when I think about the difference. I have trouble trusting people, and so far Jay has kept my confidence.
Right now, I'm 3.5 hours into what will probably take 14-18 hours to finish. I'm really pumped to get more done next week. When I get more done I will have better pictures to show.