Kanji "Sagittarius" Tattoo

A Kanji (Chinese) tattoo I did of "Sagittarius".  I designed the characters to match the style of his existing tattoo:

More Lettering work

Latest lettering/design

Flowers/lettering:

Bunny Insides

I had a request to design a bunny showing some of the insides.  Not much else to go on, this are the first ideas I came up with.

Tattoo License

New tattooing license laws go into effect January 1st, 2013.  I was the first in my shop to complete all the requirements and get my license!

Chinese symbols tattoos

Tattoos I did over the last two nights.  First one is the 4 elements in Chinese (Wind, Water, Fire, Earth).  Second one is the Chinese symbol for Love.

Dragon Painting

A progression of my latest dragon painting:

Hello Kitty Sugar Skull

Stars

A collection of my star drawings:

Tiny Drawings

Some small drawings with a quarter for size reference:

First Tattoo

I did my first tattoo in the US yesterday.  Thanks to my husband for volunteering to be my first customer, and the guys at the shop for all their help and direction.  He wants to get both of his sons names done, one on each shoulder.  First I came up with the designs:

The final tattoos will both have the coloring of Magnus above (yellow-orange-red).

I did the outline and black shading of "Cutter" first:

Next up will be the outline for "Magnus" on the other shoulder, then the coloring.  I will update with new pictures, as we get it done.

More Drawings

Random Drawings:

 I need to add some more shading to the "Hello Kitty Revolver":

 

Sugar Skulls are fun to design, you can add just about anything you want.  This Sugar Skull was designed for a friend.  Still need to add some additional details and shading:

Flowers

Infinity

Some "Infinity" designs done for a friend.  She chose the upper-left one for the inside of her wrist.

The Pink Box

Every girl needs a big pink box for their tattoo workstation....

English As A Second Language

Todays drawing done while listening to various conversations in the shop:

Ancient Weapons Star

New Tiger Tattoo

My newest tattoo, a Chinese style tiger:

Skulls

Some skulls with shading I did:

Ink on Rice Paper

These are a few of my ink drawings on rice paper.  Way to big to get a good picture or scan...  I will post a few more later...

My back tattoo

This is my back tattoo, done by my first boss in China.

The Chinese text is a 1,000 year old Chinese poem:

When will the moon be clear and bright?

With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky.

I don't know what season it would be in the heavens on this night.

I'd like to ride the wind to fly home.

Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me.

Dancing with my moon-lit shadow.

It does not seem like the human world.

The moon rounds the red mansion stoops to silk-pad doors.

Shines upon the sleepless bearing no grudge.

Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart?

People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart

The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane

This has been going on since the beginning of time

May we all be blessed with longevity though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

Lettering Work

Some lettering work of my son's name:

 

Drawings

 A few of my drawings: