Power Animal
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- Created: Friday, 01 September 2017 08:00
Ben is one of my favorite clients and always brings me great projects to collaborate with him on; he knows what he wants, is articulate, and has done his research.
For his first thigh piece he was thinking about a full color bear piece. Ben's a power lifter and he liked the power and strength the Grizzly (or North American Brown) bears represent. They are solitary animals that are "awesome" in the true meaning of the word--- "inspiring of awe."
Click on the Read more link to see the drawing, outline and gray shading photos.
Amy came in to see me about a chest tattoo. 
Living and tattooing in Portland, many times I'm working with clients who already have ink in the area they want to be tattooed. William had a half sleeve tattoo on his right arm and some ink already on his left. He came in to see me about completing a sleeve on his left arm. 
Sometimes a new client contacts me wanting some help with a tattoo that didn't quite turn out how they thought it would. Lisa had a tummy tuck scar that she wanted covered up and went to an artist who hadn't had the benefit of knowing the "cover up formula." (See my Cover Up Tattoos article for more info on that.) 
About a month ago I received a query email from Samantha, who had gotten some ink from me almost ten years ago. I hadn't seen her since then. Now she was wondering if I was the same artist who had worked with her before. 
Looking for info on covering scars, Kacy found my website and contacted me for some ink. 
I was a little surprised when Gina, one of my dear friends, contacted me for a tattoo. 
Kari had grown a perfect dahlia flower and was thinking about having a tattoo created from it. 
When John came into see me recently, I had already worked with him on a hip tattoo project. He had some ink on his right hip already and wanted something to balance out his left hip, something in a similar style, which was Neo-Tribal. 
Jim wanted a tattoo for himself and both of his sons; he was thinking along the lines of a totem pole or dragon for the imagery. For himself, he wanted to complete a right sleeve. I suggested that the dragon would work better around the ink he already had on his outer arm and forearm. Besides being badass, dragons are organic and can flow around anything. After hearing about the project, his son Aaron decided that he wanted a lower leg piece. He says, "I like the symbology of a dragon bringing together all natural forces--fire, water, wind, etc. And this being a 'protective' dragon, which references protecting family, a father-son-and-son kind of thing." Both of them preferred a European, "Game of Thrones" style of dragon and I had a blast doing the research and creating the drawings. Such a great project! Click on the Read more link to see the drawings and outline photos.
