Rayna came in to see me about some old tattoos she wanted covered up on her left arm and chest.
A diver, she is inspired by underwater botany, coral reefs in particular, so she wanted to create a full color sleeve based on plants and creatures that make the reefs their home (there were so many I was afraid I wouldn't be able to work them all in but I did my best, lol). She did tons of research and sent me some amazing images of everything she was hoping to include, which I love-- makes my job so much easier. We are going to use kelp to connect everything. A Coral Reef Octopus will bridge her arm and chest and cover the old tattoo there-- it is going to be so awesome!
She says, "I've been in love with the ocean for as long as I can remember. As a scuba diver, it's incredible to witness the amazing alien-like creatures we have in our oceans, yet heartbreaking seeing these things disappear as climate changes and the ocean temperatures continue to rise. This is exactly the reason I came to Victoria. I wanted to take a little piece of the ocean with me around wherever I go, before it disappears."
Here are some photos of some of the drawings for the arm, the before (wrist) photo and the very freshly tattooed outline stages (you can still see some of the purple stencil,) plus some of the gray shading and very fresh final color in progress photos.
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