Flash ship - Flash Friday's

last weeks flash Friday tattoo
off one of the flash sheets I painted for RCT

(words not by me )

don't for get about flash Friday's at Rain City Tattoo
25% off all in house tattoo flash
every Friday

we have a ton of stuff to pick from off the walls to the flash books we have in our collection

bad ass walkin

fun walkin on Curtis the other day

meghans back in progress

got some black in Meghans back the other day
were half done the shading now next session more black and start of the color

things i want to tattoo #5 and #6

A fun little ship
good for a forearm or blown up for a leg

Ebisu
god of fishermen, good luck, and workingmen, as well as the guardian of the health of small children. He is one of the Seven gods of good fortune

if you want to get one of these done email me at kirk@kirksheppardtattoos.com

painting step by step

so i missed a few photos along the way

but here we go this is something i ve wanted to do for awhile this is the way I paint

first off I do a small rough sketch

then blow it up to the size I want and refine it and do a bigger sketch

after that I take it to the light table and tansfer it to the watercolor paper

once transferred as on the left I take the image and tape it down to a peice of cardboard

and start painting I start with the light colors first yellows and browns

then move on to the reds and blacks with this painting I wasnt sure how I wanted the moon so I left it till the end

I missed photos of painting the backgroung and the anchor

My photo of the finished piece is a bit blurry
but I pretty happy with the way this came out

if you click on the pick of the painting you can see it more clear

the painting is 30.5 inches by 12 inches

back business

photo cara took of me tattooing

Megans back when we did the outline

she sat great aside from this area

were she is super ticklish even the tattoo needle was tickling her

it was funny as hell and made for a challange