Dragon, Koi, and lotus flowers in water 

done at Urge 3 Tattoos Penticton BC Canada 

Kirk Sheppard Tattoos

 

finished

I posted the first session of this a wile back she is all done
thanks Leanne you sat like a champ

chest add on

I did the swallows a few years back and added the rest last week

on the go

Started a couple of fun things this week check it out
Curtis came in to get his chest started

Leanne also came in and got this started
its a drawing I did a few years back for a t-shirt that nave came to be she saw it and liked it

been busy as of late

I did this fun piece the other day on Bradly

sorry the photos bad once its healed I hope to get a better one

bad ass walkin

fun walkin on Curtis the other day

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

koi

fun walkin from the other day

image came from my sketchbook which I havent been working on much latly

been working on the new flash set and drawings to go in a book of things I want to tattoo for the new shop

in proggress

Dustins arm in proggress all the back ground is done now just time for some color

his and hers

Bradley arm I ve added a bunch to this since this was done but dont have photos of it as of yet but thought I d share any way I love these two sea horses Bradleys ol' lady got this one turned out super rad

fun flash piece

fun koi from the henning jorgensen flash I dont get enuf flash to do ever and their is so much good flash out their, yes I know flash anit cool any more but I still like doing it expecially if it nice flash like this is

nicks dragon fighting octopus

When i first did the consult with Nick I thought wow his arms are too skiny to put a dragon and an octopus on there in so i told no pick one or the other, he agread to one of them (cant remeber which one) then ten minutes later he runs back in my room and goes he wants both I said I try and was a little streesed about it a first but then I started drawn it and it all fell together

most of this is healed

didn't get photos of the front half and the backside photos turned out blurry

I will when he comes in for the healed photos in the next few weeks

and post the whole thing

comp crash

so i didnt loose everything like I thought with the computer crash I had a few months ago Cara had a bunch of my photos backed up on her computer

here is a healed photo of a piece I did this summer

its based off one of the clients painting that i redrew

some older tattoos

found some old photos on Caras computer here is a fun little fish I did a few years back

and a seeing double Oni head

client from vic

an old client Stephanie from Victoria came to see me the other day, I ve tattooed Steph for a few years now, and this is the first time shes made it acroos the water to van.

It was nice to cach up a bit and put this on her hip