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Dragon with Sword Tattoo
Dragons in oriental art do not have wings nor do they necessarily breathe fire, although flames erupt from their limbs. They are not creatures of earth, but rather combine elements of the air and...
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Start of a Backpiece
Terisa’s Finished Back Piece. Tattoo by Greg James. Photo by Bob Young Photography. The step by step process of how I got a traditional Japanese backpiece doesn’t actually begin on my back, or even on...
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Back Piece First Draft
The Original Backpiece Sketch Ah, the back. Finally the back. The shoulder tattoo in the previous web page was done in two sessions (of about two to three hours each). In the weeks between the...
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Back Piece Outline
The Outline Tattooed in One Session We begin! (Why do I always say “we”? I’m obviously a passive participant at this stage.) The design requires a little fine tuning to fit my back but for the most...
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Flames and a Pearl
Flames and the Pearl of Wisdom In the next few photos, I am condensing multiple tattoo sessions. Greg didn’t take photos at each session (all of these photos at the tattoo studio are by him) but thank...
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More Body
Really Starting to Look Like a Tattoo Another major section of the tattoo, the claw, leg, and flames on the left are now done. It’s also interesting to see how the transparency of the wind over the...
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Back Piece Almost Done
Pretty Much There This photo was taken right before the last tattoo session. Only a few claws and one long blue whisker remain to be done. Greg will also go over a few spots done in previous sittings....
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Back Piece Complete
It Is Finished For all the research, planning, and visualization, I really could never have envisioned what the finished piece was actually going to look like nor what the tattoo process was all about....
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