Enter the Kappa

Kappa a spooky creature for Japanese legend. They love blood and left over battle ooze they also love human women and are very strangely polite. The Water on there head gives them strength, They way to beat them is to get them to bow which tips out the water!!

The Kappa and shading around it took around 4 hours. We also did some work around the dragon adding some flames and another round of blue to give the dragon a three "d" look .

If any one is wondering Yes it #%*&ing hurt!!!!! but it is all worth it the detail and amazing art work is fair pay back

Total time today was around 6 hours with all the free hand painting.

Total time for the whole piece is 17.5 hours.

Next update is Feb 16 2008

Back at the tattoo shop for another round

Well we started Coloring in the dragon today, We decided on blue with either gold or purple fin and a red belly( we don't want to copy Sarah's Dragon on her leg)All the shading will be black and grey the total time on the piece today was 5.5 hours and I was pretty much done.I have tryed to post pictures but it wont work I will have to contact the repair man (ahum Uncle Rick)
The total time so far for the whole piece is 13.5 hours

Another day at the tattoo shop

OK now we are getting somewhere...a 5 hour sitting and walla; a Samurai! As Zach says he looks grouchy!!!! At one point I stopped Rob (the tattooist) and asked him if he had switched to a grinder cause man o man it didn't feel very nice. Just imagine someone rubbing 50 grit sandpaper on the inside of your arm for 2 hours and rubbing a grinder on the other parts for the other 3 hours..... VERY nice!!!!! I am trying to post some more pics, but enough whining, check out the detail on the Samurai. He even has tattoos!! But this armor is amazing!!! I think the next round will be to start the colour, then comes the girls!!!

Total time on this piece 11 hours

The start

Well here goes it just the start fairly primitive so far but not bad for mostly freehand

And he says that this is the last one...har har har...I don't believe it, do you?!