FREEHAND - DRAGON & PHOENiX

i apprenticed under a tattooer who was a master at the traditional asian style of tattooing -- til this day traditional asian tattoos remain some of my favorite pieces/styles to do. and of course, anyone who knows anything about asian art knows that dragons + phoenixes go HAND in HAND.

here are a few examples of my recent freehand asian work.

first up, DRAGON:



as you can see this is our 2nd session. during our first session i created the dragon head with some finger waves around it. he then came back for the background/surrounding elements.



next up i was asked to create a phoenix backpiece, so here's what i came up with:



FLASH-FREE & STENCiL-FREE.



look ma! no hands!!!!!