Nov 22nd, 2008 - 1 Comment »
My chest + full sleeve tattoo is now “done” (read bruised and swollen). The third and final session for now had focus on the chest and shoulder part. To quote myself..
They say that one image describe a thousand words, but not even 10 images is able to present this amazing awesome excellent extraordinary [put in the best word you can come up with] piece of art.
Brad Bako is just an amazing artist and if you ever are around Newcastle drop by his shop. If you don´t want a tattoo, at least drop by to get one of his paintings, skateboard design etc. If you want a tattoo he has a 2-3 months waiting list so give Fat Ink a call and they will set you up.
Back to the piece I got done… The chest part was the most painful so far, specially around the nipple.. hehe. But it all came together in the end and now I have one of Brads unique art parts on my body forever, and the thought of that is amazing. Brad felt really good about the piece himself when he was done, so it is all good 
We started talking a little bit about the “next piece” tho… The next big thing I want on my body is a big and bright orange Koi fish. The Koi fish represent love and friendship in Japan and that is something I want to be represented on the left side of my back. It would ofc. have to be more of a biomech style but with a pretty traditional Koi fish in the front. I want a huge blue dragon as well on the right side of my back.. but yea… we will just have to see.. First I have to take it easy for a couple of days so the one I have now get the proper healing..
To all of you who have mailed and talked to me about pictures… they will get online after family and friends get the “on skin” impression. So I guess I will upload images in 2 weeks or so.
Nov 21st, 2008 - 4 Comments »
Just two pictures…
Brad Bako from Fat Ink Tattoo with his weapon of choice.
Going to write / publish a little bit more info from the whole thing tomorrow.
Nov 20th, 2008 - No Comments »
I started my seccond session with Brad Bako today at Fat Ink Tattoo. The plan was to finish up the shading on the bottom half of the sleeve.
I don´t think I did a proper post last time so I´m going to turn the calender back 3 months for a quick overview of the first session in the following sentences. Mr. Bako started off with 3 stencils with designs that he transferred on to me. After that there was some free hand drawing involved to fit the parts together, pen to skin style. Then he tattooed all the lines with a thin needle. Then he went over some of the lines with a thicker needle. Since this is a black/gray/skin colored tattoo the next bit was to start the shading. After a “couple” 3 hours of shading or so the top half of the sleeve was more or less shaded. This was about 8 hours or so into the feeling of a constant needle in your body I had to say stop. I guess this is nothing comparable to you war veterans or the children that die from hunger in Africa every few minutes, but this was enough pain for me.
Fast forward to todays session, session number two.
Fist Mr. Bako had to to draw the “missing” design on the inside of the arm. He, ofc. drew that with a pencil right on to the body. Then he outlined that design with a thin needle before he started the shading. About 6 hours later the shading on the bottom half of the sleeve was done. Then he went over some of the old shading and perfect-ionized some of that.
Now the the second session is done I can say that what Bako does down at Fat Ink Tattoo is beyond tattooing, he is creating exceptional art. Im not going to describe how amazing the tattoo looks so far, I´m not even going to upload images of it. They say that one image describe a thousand words, but not even 10 images is able to present this amazing awesome excellent extraordinary [put in the best word you can come up with] piece of art.
The third and final session for now is tomorrow. Then Mr. Bako is going to do all the shading for the chest piece and finish up the link between the sleeve and chest part over the shoulder.
