Gorilla

I did not draw this, Adam did. It's a great design though, so he allowed me to tattoo it on his calf, it was a lot of fun to do. Shading it was a pain in the dick though, I had to re-build an old Mickey Sharps shader that Ed gave to me and I wasn't really sure how to use it. A few weeks later I went back over the blacks with the shader Bob made for me. I think it looks a lot better now.

Babar

Dave bought a frame from Aaron Brothers that has 12 spots for 5 x 7 paintings in it, so him, Marc, and I are going to each do 4 paintings of animals. This is my first for the project, an elephant. I actually did a sketch of this a while ago, when I was first starting my apprenticeship. I dug it out the other day and gave it a darker feel after looking at some Derek Noble artwork. Originally it was much more friendly looking.

Bateleur Eagle

I did this on Miles' thigh the other night, I drew the eagle with the intention of working on my lines. I think linework is the weakest aspect of my tattooing right now, it's going to need touch-ups but I'm happy with the way it turned out.