Om colored (my first color tattoo)
Sep 02, 2009 in My Work, Tattoo
Om, Aum, the sound that holds the universe together, representing all things and people, past, present, and future. Found in both Buddhism and Hinduism and reminding us that we are all one and connected, it is a spiritual tattoo.
I was nervous to do this because i have never done a color tattoo on a person before, but i found that it is actually easier in some ways than the black and gray work i did on myself and Ruben, because it’s just a matter of working the color in until it is intense enough without tearing up the skin too much, and using the feathering and hatching techniques i learned from my good friend Mike Donahue to blend the colors. There are 10 colors in this tattoo, and took about 5 hours, including time it took to mix some of the colors. It looks like it may need a bit of touching up after it heals.
Paul chose the colors himself. The color choice represents not only his favorite color, orange, but also the warm colors he looks best in. After this heals, I’ll go back in and touch up the outline so it will look really clean and crisp. I started by trying out an 8 round shader, but then switched to a 7 mag and was much happier with the color application. The inks are Intenze, Skin Candy, and Kuro Sumi, ordered from Element tattoo supply and Joker tattoo supply.