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Today, I wanted to share Kayla’s first tattoo. 😀
A beautiful idea, here’s a quick photo spam look at her process – including communication and her tattoo session.
Yoshi! Leggo~
✨Communicating and Planning
Kayla is not local to my area, so we utilised a Skype consultation and relied heavily on Pinterest and email to create her first tattoo.
(☝︎) some significant images from her Pinterest board (☟)
she was sure to communicate some things that are important to her, including placement and style ~
definitely needs to be placed this way
(☝︎) these were pinpointed as a base for her concept (☟)
look! it’s my work ^^
she also referenced my work to communicate inspiration and placement and provided a sketch of what she was conceptualizing ^^
my first concept, based on over all idea and things to be incorporated
it was close, but not quite … so back to the drawing board ~
our final concept is ready to go!
✨Inking Session
Kayla traveled a few hours for her session. I was happy to greet her and her friend who was swinging through while Kayla was in town.
Her tattoo is a celebration of family and their triumphs together in the past few years.
I enjoyed her concept because she went through a lot of thoughts of art that could best represent her family. I TRULY enjoy when people put thinking effort into and get creative about their ink art. Why get something stereotypical if you’re paying a lot of money. Invest in art!
*end PSA*
Because she gave 100% effort for this collaboration, it was an honor to give her the very best that I got! ^^
Please enjoy her session’s recap ~
reviewing concept and placement
stencil’s on
cute macho cats washi tape ^^
ready, set … let’s GO!
outline’s done
Kayla’s been running through books and learning about kawaii ^.^ feel free to ask my about the culture of cute!
easy, peasy … 1,2, 3 & finished! <3
shoulder cap view with humming-bird | the humming-bird represents Kayla
another view with flower detail | the flowers represent her kids
bee detail | the bee represents her husband
please, have another view ^^
… and another 😀
pardon my derby smile but I’m truly happy she’s happy <3
See yah next week!
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Your virtual tattoo life coach,
Imani
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