Tattoo!

I got to experience an exciting first this weekend; my drawing as someone else's tattoo!

I've drawn the art for all my tattoos, but creating something for someone else was new territory. He knew exactly what he wanted and even drew it out beforehand, so it was pretty easy to come up with a finished image.

I'm so glad to see that he likes it, and also to hear that his whole tattoo experience was positive.
Kind of makes me want another...

Sea Turtle

Earlier in the week I received a fantastic suggestion via a facebook for a sea turtle, or "Honu" if you are in Hawaii.

This particular suggestion came at the absolute perfect time so I jumped on it right away. I had just finished a project and needed something new to work on, and am still playing Mass Effect 3 so I really, really wanted something happy to think about during the day. Also, I love sea turtles. In fact it was the thought of seeing a sea turtle that originally drew me to pursue a scuba diving license.

Alas... 10 dives later and still no turtles.

I made a few pencil drawings last night before switching to the wacom for this starting sketch. I decided I was happy enough with the arrangement this morning and started the coloring early this afternoon.

I'm planning to finish up the shell and background tonight, hopefully to have it completed by sometime tomorrow.