And Then There Was a Dragon

Back in March, I flew out to San Francisco to continue work on my armful of tattoos. As you can see in the pic, it tickled. We added a dragon to the arm, which already has a koi and a tiger. The composition has been terribly out of balance, both spatially and conceptually since I added the tiger a few years ago. The tiger and dragon are often represented together in east asian art, usually engaging each other. My tiger has been poised there alone (and eyeless as we had to wait until the dragon head was drawn on to make sure their gazes were locked) for a few years now. We were not able to finish the entire dragon and background, but we made good progress for one day. Hopefully we’ll finish it up while I’m out in San Francisco for a show with Sugarland in July.