I just bought some oil paints. Here’s my first try so far. First one is just blocking in the main parts. Second one is the finished underpainting. After that dries I’ll start putting the details in. This is the owner of the tattoo shop where I work. The third picture is my reference photo.

Here is an actual sheet of flash I just finished. I usually just do one image on a page. Laying out and painting the pattern in the background was a huge pain, but i think it was worth it. I’m tattooing at the Niagara Tattoo Expo and I thought I would paint up some designs that I would like to tattoo on people. Here they are.