i wouldnt bulk him up id actually make him scrawnier, change the blade, lose the top set of wings and keep the falling angels. Maybe even some horns. but im sick and kind of twizted.
I’m not sure if i’m too late or not. But a good idea would be green for the dragons head and oranges for the beard and brows and continue the oranges onto the koi scales and fins. Most of the traditional Japanese tattoos that i’ve seen have green and orange dragons. Very nice work so far.
i’ve been an artist for ten years and i totally agree that things can only be so clean. i work in IL and were not required to use machine bags or clip-cord bags. Now I do use clip-cord bags but not machine bags. And I do wipe everything down after every client. I personally think you’d have to get into some really extreme tattooing to have to worry about your machine passing something on.
