Thanks guys, although my elbow is swollen the size of a small grapefruit, I’m enjoy it!

Did a little more last night. About 16.5 hours done, about 6 left???

Here’s the results of my second sitting. Now I’m 7.5 hours in. What is the deal with that bruising? Is that normal? I guess I should expect that, I bruise if a pine cone falls of a tree and hits me. Anyway, we’re doing shading inside the totem pole next.

Here is a very rough sketch that I did of an idea I have for sleeving out this arm. It’s hard to see, as it’s done with pencil. It’s a sunset over a mountain with buffalo/reflection over a lake. I would be interested in hearing your opinion about adding this to the existing totem pole. I am not a tattoo expert, but I think it could look pretty good. I haven’t shared this with my artist yet, but I’m sure he’ll have some ideas to make this work. Those wavy lines on either side are the existing lines of my current ink after I wrapped the tracing paper around my arm. I’d love to hear your take. kcg

Looking over this for the past 48 hours now, I can see one small spot of “blow out”, up near my neck at end of wing (not visible on pic). Can this be taken care of in shading/coloring? Other than that, my multiple inspections yield some pretty clean lines. I’m delighted.