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I started tattooing Mike in the early 2000s. He had seen some fireworks that I had tattooed on someone and wanted something similar and he reached out.
For the next couple of years I made a bunch of tattoos for Mike. I really enjoyed our time and he always got fun pieces (that he took really good care of).
Life happened and we lost touch and Mike wasn’t getting tattooed as much.

Last year he decided to start bringing his collection down further on his arms (prior to that he had kept everything easily concealable). He brought the idea of tattooing the last supper on his lower arm. A super challenging piece for both of us.
I am really happy with the way that it came out – but between it wrapping the arm slightly and my dismal photography skills I have yet to get a decent photo of it.

I may never get a good photo of it, but I would like to share some of the ones that I have and a bit of Mike’s other work.

First session:

Lot of detail in there.

Second session:

Third Session:

The work above that we are tying into was done by another artist. I believe it is Desmond Mooney that did most of Mike’s other work. Someone will correct me if I have spelled that wrong.

After the third session we decided to deviate a little bit from the original painting. The windows in the reference painting only the center one was open to the outside… but after it healed and he had time to look at it Mike decided we should make the third window open as well. I think it was a good call.

Fourth session:

We also had to do some touch up on the prior session this time as the ditch is not as easy to heal (because of the constant movement).

Here is where the wrapping comes even more into play. There is a lot of detail on the table cloth and what not that you can not photograph without losing the top of most everyone’s heads.

That completed the “basic” part of the tattoo until we filled in the other side and then brought the pieces together with tie in work.

Yes, that is the Bumble being pushed over the cliff by Yukon Cornelius.

And here it is all healed and tied in with the other work:

Some day I could perhaps get better photos done (most likely by someone else), but I am frustrated that I have not properly shown this off until now.

As Mike says…. This should be on the internet. People should be able to see it.

So here you go.

Love you Mike. Thank you for the trust and the friendship.

~ by justteejay on October 21, 2024.

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