I designed the bones of the tattoos in black. I based them on a Mandala of the four directions, representing the spiritual, the mind, being grounded and the creative. The overall idea is to be symbolic of finding balance in life.
I got them done at a local shop known to be reputable. The design was simple enough to trace onto my body, but some how the artist REALLY messed them up while tattooing. They were orignally delicate in design and completely symmetrical since I used a compass to draw them. I went home. The swelling went down. I was disappointed. I went back. The artist was fired.
The owner and senior tattoo artist felt awful and wanted to fix them for me. But some color would be needed to cover up the mistakes. So he embelished them with color and then went to town going outside of the lines with what he called "fractile images"ruining the whole symbolism for me. The point is, they are definitely not what I wanted. I do not like mixing cool colors and warm colors, as a matter of fact, I don't even LIKE bright colors. I am more of an subtle earth tone kind of gal.
So 7 yrs later I have found an artist I can trust and I am really excited!I am planning to darken the colors and cover what I don't like. There is no way to do this with out going bigger and it's taken a while to come up with something I KNOW I'll want on my body forever... especially since I don't typically go for big tattoos. But I think I've figured it out. Here's the preliminary piece.*
Also did I mention that the wrist is an extremely tender area? I only hope that having since given birth twice over with no drugs will have changed my idea of what's painful. I'll keep you updated on the progress. Wish me luck.
* These are NOT drawn with a compass and are just an unfinished rough idea of what I'll be doing
-Please respect that these design were created for me and are owned by me-
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