christopher575

Even though there's a bit more shading to do in the tail feathers of my peacock tattoo, I sent my tattoo artist Jimmy some reference pictures because I knew he was itching to start filling in the rest of the design. I knew I wanted skyscrapers and that they shouldn't be real ones, and I wanted them to either be futuristic or retro-future. I have a poster rolled up in a tube somewhere that was on the more vintage side of that, something kind of like Metropolis. But I didn't feel like tearing the closet it might be in apart and also figured it might read too Seattle since it was made for a Seattle event. But then a flash of inspiration hit. Moonbeam City! If you haven't seen it, it takes place in the future, but one envisioned from a 1980s point of view. Everything looks like a Patrick Nagel fantasy. Hilarious show and I love the visual style. It blends perfectly with my current tattoos because the existing traditional stuff is in the foreground, and now it appears that it's a traditional sanctuary far away from the city that's now being built in the background. We got a lot of outlines done and a little bit of the shading, but it was very painful and I was happy when he asked if I was ready to stop for the day. I'll share photos later, right now it's pretty swollen. Here's the artwork we referenced.