As I mentioned in my first post, I desperately wanted to cover up my lower back tattoo, most colorfully known as a “tramp stamp,” and I had been racking my brain to come up with a solution. Well, I finally had, and since I had met Spike and loved the work he had done for my Crest of Hyrule tattoo; I knew just where to go. I first scoured the internet for photos to come up with some kind of idea as to what I wanted. I didn’t want to walk in there half cocked and not know what I wanted *hehe, half cocked* (sorry, that was terrible and juvenile - moving on). I saved a few photos on my phone so that I would have a general guideline, if you will, to show him. I didn’t want some carbon copy of someone else’s tattoo, or of some photo I found, but needed something. You should recall the Japanese Cherry Blossom on my shoulder? Well, that tattoo was about to expand into an entire back piece! AND cover up my blunder of a first tattoo. It was perfect because I absolutely loved my Japanese Cherry Blossom tattoo and I received compliments on it regularly. Also, one of the reasons I love the Japanese Cherry Blossom so much is because it is in fact a tree.
Let’s fast forward to getting the tattoo, shall we?
March 31, 2012 / April 13, 2012 - Authentic Ink Tattoo & Piercing (Omaha, NE) by Spike
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Location: Back
Tattoo: Japanese Cherry Blossom Tree (expanding from original shoulder tattoo and covering up lower back tattoo)
Story: Well, I’m not sure I have much to say here since it has been prefaced with the original Cherry Blossom tattoo and that I kind of eluded to the story above. So, this section has been rendered mildly useless. Oh well.
There were 3 sessions in total with this tattoo. The third session was merely the blending of the original Cherry Blossom tattoo on my shoulder to match the new work he had done to the tree on my back.
Session 1 -
As you can see the lower back tattoo is still visible, and he’s mainly done work on the tree and outlining (he drew this tattoo directly on my body without a stencil, as well)
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Session 2 -
This is immediately following the last session that completed the back
Ah, almost finished! I think this tattoo (including the time spent blending the shoulder portion) took around 6 hours. I can safely say that this was one of the more enjoyable tattoos I’ve gotten. Please understand that I emphasized enjoyable for a reason - I genuinely liked the feeling. The cover up on the lower back was probably the best part. I got those little tingles going down my bottom and my legs (maybe you know what I’m talking about). Suffice to say, this was a solid tattoo choice.
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Session 3 -
I decided the best way to showcase this part of the Cherry Blossom Tree was to put together a Pic-Stitch of the original piece (pictured earlier in my blog) and what it looks like now. I didn’t actually take a picture right after since it was just the blending, but it’s an interesting contrast. This also showcases how good Spike is at what he does.
*Since I am going backwards and working my way forward, I have stories that I can share regarding people’s reactions to my tattoos and conversations I’ve had about them, but so that I can keep the blog going after I’ve reached present time (since there can be a couple months, or even more, between tattoo sessions, or new tattoos), I’ll save those stories for later.
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