Pain - part two
Today was my second trip to see the tattoo artist. Today I had the left side of my leg outlined. Again Ron drew the design on my leg by hand with two ball-point pens and then set to work tracing it with the tattoo machine. Again it hurt quite a bit as expected especially over my ankle bone and behind my knee. Now the outline is done and the shading and coloring starts on my next visit. I don't know when my next appointment is though. Ron is traveling for work for a few weeks and is booked up solid for a month and a half after he gets back. I'm on his cancellation list, but my next appointment on the books isn't until May! I hope I can get in earlier than that.
Here are a few photos of the work done today:
Front view of my shin
back view of my calf
side view of today's work
straight view of the left side
It's hard to picture how exactly he's going to be able to cover up the footprints, but he says it won't be a problem at all. The lines are also pretty rough right now, but with all of the darkening, shading, and color he'll add, no one will ever notice.
I'm excited to have the outline done, but I'm still looking at 12 - 16 more hours until I'm done. At least 3 more long (4 - 6 hour) visits are in store for me.
Today before I started I had a double cappuccino and some Milk Duds. By the time I was half way through the session my legs were shaking from the sugar, caffeine and adrenaline. I'm not sure why I didn't think about the possibility of that happening. The pain and the adrenaline make my shaky enough without caffeine and make it difficult to relax.
Here are a few photos of the work done today:
Front view of my shin
back view of my calf
side view of today's work
straight view of the left side
It's hard to picture how exactly he's going to be able to cover up the footprints, but he says it won't be a problem at all. The lines are also pretty rough right now, but with all of the darkening, shading, and color he'll add, no one will ever notice.
I'm excited to have the outline done, but I'm still looking at 12 - 16 more hours until I'm done. At least 3 more long (4 - 6 hour) visits are in store for me.
Today before I started I had a double cappuccino and some Milk Duds. By the time I was half way through the session my legs were shaking from the sugar, caffeine and adrenaline. I'm not sure why I didn't think about the possibility of that happening. The pain and the adrenaline make my shaky enough without caffeine and make it difficult to relax.