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When a Cover Up is Necessary: Scorpion
Background:
The scorpion is the client’s Chinese year, and was looking to have Yovany cover up his previous tattoo (which he wasn’t satisfied with). This tattoo needed a quick turn around time and Yovany was able to complete it fast and efficiently. The results are pretty amazing, and the before/after is almost as drastic as Yovany’s previous lion tattoo.
By Yovany Cabanas.
Red Phoenix (Foot Tattoo)
Background:
This tattoo was originally a cover up for a poorly tattooed flower. With lots of colour and sharp designing, Yovany drew a phoenix over top it. It represents new birth and spirituality.
By Yovany Cabanas.
Crossing Penguins Tattoo
Background:
Peter’s friend popped in to have a tattoo done for the first time, and went with a couple of cute penguins with crossing beaks.
By Peter Belej.
Domesticated Wolf (Arm Tattoo)
Background:
First time client from the World’s Biggest Bookstore came in looking to have his first tattoo. He loves wolves and was looking to have one, and originally wanted it in an arm band. Considering how outdated that style is, him and Peter decided to go with this traditional style of wolf and paw prints.
By Peter Belej.
Tiger’s Prey (Arm Tattoo)
Background:
Black and white tattoo of a tiger crawling down an arm.
By Peter Belej.
Cover Up: Home for an Elephant (Lower back tattoo)
Background:
This cover up was made on a tattoo that was done five years ago (and regretted it after a year).
She was looking for something different, and decided to get a tattoo of elephants – an animal that she’s very passionate about, and also volunteers at an elephant adoption centre.
Every place she went to before Black Line Studio declined her idea, citing not only its difficulty, but its impossibility. Darwin took on the difficult task of designing a cover up. The result was exactly as she pictured it: a happy elephant that found its home on her lower back.
By Darwin Leeder.
Native Art: Story of the Wolves (Upper Back Tattoo)
Background:
This piece has a great back story to it. Might want to heat up some popcorn.
Many years back, the client was up north with his grandfather on an ice fishing trip. While they were walking through the forest, he noticed a set of eyes that continued to follow them everywhere they went. Soon after, he came to a realization that the eyes were of a wolf. However it had no intention of attacking – it merely watched.
The tattoo is a native art piece of two wolves, the struggle between one aggressive, the other passive. His grandfather used to ask him a riddle: If the two wolves were to fight, who would win? His answer: The one you fed.
The tattoo is a memorial piece for his grandfather.
By Darwin Leeder.
My Hound (Forearm Tattoo)
Background:
The client already had a few previous tattoos on his forearm, and after the passing of his dog Quake, decided to have him tattooed on his arm. Yovany managed to keep his existing tattoos intact by drawing around it, as you can see above.
By Yovany Cabanas.
The Gentle Tiger (Lower Hip)
Background:
For her first tattoo, the client was looking to have a tiger tattoo on her lower hip. She has a fascination with tigers (as it is her birth year animal) and wanted to have a non-threatening one as a tattoo, which Darwin designed and tattooed for her.
By Darwin Leeder.
The Buddha & The Tiger
Background:
Yovany designed this tattoo for a client who was very spiritual. The link between the Buddha and the tiger is their calm and secure nature – two very important things to him. The first photo shows the outline, with the detail added in the second.
By Yovany Cabanas.
