Happy New Year!

I wish all my readers a truly Happy New Year.

Men Chirashi - scattering of masks (by Horimatsu)

Fred completed his Nagasode sleeve showing a Hannya mask and Yama Tengu mask together with Sakura in wind and water. Very pleased with this one.

Karajishi Botan Completed. (by Horimatsu)

Anders visited from the south of Sweden and stayed for two days to complete his shishibun piece portraying the classic Shishi with peony flowers. This piece took about 22 hours from start to final yellows.

Fudo Myoo (by Horimatsu)

Marius visited from Leipzig, Germany in order to start his Fudo Myoo Irezumi piece. The image above shows where we left it after about twelve hours of work.

When I mention how many hours each part takes it's mainly because I want the prospective new client to understand at which speed I work and how long something may take to create. The twelve hours mentioned includes making the stencil of Fudo Myoo, drawing on the skin in order to create the rest, setting up and breaking down the work area and equipment and the actual tattooing.

The image was captured using a Fujifilm X100 camera and is straight out of the camera with no post enhancement whatsoever.

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Ryukannon Continued (by Horimatsu)

Sebastian visited from Germany once again. 4 days and 13 1/2 hours really made a huge difference. We now have a total of 41 1/5 hours into this backpiece, including drawing, setting up machines etc. Next time we work is at the Milan Tattoo Convention in February next year.