Japanese full day sitting

Mr Butler was in visiting us @ timeless with a full day sitting to speed up sleeve a bit ! Here it is

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Hanya mask cover up of old English writing ( remember that!?! ) used to tattoo it everyday now covering them up !

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Craig sat well right till 6.pm ,so well in man!
I finished up the 6.5 hour sitting with some solid elbow fill

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Top of the arm is next ‘ ,
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Samuari fights Dragon full back !!!!

This has been on the go for 3 years now since my 1st visit to Japan, all lines with a loose 3 as I was shown the boldness of the line is deceptive , note the dragon in behined the spiral ,

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This is the year to bring this to an end , wee Scott is a tough and uncomplaining customer we even done a tag team sit on him to speed up this piece , (more bang for your buck)!

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The signature bar on the side Is the phonetic translation into kanji .this was chosen for me by Satoru Koizumi San and I’m proud to tattoo it on large scale japanese pieces

If the customer permits me to add it ,

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Here is my own back piece by Steven Wrigley of Irezumi Glasgow note the chop (signature block to be filled)

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Here is Koizumi Sans Horiyoshi 3 back piece shaded by hand, note the chop on the lower left,
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only real men wear pink!