About 7 months ago, a friend of mine asked if I would design a tattoo for him to celebrate 18 months free from alcohol and cocaine. I was honored! After deciding to make it a Cooper's hawk of some sort, it took me another 6 months to actually create it for him. Last weekend he had it done (in one, brutal sitting). It was a fun project and I am happy with how it turned out. Loooong ago I was a tattoo artist apprentice for about a year, and did just a few tattoos, and have designed a few others for myself and others, but it has been a long while. I am proud of this one, and very proud of my friend Ben who saved his own life before age 35 and is now helping host AA and CA meetings and being a positive influence on many others, including his little brother who has continued to follow in his footsteps. Honesty, these two were some of my favorite party-mates before I stopped partying as well, and I was a 'disruptive' influence on a great many individuals for a lot of my younger life, so it is a perfect synchronicity that now I and this artwork get to be a symbol of healing and positive transformation.

Forgot it was inktober and haven't been on skool consistently since I've joined last week or so but here's an ink sketch I did last night

As soon as I saw the prompt ‘crown,’ I couldn’t help but think of the one that goes on teeth, so here’s my punny take for Inktober!

Murky . #murky

Hi everyone! This is my first post in the community, and I’m really excited to share it with you. For Inktober, I created a small drawing based on the prompt “weave.” Even with all my thesis deadlines, I managed to carve out some time for it—and I’m actually quite proud of how it turned out. I’d love to hear your thoughts!