2nd Session

3rd February 2012
3 Hours

I arrived at the studio for my second session to find Horimomo was over from Japan to do a guest spot at MVL. He was a really nice guy who produces some amazingly bold and striking tattoos (check out some of his work here). Horimomo tattoos by Tebori (tattooing by hand) which is a traditional technique in japanese tattooing. Here's a quick iphone pic of him tattooing a tiger onto his client.

Horimomo at MVL

It was really interesting to see him tattooing in this traditional style, although I have to say it looked really painful, especially as it was on the chest!

Anyway, onto my tattoo! Diego started work on the background shading, beginning with the forearm and working up to the shoulder. In terms of pain, the forearm was fine. The bicep was pretty sore, but the area at the top of the shoulder that spills over onto the chest was definitely the worst. The bit that goes over the collar bone was deeply unpleasant as it made the entire collar bone vibrate. There was also an area at the top of my chest next to my shoulder that was pretty nasty as the needle seemed to be hitting a nerve as the pain was shooting from right where the needle was, in a line all the way up my neck!

Aside from the pain, the session was actually very enjoyable. It was great hearing Diego and Horimomo chatting and telling funny stories. Also it's always nice to chat to Diego about tattooing in general as he's got a really nice outlook on things. 

Really happy with how it's coming along, but I can't wait to get the next session done now and finnish off the rest of the background. It will have to be about eight weeks between sessions as Diego's wife is giving birth soon and obviously he wants some time off so my next session is start of April.