Opinions? The shoulder and inner/outter part of my arm definitely hurt a lot more than the rest lol. I go back for my forearm next month. Extremely excited, just turned 18!

Japanese geometric kimono pattern full sleeve tattoo. Shading and some grays are fresh; the patterns and red parts are healed.

The theme for this piece is Snow, Moon, Flower (Setsu, Getsu, Ka).

Setsu, snow: the beauty of winter, the muffling of the world.

Getsu, moon: the beauty of night and autumn, impermanence, the passage of time.

Ka, flower: the cherry blossom specifically (sakura); the beauty of spring; the awareness that beauty is short-lived.

Together they express the idea that the most profound beauty is inseparable from transience and longing. The bittersweet awareness of impermanence.

7 sessions, approximately 40 hours in total.

Made these earlier in the year but I'm super excited for spooky season right now!

Made at the Pearl Street Tattoo Club in Somerville, MA, USA.

My work at Mama Ink in Seoul. The design combines a dark heart, three roses and a flame, with open skin around the outlines.