Miss Kates Koi - first sitting

Kate had an old back tattoo on her lower back... it was applied badly and the black ink *bled* into surrounding skin giving it a blurred and frankly 'crappy' look. She lived with it for ten years before I introduced her to Eddie (www.EDDIEYEARY.com) who after a few minutes of thinking and freehand sketching, took on the task of transforming this old nasty tattoo with an extensive back piece cover up of a Koi and Lotus flower...

Challenging work and this the first session.... mainly tattoo concept, design and outline work...