Here is a watercolor painting of a dragon and a tiger embraced in a battle. Done in more of a traditional style, but I still managed to put my own spin on it. I’d love to do some more vibrant and creative pieces like this for tattoos in the future!

Harp Tattoo by Molly McKinnon

The Irish have always been proud to show their heritage in the form of skin art. The most popular image tends to be a shamrock, or a clover. My client Steve choose to support his roots with another time-honored symbol of the Irish; the harp. Unless you are familiar with the Guinness draft logo, or the Irish in general it may come as a surprise that the image of the harp is the symbol of the Emerald Island. He brought in a photo of a real harp he printed off the internet, but requested I draw it up in a more traditional style.

Here is an example of a customer who was an executive chef who wished to express his love of his favorite food; pork. He came in with the idea that he wanted an image of a flying pig with the indicating butcher marks. I myself being a fan of animal tattoos, and pork we hit it off pretty well and came up with this finished product.

Flying Pig

Several months later a local Salem baker/ pork enthusiast came in looking to get a tattoo of a pig also with the indicating butcher marks. He wanted the style of the tattoo to look like it was done with a printing press. This style was achieved by drawing multiple series of lines vaguely indicating shadow.

Both of these tattoos were the same concept but the end results couldn’t have been more different. The chance of someone having the same tattoo idea as you is very strong if not inevitable. Luckily there is more then one way to do a tattoo.

Mike Myers Tattoo by Matt Maguire

Heres a color tattoo of a fish monster I did at Witch City Ink on Andy’s lower left arm based off an old school panther pose.  For more info on my art or tattoos check out my portfolio under Matt Maguire.