An apple for a teacher. This piece is part of a cover-up that incorporates the apple to symbolize the affection for her profession as a teacher and the autumn leaf to commemorate her favorite season. All work is an original creation, by Biagio, from consultation to freehand design on the skin.
Spanish Renaissance armor was the inspiration for this tattoo. The client initially intended the tattoo to be just the armor. After a consultation with Biagio, about skin allowing more freedom of design than the limitations of metal, the client decided to release the creativity of the piece to be more surreal. The entire design is an original freehand creation from Biagio. What started as a dragon from the 80#39;s turned into an armor like no other to cover the old tattoo.
Here is a Bald Eagle that has been utilized to cover an older eagle tattoo. An homage to his country, U.S.A., this client wanted to express his patriotism by having the national bird permanetly embedded in his skin. The first attempt wasn#39;t satisfying enough, so he had Biagio freehand a new eagle to cover and better fit his arm.
Wanting a Dragon Koi to represent his own transformation in his life, this client came to Biagio for his cover-up. Biagio approached this piece with his own take on the Japanese subject matter by freehand sketching with a marker before permanently tattooing the design into the skin. An original design with a realistic approach is what drove Biagio to create this sleeve.
This client was a visiting Korean with no experience with the English language. Fortunately, Biagio had a gargoyle in his portfolio in which he was able to point out what he wanted to cover his start of a tattoo. Biagio created this original design by freehanding with marker on the skin and then tattooing it. About 6 hours.
This piece was designed for my client to pay homage to his Pitbull with some elements of roses which he likes and a reaper to reflect the death he escaped from in his own life. All work is freehand and original. I utilized reference for the skull, roses and dog. The tattoo started as a cover-up of a name over his nipple. The original design incorporated the nipple into it, eventually the client wanted to cover his entire nipple and thus we proceeded to mask his nipple in darkness.
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