John DIVINE's Tattoo's. ( Custom & Cover-up.)

These are John's Tattoo's that I recently Did for him, Including a Custom Design & A Cover-up.



England Flag Design.

The first design John wanted was an England Flag, Which he has found on the internet. He forwarded me the picture and after I did a few sketch's of the design, we where good to go.
Using a 03 round liner for the outline, We set to work, and switched to a 05 round shading for the colour, Working in small, tight circles to cover correctly.
I then used the same Sized needle to create the small shading you see Just  under the rose and around the scroll, To just give the piece that depth & detail it deserves.

My Sketch of the image John sent to me.

And This is the end result of about 3 hours work, We where both VERY pleased with the outcome and This piece took pride of place as my favorite piece I've tattooed so far.



Custom 'C.A.W.B' Logo Design.


This next design was a little more challenging, As it was a custom design, Designed By John & Carl Gitsham.
It was the Logo for a Xbox Clan John Is a Major part of Known as the C.A.W.B.
He showed me there Logo that they had designed and asked If I could tattoo it for him, So I set to work with a few sketch's, The first four all being far too big! (A4 size Is perhaps not the best bet when tattooing to a persons leg!) But I was concentrating so much on the details I forgot to think about the size!
Finally, I go it right and we settled on half an A4 being a perfect size.

I started with a 03 Round liner, Switching to a 01 Round Liner for the smaller, Inside Detail, Then used a 05 and 03 round shader to add shading and colour (Which I am Yet to find the photo's of I'm afraid.) the end result was quite brilliant I thought, And John seemed Very happy with the outcome.

This is the Original logo, Designed By John & Carl.

This is My Sketch of the above Picture I was sent.

This is the outline of the design, Just before we added colour and shading .. I Will upload the colour & shading Picture Soon.



Cover-Up Design.


This design was a cover up on a 30 year old tattoo!!
Luckily, I'm quite good when faced with a challenge! John asked if I could design him a tattoo that Incorporated his Army details AND Cover the tattoo on his forearm he been wanting cover for a while, I had a quick scout through my Tattoo source book, Finding the perfect design for me to tweak into what he wanted.

This Is the design I picked from my Tattoo Sourcebook To amend into what John wanted.

This was my draft of the design once I'd taken out bits I didn't want, need or like and I was left with the perfect design to suit John's needs.

This was the outline stage of the cover up, You can still slightly see the old tattoo underneath the new one.

This is the colour and shading stage, This is not the finished product and I have a few more pictures to upload yet and A little more work I would like to do.

Final piece of the cover-up added.


'Made In England' - Bulldog Tattoo.


Custom Bulldog tattoo, designed to cover a old tattoo.
I spent quite a bit of time on this tattoo, And I am really pleased with the outcome, It was a little bigger than the pieces i usually do so i really enjoyed the challenge.

CAWB Tattoo & Cap Badge.


John newest pieces.
The Cap Badge from this army regiment and the another CAWB tattoo designed by John.

21/17 Lancers Cap Badge Sketch.

Cap Badge on the skin.

Another C.A.W.B Piece That John wanted.

Christine ARDRON's Tattoo. (Griffin.)

Christine Is a good friend of mine and also the writer of a set of books called The Predgarians. The symbol for the Predgarian Order in her book's is a Griffin.
So It's hardly surprising when she call on me to Tattoo a Griffin for her.

It was quite a tiring but fun project to work on as the detailing was IMMENSE!
I used a 03 round liner for most of the outline, Switching to a 01 Round Liner for the Intricate details Such as the feathers, and tufts of fur. :)

This Is the Griffin Christine Picked From My Tattoo SourceBook.
Due to the lack of carbon paper, And abundance of my own confidence, We decided to free-hand draw this piece onto Christine's Arm, With a little help from an artist friend of mine, Mark.

This is the head & Chest of the Griffin, It spans the whole width of Christine's Forearm And is yet to be coloured and shaded as we can't quite decided on a nice enough green ... :)

And this is the rest of the Griffin, I do apologize for the quality of the pictures but I was without my usual photographer, Carl Gitsham, And had to take these with the only available camera - My phone!
I look forward to the colour and shading on this piece and getting some better pictures!! :)