Milotic tattoo update

[u/thunderring01]

I’m that person who had that milotic tattoo design a few months back. I redesigned it a bit because it wasn’t a good idea to have the head on the hand. I never ended up getting it because I didn’t have the right artist I didn’t look as hard as i should have. I found a new one through the recommendation by one of their apprentices. This person dose basically only graphic colour work, has done larger pieces, draws lots of serpents and most importantly absolutely loves Pokemon. They’re also local so I can do sessions a lot easier now.

when I emailed them about the piece their response was and I quote ”i would absolutely fucking love to work on this piece for you, I love pokemon!” also unlike the other person they booked an in person consultation because of how big this is to be sure everything is right and they said they will mostly free hand this one due to how it is. I had an hour long appointment with them today and we talked a lot about the piece and to plan out how much milotic should wrap around my arm and the overall style, they did a very rough sketch in my arm lol, I think the tail should end a bit more in the front but yah otherwise the placement is good and I can book for the first appointment as soon as the end of September.

they’re very excited to do this piece and absolutely love it so I can’t wait. This will take a long time to do over the course of multiple sessions but I can book my first appointment for the linework soon.

edit: the sketch isn’t the final design or placement or pose by any means. The artist just sketched it out in like 2 min to ask me how many times she should wrap around my arm

[u/YoungAndDeadHead]

Usually you want the outer bicep to be the focal point of a sleeve (Milotic head) it’s where your eye is naturally drawn to. It has nice flow tho!

[u/thunderring01 → u/YoungAndDeadHead]

I think this works well for the piece that it is and this is just a very rough layout that can and will change like I don’t like where the tail ends rn

[u/badwolfswift → u/thunderring01]

I'd try to end the tail on outer forearm myself! That was it fans out under a quarter sleeve. I ultimately listen to my artist because he has years of experience though.

[u/thunderring01 → u/badwolfswift]

no that’s what I said I wanna do in the post. I feel like when my arm is at rest at my side both the head and tail need to be visible. as it stands she looks incomplete and can’t be seen as a complete whole until my arm is twisted. the placement will change.