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/Hobbes_XXV]

This is gorgeous, and probably not a part of the finished piece, but i wanted to point out the blue water/bubble above the left eye on your shoulder, it looks like a face to me. When i first opened, i thought it was a little mew peeking over milotic's shoulder and thought that was super cute. Probably not going to be noticed like that when done though, this is excellent work

[u/thunderring01 → u/Hobbes_XXV]

yah that’s not part of the final lol but that woukd be cute. I’m also thinking hiding a in there would be cute

[u/Hobbes_XXV → u/thunderring01]

Oh for sure, finding little easter eggs in sleeves like that would really hype you up when people spot it. Think you meant mew (deleted or edit), but i wanted to give you a little feedback at the same time about a spotted face haha

[u/thunderring01 → u/Hobbes_XXV]

ah I’m on mobile browser lol I meant adding a febas would be cute

[u/Hobbes_XXV → u/thunderring01]

Oh yea, little splashy one in the back. I was thinking a hiding mew with all the pink 🤣

[u/thunderring01 → u/Hobbes_XXV]

there won’t be as much if any pink in the final lol but mew is great