Started my left sleeve in 2019 with Chris Bass.

Mahakala is the wrathful emanation of the Buddha of Compassion appearing in the form of a Dharma Protector.

Irezumi Ryu, the ability to manipulate forces in the universe for human benefit.

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Spring of 2018, after 50 hours, finished my left sleeve.

Resilience, The Phoenix by Sierra Colt.
Sensuality, Blood of Fish by Gustav Klimt.
Compassion, Tārā Buddha.

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I've always had a love of the cyberpunk aesthetic, long before the Cyberpunk 2077 game was even a concept, and always found the look sexy... a mix of man and advanced machine.

At the end of a long and extremely toxic relationship, I definitely had zero self confidence in my looks at the time and wanted to do something which made me happy while giving me my confidence back. I'd wanted a full sleeve tattoo for awhile, but could never decide what it should be until I came across an insanely cool looking cybernetic arm using only blackwork and negative space for the design.

After finding an artist who I absolutely loved her line work and designs, I reached out and provided some reference photos of what I was looking to get and complete artist freedom with my only requirements would be the design would incorporate my exiting tattoo on my forearm and extend to my right shoulder-blade to coverup an old tattoo.

Roughly 48 hours across 8 sessions spread out over a year (due to her daily rate), with a few back to back sessions, and this was the result. No stencil was used and the design was created in sections with each session.

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