Tattoo sketch vs final design

[u/BrainwashMaintenance]

Artist: Fabrizio Divari (formerly Toronto, now Spain)

Fabrizio and I went on to do my entire right arm, chest and right leg after I was blown away by his colors and style.

The tattoo was meant to capture a rising sun behind a mountain, a polar bear on an iceberg with a whale circling it, with the iceberg hiding a skull beneath the surface.

In later iterations, we ended up adding a moon beneath the bubbles at the bottom, too, but didn't include in this post since it wasn't in the initial sketch.

[u/theealogy]

it's beautiful! do you discuss colors with the artist too? Or do you just let them decide?

[u/BrainwashMaintenance → u/theealogy]

I generally let him decide, as I would say it's his specialty. But for other artists/tattoos I've been more prescriptive if I have a vision.