Tuesday  Oct 03, 2006

EveryBODY has a Story: Leaves Fall to the Water

I started this tattoo in August of 04’ and finished it in November of 05’. When I originally had the idea, I wasn’t sure if it could be transcribed into a tattoo format. I went to my artist and said that I wanted something that looked like a watercolor piece; autumn leaves falling into the water. “Is that a stupid idea?’ I asked him. “No!” he answered. He told me that he had always wanted to do a tattoo like that.

For me it is a tattoo about the fall, which is my favorite time of year as well as when I was born. It’s my mom’s favorite time of year as well. The artist, Adam and I discussed how to make this image work. The water in the background is done in the style of Japanese symbolic clouds, all in gray shade.

Adam drew the design freehand with a pen onto my skin in order to have the sense of three-dimensions that the tattoo needed. The first session was four hours and he outlined out all the leaves and made bloodlines for the water. A bloodline is when the artist uses ink that is so watered down it only leaves light mark that doesn’t last. We filled in the water in a later session.

I let Adam have fun with the color. He knew I wanted it to look like fall and a watercolor feel. He decided on the final look. I love this tattoo. My mother was initially really apprehensive about the tattoo, but now that she’s seen it see loves it too.

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