November | 2019

For my 68th appointment, I have a tattooed thigh and zero puns. It’s the day before Thanksgiving. Gimme a break.

Horizakura spent about 1.5 hours shading the background on my right thigh. Generally speaking this is a pretty easy place for me to get tattooed… and if I’m being honest I actually fell asleep at one point. The shop was warm and quiet, the jazz was buttery smooth (I was also super tired), it put me right out for like 10 min. I was a little startled when I woke up and I think I might have kicked him in the leg. Being the forgiving man that he is, he didn’t mention it. Consequently, I felt like a million bucks after my power nap and the rest of the appointment was a pleasure. It looks like there is maybe 2-3 hours of shading left to do on this leg before we’re out of outlines to fill. We only have one more appointment on the books for this year, so hopefully this means we will start outlining my stomach at the start of 2020. I’m very excited for that portion of this tattoo and the moment it captures in my life.

Damnit! I could have called this post “The Thigh’s the Limit!”

For this, my sixty-seventh appointment with Horizakura, we finished my right knee. I will never have to have my knees tattooed again. Hurrah! As you can see in the pictures below, Horizakura shaded the last two rocks of the cave and shaded the hollow of the cave as well as the bonji inside. From what I remember, almost all the shading on my body is using different values of sumi, but for the bonji, Horizakura used pure sumi. I was really curious how he was going to handle all the shading of the rocks, the darkness of the cave and the color/shading of the bonji. You can see how raw my skin still is in the pictures, but I am super stoked to see what this looks like when it heals. Not much more to say here…. 3 appointments without cancelling. We’re on a spree. #feelsgoodman

Cast thine gaze upon mine naked knees!