Ya hace un tiempo que andaba buscando que tatuarme, tenia ideas, pero aun nada concreto, sin embargo, he visto que varios artistas andaban buscado lienzo, eran proyectos sencillos, peque帽os como para la zona de los brazos... Cuando me dec铆an que quer铆an, ninguno me convenc铆a hasta que ca铆 en el Instagram de una de las amigas de mi tatuadora, bot谩nica (se especializa en tatuajes de flores, plantas y esas cosas) me envi贸 lo que quer铆a hacer, proyectos en los brazos.... Y yo... No puede ser jajaja no me puedo tatuar tanto los brazos y vi e de la espalda y ME ANOTE!
"I'd been wanting a tattoo for a while now. I had some ideas, but nothing concrete yet. However, I saw that several artists were looking for work. They were doing simple, small projects, like for the arms... When they told me what they wanted, none of them convinced me until I stumbled across the Instagram of one of my tattoo artist's friends, a botanist (she specializes in tattoos of flowers, plants, and things like that). She sent me what she wanted to do: projects on the arms... And I was like... No way! Hahaha, I can't get that many tattoos on my arms. Then I saw the one for the back and I SIGNED UP!"
As铆 comenzamos el proceso, era la primera vez que me iban a tatuar con un estilo free handle, (creo que me dijo que se llamaba as铆) donde ella no utilizaba un patr贸n impreso, sino que iba marcando, como ven en la fotograf铆a, cada uno de los trazos con marcador, era como un predise帽o, de hecho el tatuaje consiste en la primera parte realizar unas l铆neas de agua para luego hacer los trazos concretos.
"So we started the process, it was the first time I was going to get a tattoo in a free handle style (I think that's what she told me it was called) where she didn't use a printed pattern, but rather she marked, as you can see in the photograph, each of the strokes with a marker, it was like a pre-design, in fact the tattoo consists of the first part making some water lines and then making the concrete strokes."
El tatuaje abarca parte de la espalda y el hombro izquierdo, una de las decisiones que nos toco tomar, fue el hecho de tapar mi primer tatuaje de la espalda, ese tatuaje ya tenia 12 a帽os conmigo, sin embargo pues, ya es hora de darle paso a algo nuevo, mas grande y mejor, adem谩s que al yo ser el lienzo (obviamente se me consulto) que su dise帽o que va a ser enorme y espectacular, este al lado de otro tatuaje, que no es de ella, me daba algo de pena, por eso le di la libertad creativa de avanzar y cubrir lo que necesitara.
"The tattoo covers part of my back and left shoulder. One of the decisions we had to make was to cover up my first back tattoo, which I'd had for 12 years. However, it was time to make way for something new, bigger, and better. Also, since I was the canvas (obviously, I was consulted) and her design, which is going to be huge and spectacular, was next to another tattoo that wasn't hers, I felt a little embarrassed. That's why I gave her the creative freedom to move forward and cover what she needed."
Aqu铆 se ve a parte del dise帽o del hombro, creo que las flores, acompa帽adas de las pecas se van a ver geniales, me queda la duda es si la deba convencer de usar color, capaz en otro punto se realiza, ya veremos.
"Here you can see part of the shoulder design. I think the flowers, along with the freckles, are going to look great. My only question is whether I should convince her to use color; maybe it will be done at another point, we'll see."
Ya aqu铆 est谩bamos en el proceso, admito que sent铆 que me iba a quedar dormido, la camilla estaba bastante c贸moda y hacia mucho frio, me dio cosquillas cuando me tat煤an cerca de del cuello y el hombro.
"We were already here in the process, I admit I felt like I was going to fall asleep, the stretcher was quite comfortable and it was very cold, it tickled when they tattooed me near my neck and shoulder."
Comenzamos alrededor de la 1pm y terminamos cerca de las 9 de la noche, se realizo todas las l铆neas de agua y se adelanto parte del proceso del tatuaje, admito que el toque en el medio de la espalda me gusto much铆simo jajaja, el tema real, que me dio algo de risa, era "驴Hasta que punto tenia que ir eso?", lo dejamos hasta la mitad de la espalda, mas abajo... No se si seria prudente jajajaj
"We started around 1 pm and finished around 9 pm. All the water lines were done, and we got a head start on the tattooing process. I admit I really liked the touch in the middle of my back, haha. The real question, which made me laugh a bit, was, "How far down should it go?" We stopped at the middle of my back; any lower... I don't know if that would be wise, haha."
Al d铆a siguiente, amanecimos as铆, falta, pero primero hay que curar y cuidar, para que ese trabajo avance y quede c贸mo la obra maestra que va a hacer.
Como siempre, les dejare el ig de la artista encargada de esto:
ig: carde_art
Van a ver muchos tatuajes de flores bonitas, me alegro saber que suele tatuar a mujeres pero que su experiencia tatu谩ndome fue bastante ch茅vere, hay que ser buen cliente para dejar buenas sensaciones y que con este proyecto pueda tener muchos trabajos pr贸ximos
"The next day, we woke up to this. It's not quite finished yet, but first it needs to heal and take care of so that the work can progress and become the masterpiece it's going to be.
As always, I'll leave the artist's Instagram here:
IG: carde_art
You'll see a lot of beautiful flower tattoos. I'm glad to know that she usually tattoos women, but her experience tattooing me was really great. You have to be a good client to leave a good impression, and hopefully, this project will lead to many more opportunities for her."
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Gracias a toda la comunidad, espero que disfruten de las fotos!