Platinum
Tattoo
Pinups
and
Portraits
by Tattoo Artist Bella
Artist Bella has been working in the tattoo industry for 10 years and Specializes in Pinup and Portrait tattoos! Check out her gallery!
Viking Sleeve Tattoo
- The Viking God "Odin", Viking ship, Storm, Waves and Lightning Tattooed .
"Matt came in studio and asked me to make him up a sick Viking sleeve. He previously had a wing tattooed at the top of his upper arm. Matt gave me a lot of free play with this tattoo. I ran a few loose ideas by him and he okayed them. and this is what I made him! :) I designed this piece Utilizing all of the large open areas of his arm effectively!
Tattoo Artists are the "body-artists".
A good tattoo artist will know how to use the area of the body that they are working on and how to place/draw on the images effectively.I highly suggest giving your talented tattooist as much free play as they need to lay out a piece of body-art on you effectively.
This piece highlights Matt's muscles and makes his arm look manly, strong and muscular.
It is the way that I placed the images, the images I chose, the way I sized them and what I drew on his arm that led to that.
Its a lot of experience in my craft that creates that perfect fit! :)
I specialize in making men look manly and muscular and women look lean, and feminine. Tattoos shouldn't cover up your muscles, they should highlight them! :)
**This video shows Matt's arm unfinished. We have finished his sleeve now but I have yet to track him down for another video:) Maybe This post will bring him in ;) lol!
Bella
Owner/ Artist
Platinum Tattoo
Vancouver and Kelowna Bc Canada
Nature themed 1/2 sleeve.
Moon, Mountains, Lake, Flowers, Row Boat.
-"Zoe came in studio and asked for a nature-themed upper arm piece. She simply dictated to me a list of elements that she wanted incorporated into her tattoo.(eg. mountains, lake, row boat etc.) And This is what I made for her! :)
I drew up the base sketch and placed it on her arm. I remember a lot of the design stencil coming off, so I ended up free-handing almost the entire tattoo. That was perfect anyways. This is because tattoos flow much better on the body when they are freehanded as opposed to stencilled .
We split the tattoo up into 2 sessions. Zoe sat like a champ :)
Half healed and half fresh ink in this video.The mountains are fresh in this video, which is why they are pink-is in color. The mountains healed a beautiful soft grey shade :)
No-touchups. Thanks for looking!"
Bella
Owner/Artist
Platinum Tattoo,
Vancouver and Kelowna BC Canada
