Unfortunately a pig was harmed in the making of this post!

Received the pig skin today all nicely vacuum packed to freeze so I can defrost as I need them!

Potential?

A simple Line Design Ken has been admiring, I don't think this is beyond me, will hopefully be one of my early full pieces........after I practice it on pig skin. I'll keep you posted!

Rose

The rose design I plan to try on my first pig skin!

Second attempt

My friend, Mr Morrisman has had his sleeve done for some time now, and has been meaning to get some tidying up done for some time now, so he kindly, in the name of practice, let me fill in some of the faint areas where it had originally scabbed.

Like my last guinea pig, ken has a fair amount of ink, the perfect practice subject as they know how it should feel, they can tell me there and then if I'm not deep enough, for fear of going too deep I have a habit of tickling the surface.

Hitting the skin.

I said I was going to wait until I attacked someoen's skin, but luckily I have some pretty brave/stupid* mates so I  made my first offical tattoo today:

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The Ultimate practice pad!

The next step.... To practice on some real flesh, pig skin, after a 2 minute discussion with a family friend, who happens to be a butcher, I should have my practice skin by the end of the week, and an unlimited supply there after..... watch this space.

Getting fruity

Not many non-tattoo people know this, but a common and cheap practice canvas for tattooing is a grapefruit or an orange. The skin has a similar feel and texture to human skin. After a quick trip to the supermarket, here's my first attempt: