For the uninitiated, Tattoo Tuesday is a weekly blog feature where a single tattoo done by one of our staff the week prior is spotlighted. Here you’ll get to see a new tat and hear a little something from the artist responsible for creating it.

This Tuesday we take a look at a piece done by Nick from our West Babylon location.

His appointment was a first-time customer who brought in a reference picture of St. Michael that he wanted incorporated into a tattoo that would best compliment his other religious ink.

“I know he had more religious tattoos, so I’m guessing that he was religious,” said Nick. “He just came in and brought a picture of St. Michael and I drew something up for him and he liked it.”

The tattoo took up the whole side of the client’s leg, and being that this was a walk-in visit, the session was much more labor-intensive than usual, according to Nick.

“Usually people come in and they sit down and get smaller pieces, not as big as this one,” said the artist. “This was definitely a bigger piece, it was a four-and-a-half hour sitting.”

Drawing up the design took him roughly 45 minutes to do and since the reference picture was a poor quality print-out, Nick had to work from scratch, which he said was fun and somewhat challenging.

“To actually draw up something that he liked and make it look good on his leg and make everything work, I guess was the most challenging part,” said Nick.

When asked how he felt about the finished piece and whether there was anything that struck him about the design, Nick said:

“After it was done and I put in the white highlights everything sort of came to life, and the way it flowed on his leg, everything just worked out really well.”

Come see Nick at our West Babylon shop for a consultation and for more examples of his work, click here.