My cover up and a new big bird
The final photo shows that Ben has converted the tribal work into the large tail feathers. It's not finished yet but you get the idea. My next session is not until April and until then I will have this mess on my hip. That's always inevitable with cover ups. On fresh skin the outline can often look very beautiful in its own right. But this is not the case. Logically Ben would return to the Art Nouveau work on my other hip next time but this is much more interesting to him and he wants to carry on with the new bird until it's finished before turning elsewhere.
You can see quite clearly the tribal piece on my the left cheek of my bottom that was left uncovered after my back piece was completed so Ben will also have to find a way of dealing with that as he works on the surroundings of my new bird.
On reflection I feel rather sad about the loss of my two Celtic tattoos, because they really represented an important part of my past. I remember very clearly planning them and having them tattooed. It was a huge step for me. The Celtic creature was from a book I bought when visting Stirling Castle in Scotland. I remember my former wife's dislike of the idea of using that design for a tattoo. She didn't like my new engagement with this form of body decoration.
I think it was extraordinarily clever of Ben to come up with this design drawn freehand and then tattoo it on my body in no time at all. It is a remarkable skill.
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