10-03-2011, 09:18 PM
Thanks again everyone! 
I agree Pete, I was impressed myself, Kyle got me to come in twice to talk to him, the second time was a few days before my first session so he could get to know me a bit, and really personalize the piece, and so we could both get on the same page with it. I liked that a lot he takes that care and really tries to understand the person he\'s working on, it is how it should be for sure! When you invest as much money, time, and taking into account this is a permanent thing LOL it\'s fantastic to go into it like this! I agree on the sleeve issue as well, I\'ve seen a LOT of very very cool sleeves, but it takes a long time to see each piece and dissect the actual work, just at a glance it looks like a blur of stuff together. With this one, I wanted to just have the 2 main elements, Raijin and Fujin, easy to see, and make sense of right away, the background elements will be just that, background, still really cool work, (and in black and grey) but separate also from the main theme.
I couldn\'t get enough of his work, I POURED through that book, and wanted to spend hours on each page going over ever line! I wanted to get a copy for myself so I could do that, but I\'ve found out how difficult his books are to get, and how expensive, which is a shame. Wow, that must have been such an honor and so meaningful to see him work in person. And to get to see him use Tebori! That\'s another life goal thing with tattooing, getting a piece done in that traditional style. I love seeing masters of that work, it\'s such an amazing way the Tebori stick and small mallet become just an extension of the artist moving so effortlessly and in such unison. To me, that is up there with watching any of the masters of oil and canvas.
I agree Pete, I was impressed myself, Kyle got me to come in twice to talk to him, the second time was a few days before my first session so he could get to know me a bit, and really personalize the piece, and so we could both get on the same page with it. I liked that a lot he takes that care and really tries to understand the person he\'s working on, it is how it should be for sure! When you invest as much money, time, and taking into account this is a permanent thing LOL it\'s fantastic to go into it like this! I agree on the sleeve issue as well, I\'ve seen a LOT of very very cool sleeves, but it takes a long time to see each piece and dissect the actual work, just at a glance it looks like a blur of stuff together. With this one, I wanted to just have the 2 main elements, Raijin and Fujin, easy to see, and make sense of right away, the background elements will be just that, background, still really cool work, (and in black and grey) but separate also from the main theme.I couldn\'t get enough of his work, I POURED through that book, and wanted to spend hours on each page going over ever line! I wanted to get a copy for myself so I could do that, but I\'ve found out how difficult his books are to get, and how expensive, which is a shame. Wow, that must have been such an honor and so meaningful to see him work in person. And to get to see him use Tebori! That\'s another life goal thing with tattooing, getting a piece done in that traditional style. I love seeing masters of that work, it\'s such an amazing way the Tebori stick and small mallet become just an extension of the artist moving so effortlessly and in such unison. To me, that is up there with watching any of the masters of oil and canvas.