Swiss cheese with a side of flag

So...I can be honest. When I get asked to do torn skin tattoos, I laugh a little inside my head then think "How can I make this look not-so-gay?" This client/friend of mine was flying overseas again for a few months duty and he didn't want to come back to finish this. He took more breaks towards the end versus his actual tattoo time...but this was all in one sitting. I need to round out the ribs more, fill in the white stars that are just skin tone, blend a few more things.

But for one sitting at 13 hours, this guy is a champ. And I think the skin thing came out not-so-gay.

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great work , bright colors and smooth shadings - all with coils ? :) and i think you have work very fast to get this in 13 hours

cool tat. that red muscle parts kinda weird though it doesnt seem to flow with the torn parts its looks separate

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Originally Posted by thesmokingmirror

cool tat. that red muscle parts kinda weird though it doesnt seem to flow with the torn parts its looks separate

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Last I checked if I rip your flesh off your body in a random manner, the muscles will never flow with the cuts I make. I spent some time studying anatomy of the rib cage and it's muscle direction.

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Originally Posted by darkness

great work , bright colors and smooth shadings - all with coils ? :) and i think you have work very fast to get this in 13 hours

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Thank you! I used a Neotat Vivace with a 15 curved mag for the entire tattoo. I used a coil for the lines with an 8 tight liner.

Looks like a little bit of a Wonder Woman costume peaking out there:)

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are the yellow strips the ribs?

sorry i re-read your original comment,,,re-round the ribs,,,,,,that will work better,,,wouldnt have done them yellow though. good tattoo for one sitting.

yeah your right, sorry about that I was looking at the parts where it comes apart and was thinking about the shading but i didnt read the part where you said its not finished. Nice job, lots of work for 1 sitting!