Cover Ups Crouching Panther Hidden Dragon This tattoo was already a very bad cover up, another tattooist attempted to cover a black scorpion with a fine line dragon! Wrong on both counts. Only black covers black. Thus 9 times out of ten when one sees a panther it's a cover-up. We still will be adding foliage behind the big cat to complete the image but 4 and a half hours in one sitting was all this guy could take at the time. Sun Flower Another 2 time loser. The collector, got a little flower which he regretted immediately so he went to another tattooist to have it turned into a sun. 15 years later he came to me. This cover up is a Japanese style spider mum. After 15 years he has found an Artist that he wants to stick with rather than being stuck with something he hates. Scorp-ster This is why you should check out the tattooist's work before you turn them lose on your skin. Is that a lobster or a scorpion? Sometimes I have to work with what is there when someone wants to save a tattoo rather than just covering it over. I hate doing lettering and especially trying to make something of bad lettering to start with. I appears that the tattooist had added the "C" in as an after thought. Anchor Away Sometimes it's hard to figure out what a tattoo used to be even with my nose against it. But according to this collector this was once a fine looking anchor with a ribbon that said "Navy"? and some flowers. Whatever it was it is now a reflection of his Irish Heritage and will still look good when it's 20 years old provided he has learned the lesson regarding sunblock. As for "Puddles" sometimes I don't ask I just tattoo! Bear in the Tree Believe it or not, the original was a bear with flames and a tree added later. Even after staring at this mess for hours I was still dumbfounded that someone would let the person who totally screwed up their arm have another shot at it! Third time's a charm. Because tattooing is often a spiritual statement, this is reflected in her "New Tree of Life", each part including the tribal branches is special to her. Hooves on a Dragon? This cover up started with one little question, if that's supposed to be a dragon, why does it have hooves? He was proud of his dragon and equally proud of when he was born. His question: "Can you make the tattoo look better?" My response: "I'd have to stretch to make it look worse!" So here we have a rebuilt DRAGON! Someday he might be able to afford to have me fix the lettering. Norma Wire Not just another stupid name, more of "Love comes and goes but your stuck with a stupid tattoo!" This moron, oh sorry, collector, hand poked this himself. At least there was no one to blame but himself. Bet NORMA wasn't impressed either. Anyway barbed wire hides a world of woes. Wire to Wire Not all tattoos truly suck sometimes it's a matter of technical execution and fine tuning. This tattoo is a fine example of this.