 how's everybody doing welcome back to my channel this week what I'm gonna be doing is an outer sleeve in the next two days so with that being said let's get this day started I'm going to be meeting my client for breakfast so we can discuss the concept that we're gonna be doing so we can make sure we're on the same page uh my name is Mike Lloyd I'm a college student right now I'm coming from Elk Grove California which is a town a little bit south of Sacramento you're nervous excited nervous is it your is this your first tattoo uh I mean I got this oh you got okay this is like my first wow can I see the white on that yeah I don't know did you get that done uh about two years ago I'm gonna take advantage I'm gonna put a whole bunch of white on you for some uh oh those are some big fries my dude so thank you so I know you wanted the half sleeve right yeah you didn't want to go to the top be it well it really all depends yeah okay that picture I sent you with like the Spartan warrior okay I was thinking about getting that but I was when I thought about more I was like I definitely be open to go on the top okay and then I'm also I'm open for anything okay for me it's just more appealing to do from here up here and it just looks amazing way way better way better because then that sets you up for completing the inner yeah in the future you know regardless if you come back to me or somewhere else I'm gonna set it up to connect it so you can have a dope ass leave you know regardless on what route we take they're gonna look amazing no matter what the consultation was good I met uh Kevin and his boy Marco and then we ate breakfast and then we chopped it up talked about life it was more than just a normal consultation he actually wants to get to know you he was just like the video just energetic positive vibes all around just made me more comfortable the consultation was successful I really love what we came up with and I'm honestly cannot wait to start this project after talking to my client during the consultation I found out that he is 20 years old going to college he has his job and he purchased his ticket to travel over here to get a whole project done by me I don't even know him but somehow I'm really proud of him when I was 20 years old I was trying to figure out how to pay rent man I'm I'm super proud of you man keep killing it day one I'm gonna be doing the top of the sleeve first just so I can navigate way better so that way on second date he's not in pain how you feeling hi have a seat see you throne for the next two days you ready I'm ready are you I'm ready like I'm so hot you're gonna show up to college looking fresh as well I decided to put Alice on the top of the arm just because I knew it's gonna flow better with the sleeve it was gonna look static you pleasing and I was gonna cap it off on the top with some filigree hmm like it was my first big piece so I was really nervous but also there's something I really wanted and me and Kevin we came together and formed a great like stencil so I was really excited as well I look super though bro I look amazing I'm gonna have you check it out in the mirror though don't let my excitement cloud your judgment when I put on the stencil I automatically knew this is gonna be a great project it fit the placement and I haven't even started and I already like the way it was gonna turn out as soon as I started tattooing I started with my 11 curve mag with a voltage of 5.0 but it was giving me such a soft look and that's not the look that I was going for I wanted to make it look like stone so I switched to my 14 mile liner with a voltage of a 5.0 and as soon as I started executing that texture I was like you know what this is it like this is the look that I'm looking for when I was stenciling the beer I realized that it was a little confusing for me because it didn't have any flow to it so what I did is I just stenciled the most basic things of that beer because I knew I was gonna freehand most of it the reason why I thought this was the best approach it is because I have control over the contrast the highlights and the texture on that beer so I knew that if I did that it was gonna give me a better outcome but looking over all this shoulders like moving boulders just to get out of the home it sucks I've had enough I don't want to feel the stuck under the rug all my problems that I shove I got nightmares in my head I fear that the thoughts build up until I can't hear that my mind fills up into a creature and it haunts me somewhere much deeper I got nightmares in my head I fear that the thoughts build up until I can't hear that my mind fills up into a creature and it haunts me somewhere much deeper I've been feeling weird I can't seem to focus good enough nothing's really clear sometimes it could be a little tough I just need to feel like the engine's safe for me but less me really real anxiety can foggy all this stuff I've been feeling weird I can't seem to focus good enough nothing's really clear sometimes it could be a little tough I just need to feel like the engine's safe for me but less me really real anxiety can foggy all this stuff it sucks we finally feel like giving up oh god no luck everything feels like you're sticky stuck I'm lost handcuffed to the bed where I sleep don't give a fuck can't stop unplugged feeling overwhelmed I think I've had enough um gotta find a way to get some energy gotta find someone who's a good friend of me I need purpose to make it all worth it I'm still searching and I'm still learning I want a life that's filled with memories not a life with a grin in front of me I need focus to keep me from hopeless psychosis if I keep moping I got nightmares in my head I fear that the thoughts build up until I can't hear that my mind fills up into a creature and it haunts me somewhere much deeper I got nightmares in my head I fear that the thoughts build up until I can't hear that my mind fills up into a creature and it haunts me somewhere much deeper I've been feeling weird I can't seem to focus good enough nothing's really clear sometimes it could be a little tough I just need to feel like the engine's safe for me but less me really real anxiety can foggy all this stuff I've been feeling weird I can't seem to focus good enough nothing's really clear sometimes it could be a little tough I just need to feel like the engine's safe for me but less me really real anxiety can foggy all this stuff doing that here is honestly one of those things that when I started doing it I said I'm just gonna go with the flow because if I add too much shading to the hair it was gonna lose the highlight on top of the hair but if I did it not enough it was gonna look super empty and unfinished so I took my time I started adding little textures here and there I stepped back looked at it and I was like okay that's looking nice but I cannot a little bit more I added two more little details stepped back and I was like all right that's looking way better the hardest part was definitely just the amount of hours on the chair because my only other tattoo only took about an hour hour 15 so I think this one took about 11 hours to get retake so it was a tough one but I'm excited for tomorrow the end of day one he was definitely hurting towards the end just because it was a long session it was definitely a super long session but I was navigating with it I was asking him how you're feeling and he was just sitting like a rock but he did tell me he was hurting I'm excited for today because man the project the way it turned out it just looks so sick I'm excited for day two the way the top turned out set me up perfectly for day two that's the one that's the one I gotta be here right there that's perfect I'm gonna have you relax your arm for me for the bottom I'm gonna be doing a lion and on the middle of that elbow I did add a little filigree just so I can connect both pieces both pieces I didn't want the two projects to just go I wanted it to be a nice transition between the two pieces the skin complexion is so bright that I wanted to take advantage but I also didn't want to make it seem like I was simplifying the concept either so what I did is I grabbed my medium gray and I started doing little textures the hair the fur separated and then I would step back and I would look and if I see I needed if I needed more and I kept doing that I kept taking my time I kept stepping back just to make sure I was adding just enough to make it look like there was a whole bunch of fur but also keeping in mind the highlights of that lion what I'm using for the nose it is a nine round liner bug pin I'm taking my time adding the fur and I'm mapping it out before I commit to just go all in and make it way darker as I'm watching the footage back I realized that me doing that fur looks very suspicious it looks like I'm not packing in the lies but I really am it looks like I'm barely touching the skin but I'm really now I gotta I gotta fix my camera I'm really excited the way it turned out I'm just super happy with the outcome my client sat like a rock that the whole two days it was just good vibes for two days straight I'm really happy that he's going back to college looking super sharp he's definitely going to stand out thank you so much for coming back and watching this new video I really appreciate you so with that being said if you are tattoo artist I hope you learned something from this video and if you are tattoo enthusiasts I hope you were entertained thank you so much for watching I'll see you guys on the next video peace