Nouveau Iris

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Presenting my first actual no-holds barred tattoo design, executed on Marni Valenta. We drew tarot cards before starting the tattoo, and pulled Success. I tend to agree. I am making her travel to Davis to let me shade the waves and add some slight watercolor-ish color to the petals of the iris.
Marni was the first person to ask me about tattooing her in Antarctica, and she told me that i could do ANYTHING I WANTED. She said "I trust you, and I love your art and I want some of it on me." Marni is extremely in touch with herself and solid in what she wants, so I felt comfortable in that aspect of things. I knew she would'nt change her mind or regret it later.
But still, I didn't know Marni THAT well.
Whew.
Talk about pressure. I often get overwhelmed by the amount of things I want to draw and make, but tattooing opens up another WORLD of things to express. And express. And keep expressing forever!
Marni has another tattoo, on her arm, that was a realistic iris. i decided to keep with that theme, but do the Kai intepretation of an iris. So thus, the Art nouveau iris with simple Japanese waves was born. There are also two other small round iris's that span the main design and sit on the back of the knob of each of her shoulders, but I did not have time to do them, so I focused on the main design and told her that she has to come get it finished in the future. She lived in Seattle. It's pretty close- especially for a tattoo.