A tattoo artist duo has redefined the creative process by blending personal storytelling with custom ink design, offering clients a deeply collaborative experience. Clients share their life narratives during initial sessions, allowing the artists to weave those elements into the final artwork, which is then revealed and discussed together. The process includes keeping the original sketch, giving clients a tangible piece of the creative journey, and the finished tattoo is documented with simple smartphone photography. This approach emphasizes transparency, artistic versatility, and a uniquely personal touch in body art.
expandedeye on Instagram 2 sessions, 3 months apart, totaling about 15 hours. Kev and Jade are incredible and this was the most fun overall tattoo experience I’ve had from start to finish. You share part of your life story with them and they create the artwork, which they share and talk through at the first appointment. They work in a lot of other mediums, so the way they incorporate those elements into tattoos was so cool to see. You also get to keep the original artwork, so I got my framed and hung in my house! Both pictures of the tattoo were taken with an iPhone at the end of the second session. submitted by /u/cgvick87 [link] [comments]
