Hi everyone,

I thought i would write a diary of sorts about my back garden piece.

I have been wanting my first proper tattoo for a few years now, but i could never think of a tattoo with enough meaning to me, and so never got one.
That is untill now.While helping my fiance’s daughter design her’s, i started seeing lots that i quited liked. And so after 3 months of looking online i finally designed my own picture (at the bottom of this post.)
Then two weeks ago i finally went in with the picture and all reference pictures to my chosen artist (lesley) so she could redraw the picture and tidy up my mistakes and add to where needed, and in 3 weeks today i will be going in for my first 4 hour sitting.

I will keep this updated with pictures as i get more hours done on it. She thinks it will be around 20 hours give or take, so i recon i should have it finished by my birthday in august (unfortunately i can only afford 3-4 hours a month done on it) but this will probably be split into 2 hour sessions so their should be a new update around every 2-3 weeks (all going well)
I appreciate all comments/ suggestions and if you have any questions dont hessitate to ask.

The piece as you may have gathered will go across my back, from my left shoulder to my right hip.I think you should hopefully be able to identify most of the flowers. As for the butterflys (top – bottom) :-
1.This is a temptoo i had done quite some time ago, it will be getting redone and made nicer than this (but i have left it up to lesley what exactly to do with it)
2.Blue morpho butterfly – the J and D is my 2 son’s initials
3.Crimson rose butterfly
4.Pipevine butterfly
5.Blue pansy butterfly

Their is also another lily + a few other flowers at the very bottom of this piece(not showing in the drawing below) and a purple emperor butterly.

Anyway i hope you like the idea below, please excuse the bad pictures i took it in a rush before taking it to the tattoo shop with me, not thinking i would be posting it on a forum.And ill post better ones of the outline on my back when its started in 3 weeks time.

full picture
closer pictures

eileen xx