Finally 'finished' my torso tattoo. I was going to continue the pattern I have on my hips around onto my stomach but decided I wanted something a bit more meaningful. I love birds, sparrows especially, their meaning is for family and loyalty, and had been looking for a semi traditional design when I found a picture I liked. I took it to Turtle who really liked it but said maybe a bit more depth with shading would look better. So a couple of weeks later I was at Feelgood early on a Saturday morning for my appointment! Feeling excited but also a bit "what am I doing!" because the tattoos on my hips had been so excruitiatingly painful in spots and i'd read that the stomach is really bad, I was sort of ready. Happy with the outlineTurtle had drawn up, we started. What a relief! it was hardly painful, only a couple of spots:) He did the outline twice, finely at first then thickening it up, then did all the shading and lastly a bit of white in the eyes. Took a bit under four and a half hours to do both, but time flies when you're having fun! It was a great experience, a lot better than the hips had been, I don't know if I could have sat through that again! I'm really happy with them, unfortunately they don't photograph as well as they look in real life. Ready for the next one..........