PROCESS- Coverup Biomech Part1

A gentleman named Angel came in to the shop last week & asked me if I could do a coverup of an existing tattoo. He said he didn't care so much what it was, just as long as the old tattoo would be gone. I looked at his arm & said wow! That's going to be a tricky coverup! I took some pictures & started working on it in Photoshop. As you can see from the photos below, I did a sketch layer in red, then a cleaner line layer in black, then several color layers to experiment with shading,volume, lighting, etc... It's quick & messy, but it's just a concept at this point. Total time so far-3 hours. More to come...