Tattoo

One of my friends recently asked my to draw a tattoo for her; "recently" being about a month or two ago. My first permanent piece of art! I was inspired by a watercolor picture she already had, and I incorporated more of an inky fantastical style to it. She'll be getting it over the course of spring break!

This first image is black and white, because she wanted a specifically simplified and bold style applied to the original picture:

Once she was presented with this draft, she decided she would rather have a fully shaded  version that was still fairly circular to put on her shoulder. I have since completed this version and handed the original to her not too long ago. I had some difficulty deciding on what to do with the hair that just "disappears," but I finally sketched a way for it to seem to sway behind her head. It still incorporates the first ink draft, with added pencil shadings and a forehead. I like the final effect: