Retouching of an older tattoo, see each photo for details.
It is now a revitalized more colorful and exciting tattoo.
Let me "spruce" one up for you.

Here is a primary example, see others below, thank you.

   
See how I have covered up an older tattoo of the sun, with a brighter tattoo of a phoenix.

Example #1

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Magically transformed before your very eyes.

This type of work requires an appointment before hand to discuss treatment
and prepare art & requires 1/2 down payment before creation of stencil and design.
 

This an example of a more extreme cover up and redo of an existing older tattoo. The client had an older tattoo of a Chinese Dragon, done by a good friend who was learning to tattoo, which she now decided needed to be reworked. Here are some photos to examine. Example #2   Click to photos to enlarge. So you see even an extreme make over is possible with fore thought and planning. By the way this was done in a single 6 hour session. Example #3      A new client came in and wanted old work received elsewhere to be retouched.  Here are two stars I redid.   Basically it is like getting two new complete tattoos plus correcting the old work also. Example #4     In this cover up, Arabic writing in "black" was hidden by me using a very pretty Koi fish design I made specifically for the customer. Example #5     See before & first two sessions, and a "fresh" dove 9/04/2008. Example #6   See before & first session Example #7    This was one of the better cover up challenges. Example #8

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Sun and moon cover up an older previous angel tattoo.

Example #9

Various stages in transition.
Photo #1 Original, Photo #2 some work done, Photo #3 FINISHED.

  This is an example of a difficult Tattoo cover up request by a client.
In the first photo shown in the upper left hand corner, the original tattoo,
you will notice the wolf head was narrow and flat in appearance.
It just did not look right.

   In the second photo, in the middle, you can see the freehand drawing that I added to give me a guide to follow for the freehand tattooing work to be done. The client asked for a more interesting portrayal of the wolf head and to keep it along lines of the original, not to just cover up with a completely new design, but rather work with what he had.

   Thus the finished result was an example of doing what the client has in mind and not what the artist has in mind. A happy customer is a regular customer and a good referral.

Example #10

This was a good challenge.  How to cover up a Triquettra with a wild Orchid. 
Study this closely to see various visual tricks used.