Traditional Ornamental Flames on the Ribs

This piece is the first session of a project for a tattoo artist, a colleague of mine, who wanted to start her frontal tattoo and was looking for a tattoo that could be replicated on the other side to create a symmetrical composition around her chest.

So we created flames that begin curling around the front and end up extending almost to her armpit. As typical of these traditional-style ornamental flames, we used a very solid black, taking advantage of the skin to create a strong contrast and create a piece of great visual impact.