My THESIS presents a unique opportunity to adapt my artistic expertise and passion for the Japanese tattooing style; My project aims to blend distinctly different styles and subject matter in an innovative way. My approach has been informed and helped guided by my mentor and instructors, allowing me to draw on their insights and experiences to inform my approach. My main focus is to challenge the existing conventions of tattooing by reinterpreting traditional imagery through the lens of Japanese technique.

My deliverables for this project are to produce multiple sheets of flash  containing what can be considered uniquely American imagery. In line with the Japanese approach of flash i will also be producing work of the natural world and contrasting it with folkloric elements of American urban legends. The ladder half of my project is composing elements of these sheets into cohesive sleeves and back pieces found in traditional Japanese work.