Samba's Sleeve on Dark Skin

A lot of artists have problems tattooing darker skin.. I actually find it earlier....the use of negative space & movement helps in making the subject pop more to the surface... This is the method I will be using on City of Ink's shop manager, Samba Sillah....I redid his old BGP/Prophet Family tattoo I did back on 1999-2000 and added an elephant to the front arm...Sophie did the lotus at the bottom of his wrist..the next session I want to add flowers that can be found in Africa as background images... And many even one on his elbow.. I will post more as we go on...much love Samba "Friends & Family" FREE Tattoo weekend





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Young Miya...Old Photo

Artist Craig "Flux" Singleton found this old photo of me... I had to be around 19-20 years old... It's crazy seeing these old photos..my nickname back then was "Souljah" so that's what the drawing is in the book... I was also trying to design the classic "Black Ghetto Prophets aka BGP" logo.. Using the elements: moon, star, 7, Sperm cell, & Ankh... Thanks for this pic Flux.. Brought back some good memories when life was simple.


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