Alaska waters tattoo by Aarron Laidig

Alaska Waters
Pretty fish in deep blue swirling waters

Side one images of alskan waters tattoo with fish

These images are from the start of a sleeve I did.

Side two image of alaskan waters tattoo with fish

One thing to note about the tattoo is that the fish are a made up creation of my own.
The client had wanted a native Alaskan looking tattoo because she was born and raised in Alaska, but she also wanted a bit of a traditional American influence and a bit of traditional Asian influence in the look.

I had tried before many times to make actual fish species cross over into these styles with no success... so with this client I just asked if they could be crossbreeds.
I explained the delima and she was cool with my offer of some made up "Alaskan looking" fish.

I was very pleased with the results.

They have the pop of American traditional and the flow of Japanese traditional while still looking like a fish that could be found in Alaskan waters.