New Tattoo

Well Here I am again. This time I have new ink. I thought it was time to get some tattoo work done prior to deploying. I always say there is nothing like going to combat with new tattoos. My wife originally found this picture when I was stationed in Germany the first time. We both really liked the way it looked and my wife suggested I think about getting it as a tattoo one day. well 7-8 years later that day has come.

Here is a picture of the original art. It was done by a man named Gil Elvgren. Here is a little background on Mr. Elvgren...

Gillette A. Elvgren was born on the 15th March 1914, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He started at the Minnesota Art Institute studying architecture but soon realised that he loved painting more, for this reason he moved to Chicago with his young wife to study at the American Academy of Art. After graduation he found work at Stevens and Gross, a prestigious advertising agency, working under Haddon Sundblom (famous for his Coca Cola Santas).

Elvgren started producing pin-up girls in 1937 for the publishing company Louis F. Dow, however in 1944 he moved to Brown and Bigelow who offered $1000 per pin-up, substantially more than he was getting at Dow. His contract specified between 18 and 20 pin-ups per year, and only for Brown and Bigelow. However Elvgren soon branched out into other forms of commercial art, amongst them adverts for Coca Cola, Ovaltine and others.

http://www.btinternet.com/~brmerc/elvgren/elvgren.html

So without any further ado, here is the original..

And here is the tattoo.

Thanks to Joy for all the hjard work you put in to this for me. I really do love it. And I am not mad at you for trying to destroy my leg that last hour. LOL. Seriously I do appreciate it. Thanks.