Irezumi Chest Plate Session
Where the sleeve meets the chest
A traditional Japanese chest plate that joins your sleeve, tattooed one side per session.
The facts
- Duration
- 6 hr
- Placement
- Chest and front of shoulder, one side
- Size
- about 20 by 25 cm
- Sessions
- 1 per side
- Healing
- 3 weeks
- Pain
- Moderate to high near the collarbone
How the session runs
- 01Review of existing sleeve and background style
- 02Chest plate shape drawn on the skin
- 03Outline of subject and border
- 04Background shading matched to the sleeve
- 05Colour
- 06Wrap and aftercare
