Hey Phil,

I wanted to share some ideas. Hoping to get some typical Asian gangster stuff featuring tigers, dragons, masks, geisha, lotus flowers, cherry blossoms, you know whatever along those lines. If you have some other ideas like more abstract stuff or whatever that could be a lot of fun too.

I'm pretty much open for anything but I was thinking a large tiger back. Water dragon leg sleeve to honor my mom. Then I thought maybe some matching hanya demon masks on the shins.  Geisha girls on the forearms. We could do a bunch of lotus flowers everywhere for more background filler. Kiysuu did a reiki symbol that I have a few versions of.

But as far as that, i don't really know. Maybe some wolves or demons. Get some cute little shrimp or prawns in the dragon leg sleeve.

Let me know what you need me to do. Like no lotion or whatever before. I have some bactine and dr numb I can bring that can maybe bail me out if i'm having a hard day. I haven't tried them before so I don't know. Bactine, I think you can use after the stenciling and just soak the paper towel and hit areas with it... or maybe place the wet towel under a plastic wrap during breaks? Is there anything else I can do to make the sessions easier on us? Wear loose baggy clothing?

I'm hoping to have at least 15k to cover these appointments. Probably not a lot to get a bunch of color done maybe we can do whatever we can do for now. Once I get my taxes done I'll have a better idea if I can spend more. Then down the line I can come in at short notice pretty much anytime and we can blast some color or whatever works for you.

This one is kind of cool, need more of an asian vibe. Maybe dragon water sleeve for one of the lower skeletons.

Hannya mask on each shin maybe?

This guy looks rugged. Rope and tassels are cool, just not tied in his face.

Big mask on the back might still be cool if you wanna do a dragon sleeve and a tiger sleeve.

Geisha might be cool somewhere.

Big bad wolf on the outer forearm and a little red riding hood on the inner idea.

Geisha on one forearm, Little red riding hood or jessica rabbit on the other?

Kisyuu's Reiki symbol. I have a couple different versions we could potentially use if we wanted something symmetrical or need symbols for composition.

This one a little more wild.

I'll try and throw in some more references or ideas here.

Cute little soot sprites for filler maybe

This is a funny meme i did. I like the look of the tiger in this one, like growling and powerful instead of the traditional pose where you see the back and ass of the tiger or whatever.

Always down for some fire or smoke if we wanna do a fiery tiger sleeve instead of something on the back.