So this neo traditonal rose tattoo was done after a client saw one of my water colors and wanted it tattooed on her. Ive been doing a good ammount of japenese work lately and really enjoying it, thus the influence with the flames. Ive always concentrated on doing super smooth transtioning blends through mixing in the cap so its been quite a change to do a lot more black whip shading in some what more traditonal work, Its faster thats for sure. This tattoo was done at Inkaholics The Rogue Elephant , in Riverside Ca.