Valley of the Shadow

Reaper Ravens and mushrooms backpiece study. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #threekingseastvillage

Finished up this Raven and metatron cube in two sittings. thanks @courtneydne for sitting like a champ #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #threekingseastvillage #nyctattoo #blacktattoos #blackworkers #blackandgreytattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Wolf cover up. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #blackandgreytattoo #coveruptattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

First one of the day. Smiling cobra #blackfriday #darkblack #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #tattooallday

Finished this Phoenix backpiece study. Number 9 in a series of 10. I have plans for a few more pieces to work on till the end of the year then I'll be compiling a collection of all my tattoo studies. Hopefully sometime in early 2016 I'll be putting that out. Thanks for looking. #daveballtattoo #drawallday #phoenixtattoo #japanesetattoo #irezumi #threekingstattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Cosmic queen and peonies on @pyrogirl #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #seventhsontattoo #nyctattoos #realtattoos

Wolf skull from the other day. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #blackink #blackworkers #nyctattoos (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Rose from the other day. 5 days into healing and almost completely healed. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #rosetattoo #realtattoos #blackworkers #blackink

Hannya and chrysanthemum backpiece study. #daveballtattoo #drawallday #japanesetattoo #irezumi #hannya #chrysanthemumtattoo #threekingstattoo #nyctattoos

The Holy Mountain #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #blackink #blackworkers #realtattoos #nyctattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Snake with hannya back study. #daveballtattoo #japanesetattoo #drawallday #hannya #snaketattoo #threekingstattoo #irezumi

I completed this sleeve on Andy last night. I'll be posting pictures of the whole thing once it's healed. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #geometricaltattoo #blackworkers #blackink #mandala

Details of Andy's arm. #daveballtattoo #threekingstattoo #geometricaltattoo #blackworkers #blackink #mandala (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Red dragon study. #daveballtattoo #dragon #japanesetattoo #irezumi #threekingstattoo

Some more photos of a sleeve I recently finished. The top half was completed 5 years ago and the bottom half was extended this year. #daveballtattoo #japanesetattoo #koitattoo #foodog #foolion #irezumi #threekingstattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Sacred heart @andrew_b187 #daveballtattoo #japanesetattoo #threekingstattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)

Tibetan skull @andrew_b187 #daveballtattoo #japanesetattoo #threekingstattoo (at Three Kings Tattoo)