"Athena"

BIAGIO

Published on: 11/02/2025

"Athena" - Goddess of warfare and wisdom. A representation of having a strong woman at your side. A great way to illustrate the powerful partner in your own life.

Realistic

Spanish Renaissance armor was the inspiration for this tattoo. The client initially intended the tattoo to be just the armor. After a consultation with Biagio, about skin allowing more freedom of design than the limitations of metal, the client decided to release the creativity of the piece to be more surreal. The entire design is an original freehand creation from Biagio. What started as a dragon from the 80#39;s turned into an armor like no other to cover the old tattoo.

Realistic

Dragon Koi

BIAGIO

Published on: 18/07/2013

Wanting a Dragon Koi to represent his own transformation in his life, this client came to Biagio for his cover-up. Biagio approached this piece with his own take on the Japanese subject matter by freehand sketching with a marker before permanently tattooing the design into the skin. An original design with a realistic approach is what drove Biagio to create this sleeve.

Realistic

Creeping Dragon

BIAGIO

Published on: 06/04/2013

My client gave me the challenge to tie his arm tattoo with his kanji on his opposite shoulder with a dragon crawling. Thought I would maximize the space in order to not comprimise the look of the dragon. The difficulty was in getting a 3-dimensional dragon to not look awkward transitioning from the back to the arm. I decided to keep the heaviness of the piece on the back of the body, back of arm, to help the transition. All aspects are completely from my head with no reference. Getting to do work like this makes what I do an absolute pleasure.

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