
Short · Sheffield
Hercules cover-up tattoo, old tattoo to reveal
Nathan's 6-hour sitting · 16 September 2026 · 0:21 short
Old Japanese colour work disappears under Hercules in his lion headdress — the transfer peeled straight over the old tattoo, then the reveal after the first of two sittings.
About the piece
Hercules wearing the lion he defeated as a headdress, in black and grey, covering an old coloured Japanese tiger. The first of two sittings.
Placement: Shoulder and upper arm — cover-up
A cover-up: the short opens on the old tattoo.
The finished piece
Hercules in a lion headdress covering an old coloured tigerView in the portfolio →Want something like this?
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