Tat of the Week - Celtic Bird

This beautiful Celtic bird tattoo was inked by the Iowa tattoo artist, Kandyman Joe. Joe runs Pure Imagination tattoos in Mount Pleasant, and has been tattooing since 1999, the same year I started running this site!

Joe is an incredibly talented artist who majored in graphic arts, painting and drawing in college. I think it's pretty clear that he found what he was meant to do. And I wouldn't say that this tattoo is his best piece of work - I just really like it. I like the design and the color, and it does definitely take a talented hand to create such delicate lines. But Joe has done a lot of truly incredible art and you can see more examples in his gallery.