Tattoo

My initial thought here was use the red to cover the red like I had read online. so i lined up the cape on the neck with the main part of the red on the old design. luckily this made the other parts hidden too and there was a convinetntly shaped helmet nose in the original work. Unfortunately we agreed the placement was wrong and it need to be further up the arm. 

I then made it larger and moved it up but couldn't find a place where it hid things so i flipped the image making the dark shadows of the cape hide the majority with a little spilling over to the abs which I'm hoping will blend with the lines and shading.

 Once we decided he was happy with the position I started adding the bits that we had discussed. I sent him a photo of the top half and he was very excited and said he loved it. I didnt really know what to do next so he said he wanted a shield near but not central on the elbow and an immortals face. So i put a detailed shield just above the elbow spilling onto it and wrapping it round the arm and the immortal face wrapping round the forearm. I used photos and merged them together on photoshop for this as he wanted photorealism and tattooists do that from actual photos. It would get really rubbish if they were copying my slightly off copy.

This is all he has asked for for now and he is very excited for it. I have suggested he goes for a consult first though to double check it is possible mostly for the coverage as this can be tricky.