“In 1887, a year after opening, the Lighthouse Board took over the statue’s operations. They claimed that sailors would be able to see the statue miles out at sea and decided to utilize her as a lighthouse, promising to install better equipment. This proved to be unsuccessful and too costly.” We snuck in this filler torch on Austin. It was a pretty long and skinny spot we had left between his Lincoln portrait and eagle tattoo. We had to do a little thinking about the space because it felt a little too big to just fill with background. It worked out real well in this case but I usually prefer to have a game-plan for the whole area ahead of time so I can be aware of someone’s future projects. When we can’t do that I do my best to design in a way that leaves me a few options for tying into new tattoos. Thanks again, Austin! Done with #empireinks and #painfulpleasures supplies #ryanthompsontattoos #prophecytattoo . . . . . . #njtattooartist #tomsriver #merica #customtattoo #ghostbusters #sleeve #blackandgreytattoo #blkngrey #blackandgrey #torch #liberty #guyswithtattoos #healed #freedom #tattoostagram #tattoos #inklife #inkmaster #statueofliberty #realism #realistictattoo #blackandgreyrealism