This guy from Las Vegas wanted Archangel Michael on his arm. He showed up with a print of the classical version by Guido Reni but I suggested a re-interpretation of the same image in order to make it unique, considering that that image has been copied and reproduced thousands of times. He immediately agreed with me.
In my drawing I kept all the elements from the original painting, changing the sword with a spear (inspired by other paintings and sculptures of the same subject) and trying to give it a more modern dynamic, paying particular attention to the lighting: rising from the cracks in the ground where the Archangel is pushing the demon, it illuminates the scene dramatically, adding dynamism to the figures.
A work I drew and tattooed with pleasure and that I would have liked doing bigger, maybe on a back, in order to work better on details, especially on the faces.
Here’s the tattoo healed after a couple of months with just a few touch-ups.