Portrait of Whang Od Breakdown

Likeness study of tattoo artist Whang Od.
There's this photo I've seen everywhere around the internet and I always found it really interesting, so I wanted to make sort of a tribute to it. Then, of course, looking around for more references and information I discovered Whang Od, and the project became inspiring in so many other ways. If you, like me before, don't know who she is, I recommend checking her story, she's not only an artist but tradition itself.
Even though I started this piece by myself, I don't think it would have ended up looking like this if it wasn't for the amazing Tran Ma with all the feedback to make the model better and mainly all the knowledge she shares in her Texturing class at Gnomon.
Also, many many thanks to Erick F. Salazar, Kasita Wonowidjojo, Jared Fischler, Georgia Saroj and Brandon Hurtado for all their help and feedback.
Final portrait is based in a lot of references form a lot of years, so it is kind of what I could make to try to show her essence.
Wrote an article on The Rookies Blog about my process detailed: http://zpr.io/trL5K