I'd like to keep this brief, but I'd at least like to share the story behind this. Before my brother left us, a long while back he approached me around our birthdays (His was literally the day after mine) about me designing his first tattoo for him. He loved how I did my detailed ink art like in my "Sun Owl" and "Fiddle Dee Filigree" pieces, and one of his childhood nicknames was "Rooster Cogburn" because he had flaming red hair (a trait both of my bros share). "Badfinger" was a more recent name from a couple years ago when he hurt his thumb while he was at a job (he was a framer and carpenter).

He was always so busy with work and such and even though he was over frequently, I never had enough time to pin him down and finalize the design. Earlier this year I was intending to get it done for him as my birthday present to him for his 40th. I never got the opportunity, since he took his life this past 4th of March.

I sincerely hope that if he was still here he'd love this.