Asawa's bouquets are mostly pencil or black ink drawings on white paper ... the people who originally gave her the flowers. "That's the beauty of these drawings," Lanier said.

Fine black ink traces the ... a two-dimensional drawing appear three-dimensional. Dragonflies represent transformation and adaptability, and together with the hawthorn flowers (both budding ...

like flowers and other elements of nature, but it can carry over to almost anything. Hypercolor realism can also be mixed in with more traditional black ink tattoos to add dimension to a design.