Sorry I haven’t been able to reply to this sooner. I’ve been busy working on getting a full back piece drawn up and work out of town so I’ve been burning the candle at both ends a bit. Thanks to all who have complimented this piece. It was just a crazy idea that came to me one day and my tattoo artist/long time friend sat down and drew it all out in front of me without the use of any fancy equipment, no thermofax, nothing but a pencil, paper, and ruler.

As for the pain level well the slightly high placement was my idea and I knew it would be a new experience even though now I have both arms 100% sleeved, around 14 hours on one leg, and 8-10 hours on my ribs. Out of all of those to me the ribs towards the front and side hurt the worst. Way worse to me than the ribs directly on the side under the armpit. The rest of the stomach is a breeze or it was for me anyway. I guess it’s all about your own perception. I’ve read that Jake Hollywood said his ribs or stomach just tickled but his legs are killing him were I’ve damn near slept through some sessions on my leg.

The back piece I’m having drawn up will hopefully be started within the next few weeks and it will be something to behold because not only is it a idea and design my artist/friend is into but he’s also motivated by some recent work by his former boss and his claims of it being custom when in fact he’s barely changing other artists designs and calling them his own. I’ll keep things updated as I get started on it.