Thanks all, going back under the needle after Christmas for the back of the leg, thinking a light house. Something like this, in color of course. (By the way not my artwork, I found it on google – props to the artist)

Here are some normal pics I took with my iPhone.

Mehh not sure if the post worked, tried to do it all from my phone. If they don’t show up I’ll post them from work tomorrow.

Just took some with my I phone.

very unique design 😛 there a story behind yer design choice? It is a Sick tat, clean lines, nice color! Grats on yer first, there addicting.

First off – no one should get a tattoo for anyone except them self, so if you like it and are happy then fuck off what anyone else says 😉 however you came here asking for feedback. The anchor – I have seen this done many styles/sizes/places.. Being that its so simple it needs to be perfect. Being blunt, its wonky allot more care could of gone…[Read more]

Yea not looking for “Cheep” work I want a good tat and I am prepared to pay for it. Ill look around. I know there is more than 1 Nikko in this world 😛 – Thanks for the replys!

Thanks for the reply! Trust me I was hoping tattoos like this hold up, and I know advances in materials proly play a big part in that. Just wanted to kinda get a feel from other “People” and not the artist ya know. Old skool artist are always poo pooing the new school styles and the New style artist are always just saying “that’s the old skool…[Read more]

Well I am talking about line work. He uses shades of lots of colors. Iono maybe I am just over thinking it. Color looks super sick right after its done but all color fades. When you use so many shades of color in “color realism” style tattoos. Some of the color shading is so light to achieve the look he is going for. See the example below. Its…[Read more]

I am more into color, but looks great to me !

Nice , love traditional !

Thanks ! It was done by Bucky Crispin @ Gold Rush Tattoo in Costa Mesa, CA. I will definitely be going to him for my next pieces, already got a few planned out 🙂

Amok- I see what yer saying, I think part of the issue is the picture quality.

Thx for the replies !

well honestly i dont want it to really look like the traditional jap koi sleeve stuff ( no offense to anyone )

Dave Van;90866 wrote:
So you’d rather go with someone who can do the work quickly than wait for a piece that will make people drool with envy? Not this kid, bro. I’d wait five years if I had the cash and a great big hard on for the artist’s work. Again, just sayin.

No I agree, but 2.5 years to get my first tattoo ( when Im already 28 ) is a…[Read more]

I shot Jess a e-mial to see what the deal is so we wil see. Where does terry ribera work out of in SD?

2.5 year waiting list??.. lol well I guess I got to scratch that then.. shit i was all hyped up too.

I really like Jess Yen at My Tattoo. I have looked at allot of his stuff and like it. I just don’t want to offend him if I go in there and take a traditional “Japanese style” tattoo and tell him to tone down the “”Japanese”” and then have basically a “hell koi pond” tattoo that fades into a traditional koi tattoo.

I would love to check out some of his work, does your buddy have a website ?

Thanks !

I have loved tattoos for as long as I can remember. Out of respect for my parents ( mom ) I never got one. However I am 28 now and do to some recent unfortunate MX crashes I have decided that she now needs to respect my decision. I always said when i get my tat its not going to just be 1 tat, it needs to be a nice piece of art that flows.

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