Gonna look awesome, dont see space tatts much

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I think im gonna like this place...

Ya man, looking good. Deff. something different.

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A man is not finished when he is defeated; he is finished when he QUITS!

-Former U.S President Richard M. Nixon.

Thanks all. Yeah, it's definitely different. I always wanted something original. I love the way all the dragons and kois look, but so many people are walking around with them. I still love them though and may one day get one of the two, but this one has been a plan in the making for years.

I'm a space freak. I watch all the Universe documentaries, and Tivo everything I see that's related to outer space. I have three telescopes even though I don't live in a good place to view the sky. I'm just fascinated with the heavens. Ever since I lost my grandparents about 10 years ago outer space has been on my mind everyday. It sounds odd, but I wish I could just fly out there for eternity. That's why I decided on this tat.

I went in for some shading yesterday and could only take about an hour. He used a 9 to fill in a lot of the black. IT HURTS LIKE HELL RIGHT NOW. LOL I usually take the pain easily, but with so much in one area I can barely move my arm without it burning.

That will be lovely indeed, I saw that the studio where I got my fish did something interesting as well, just to give you an idea what the finished design can look like:

http://www.bme.com/tattoo/A70321/high/bmepb483231.jpg
http://www.bme.com/tattoo/A70321/high/bmepb483232.jpg

I wonder if my artist has seen that. LOL! The stars are very similar, almost exactly the same.

Thanks for the pictures. I'm going to send them to him now.

*edit That's very nice btw.

I know what you mean, did about a half hour of outlining a voodoo-doll on my in-progress sleeve, and 3 1/2 hours of shading, and my arm was one swollen mofo (still is, but has gone done a little bit). Shading has got a nasty sting to it one you get a few hours into it!

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I'm still a little swollen. I'm used to seeing my right arm just a tad larger than the left. It's just now starting to even out. The pain has subsided a lot and it's starting to dry and scab.

I wish I could afford to sit for enough hours to finish all of the shading. Right now it looks pretty strange and kind of like he just took a Sharpie to it. I have to admit it looks a lot better now that he almost completely covered the celtic knot and the stars that were there originally, but it just looks like a black forearm with skin colored holes here and there. Ha! With what he's covered thus far I'm thinking at least another 3 hours just for the majority of the black, at least an hour for the black touch up, and who knows how long for the color.

My whole arm is going to be brightly coloured, with the minimum amount of skin untattooed. Looking at my arm, we've got what looks to be at least 25 hours of work to go still, at the rate we're moving along.
Enjoy the journey of your arm turning into an awesome piece of art

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No probs, glad I could help.
It's things like those that could tempt me into going full sleeve... but I am far too chicken to go for that!

Same to you. It's a process for sure.


Bawk bawk bawk.. JK Chicken for pain or just the fact that your whole arm would be covered?