thanks! yeah still has about 30hrs to go. im excited about this sleeve!! the background should make the characters pop a lot more.

i think cecil porter is on par with nikko and better than mike d when it comes to portraits. in case anyone is unfamiliar with his work:

and my fav!

thanks arni!

3rd- im not sure how it will look in 10 years either. fine line tattooing is still a relatively new thing, so there really hasnt been much feedback. my thoughts are that as long as you take care of your body (nutrition) and skin (exfoliating, moisturizing, sunscreen, etc), the tattoo should look ok in 10 years.

there are also techniques that good artists use in that they use lots of black underneath the colors to make it more saturated and vibrant. ill try to post pics in 10yrs!