That’s a great post.

I really like the cupcake, that one stood out to me. I also like the cat’s face.

I really didn’t mean to sound too harsh. For where you’re at you’re doing nice work, this just isn’t one of my favorites. And you’re right, the old school traditional gypsy faces are rather flat. I generally prefer the slightly neo-traditional style so maybe that’s effecting my opinion.

This is nicely done, congrats.

I’d like to see the reference. Maybe that would change my opinion but I don’t really like it. I love gypsies and lady head tattoos and from what I’ve seen and read they can be very difficult to execute well. I’ve looked at a ton of gypsy tattoos and they do seem very hit or miss. I’m not an artist so I can’t give a good critique but I just don’t…[Read more]

yodaddynukka;92242 wrote:
love your traditional pieces!!!!

Me too. I remember seeing this on the other forum, different username?

Amok;91597 wrote:
Those sketches are really good, and by your request they sound just like what you wanted.

No wonder your artist has the shits with you. She’s probably going to lose money on this one.

If you want something extremely specific, you should draw it yourself and bring it to her. If you want real art, you’re supposed to let your…[Read more]

Honestly, I say screw the lame scripted name tattoo and get an image which represents them either together or seperate in happier times.

I watched it and was disgusted for the same reasons as everyone else here. I assume it was covered and not aired but I didn’t see any lessons on sterilization and cross contamination, how to use an autoclave, etc. You know, all the unimportant stuff. And who the fuck would allow one of these amateurs to tattoo them in the first place? Never mind,…[Read more]

Dave Van;89799 wrote:
Okay, I’m probably going to get strung up here, but I didn’t even recognize anyone on that piece but Christopher Lloyd. Is that supposed to be Mike Fox (Marty) in the middle? Also, I haven’t seen all of the films, so I don’t even recognize the last one. I think the color, shading and artwork is great, but as for the…[Read more]

I don’t understand the tattoo. You said you wanted 3 stages of the same panther but they look like 3 different animals. I think you could have used the same panther but in the 3 different poses or positions and it would have made more sense to me. But again, it’s poorly done so it really wouldn’t have mattered anyway.

imperial1904;89730 wrote:
Well, there’s your problem…. 😮

Scratchers use “guns”
Tattoo artists use tattoo machines.

😀

That about sums it up.

The only one I like is the one on the back although the pictures aren’t very good. The other ones look off and out of proportion. The one on the chest doesn’t look like a panther at all and is overall pretty bad. Sorry dude, being honest.

Congrats on the tattoo.

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Melissa Fusco…she travels alot but frequents CO

That’s pretty cool, I love eagles and this is different.

It’s not good, what is it and where was this done?

I’d omit the numbers and letters and use other elements instead, such as flowers, etc to represent your grandparents and a heart to represent their love, the numberof years isn’t important. I have a tattoo representing my parents and their long marriage and noone would know what the piece signifies except me and no numbers or letters used.

Tripper;89296 wrote:
Thanks for the helpful reply! How long do you think I should wait before lifitng? I went to the gym today and hit my shoulders/triceps… The tattoo felt alright – but I don’t want to chance it. It’s been a week today since I got it done so do you think I should wait one more week before getting back into the gym heavy?

I…[Read more]

As long as it covers UVA and UVB rays it’s fine (broad spectrum), I don’t know if it’s sunscreen or block.