Good stuff, overall like the style and all seems well done.

Looks very clean so far, looks like a pretty good session for just the outline.

We see so many posts from people with crappy tattoos done by a “highly recommended artist”. The problem is the people doing the recommending don’t know what they’re talking about and generally can’t tell a good artist from a bad one. If you can, please provide a link to the new artist you’re talking to and we can hopefully be more qualified to…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your apprenticeship. Good to see you’re going about things the right way.

buttwheat;86850 wrote:
I had to put them together. The line work is solid. but as in your reference pic a phoenix should be mean or mad or look aggressive. Yours looks like a calm dove or partridge. Maybe I’m just not seeing it yet. Thanks for sharing the progress.

That’s actually a good observation, maybe the artist can do something with the…[Read more]

Yeah the linework and overall design look good so far. Nice start. How long was the session?

Agree with the above posts but not alot of artists want to fix someone else’s poor tattoo job.

Hold off on the throat for now.

That has serious potential. As always the most important thing is taking your time and doing the research to find the right artist…where are you maybe we can help. Once you find an artist show them the drawing and they will be able to tell you how it would translate to a tattoo and what modifications would need to be made and which colors would work.

I’d like to see that gilr’s portfolio and $240 seems cheap which isn’t a good thing. Remember discount tattoos aren’t good.

This is getting really dumb. The OP has repeatedly said he didn’t want a traditional Japanese styled koi but people are still putting it down for not following traditional Japanese rules. The dude is happy and got what he asked for so we should let it go at that, although he shouldn’t be getting so defensive. It also may not be of the finest…[Read more]

I understand that it’s not what you wanted to hear and it would ineveitably be bigger and costlier than expected but you could have worse things happen than to end up with a backpiece from Pangburn. At least you know at the end you’ll have something amazing. Make the investment if you can.

Trust me I’ve seen worse tattoos and you got your first one out of the way so don’t be too down. Part of the problem is with the original concept. A tribal tattoo of any kind, especially an animal, can really only look so good.

I think it means whatever you want it to mean.

WardyInk;86595 wrote:
Not to be rude but… What is it? :confused::eek:

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it’s just the picture but I would never have thought that was a ram. And a tribal ram? Well, to each their own so congrats on your first although I really don’t think it’s very well done.

ZombieKiller;86612 wrote:
This is a really bad idea for the size and placement, lines will bleed and the fact that its a lotus will not be apparent in 10 years.

Yup. And waht the artist is telling you is absolutely correct. 1/2 inch square? No way. What’s even the point? It’s not about simplifying the design, it’s about the miniature size…[Read more]

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This forum alone should keep Tim busy considering all the people with crappy tattoos we attempt to send his way.

Again I know I’m probably being unfairy pessimistic but I have a bad feeling about this and I honestly hope I’m wrong. I can’t wait to see pics after first session, good luck with it.

I don’t think it’s too tacky at all and I think it’s a good idea to heighten the towers and statue but I’d be careful not to add on too much nd clutter it up. How big are you thinking of going and where do you want to put it?