People and tattoos heal differently and at different paces. With all that black hope you don’t scab, you wouldn’t want to potentially lose ink.

…And I’m too lazy to click on a bunch of individual links to see the pictures.

Hi, welcome.

But we also have to be honest and not overlook mistakes or poor execution just because the tattoo isn’t completed. Regardless, there is some wobbly, uneven and inconsistent linework and you cant write that off as just being a WIP. It’s not like an artist is thinking he’ll poorly execute some difficult lines and fix them later. The same goes for…[Read more]

To pick it apart, I’d say some of the lines on the chest work are a little blown out in places but not bad, but the lines are a little wobbly and unevenly spaced. Overall the linework and mic on the outter arm is pretty good but I think the shading could use a little more contrast. Some of the script on the inner arm is also unevenly spaced and…[Read more]

Although they’re not great tattoos I’ve definitely seen worse that’s for sure. But with intricate linework needed for the musical stave and notes you have to be really selective with the artist. I have a much smaller area of notes on one of my tattoos but I think it’s much better…[Read more]

BossNass;82963 wrote:
Man, you guys get some sick artists. I want to go to America for a tattoo now, fuck. I have a few decent ones, and one good one where I am. But, I am from Aus.

Yeah but sick artists cost sick money!

It’s obviously huge and dark, I’m not an artist but I don’t think there’s a whole lot you can do with it except maybe some minor cosmetic changes or extensive lasering. I’m afraid you may be stuck with it pretty much as is or see what a different artist suggests.

Brian@Inkbox;82914 wrote:
Ok, lol, I was out of order on the third and forth tattoo’s…but you get it, lol!

lol. Yeah i agree lol but keep looking lol for more artists lol and post up some links for us to check out lol. There’s a lot of good artists and shops lol, take your time. lol

Nice lol flash lol with a theme lol of charlie sheen lol. LOL

Pictures aren’t showing. Again, different people feel differently about tipping but my opinion is I would tip a little after each session, maybe $20-50 depending on how long each session is.

If you can post a link to his shop and work we can let you know if the artist is any good or not. Actually $80/hr is cheap, that scares me a little. Tipping is always highly debated, people have different opinions. What are you getting done and do you have any idea about how long it’s expected to take? That would effect the amount of tip of course.

BossNass;82856 wrote:
…Also, I’ve decided on a completly different peice. An older gold pocket watch with roman numerals, with a cracked face, with two roses either side and under it in a big scrolling banner the words, Time Takes Us All.

This could turn into a real nice, traditional style tattoo but it’s very important to research and find…[Read more]

I apologize in advance for my insensitive remark but a dude with the lyrics to ” somewhere over the rainbow” just seems a little weird to me.

Yeah could definitely use a better picture but from what I can see it looks nice. I really like that placement for women with a nicely fitting and well done tattoo.

buttwheat;82764 wrote:
…OFF THE MAP TATTOO, Easthampton, MA, US

One of my favorite shops, and only about an hour from me. The owner, Gabe, runs TattooNow website and hosts a huge convention every year. This helps to draw an incredible, non stop array of guest artists from all over the world. This is where I hooked up with Shane O’Neill last…[Read more]

$200-$2000 or ask the artist

Congrats and welcome to the wonderfully addictive world of tattoos.

BossNass;82728 wrote:
…On another note, I would go to my tattooist and ask him to do it, but, he is a rather busy man and doesn’t draw stuff from scratch.

If your tattoo ARTIST is too busy and/or incapable of drawing something from scratch it’s time to find another artist. Are you kidding, that’s what an artist does! So this person requires…[Read more]

Check out Deano Cook, you should get some good ideas from his underwater themes.
http://www.psychotats.com/newweb/pages/DeanoCook/DeanoCook.htm
http://www.myspace.com/deanostudios