It’s small and light, I think it could be covered with a nice sleeve quite easily. A big black koi could go over that nicely. Worst case scenario is a couple laser sessions to lighten it a bit more. You should take that arm into a shop and chat to an artist for ideas.

Flowers and butterflies are pretty common on men. There’s nothing wrong with it in my opinion. Why don’t you get a wolf or a skull next to it then?

Hi Paul,

Welcome to the forum.

I like the idea behind your tattoo but to be honest this is not something I like. Tribal has gone out of style like the Macarena, and for good reason.

At the end of the day it’s your body and it should be something you really love, but there’s so many great artists out there you could get an amazing piece for the…[Read more]

buttwheat;116082 wrote:
Wardy here is some I did a little bit ago. It still has about 6 hours to go.

D3FiANC3;116089 wrote:
We all know what kind of tip Wardy is giving.

I’m really hungry now

I tip around 10% although its not really expected here in Australia. Most decent artists are charging around $200 per hour anyway.

Looks nice, congrats on your first.

You can contact ArniVidar, Turbosatan or Sherav and they can unlock that part of the forum for you.

Sorry but you can only post in the Tattoo Artists – Professional Discussion section of the forum with technical questions.

yep, i like it

yep, it’s pretty bad. Not reading or posting much for this reason

this is the dumbest idea I’ve heard all day.

Starting to come together man, nice.

Get this

Skulls go with everything.

Saw the pro pics on tattoist art mags instagram, looking shithot.

Nice one man, looks pretty unique.

Just show him some portraits from a very good artist, let the pictures do the talking. If he still wants to go with his guy, let him. People get the tattoos they deserve, I spose.

Nice and clean man, good stuff.

Nice flash sheet, very nice actually.

Jesus, that’s nice.