ArniVidar;90931 wrote:
Umh.. have you seen his ink? 🙂

hehe Yeah, but I was holding out hope for him. 😉

Check out Jay Wheeler in Livonia, MI.

Merseyside is ~4 hours from Gillingham and < 2 hours from Sheffield.

If you’re not willing to travel 2 or even 4 hours for the right artist, then quality obviously isn’t nearly as important to you as proximity.

It’s not in his portfolio on their website (I didn’t go to their FB page), which is odd since it’s easily the best tattoo he’s done (presuming he’s done it). I must say that I’m a bit skepticl that it’s his work also after seeing the rest of his work.

Like it. Please do post more pics when it’s done.

Line work is very shaky. The cross looks like flash. The tribal .. well, it looks like any other tribal. But as long as you’re happy …

Using SPF 100+ here, though I only use it on my B&G portrait tat which is rarely exposed to the sun anyway. My legs don’t ever burn and barely even tan so I haven’t really seen the point in using anything on them.

Zorba;88964 wrote:
I figure that older folks have the advantage with tattoos – our tatts will still look decent when we cack off!

lol Good point. 😀

Aussie_Al;88981 wrote:
In this day and age it is

It can be. Lifespans have actually declined in the US, due primarily to poor diet and lack of exercise. For those who take care of themselves…[Read more]

I just wanted to thank you for calling 30s young. 33 here. 🙂

Well, imho, therein lies the problem. Rather than simply booking an app’t to get it done, you’re dancing around it and asking him to sketch something up and so forth. The sketch is typically done the day of your app’t, as the artist really needs to have you there in person to get an idea of how the piece will flow on you – but it’s even more…[Read more]

Can you be more specific? So you emailed/called Pangburn’s shop and said “I’d like to make an appointment for the coverup we discussed.” And he said …. ?

Or have you kept going back and forth with him as you have here?

arnividar;87925 wrote:
from the doggy-style position it’s basically going to look like a weird lighthouse with a black bulb and weird as shit halo’s surrounding the top.

Although i know that some tattoo artists have done some crazy tattoos in their time, i am not sure that you will have an easy time finding one that’s willing to have you…[Read more]

ZombieKiller;87514 wrote:
In the US tattooing is regulated by each state and in very few states is the actual artist required to be individually licensed. Typically its just the studio that has to maintain a license. This opens it up for pretty much any jack off who thinks he/she can draw to become a “tattoo artist”. And even in the states that…[Read more]

You’re definitely not ready to be tattooing live people.

The fact that the line work looks bad even from such a great distance isn’t a good sign. If you’re happy with it though, that’s all that matters.

Brains and personality. A real winner. Congrats on your new ink.

WardyInk;87280 wrote:
Theres a big difference between a rock band making it and becoming a tattoo artist/piercer friend.

But there’s not such a difference between a rock band becoming rich and famous and a tattoo artist becoming a world renowned artist, which was my point.

Based on all of your posts here from thinking it’s funny to destroy…[Read more]

98Redbird;87223 wrote:
Well, the reason it took 3 years was because I was still in college finishing up and knew that I wanted it on my wrist. I wanted to wait until I was out and had gotten a few promotions before I tattooed something on such a visible place. So I waited… Just didn’t want this to be a reason that I didn’t get a job if that…[Read more]

The top is indeed crooked but imho, when someone screws up something so simple, I would go to someone else for a touch-up.

Took you 3 years to work up to this?

Double “http” in your photo link.