I think it looks great coloured in and extended.

Maybe your friends are a little jealous? That you are having the guts and freedom to live the life you want to and not giving a shit about what ppl think.

Looks good and wear it with pride.

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Nice piece.

How long was the sitting on that?

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Some nice ink and the artist was right a plain nautical star would have just looked lonely 😉
I like it and agree the spinal column is no fun to get tattooed.

What are you planning next?

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We are looking at around 35 hrs total to finish so I am close on 30 hrs now.

My artist said I have a broad back :p

I will post up some new pics this week. Got 1 final sitting of 3 hrs and then another 1-3 hrs of touch-up and filler at the end on another sitting.

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A small dose/course will not damage your tattoo.

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I have seen several circuit board tattoos and the key part is keeping them simple or going for a full bio-mech with emphasis on the mech to make them pop.

Eitherway I am sure your idea will work very well.

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My advice is take some ibruprofen for the swelling and get yourself to a Dr for some anti-biotics as looks like it is infected.

You could be having an ink reaction but most likely a bacterial infection. Wash it and keep it clean.

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PS don’t be picking or rubbing at it or forcing the pus out if it needs cleaning out get a Dr.…[Read more]

The candle would work well.

Other ideas I have seen involve the use of cards both gambling and tarot (could always have little sugar skulls as the suits).

Crystal balls. These sometime contain an eye or rose.

Murderflies (Skull headed or skulls on wings of moth or butterflies).

Just a few to get you thinking.

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That is a very thoughtful tattoo and it also remembers your Gran in a fun way.

I am sure she would love it.

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Looking good.

I heard the calf can sting like a bastard. I have sympathy I’m currently limping around after my kidneys and handles were done.

Nice touch with the knuckles though finishes it off well.

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Gratz

What are you having done?

Don’t forget to post up!

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Some very nice work.
I think it is great when tattooing can be used as a positive tradition in families.

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The first stop should be your Dr but checking those drugs against my manual (I suffer anemia) it stated that

Lexaprop: Generic Name: escitalopram

Talk to your doctor before taking any medicine for pain, arthritis, fever, or swelling. This includes aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), diclofenac (Voltaren),…[Read more]

Quick update had my ninth sitting (3 hrs) and expanded the bottom of the tattoo quite considerably to cap it off.
I will post up some pics when the swelling has gone down as at the moment my kidneys look battered and bruised.

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That is a lot of ink on the ribs and you are damn braver than me. 😀
It’s coming on nicely and looks like it is going to be a complex sleeve. Are you going shade or colour?

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You just say can we tweak that area so it looks more like x.

Me and my artist have gone through my backpiece a lot of times and we have refined some of the details.

Last night I told him the bottom looked unfinished and how can we cap it off so we added some major water and lotus blossoms that were not part of the orig design.

They are an…[Read more]

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I am very happy with the artist I am using for my backpiece wghich i would suggest for the dove and roses

Phil Webster @ Skinchaos http://www.skinchaos.com/Page-01.html (Dewsbury 7 mins by train from Leeds)

I was gonna suggest Butch of Ultimate Skin Leeds but just found out he has retired and possibly back in the states 🙁

It is a drive but…[Read more]

I am sure you will be fine that is a rocking looking artist.

Looking forward to seeing the end work.

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Looking forward to seeing it.

What are you having done?

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The issue you have is that the orig painting was done by Raphael who was a Renaissance artist so ‘gothic’ simply did not apply in the modern context.

When he painted it he wanted to show the beauty of St Michael in earthly form. This means that the paintings taken from that period are quite ‘pretty’.

My advice is take a look at this artist…[Read more]