Hi

Keloids usually ioccur with significant impact on skin damage eg deep wounds or if they get infected or you repeatedly pick the scabs off keeping the wound open for longer.

That said a small percentage are susceptible to keloid scarring even from minor wounds and/ore pigment rejection.

Personally it is not a risk I would take.

If you ahve a…[Read more]

Hi Dee

I am well thank-you.

So since we are probably one of the best forums in the world – do we get a discount off your magazine subscription?

😉 😀

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Matthew

That is looking to be a very sweet set.

I am getting ink envy :p

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Matthew

Hi and welcome to the forum.

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Matthew

Hi

Well depending on the amount of detail bigger = better.

That said many simple japanese designs focus on 1-2 elements so yes should be ok as long as you don’t cram too much into a small area.

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Matthew

Mazeltov!

😀

Really glad you found your tattooist needs.

Looking forward to sharing that ink – cannot wait until midnight – I bloody hate fasting. :p

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Matthew

Hi

Yes you could have the main image within the fan and then always add background to the fan itself.

I have seen some done with rising/setting suns being held by a geisha or demon, floating in clouds or the best one I saw was the fan was actually shaped to form the wings of a giant butterfly.

That was ultra feminine with a lot of flowers and…[Read more]

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You can always get the a trad water scene with the lillies floating on the water and cherry tree with falling blossoms done as the image spreading across the open fan.

These make great tattoos.

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Matthew

Hi and welcome

My first tattoo was at 26 and I had spent ages sizing up tattoo studios and decided to get it done by Russ of Kaleidescope Tattoos in Leeds.

Needless to say he is one huge hairy biker sorta artist who don’t take any shot from clients (it is a rough part of town).

I remember walking in and asking how much for a custom piece – he…[Read more]

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I had a good look through my research and reference books on military art and tattoos.

The most popular emblem/tattoo is often the eagle and that is the most common form of military tattoo usually incorporated with a flag of the USA.

Following that is regimental tattoos the specialist security forces tend to have a lot of bird emblems such…[Read more]

Butterfly_Kisses;49831 wrote:
have we got pirate language like face book does 😀

lol no

but ill look into adding it though.

does it just ad arr and begone milad every so often??

Hi and welcome

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Matthew

Hi

Mainly you have to be ultra careful hands and fingernails are clean so not to cross infect the tattoo.

Hopefully the skin will peel away and leave you with a tattoo I was just preparing you for a worst case scenario that I have seen (quite a few times).

Do not pick at it as you will get an infection.

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Matthew

Hi and welcome

Looking forward to your seeing your ink and the red heart can most likel be fixed or covered over.

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Matthew

Hi Joker

Bishop bashing term comes from the joke that the head of a penis looks like the hat worn by some orthodox bishops wear.

Bashing part you can work out 😀

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Matthew

Hi Vishnu

Whilst I have seen silver skin before which is usually a thin layer that looks like a solid case of pigment reaction.

What sort of ink did that artist use? Something with lead chromate??

My advice is keep that well clean and moisturise it very carefully.

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We would really need a picture in order to help as you may need some lasering it really depends on the condition and darkness of the tattoo.

Also it depends on what sort of lillies you want as if they are deep floral colour you may get away with a cover up.

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Matthew

Hi

For the sake of argument :p

I think people are getting a bit too emotionally involved in the business side (not that certain points are not valid I am just tossing in the otherside of the argument for balance).

I own the only burger place in town lets call it ‘Sludgepackers’. (Based on the fact that food poisoning can kill)

Sludgepackers…[Read more]

Without doing down Corpsegrinder I just prefer Chris Barnes.
He wrote some class lyrics and it got me suspended from school for playing CC over the tannoy years back.

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Matthew