It’s a feathered dragon – I suppose a cross between a dragon and a pheonix

@Sam-I-Am 138492 wrote:

I bake as a hobby. Specialty is pizza, calzone, bread, and I’m working on pretzels. As far as tattoos go, I’m only qualified to get them.

I loved being a baker – but I’m not such a fan of the hours. I still do confectionery, fancy cakes and that, but mostly just for friends. No one wants to pay for the hours you need to…[Read more]

@Boulger 138438 wrote:

Hey man I’m training in a small studio in ashbourne, its called Inkredible Inks, I’m there just 3 months now
I’ve been doing mainly script tattoos and small tattoos, just trying to better myself 🙂
When I have time at home I try draw big pieces and ideas and when I’m in the studio not tattooing or cleaning I draw flash…

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Hi Boulger, welcome to the forum. I am from Dublin (Tallaght) too – though I moved to Australia 4 years ago. Best move I ever made! What tattoo studio are you training in?

Don’t be offended – I’ll admit, the honesty here can be, erm, refreshing – but the folks here know tattoos and give good advice. If you love your tattoos, that is all that matters in the end – and quite frankly, there will be always some one who doesn’t like your tattoos – that’s their problem, not yours.

It is well worth considering their…[Read more]

@poxphobia 135771 wrote:

Wow, how big are you planning to have it?

I reckon it will be most of my lower back – about 25 – 30cms.

No, I’m after a more a western style dragon. I sent some art work that I like to the tattoo shop and they recommended him. I will be interested to see what ideas he comes up with.

I am saving, saving, saving to fund a cover up of the dragon on my lower back – I still want a dragon, but less tramp stamp, more serious tattoo, this time 🙂

I think that pretty much anything I want at the moment would be regarded as a small tattoo – I didn’t mean to sound like I wanted to take an artist for a test drive, but it’s frustrating, to go into a shop and not be taken seriously because what you want is a smaller piece – which is what I now feel happened with my last one – they gave me the…[Read more]

So, it seems that I may have a problem getting a good artist to do smaller work 🙁 At least that is the response I’ve gotten from one of the places I contacted.

I can understand why more in demand artists don’t want to do smaller pieces, but at the same time, I’m not going to trust someone to do a big piece until they can do a satisfactory smaller piece.

Thanks Amok,

I have sent them an enquiry – I hadn’t seen them before.

Other options are Vamp body art, Burnin Hell tattoos, Tattoo masterz.

I’m so confused! I’m sorry if I seem like an idiot – Thank you all for your help so far.

I am making some enquiries – there is a place not too far from me called Art n Soul that seems to be highly recommended. I filled in there contact form for them to call me.

My next planned tattoo is text – controversial, I know, and I also know how important it is to have nice clean lines for text to look good – so now I’m really nervous, I want…[Read more]

A bit far from me (2000 km) I posted some links to local studios, but they are caught up waiting on Mods.

What should I look for, when picking a good artist?

Lol, only a 2000 km trip!! These are some of the studios I have to choose from – I will go and do some reconnaissance tomorrow.

http://www.tattoosadelaide.com.au/

https://www.facebook.com/tattoomasterz

Vamp Body Art

South Australia.

I’m not opposed to changing the design, or whatever it takes to fix it.

Really? Damn. It was done by an apprentice in a well renowned shop. I thought it was ok, but what do I know 🙂
I was going to discuss my next tat with him this week, but i will investigate some other artists instead.
I appreciate the feedback, guys, even if it is a little dissapointing.
What would you recommend to fix it?

Please, fill me in?

Thanks everyone – will post some pics asap 🙂