Indigo;64940 wrote:
I lost a job as a relief teacher at a private school because a parent complained about 2 tats on my left ankle. They are both pretty small and non offensive (rose and a character). Was a bitch because the money was good for not much work….oh well.

that is quite sick to be honest. Who are they to complain about a tattoo…[Read more]

hmm, interesting. im 15 and iv had a week of experience in a studio. they said they would seriously consider me as an apprentice in the future.:D they already have an apprentice at the minute. even once that apprenticeship is finished i think if they were to take on another person they would probably take on someone with more quallifications so i…[Read more]

this would be my personal advice and im not a profesional piercer etc etc.

the most important thing when stretching is to take your time, its not a race, its something that takes different amounts of time depending on the person and method.

i used tapers to stretch mine (im now at 10mm in both ears). massage your ear with some sort of lube (my…[Read more]

yep Chris does some really good japanese stuff. hes in japan at the minute getting a sleeve finished off by the one and only shige! although the other artist is good aswell he gets more general tattoos to do for people but still, his work is of amazing quallity. today was good, i got a one – on – one tutorial with the apprentice on photoshop and…[Read more]

no problem, was worth a try! lol

well i suppose that was telling me what i needed to know. i love maori designs but in not maori lol. by any chance would you be able to design something like the one in that picture or even smaller? if its a no, its ok because i understand that you usually get payd to do that. by the way thats really nice work!:)

yea i quite like the idea of having an original piece of art on my body.
but i just didnt want to show any disrespect to the maori culture.
thanks for the advice!

welcome! im from Belfast too 🙂

Im studying art in school at the minute and studying tattoos. i reworked this tattoo and i took the general shape of it but filled it in with different random patterns that i made up myself. would this still have the traditional maori meanings to it, and would it be acceptable to a maori person? ill post up another picture asap.

your english is fine. the main thing is that we understand you and we do:D
i like your tattoo!

brilliant cheers! yea amazon is great for them types of books, i have a few on japanese tattoos 🙂

yea thats what i was thinking

:)thanks for the advice! ill bring it in in a few weeks and see what they can do for me

your right but i was expecting about 60-100 an hour and it to take about 8 hours. but anyway im not goin to rush into anything and it will hav to mean sumthing to me

fuck wasnt expecting that:eek: but if its amzing artwork it should be worth it

yea i think a big flowing piece looks better than loads of small things bunched together. oh and in £ how much would a fairly detailed half sleeve be? ino it depends on the artist ect, but roughly..?

i love japanese tattoos, big intricate ones, one day ill hav a full body piece:rolleyes:

yea i think it is what i want to do, iv been thinking about gettin a nice big japanese tattoo nearly everyday for the past year. now i hav to save

lucky guy! id love to go to japan to get a nice backpiece, the traditional way but wer the hell would i get the money..?:rolleyes: