The sunny weather has started, but my new forearm tattoo is only a week old so I don’t want to expose it to sunshine and it’s too fresh to apply sunscreen on. Spent three beautiful sunny days hiding indoors but I just couldn’t take it anymore. My solution? I went out and bought an inexpensive long sleeve t-shirt that had tight arms. Cut the…[Read more]

@yodaddynukka 127198 wrote:

I’m really liking how it’s turning out.

No shit!!

WOW. This is already great, and it is going to keep getting better!

@Sam-I-Am 127152 wrote:

Are you afraid of garlic?
How about wooden stakes?

That could be the problem!! My brother did refer to me as Dracula just this afternoon. The sun has finally come out up here and it looks like summer may be starting, but I’m hiding indoors due to fresh ink.

Or resentment that due to my bad timing I can now only venture…[Read more]

@BertNaked 127124 wrote:

I’m somehow drawn to that sun. It reminds me a bit about that raging moon from space mountain. I like it.
Not that big of a fan of the unlined flowers… Looks a bit off. Would’ve been better if they had black lines in my opinion.
Also hope the artist has a good idea for that spiral on your shoulder, because from here it…

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@peterpoose 127020 wrote:

I have 20th August Tofi, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Victor. Then I drive 1 day to Silvano for a 12 hour session with him.

Peter, when you get that much work done, does it stop you from thinking about “the next one” for a while?

I’m just curious because by the end of my session last Saturday I felt pretty done. Even told my…[Read more]

@barndog 127104 wrote:

Thanks folks, I knew girls were not going to like it, but like the lady said im really happy with it thanks

First, I think that it is very well done. Second, not that a tattoo ever has to have a “meaning”, but I like your story behind it. Third, it is in a fairly discrete place and if they can’t see it how can they be…[Read more]

@buttwheat 127062 wrote:

The problem with back tattoos is that you can’t see them.

I like to get my tattoos where I can see and enjoy them. After all, I’m the one who paid for them.

That being said – if I ever run out of room on my arms and legs, or the right artist were to suggest it, then I’d consider my back. A chest piece would be just a…[Read more]

@peterpoose 127020 wrote:

I have 20th August Tofi, 21st, 22nd and 23rd Victor. Then I drive 1 day to Silvano for a 12 hour session with him.

Going to Robert Hernandez this Tuesday, that’s my schedule booked up for this year I think.

What’s everyone else have in the pipeline?

You, sir, are a beast!! I don’t think that anyone else can do the…[Read more]

@Sam-I-Am 126990 wrote:

I think it’s better, but it’s not my style.
If you like it, go for it.

What he said.

So I got this tattoo before I deployed to Afghanistan

And I would like to add a THANK YOU for your service.

That one sure looks better after the ‘facelift’. Turned out beautifully in the end.

Those are all beautiful examples of chest pieces. But c’mon … you know that you are going to end up doing your chest piece AND a back piece.

I am sure that all these guys will enjoy seeing both pieces. (But they would probably want before and after pictures of the chest area.) 😉

Welcome aboard.

@Mrdavid 126917 wrote:

Iv had maybe one person not like it cause wasnt meaning full. No one knows what a gir is lol

A tattoo only has to be “meaningful” if you are being filmed for a TV show. In real life some tattoos are very deep and meaningful while others are just because you like tattoos, or like the image or subject and wanted it as a tattoo.

@GrayCatLove 126880 wrote:

You know, giving over creative control is so hard, but with a quality artist, nothing but good can come of it.

That is the truth! I was prepared for Ish to go at me with sharpies, because I knew he was big on freehanding.

He got a stencil ready for the main part of the image, put it on, and then said he was going to…[Read more]

Triple views so that you can see it from both sides as well as from the front. I’m not sure if this link will work, but gonna try:

Photo by tattooish • Instagram

Your own drawings, that’s cool. And I like the way that the artist tightened up the composition for the tattoo.

His name is Ish Schuurbiers. Online he goes by TattooIsh, and is from Curacao in the Caribbean. Very talented. The mask (including the face) he stenciled from a reference photo. The rest he free-handed on with markers.

My first experience getting a tattoo at a convention, and my first free-hand. Also my longest sitting to date at 8 hours. I…[Read more]

Nice rose. I like how you continued the scalloped edge (not sure what to call it) that already existed at the top of the dagger handle around your armpit and down onto your chest.

Thanks guys, I’m loving her, too. I’ve named her Isabella, because she is a beauty, the belle of the masquerade ball.

And the artist, Ish, is such a nice guy. I went back again today for the contests and spent a few more hours with him and his family, and watched him work on a sleeve. They were all very nice to be around. If you like his style…[Read more]

@ArniVidar 126767 wrote:

I have nothing BUT half-formed (or mostly-formed) ideas. They will have to wait until I can afford to trapse around the world in search of a proper artist, or until one such magically appears here in Iceland 🙂

It can happen. TattooIsh (Ish Schuurbiers) magically appeared at the local tattoo show in Vancouver. And that…[Read more]