1) it’s definitely full 😀

2) like the big bold stuff

3) got any pics of your back, other arm, and/or the spots?

Just tell him you’re going to start picking out his clothes and haircuts for him if he’s going to say BS like that to you. As someone who’s been married before and just got married again – life is too short to be living your life someone else’s way. You need to set a precedent up front or things will just get way worse down the road. I…[Read more]

Looks good all nice and black. I’m a fan of the black work, if you couldn’t tell. 😉

Cool. Now you’re gonna be hooked. 😀

Looking forward to the pics.

Looks good! I think the bones being behind the skull (instead of below it), the lack of eye patch, and the missing lower jaw definitely separate it from the thought of “pirate”. I like the military stencil font too – you could probably find something online if you wanted to computer-generate that part of the artwork…

Did you try putting it in your album? Just go to User CP –> Pictures & Albums (in Networking section) –> Add Album. Once you create the album, there should be a Click Here to Upload Pictures link. I had resized mine to 640 x 480 and they were all under 100 KB in size. The uploader page says max size is 600 x 600 – looks like it knocked mine…[Read more]

Shoulder blade sounds like a good place. Show us some sketches when you got ’em.

With the bones or the swords? Cool either way.

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=jolly+roger+flag&gbv=2&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

I would probably leave off the acronym or you will forever have people asking you what it means. Where on your body were you thinking about getting it?

http://www.yellowblaze.net/shige/gallery/jn_comp/index.html

http://www.yellowblaze.net/tomo/gallery/color/index.html

I would steer clear or people’s names or portraits. Maybe something a little more abstract that symbolizes friendship/family (but please, no Asian characters if you are not Asian yourself).

Take your time – research, sketch on paper, sketch on your body, go talk to artists and brainstorm with them. Get that job and slide your bro and his gf…[Read more]

Find an artist that is willing to do a consult with you to do some pen/marker sketching on your arm. That is one of the best ways to see roughly what things will look like, including sizes of elements, their position on your body, their relation to each other, etc.

I agree with Rockysmom – inside of the arms. I would say forearms – show it off if you’re proud of those people. For size, you want something that would take up the length of the forearm, but not so wide that it wraps around your arm too much and makes it harder to read without having to twist your arm around a bunch. Also, if you wear a watch…[Read more]