I have red poppies. healed just like any other ink.. as long as the ink is “good” quality, I believe the allergy thing is a myth.

I am so in love with this piece.. it is absolutely stunning.. (and worth twice what you paid for it!!)

If it were me (and I’m personal friends my my artist).. I’d go in and say, “hey, I want a flower/butterfly piece on my shoulder and i have $xx.xx amount of money to spend on it.. can you help me design something that will fall in that price range?”

me and my roller derby team (I am 2nd from the right, bottom row with dark piggie tails and witch tattoo) 😉

I play roller derby and have to wear arm pads (elbow & wrist) when I play.. ( I have arm tattoos). I have found that using “after Inked” tattoo moisturizer from the moment the tattoo is on has everything healed up within 2 weeks and at least twice as fast as anything else I’ve ever used on new tattoos..

It’s $20 a bottle at the shop I go to,…[Read more]

* responding to the thread hijack **

I’m new here too..

I think the rationale holds true no matter where you are that it’s not necessarily the message, but rather the tone & delivery of the message…

I’d suggest a polite, “Hi, welcome! Please be sure to post an intro for us so we can learn more about you!”

P.S. the tattoo idea of the OP is…[Read more]

I just started on “The Shack” by William P Young which is a religious fiction book…. I saw it on the shelf at Target, and flipped it over and got intrigued.

I am NOT religious, per se, but I can be spiritual and the book is very interesting. I got a B & Nobles Nook for Christmas so I paid $6.00 for the ebook and am about half way through…[Read more]

I knew going in that this would not be a tattoo that everyone would like… the portrait is a stencil of a drawing that someone did that I like. It’s not supposed to be a “perfect” lined tattoo, and I really like the way it turned out myself.

I am definitely looking at adding more background pieces to the piece– I have large poppies lined up…[Read more]

Sherav wrote:
I am putting together another online book/study i would love to use that image with your permission.

help yourself… :p

thanks guys.. it’s definitely a work in progress.. we have poppy stencils cut out ready to go on once I decide how many and where..

I read Gregory Maguire’s “Wicked” and realized that there is another side to every story… I found that portrait piece on Deviantart.com that a girl had sketched out and really liked the look —

had trouble deciding between the portrait versus full body, so I just did both!!

very, very nice…

The guy that does my work is super particular about his stuff– I have no doubt if it’s a matter of cheap stuff or bad environment– I don’t need to worry at all…

They use his shop to train the new health inspectors..

Obviously this is old news.. but I am interested to see if she ever got them removed or what she decided.. she kind of dropped off the map once everyone figured out she cried “Wolf”..

Yeah- he/she can straighten out the lines ….. I can’t believe I’m going to post this…

before:

after– lines straight, nice celtic knotwork added:

The outline really doesn’t look all that much thicker– very subtle…. the scar in the middle from a crappy artist is hidden a little better… rework done by Marc Rainville at Art Attack…[Read more]

Was he resting his palm there as he was inking? Alot of times, they are using your body to brace their hands on while they work and probably are applying more pressure than they know (or you feel at the moment)

A decent tattoo artist can make that green star more “symmetrical” if you want. I had a really crappy star with horrible lines and got it fixed and I’m very happy with it now…

I don’t think yours looks bad though– makes it look 2 dimensional… (like it’s floating thru air)

I just looked at her pics.. I thought you guys were talking about the front of the neck- but if looks like she has a back of neck tattoo..

Just wondering if that really “counts” as a “job killer” kind of tattoo– most girls have hair that hides the back of the neck…

(I love it by the way Miss Ivey) 🙂

The design for my Tree of Life was printed out and hung on the refrigerator door for 2 years before I inked it onto my body… I kept going back and forth between all black versus color…

“My” personal rule for tattoos is.. don’t get anything that you simply CANNOT live without… it has to be an all consuming design for me– with…[Read more]

Asenath83 wrote:
Nice ink you got there, what are you planning to get next?

I’m finishing off this right arm.. Elphaba (from Wicked) will go on the front of my arm– she will be standing in a field of poppies holding up here dress with her little green hands (head shot is in my photos)

I will have a poppy piece at the top of my arm (3 large…[Read more]