It’s a really interesting concept but like the guys said it’s an awful lot to squeeze in! The choice of artist will be what makes or breaks this tattoo. I dont know where you are in the world but I would look into someone like Carlos Torres in the USA or Jakub Hendrix in the UK. I believe that both of their styles would do this some serious…[Read more]

Firstly, if you know that you’re crap at saving but this is something you really want, find an artist that can do the work and book mini sessions and do it in pieces, every time you get say $100 ask the artist how much of the tattoo he/she would be able to complete (I dont know what the going rate is in the US these days but I have some incredibly…[Read more]

As you said before, you believe the artist is talented and the lower half of your arm has healed just fine. As long as you take good care of it, stay out of the bath until its healed (in other words dont soak it), dont lay out in the sun as buttwheat says, make sure you’re looking after it, not scratching or picking it should be just fine. Most…[Read more]

but do you not think it would look odd mixing a brightly coloured flower and then have the bird in black and grey? plus i dont think i would have room for the bird and a flower on my foot, so i was thinkin more the bird in flight in black and grey and just some kind of framing embellishment decoration and that’s it lol hmm… decisions…[Read more]

yeh see i was thinking the same thing and the more i thought about it the more i thought the gun just wouldnt work here so i think im gonna put it down my right side underneath my script instead, then its not space limited and they can get in all the lovely filigree detailing on the barrel that i want 🙂 quite excited about it all 🙂 x

Oh I love this piece so much, I’m getting some real ink jealousy! The more u add to it the more I like it, can’t wait to see it when it’s done! X

i agree with the boys,, i love ship tattoos but its really something i personally would dedicate a much larger area to, like your back, i would go with the tiger 🙂

i always like to have a clear intention of rough placement and subject matter and maybe some colours that appeal to me and dont, the rest i leave to them, but either way, still like to talk about it and bat around some ideas, we cant all be seasoned tattoo pros 😉

nope, get enough sessions and it’ll be like it was never there, especially something that’s already that old and faded, if you want more info on laser treatment and some advice pm cornishtiger, he’s a laser removal specialist and will be able to answer all your questions 🙂 x

im having a photo realist colour back piece of some blue morpho butteflies in a rainforest, very girly and soft but if it comes out the way i picture it in my head (which knowing bez it wont, it will be soooo much better) it will be absolutely beautiful 🙂 waiting list is around 3 months unless he has a cancellation or something, need a £100…[Read more]

i think that is an awful lot of very very different things and im just not sure that they will all work together in the way that you propose, also it doesnt make sense to do a timeline across your back and then go from right to left in terms of time because then it means that you are going back in time, as traditionally things are read left to…[Read more]

i have seen someone with a sleeve full of quotes in different text fonts etc and have even referenced it before on this forum. A lot of people on this forum dont like text tattoos, i am not one of them, i have text myself, however, that being said, this is a bad idea, it looked dreadful,when i read the quote you posted above the first thing that…[Read more]

Aussie Tom;111403 wrote:
Any decent tattoo artist would be able to cover that. The only thing is you will have to go big. I would suggest a full backpiece of a tiger or phoenix like you mentioned.

agreed, luckily its mainly just faded lines which should easily be able to be turned into something more appealing, however if the image you want…[Read more]

i dont think it ruins it but im wondering how easy the writing over the wing will be to read once its all healed up? the way i see it, ur the one that has to like it no-one else so just be stoked and sod everyone else 🙂 x

bez is the best, he’s based in sunderland and he’s awesome, he’s going to be doing a back piece for me this year, he’s expensive but so so worth it, check out his work in my album, you wont regret it 😀 x

mine because it means something to me lol

i have a knuckle duster necklace that i wear all the time, i love it lol nice work, i would actually laugh my ass off if i saw someone with that! lol fair! love it lol x

peterpoose;110642 wrote:
Not sure if it is true but I am told the Japanese will buy the skins of tattooed people for their walls lol

You might be worth more dead than alive 😀

that just freaks me out lol

argh i just get so excited and then i think ah shit now i gotta find sooooo much money! lol x

i think if you really feel you need to connect it then the second option looks better than the first but at the end of the day its entirely down to your personal preference 🙂 x