totally agree with adler, there are different elements that you can and cant incorporate into a traditional japanese tattoo, tbh, i would avoid writin of any kind and i would look more at samurai’s for strength and geisha’s for vulneability and peonies and so on and work with those kind of aspects, or even dragons and symbolise your things that…[Read more]

kinda off topic from the rest of it, but i love the heron on the last pic, its really quite beautiful 🙂

its a cool idea, i hope your artist is better with a needle than a pencil! lol good luck 🙂

see, now those are freakin awesome! lol notice most of the really good ones focus on swirls rather than the stars in a galaxy 🙂 have to say i love the third one and the last one best!

ha ha! like arni has pictured above a lightbox is basically a box with a light in it and a perspex screen over the top so that you can do original drawings and then add to them etc by tracing them without destoying the original picture or having to copy the original by eye, it just highlights all the lines better so that you can create accurate…[Read more]

lol ask a stupid question…

well done wardy 😉

pretend its not there for now, think of an idea, do some research into styles and artists and then see what you can do. try to extend or improve something you already hate is probably not going to help it, only make it worse. DO NOT go back to either of the people who did this in the first place, go to a tattoo God and you will feel much better about it 🙂

if you want japanese style you cant use roses as they dont fit the theme imo, you need to look more at peonies and cherry blossoms. i dont know how easy it would be to make these look dead and withered without just making it look like your artist has drawn them badly so maybe instead think about having a sleeve in colour but the flowers in black…[Read more]

we obviously have very different tastes lol no offence but i dont think that’s good at all it just looks messy to me. but if that’s what you like then good luck finding an artist 🙂

lol yes i will def keep you all posted! im just waiting to hear back on dates and location etc and then i’ll loet you all know, im excited to see what he comes up with because i said what i wanted but i have left the composition entirely up to him so it’ll be great to see what happens. i already have the pre tattoo butterflies just thinking about…[Read more]

lol these are my favourite ones that made me know that he was the guy for me 🙂

i’ll try and post the photos that made me chose him, hold on…

may i ask what you’re planning to get? x

thank you! so excited! 😀

thanks guys, unfortunately, there are lots of very average/under par artists in our area and i really want to point him in the right direction of a good artist and mentor does anyone know of any really good well known artists/shops around the Surrey/Hampshire/Berkshire area that i could point him toward? so pleased you’re doing well David you must…[Read more]

are those flowers supposed to be plumeria or are they just random non specific flowers. if they’re plumeria then i would maybe have them altered if you’re intending to put in japanese florals as these are hawaiian and dont really fit. the falcon is good but im not a big fan of the red either. i know you say this guy has a good portfolio etc but he…[Read more]

i dont think we can get this in the uk… that’s annoying, unless anyone else in the UK knows where we can watch it? x

im glad you’re pleased with it babe and i agree that it needs more work with the eyes and shading etc but i cant figure out how this will fit on a sleeve with 90’s cartoons and beavis and butthead? or am i getting myself muddled? x

im yet to see a good tattoo of a galaxy i have to say… i’ve seen brilliant solar system/planet tattoos, but these… not so much, wardy’s right a lot of them just look messed up because of the nature of the design. i hope you can find someone that can pull this off effectively for you, i’ll be interested to see the end result if you go ahead with it 🙂 x

was that really necessary wardy??? lol