@Sam-I-Am 123353 wrote:

I’m with the bunch here that think tattoos should be “taylor made” for you, not “off the rack” so to speak. Koi fish tattoos can be beautiful, but there are millions of them. Bert used the barbed wire tattoo to make the point.
Do you want your tattoo to illustrate who you are? What your interests are? What you want out of…

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@BertNaked 123350 wrote:

Wait a minute! You went from a tribal to a koifish….? What will be your next great achievement, barbed wire around your arm?

Not sure I’m following you. Surely I’m not the first person here to start with a tribal before doing other styles?

The blacked out arm isn’t a consideration for me. No fears there. The funny thing is that I was pretty happy with the arm band till I got my koi half sleeve. Now I want to laser the sucker off and get some more quality work. Wish I would have discovered this forum years ago. I had a consultation today and was told 3-4 sessions should be…[Read more]

That bad huh? That’s what I was afraid of.

I went back to get the chrysanthamum worked on. The original concept as shown in the first post left it looking a little unfinishe to my eye. My artist went in with some muted colors and did a great job with the water effect.