what we are trying to do healing a tattoo is we are trying to dry it out as quickly as humanly possible without scabbing,

any excess ointment (of any kind) is going to smother the piece and lock in moisture, moisture is the pieces worst enemy, moisture, bacteria and other blood contaiminates (plasm jell) will destroy tattoo work snd allow…[Read more]

welcome to the forum, Im addicted for sure! Nothing wrong with it, enjoy!

very rarely a tattoo may swell and burn during a magnetic resonance imaging…..nothing we can do about it, depends on the contents of the ink that is in our skin………a risk we take, never had a problem myself Im covered (but also high quality inks)

ditch the wrap and ointment and try and dry it to the bone today, then light ointment, VERY light

vince villalvazo at mystic owl, marietta ga
jason adkins, all or nothing

vince will knock it out, color or black and white, him, his lovely wife and the shop featured in 3 mags this month, the guys been kickin butt

Wow, thats awesome! Welcome to the forum……………..

I felt the same way. I picked out a Paul Jeffries Dragon, a piece off a flash sheet. As soon as my artist was done I knew I waanted ALOT more……………….now 233 hours in the chair and cant wait till my next 2 appointments!

1751 posts since april 2011 Wardy is not lurking…………….but we wouldnt have it any other way

the phoenix is a classic tattoo still done all the time today
you could start this one with a good artist in my area for a few hundred dollars, just line work

really depends how big you want to go, I will advise you bigger is better, most people regret not getting a tatoo they like bigger,

BUT go find a GOOD, REAL GOOD artist before you do…[Read more]

no doubt, I try and research how fast an artist is, I dont really care if he is fast or slow, I will sit, but it does effect the cost, Dave Tedder is a favorite of mine but he is not fast and spends more time with the machine not in my skin, other guys like Sean Herman, Russ Abbott and Josh Woods for example are lightning fast, that means even…[Read more]

yup, blown out, scabbing pulled out alot of color………….definately find a different artist and have it redone, give it plenty of tiime to heal first, several months if you can wait

thats ok, I tihink we all get that excited about it………..I cant friggin wait till my January spot

you know it………we love us some Wardy

I cannot ink my neck and hands which greatly dissapoints me, those areas look so good once your fully sleeved and all. Ive got to keep my job and be able to suit up and hide the ink. I probably wont tattoo my feet, always been a waste to me. My fun stick and balls will be left as God made them, perfect………. Everything else gets ink,

you should hang out,

people are going to give their honest opinions, we dont like it when people dont like what we like, thats human nature, hell you may look at my album and hate every tattoo Ive got, and thats your opinion, but I wont get mad at you for it.

we used this thread as example to remind people there is real good stuff out there…[Read more]

JENerationX;100776 wrote:
Price is a concern to a small extent. By that, I mean that I won’t commit myself to something like a full back piece when I know I can’t afford it. My main concern was finding an artist that worked in the style I was looking for, produced solid work, liked the idea, and was willing to work with my limited schedule.

I…[Read more]

looking good

I guess when I get all filled up I will start recoloring the oldest stuff

I watched scratchers tattoo, I watched Bob Tyrrell, I watched horrible biker street shop drunk artists mis spell peoples name, I watched Paul Booth tattoo…………..you dont learn this shit in a minute

Ive been to hundreds of conventions, tattoo contests, shops in california, new york virgina, maryland, georgia, tennessee, texas, philly, NJ,…[Read more]

I have said it a dozen times……………Im a nice 48 year old (mentally 14) guy with alot of ink who wants you to get ALOT of REALLY good ink…………I REALLY never want to hurt anyones feelings, or have you hurt mine

I had to learn how to spot good ink, as you Wardy are aware from my stories I started hanging out in a Baltimore street shop…[Read more]

people have called me collector…………that was never a name I asked for, I was just a dude getting tattooed alot by some names those people were impressed by……….now some of the guys who tattooed me were not that big a name, like Bryan Reynolds, then Bryan left Brandon Bonds All or Nothing and went to Paul Booths Last Rites. I started…[Read more]