no, no sponsorship, not an employee but someone who looks for new talent locally that I can get ink from in the near future……………..like the guy Russ Abbott just brought to Ink and Dagger Tattoo in Atlanta. His name is Les Collier, he owned a shop in middle Georgia, I dont know what happened and who cares, the guy kicks ass, check this…[Read more]

people spend alot of money on things, good weed, nice shoes, rims and car parts, jewlery……..but many cut corners on ink???

I never understood that, its your body for Gods sake?………..this shit doesnt come off??

spend some money………but dont panic either, you aint gonna spend 10 grand getting a backpiece, go meet with a shit hot…[Read more]

you gotta figure a couple of these guys are expensive, Brandon Bond requires a $500 deposit sent to his girl, then he will decide if he will ALLOW you to come to his private studio, he tattooes who he wants, his rate is $200-250 a hour, minimum 4 hours (this may need updating)

Russ Abbott is $170 and hour but only charges actual machine runtime,…[Read more]

never use vaseline on a tattoo, its terrible, and never smother, just the lightest thinnest coat you can apply.
My elbow is completely inked (in my album) and you can only work this skin a small amount each session, it is skin that is nearly impossible to tattoo, it doesnt want to be tattooed, and it will never be easy to tattoo,

I dont know…[Read more]

Welcome Tony

Welcome Marv, when you get chance post us up some work to gawk at

thats looking real solid, packing that color nice, great job

sound slike too much text, over time line width grows, I think it would muddy up,
even if the line weight was very small I think it would look messy, but thats just my 2 cents

off to a good start, horsehoe and stuff on her arm might not look to hot in 20 years, heavy lines kinda close together, cant wait to see this one colored up

in no relation to the poster, my comment in general…….

I guess it boils down to what almost everything boils down to …..money………..alot of people dont want to pay good money for a professional high quality tattoo………but they also dont want to pay for high quality laser work to remove the shitty tattoo

around here we are lucky, I…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum………..me, I would wait a long time, work on an idea and like Ive been told in the past, wait and see if that idea stays just as awesome as it was the day I thought of it, many times those ideas change, what sounded great today, doesnt sound so good in 6 months, if it does, ink it

Welcome to the forum, sounds like some good plans

I am probably not a good speaker on this subject after 220 hours I am not well managed.

My plan has been to handle each arm or major part as a seperate piece, I like my back made up of 5 large pieces, which I will add background and tie them in,
I think I will leave my chest and front alone, my mid sromach is covered, both sides of my chest and…[Read more]

welome to the forum, hang out a while

no doubt Adler your right, alot of most artists use a hi res, make a stencil with just dotted main lines and shading lines then look at the hi res and knock it out

TypH draws ok, most of the dexter characters a little off, looks like noses are kicking your arse alittle, but keep it up, Jasons looking pretty good

Id feel better if you had said intense, eternal or skin candy but kuro is ok if it was real, I have seen a shady shop owner who mixes his own pigment and puts in bottles, sells it to his artists,

though we cannot see this piece very well, something is dreadfully wrong here, that piece of work isnt right

thats shit looks as washed out as a 30…[Read more]

Welcome to the forum

pretty cool piece, very unique and personal

welcome to the forum…………

you will have to tell us what part of michigan, Ive got a couple friends from south detroit, river rats they call them, and then one of my favorite tatoo artists in the world Josh Woods is from Alpena

post your new tatoo if you like, we love to gawk at ink

true that amok……….nice clean simple, but she sounds like she doesnt like it, or it doesnt meet her expectations. It is a nice piece, big, clean lines, you could leave it no problem

but if it doesnt please you, you may want to talk to your artist about adding some items, maybe fully coloring the petals and some light background………you…[Read more]