Welcome Danno, hope you enjoy the forum, we are crazy about ink around here, especially new ink

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Welcome to the forum Iris

no doubt megan, Ive seen linework just as bad in a shop, his shading is really rough, his artistic ability is shizzz

I just hope one day these kids will stop trying to take the easy way (and take peoples money) and go learn this 10,000 year old artform right, or in this kids case (he has no artistic talent) go get a job doing something else

Thats very cool, I am glad you decided to stay and hang out.

All buttwheat and buttheads like me want is to raise the standard of tattooing and tattoo work in general.

I believe if people see good work, and get advice from other collectors about what studio to use, who is available to them, and they take some time to make a good tattoo decision…[Read more]

Thank you all for your replys, I have an ecclectic collection, it all means alot to me personally but I mix and match any style
no matter what I get I try and use the best artist I can

InkedArky, Josh is world class and very reasonable $1000 for all day,
who in the fuck with his level of talent works for a$1000 all day, certainly not any of those TV artists, thats a bargain, Josh is FAST as lightning, you wont beleive it

Josh wont make you wait a year either, one very cool dude, the best

Thing is alot of these real good guys…[Read more]

thats is some freaaky shit, never seen anything quite like it,
Id see a dermotogolist right away,

it doesnt look like an ink alergy, not latex, not zinc, really strange

(ps this guy isnt much of an artist, piece is out of proportion on torso, arms, pecs, shading stinks, too light, you should find someone else next go round)

I cannt believe Adler said that, if you cant draw Clint, how will you ever get the shading and all the lines in this complicated mans face right? Thats shit doesnt come out on a stencil

Side note…………Xavi is one of the worlds best, visit his site and see what you all think, he is amazing

do you like it? if you like it then its ok

we do need to see but darn, at 3-4 weeks you should be totally healed,
sound slike moisture was trapped in during healing, give us a look and we will try and help, in the meantime dont put anything on it, bone dry

do everything you can to dry it out, dont put anything on it, wash it a few times a day and make sure it is 100% dry, let scabs fall off, most of color will be ok

the piece looks in terrible shape, I can only wonder what kind of ink this artist used, I dont beliieve it was any of the top brands. Aftercare instructions were also terrible, olive oil, NEVER,

unfortunately a good tattoo experience starts with choosing a known professional artist, not known by someone in the trailer park, but known by other top…[Read more]

sorry for the loss of your dog…

you mentioned you didnt check the stencil, that was a mistake, when someone is putting ink in my dermal layer I make sure it is what I want…….

the hack you hired used a generic stencil and didnt even consider your paw print, this is the type of hack that permiates this industry now, he wanted his pay and…[Read more]

the only thing thats removes a tattoo is laser
this bullshit procedure you describe is just a coverup gimic to eanr some hack more money

says invalid link if I am not logged in. works fine if I am logged in. maybe moderators can check it out

its weird, I dont think text ans script ever looks right, brand new or 15 years old, why get it?
do a tattoo that represents that person, looks a heck of a lot better

its still scratching, you have bypassed the respected tradition within this 10,000 year old art form and decided to do things your own way. In any profession this is usually not well received. In the 60’s and 70’s a local artist would come to your house and break your hands with a hammer.

I have never seen a scratcher that practiced legally…[Read more]

and I dont think we will knock on your ink becasue ours is bad, you may not like my choices but I do, my album is open to you. But I have been tomany conventions, I have been in shops all over the world, I know and have met alot of artists, I have hung out in shops every week for 33 years now. I try and give you sincere, real advice you can…[Read more]

no member should inappropriately comment or contact any other rmember, I hope the moderators will take care of this…………

I do think however that some of us are taken the wrong way. The majority of the work I have seen posted on here isnt very good………the popularity of the tattoo culutre has brought many people who truly lack the…[Read more]