Thanks Poesy, for real. Next tat I get I will put more work into it. I was not displeased by the way this one came out when I saw it, not in the least, and I will proudly rock it out wherever I go. I’m glad to get opinions from all of you though and undoubtedly it will help me in the future! 🙂

KnightHawk;68235 wrote:
Personal meaning. Ugh. I *HATE* it when people justify a tattoo with that whole personal meaning crap.

Look, this is just my opinion, and in the end, your own opinion of your ink is what matters most. With that said, personal meaning means exactly jack shit. The whole purpose of art, in any form or medium, is to elicit a…[Read more]

Oh, and also, I LOVED the process of getting the tat. I plan on having many more, and using this as a learning experience 🙂

KnightHawk;68235 wrote:
Personal meaning. Ugh. I *HATE* it when people justify a tattoo with that whole personal meaning crap.

Look, this is just my opinion, and in the end, your own opinion of your ink is what matters most. With that said, personal meaning means exactly jack shit. The whole purpose of art, in any form or medium, is to elicit a…[Read more]

This is the way the skull is supposed to look btw… I don’t think he’s so far off it. One side is supposed to have 3 more lines than the other side.

KnightHawk;68229 wrote:
Well, it looks like Outlaw and the other forum dude mentioned everything I noticed after a cursory examination, so all I can add is this ain’t a piece of ink you ought to be proud of. It’s on the lower end of mediocre, and the skull is crowded and misshapen.

I’m sorry to say, this is definitely something you’ll want to…[Read more]

I appreciate both of your opinions. Is there any suggested reworking of it that is at all possible to make it slightly higher quality? If not, I accept the quality of the work as is. It may not be the kind of work I’d pay out my ass to get, but as a free peice from a good friend, as I mentioned before, it has a lot of meaning for me. Furthermore,…[Read more]

Someone posted this critique on another forum and I answered it. I figured I’d crosspost it here, to add to the discussion:

“It looks uneven. The first row of feathers on the right side has 7 sections and the same row on the left has 8. But on the main part of the wing there are far more “feathers” on the right side. The line work is not the…[Read more]

By the way, it was inspired by this pin, which I’ve worn for years: