Welcome, look forward to chatting with you, and seeing what you come up with.

Tattoos hurt less today than they did 20 years ago, the machines are better, the needles are better, and the way they are made is better, the styles are better and the artists…for the most part, are better. Depends on your artist, but it won’t be as bad as you think.

Broxi;46962 wrote:
i have money, what kinda things do you have in mind?

Also, if i was to get this excised what am i looking at? Is it a single scar like a slash.

I CAN cover it. Your looking at a piece that would cover your shoulder and run onto your back and/or chest, as well as a good part of your arm. My personal suggestion would to be…[Read more]

jmitchelld;46970 wrote:
Well, after a surprise issue with his studio, I had the tattoo done yesterday. It looks immense but is of course a bit sore – so will post a pic when it is healed.

I know that everyone is different but I wanted to see your opinion on the advice I have been given regarding healing…

He said to wash it once a day with…[Read more]

rubberroomranger;46746 wrote:
you’ve completely missed the point. and yes i did address it and i said i’m willing to take the risk. and i wasn’t dissing your opinion. i was simply disagreeing. clearly we have different views on the matter. i just didn’t like the way you voiced your opinion. it seemed rude. like you were assuming i have less…[Read more]

rubberroomranger;46709 wrote:
haha well i’m only 21 and go clubbing all the time so trust me i’ll be under blacklights quite a lot. plus i love neon colors regardless. but i don’t want dull colors, so is it possible to get a regular colored tattoo and then get blacklight over it, or even just parts of it??

See, that’s the deal. Your 21 and…[Read more]

Me too.
This one is Outlaw’s

I’m pretty good at cover-ups but I’ll tell you honestly, unless your looking for a LOT of work and you’re willing to pay a lot for it, you can forget it. What you have is too big, too bold, and too dark. Covering it would be a monumental job.

munin_ink;46941 wrote:
Yes, that’s a raw nerve. I get alot of people who assume since I go to an art school that I’m rich and uppity and not willing to put in several days hard work. My mum manages apartments in Clifton. Her weeks average at 70-80 hours of college bullshit. I work with her every summer and every spare day that she needs help…[Read more]

Ahhhh…stepped on a raw nerve there did we?

You can get an apprenticeship on a “scholorship” also. Paying is only one way to go, working for free is the other.

your right…who knows what you could become? But I’ll tell you what, if you let me push your buttons so easily over a computer, you’ll never make it through an apprenticeship in a…[Read more]

Back to the idea of apprenticing. i was thinking about this earlier. This thread started with someone saying they were an Art Student.

Did they teach that for free? I wonder…do they pay art students minimum wage?

Hmmmmmmm.

Seems to me everywhere I’ve looked you have to pay some serious money to major in Art. In some cases over…[Read more]

Baarz;46870 wrote:
omg, you sir are an idiot.

Went to check out your albums to see what YOU have. Hmmm. No albums. Nothing. Seems if you join a tattoo forum, you should have something to show…right? Especially if you are going to call someone else an idiot for asking a simple question.

You must be a great artist, with lots of tattoo…[Read more]

That was a simple answer…and correct for the most part. I use water to clean my needles when switching colors…some of the time. It depends on what I am doing. One of the things you have to understand about tattooing is that it is an ART. Just like painting in a way. The best tattooists don’t just color like a paint by numbers set. they…[Read more]

There is a good deal of work out there…I suppose you could call it a “style” that there is no name for.

I’ve done wording…lettering on people that gives the appearance of letteres sunk into, cut into, burned into, or embossed into the skin. But what do you call it?

Hell, I don’t know.

Thanx for your diligence Turbo. Appreciatecha.

Nope, not me.

Honestly, I find that funny. you guys live with pain. You work out until your muscles scream. You beat each other to a bloody pulp, then you get sqeamish over a four hour tattoo? Dude, I’ve tattooed women longer than that. Not just women, but…like, housewives who don’t work, don’t fight, don’t work out. They hang kids off their hip and…[Read more]

its one of my favorite reds. The same company makes a red called RedRum from the movie Shining. Its a deep blood red.

Welcome to the forum.

PM TurboSatan with a copy of your shop license. You can scan it and upload it to a restricted photo album where Turbo can view it. Once you are cleared with Turbo as a pro artist, you’ll be added to the pro artist group.

Until then there are some rules on this forum concerning what discussions we can have. No discussion…[Read more]

Sherav;46757 wrote:
Hi

To be honest to do it some serious justice you need to use up as much of the space towards the centre that you can manage.

If you do that it will be a mind blowing piece!

This is because you can really get the fine detail which makes a good tatt a great tatt. If you go shoulder you are cramping the size of the piece and…[Read more]