Hi

My advice is take some ibruprofen for the swelling and get yourself to a Dr for some anti-biotics as looks like it is infected.

You could be having an ink reaction but most likely a bacterial infection. Wash it and keep it clean.

Take Care
Matthew

PS don’t be picking or rubbing at it or forcing the pus out if it needs cleaning out get a Dr.…[Read more]

The candle would work well.

Other ideas I have seen involve the use of cards both gambling and tarot (could always have little sugar skulls as the suits).

Crystal balls. These sometime contain an eye or rose.

Murderflies (Skull headed or skulls on wings of moth or butterflies).

Just a few to get you thinking.

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Matthew

That is a very thoughtful tattoo and it also remembers your Gran in a fun way.

I am sure she would love it.

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Matthew

Looking good.

I heard the calf can sting like a bastard. I have sympathy I’m currently limping around after my kidneys and handles were done.

Nice touch with the knuckles though finishes it off well.

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Matthew

Gratz

What are you having done?

Don’t forget to post up!

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Matthew

Some very nice work.
I think it is great when tattooing can be used as a positive tradition in families.

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Matthew

Hi

The first stop should be your Dr but checking those drugs against my manual (I suffer anemia) it stated that

Lexaprop: Generic Name: escitalopram

Talk to your doctor before taking any medicine for pain, arthritis, fever, or swelling. This includes aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn), diclofenac (Voltaren),…[Read more]

Quick update had my ninth sitting (3 hrs) and expanded the bottom of the tattoo quite considerably to cap it off.
I will post up some pics when the swelling has gone down as at the moment my kidneys look battered and bruised.

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Matthew

That is a lot of ink on the ribs and you are damn braver than me. 😀
It’s coming on nicely and looks like it is going to be a complex sleeve. Are you going shade or colour?

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Matthew

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You just say can we tweak that area so it looks more like x.

Me and my artist have gone through my backpiece a lot of times and we have refined some of the details.

Last night I told him the bottom looked unfinished and how can we cap it off so we added some major water and lotus blossoms that were not part of the orig design.

They are an…[Read more]

Hi

I am very happy with the artist I am using for my backpiece wghich i would suggest for the dove and roses

Phil Webster @ Skinchaos http://www.skinchaos.com/Page-01.html (Dewsbury 7 mins by train from Leeds)

I was gonna suggest Butch of Ultimate Skin Leeds but just found out he has retired and possibly back in the states 🙁

It is a drive but…[Read more]

I am sure you will be fine that is a rocking looking artist.

Looking forward to seeing the end work.

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Matthew

Looking forward to seeing it.

What are you having done?

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Matthew

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The issue you have is that the orig painting was done by Raphael who was a Renaissance artist so ‘gothic’ simply did not apply in the modern context.

When he painted it he wanted to show the beauty of St Michael in earthly form. This means that the paintings taken from that period are quite ‘pretty’.

My advice is take a look at this artist…[Read more]

The only way I would get a tattoo in home is when;

I know the area has been sterilised and is hard surfaces only and damn I would wipe them down myself on top of any previous cleaning.

All soft furnishings are removed or are covered in plastic wrap.

The kit is all disposable which I have seen being broken out of the packaging in front of me.…[Read more]

Ok

Facial tattooing. I am currently writing a piece on it but unless you have facial tattoos for religious or cultural reasons like say Samoan/Polynesian where it is more acceptable the majority of employers are not going to employ a person with a cobweb or spider tattoo on their face.

This is because it would scare the living shit out of most…[Read more]

Hi and welcome

Looking forward to seeing your ink.

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Matthew

Hi

It is a photoshop of tribal design and my artist has been asked several times if he has a stencil for it. His advice which I fully agree with is;

Go to an artist and get measured up and state that you want that style of tribal to (in your case) form the shape of a phoenix.

It is not difficult for a pro artist as they will have to do it in…[Read more]

Hi

There 2 ways

1. Money – and I mean pay way over the odds for a piece doing by them. It is a business and if you offer enough they will make time.

2. Variable (depends on artist attitude) but a large amt of publicity connected to the ink. If you get media backing magazines, TV etc they may be tempted to do the piece earlier.

That said my…[Read more]

Hi and welcome

There are a number of Ozzies on this forum – us Brits swear it is a conspiracy!

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Matthew