Nice ink you have had done.

That artist must power through the design as was done really quick.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi and welcome

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

It really depends on the underlying cause of the slow healing if you suffer from;

Anemia

Haemophillia

Diabetes

Lupus

Aids

Leukemia

On any auto-immune suppressing drugs

Suffer from photophobia or have kidney or heart problems

Do not get any ink – it simply is not worth the increased infection risk.

The longer a tattoo is open the more…[Read more]

Hi and welcome

Looking forward to the pics.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi Arni

Straight lines are usually done free hand so done very carefully! 😀

You need at least 2 mm space because otherwise it will just blur away to a blob in later years.

I have very rarely seen any guitar strings on tattoos because they are very difficult to keep from blurring.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

White always looks really pale when healing it darkens up when healed.
Otherwise from the size of the tattoo a touchup is a coupl mins job so no big deal.
Looking forward to sharing your ink.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

To get a scholarship is a damn fine achievement in itself and I am sure that you will make a great artist – lets face it they don’t subsidise ppl who cannot draw.

Also i think what S.Neill was putting across is that no matter the skill you have to be able to take a lot of flak in the industry simply because there is no room for the weak,…[Read more]

Hi

Don’t worry about it you will be fine – also chill a bit you are been teased a little – all first timers get a bit of a ribbin with the well

‘Back in my day I cut that tattoo with a broken beer glass I dragged out outta my skull and damn if I didn’t sleep through it’ 😉

The meal and coke stops your sugar levels from dropping and you fainting…[Read more]

Nice star

I love The Wall tattoo I am a bit of Pink Floyd fan got all the various releases of that album (sad I know).

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

The thing is with any type of technology you will have ppl who want to try new stuff and will experiment with it until it;

1. Is clearly shown to be inferior to what is already available.

2. It is considered to be far too hazardous to use on a mass scale ie several hundred reported accidents, injuries and/or deaths (which have been sued…[Read more]

Hi

If you really want it we cannot stop you but every one of my mates who go tribal between the ages of 14-18 reached 25 and said shit I need that covered.

We are all in our 30’s now and every one of them had that early ink recovered and damn did it cost them.

I waited until I was 26 for my first piece and I have loved tattoos ever since I can…[Read more]

Hi and welcome

Looking forward to sharing your ink.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

A bit of white highlighting will draw the eye automatically and will stand out against the black.

You may need to touch it up every 7 years or so on the white but it is a 15 min job and no hardship – white does tend to fade quicker than most pigments.

That said even a light blue edging would be a nice contrast with a little white as well.…[Read more]

Hi and welcome

You going for the trad St Michael (Greek Orthodox/Russian style) or something a little more modern?

Take Care
Matthew

Hi and welcome

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

First of all getting that cut off would require a skin graph and they hurt I don’t just mean a bit I mean teeth wrenching pain and you have to walk around with a section of skin that is usually taken from your arse cheek.

I had some skin graphs done on some scars and still ended up lasering over the area because it looked a dogs…[Read more]

Hi Vaggerbond

Not personally I know a couple of ppl who have and seeing their work at the Doncaster Tattoo Jam I cannot knock their sterility or tattoo art.

Post up how you get on.

Take Care
Matthew

Hi

The other issue is that some inks contain traces of copper nitrate these were quite a large amount in older inks which gave some of the fading inks that green look.

Most modern pigments now are made from a synthetic base and if of a quality make will last a lot longer than cheaper pigments.

If you click on my sig there is a chapter on what…[Read more]