ppornan;67029 wrote:
just checked out his myspace portfolio. sick stuff. i love the sugar skull girl and the geisha on the foot. Noticed it was in galveston. good to see a fellow texan on here.

Patrick

Yep Texas born and raised. A friend of mine from high school owns a tattoo shop in Conroe,TX just north of Houston and he does some…[Read more]

ppornan;67008 wrote:
looks rad man. i love the purple clouds. who is the tattooist so i can check out his work.

Patrick

The artist name in Chano. He’s kinda old school and isn’t real big in to self promoting and having websites and all but you can see some of his work on the tattoo shops myspace…[Read more]

irishman301;66995 wrote:
Damn…that’s one bada** piece of work man!!!

What gave you the idea to get the 4 horsemen theme?

Well it’s not a theme I think it totally overdone in tattooing yet. Not that there’s really anything wrong with that since I plan on getting some Koi and stuff later on but my basis for it was the woodcut by Albrecht…[Read more]

ryannnnn;65014 wrote:
I wholeheartedly agree. tattoos are becoming part of the norm.

I take that as kind of a good thing in a way but a bad thing in a way also.

I initally thought the American Eagle in question was the regional airline by the same name since I work for a airline myself and am well on my way to having my second and last full sleeve done. Non of the management care and it’s pretty much a non issue in my field of work since the airplanes don’t have any feelings which is good cause my…[Read more]

-DMD-;64145 wrote:
Looks good? hell that looks freakin’ awesome!!

Thanks man. I was so anxious to get it going cause with just the outline it looked so incomplete but now it’s starting to really come together. I’m guessing I’ll have one more sessions of some shading before we start going in with the color.

IT_LBS2;63607 wrote:
ha-ha nice choice in coloring.

Thanks. I have two more that need color below them. Probably gonna get one done in a couple of weeks.

Outlaw;63469 wrote:
get a friend to help you out…. take a strip of paper with a straight edge that is long enough to wrap around your arm and overlap itself, now stand up straight and get your friend to wrap it around so that the overlapped edges match up perfectly….. now with a pen get them to draw around your arm using the papers edge as a…[Read more]

I think everyone has their own lotion that they find works best for their skin just through trial and error. Personally I use Palmer’s concentrated cocoa butter while healing and once I start cleaning it while showering I use Aveeno skin relief body wash with oatmeal whule in the shower. That stuff is awesome and from what I’ve found way better…[Read more]

IT_LBS2;63341 wrote:
I thought I would make another post for my leg sleeve I am working on. I only have one on it as of now, still not quit finished.I have a few good ideas as of what I want so all it’s going to take is getting into see my artist. Anyway here is the first tattoo…..

Haha nice take on that one. I took out the cross just to…[Read more]

More than a few people have Koi tattoos and even though I liek to stay away from stuff overdone due to a memory of Koi from my childhood they do have a meaning to me so one day I will have some Koi inked. Overdone maybe but then again not many subjects in tattooing are 100% original these days. It’s all up to what the individual wants imo.

Looks like it’s coming along nicely. Is that part of the snake going to be left visible? If so it seems like less of a cover up and more of a cover through. It doesn’t seem like it would take much to completely cover it up though. And just by going off the pics the black does look like it may have just a few lighter patches in it. I would think a…[Read more]

Also wash it with antibacterial soap. Using a nasty old bar of regular soap that’s been sitting in the shower for weeks isn’t gonna do any good for keeping bacteria off it. Also I personally stay away from any greasy oinments on my fresh tattoos. Hope the doctor can get you fixed up.

KnightHawk;62939 wrote:
Dude, you’ve got some killer stuff going on there my man. I got to say though, that’s the single greatest Crimson Ghost tattoo I’ve ever seen….and trust me, I’ve seen ALOT of them.

Love. Peace. Metallica.

Thanks dude. I almost got just a regular plain outline of it initially. Really glad that I didn’t.

ryannnnn;62930 wrote:
fucking awesome looking so far. those sugar skulls look great man, bet they hurt tho l ol

Well the outline and shading wasn’t all that bad but when the color started going over the places freshly shaded that was when it stopped being fun lol

Sherav;62907 wrote:
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.

Take Care
Matthew

I’m sure it looks more complete with the bottom expanded. Can’t wait to see some…[Read more]

Sherav;62786 wrote:
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…[Read more]

Sherav;62905 wrote:
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?

Take Care
Matthew

Actually the ribs on the side are better than the ones in the middle imo. There was just a weird vibe in the shop today with my…[Read more]

KnightHawk;62320 wrote:
Took about five minutes to look TCA up, and it turns out it’s a poor man’s Wrecking Balm. It most likely won’t remove your tattoo, just fade it, it’ll be painful as hell, and there’s a chance it’ll scar. But hell, it’s no more stupid than the way you applied it in the first place.

By the way, what airline do you work…[Read more]