Hey MsTibbs, you mentioned swallows there too, and I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that they were originally a way to signify that you’ve been in prison, though I’m sure that it’s not the most popular reason for getting them these days… :). Maybe somebody else here can say if that’s right though?

Cheers, I really appreciate the advice, thanks Matthew 🙂

Hey Matthew, thanks for your response, even though it wasn’t what I wanted to hear… 😛

I noticed with this most recent piercing as well as the one before it that when I tried to change the jewellery to something that wasn’t stainless steel, it all turned bad. I’ve googled it and apparently Titanium is completely fine, and I heard that it’s not…[Read more]

No worries! 🙂 It seriously took me weeks before I found out what people were calling it so I’m glad I could help out. Yeah, Belly Button is probably at the top of my list, he is pretty amazing. I went on holiday a couple of months ago and was actually in the same place as a tattoo convention that he was at, I am sooooo kicking myself that I…[Read more]

Oh and I forgot to mention that even if you don’t have any luck finding this kind of artist in the US, a lot of the more popular international artists often travel to conventions overseas and do work while they’re there. So that might be an option for you?

Hey piercedCHIC. I put a post on the forum a while back asking about the same style. Didn’t find much info at the time but since then I’ve done a whole heap of searching on it and found a bunch of artists who specialise in it. It seems to be categorised as ‘art brut’ tattooing, which is French for ‘raw art’. Unfortunately I don’t know of any…[Read more]

Yeah I personally prefer the ones that look a bit cleaner/prettier, not the really messy-looking/angry ones (don’t know how else to describe it!), the ones of people/kids normally look pretty good. Got so much to work with now, just got to decide on what to get!

Have you got a pic of your tattoo? I find the black line/doodleish look really…[Read more]

Poesy, thank you so much! That is the kind of thing I’m looking for. When I was searching for Lionel I came across another artist named Yann Travaille, who is also similar, for anyone who is interested. It just seems crazy that this style doesn’t have a name; I was reading some interviews with the artists and even they didn’t seem to know what…[Read more]

I think you’re right Gsouder, this style seems to be so out of the ordinary and unique that I might have a hard time finding anyone else who does it. Thanks anyway!

Cornishtiger – yeah, I may do that, the second link is from a local artist who can definitely do the style, but she didn’t design it herself. But she knows Noon’s stuff so that…[Read more]