I’m just ganna add again that you are lucky about getting something half decent or atleast meaning nothing. I was at a tattoo shop with a friend and someone there was joking about covering up his chinese symbol with a large bomb because instead of meaning what he wanted (I forget) it actually meant spicy mustard and was rather large on his back. hahha

As everyone else has said it’s safe to do. My right arm design is working towards a very similar design placement and I’ve gotten some of the real sensitive parts their done but it’s nothing you can’t handle I’m sure.

I’ve only had my arms upper tattood but I’ll agree the inner bicep was def more painful then the rest of the arm. The dark area near the armpit in this pic def wasn’t fun though at all. I was expecting the shoulder and back area to hurt but I hardly noticed/found them relaxing.

In the end it’s worth it though, always remember that.:)

I have a friend with both arms mostly covered in individual tattoos but neither arm is sleeved yet. He wants to get them sleeved but since his tattoos were all done one at a time it’s very difficult for him to connect them. If you go with individual tattoos that is perfectly fine and will look good but he gave me this advice and I’ll pass it on…[Read more]

In traditional japanese tattoos the direction of w/e you are getting done and the elements colors around it etc etc are somewhat important. I’m not sure for the koi the but if you go to a tattoo artist who is experienced with japanese tattoos (especially one who travels to japan to study under an artist there) they can easily help you out with any…[Read more]

Here check this page out.

I’d also like to add please do not go back to this guy to see how it looks with color. From the looks of what he has done so far the best thing you can do is stay as far as possible from this “artist”.

Right now there isn’t to much ink done and a cover is very doable but if you add messy color in their it will only make it much much more…[Read more]

Here you go.

Honestly it’s hard for anyone here to really say yes or no. Do you have a good sample of your work uploaded online somewhere so we can see it possible?

Generally weight loss and gain won’t effect a tattoo as long as it’s not in any form of extreme time period. Rapid loss or gain can cause the skin not the adjust properly but slow/steady loss/gain shouldn’t effect a tattoo.

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Not my style personally but that’s some nice ink and great colors.

Hey check this page out, any of the pages or the image gallery should give you some good ideas.

http://tinyurl.com/qk3sov

Yea I couldn’t find an exact image I wanted so I worked with Natan a little bit and this is what he came up with. Still have to get windbars (most likely) on the shoulders and a lot of detail in the background and fill the mask in red. I’ll be going back in a month or two to finish it up when I have the time and cash but he did enough shading for…[Read more]

I’m in the same boat. Scheduled my next tattoo maybe a month ago and tomorrow is the date and you get those excited jitters. I can’t fucking wait but at the same time your nerves are going at it.

Post pics when you got it.

Nice ideas for the sleeve and the tat came out great. My favorite megaman was megaman 4.

Sorry I don’t know but hopefully someone does.

If you want to get tribal over it I would recommend going to a shop that is very skilled in cover ups. A lot of smaller or less experienced artists make the mistake of just covering black with more black and no matter what the old tattoo will show up as there will be more black pigment in that area from the old ink adding to the new ink.

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Allowing the tattoo to get wet in the shower is fine just avoid letting the water hit directly to the tattoo and don’t scrub the tattoo. When you get out just pat it dry again avoiding scrubbing it.

http://www.tattooartists.org/Gal7210_Healed_UV_tattoos.asp

This is probably the most healed imags I was able to find. It looks like there will be a mark but from what I’ve seen the mark/scar will only be as bad(or good) as your tattoo artist and if you pick at it. So with an experienced artist and good healing you will have little to no…[Read more]