thanks to everyone for the opinions!

i’m glad to hear at least it’s more on the positive side! 😀

i kinda agree on the depth thing as well… but overall i’m really still stoked and happy about it…

will start thinking ’bout the next one or maybe extend this one further…

Cornishtiger;94143 wrote:
Just as an aside to the tattoo I read with interest that your wife is 99% satisfied.
Have you tried slipping a cheeky finger in her arse just as she starts to cum?
If you find the missing 1% please let us know.

hmmm… first time i heard that, will try it later…

and… so what do you think about the ink?

buttwheat;94046 wrote:
Fair overall piece. could use more detail and depth. But it is hard to tell to much with the low quality pic. I do hate that the lines do not follow through the sunrays it almost looks as the rays are magnifying things.
Congrats on the first ink. 😀 Now that you have the first one find a better artist for the next…[Read more]

congrats! looks good. i’m no expert but only critique is on the A and v (if i read them correctly), i think they’re spaced farther than the ‘aye’, was that meant to be that way?

Anyway, looks good and if you’re happy about it i guess even better. 🙂

Hey Matthew, sad to hear that…

I remember reading thru your blogs a few years back and they were really helpful and informative…
I’ve booked my appointment for my first tat and wanted to just go thru them again and brush up on the advices/tips you gave 🙂

anyway, hoping you can put ’em somewhere more secure in the future where no bastards…[Read more]

wow, i’m no tattoo expert but i’d say that was a lot of good skin wasted…

i guess as some said, it sucks but if you’re happy then good for you! 🙂

arnoldsantos1;93072 wrote:
It’s the classic 10-pound shit trying to stuff in a half-pound bag.
Figure out what you want your tattoo to be. Is it a ship, or a sun, or your zodiac, or a cross, or the wave? A tattoo is best with ONE subject matter.

I say you get a SHIP tattoo. Let it take up most of your upper arm. Have the cross on the sail and…[Read more]

Thanks for everyone who replied. Now I’m actually having second thoughts about the design. :confused:

Anyway, will spend more time to think it through and hopefully get to talk to the artist this week. Thanks!

any suggestions/opinions on the design?

how to make it better? or blend better together?

would really appreciate inputs from the experts here. thanks.

was thinking of something like this:

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again sorry not good at this, but at least the idea is here. I’ve cut and paste some pics into the kanagawa wave pic. of course i’ll ask the artist to blend them together nicely. what do you guys think?

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WardyInk;88645 wrote:
get a divorce because she sounds horrible if she won’t let you get something you actually like.

You sound whipped (under the thumb) …

slap her in the face and tell her you’ve had enough of her shit

Go out, Get a tattoo, don’t give a fuck what she says

If she does show her where the door is.

It wont effect your job…[Read more]

msmercury;88634 wrote:
First of all, welcome to the forum. I have been having problems with my HUSBAND not allowing me to get anymore than the one tattoo that I have. It took me a year of begging and whispering in his ear before I got that one. I think he has caved and will be letting me get another tattoo this summer as long as it isn’t too…[Read more]

😀

Sorry i couldn’t contain my excitement so i had to dig-up this old thread!

…and… Yes! I’m finally getting one!!! Bwahahahaha!

😀

Now I guess the planning starts, as I’m no longer keen on getting the sun and armband piece I originally wanted…

Hoping to get it by August (in time for by birthday) and post pics!!!

😀

wow.

wow.

really nice.

those thin strips of torn skin really pop-out.

wow.

awesome stuff!

good to see it’s done finally…

i’m still soooo in love with the left arm!

ppornan;67600 wrote:
Hello and welcome to the forums. Ive seen alot of Elson Yao or Yoa (sorry cant remember the spelling) stuff online and it looks pretty sick. I know there is a big convention in singapore every year and alot of amazing tattooist attend. I dont know how far taiwan is from you, but there is a great shop called east tattoo.…[Read more]

😀

ironday;67626 wrote:
Hi, i’m new to this forum and I bring with me a bit of a problem…

A few weeks ago I got this tattoo done:

I have since, predictably, split up with my girlfriend and desperately need this covering up.

I have been to see 2 local artists to me… one was clueless as to what to do and the other suggested lasering as red…[Read more]

@Scold 67498 wrote:

Hello everyone, I am happy I have finally stumbled upon a website for tattooing that is actually quite active. I hope to learn alot and see some really awesome work!! Here is some pics of my backpiece that is in progress.
Artist: Adrian Lee, http://www.analogtattoo.com

absolutely amazing piece… 🙂 goodluck with the progress…

JohnAkaB;67390 wrote:
I like my original head but really into the more oriental dragon head…do you think this can be worked around to be covered?

why would you cover it? looks pretty darn good imho.

Infamous78;67415 wrote:
Seems like most of my friends wives were against them getting some ink done. But a couple of my friends just did it anyway and it turned out their wives actually loved it. Not saying you should just go out and get one anyway because I too asked my wife about me getting one. She didn’t care, she knew I really wanted one…[Read more]