Fala Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 @SeeSea - What a great monmon cat!!! Congratulations! SeeSea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 @SeeSea - What a great monmon cat!!! Congratulations! Thank you - I just love her. Now if only the bruising would begin to subside...but I have to say, this is a great heal so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fala Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 @SeeSea I took arnica and calendula homeopathics, which helped a lot, this past go-round! Calendula is specific for skin problems/scabs/rashes/scrapes/etc, so it makes sense that it would be so helpful with a tattoo. Can't wait to see it healed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bongsau Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 well, got some bug tattoos and made the paper: photo by Shaughn Butts, Edmonton Journal cibo, polliwog, sophistre and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omeletta Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Got this Shishi Lion from Alix Ge at the London convention yesterday (pic nicked from her instagram): When I arrived, Alix was still drawing. She told me we couldn't put the tattoo on the side of my thigh like I had asked for because for that I would have to lie down and she only had a chair. Well, alright then. When I came back from a short tour around the convention she had obviously done another drawing which was much bigger than the first. She thought the animal had to be rather large to be nice, good with me. But she didn't think we could fit peonies as well, would I be happy with cherry blossoms instead...? Bummer...what? Noooo...! Oh well, so we agreed to put on the lion stencil and see then. Stencil went on, peonies were added freehand. No problem, all fitted on there nicely....but...that was gonna be a looong session. If I was a strong woman, she asked. Ermmmmm, well, I bl**dy hoped so...what else could I say? She looked at me particularly sceptical after she found out it was only my second tattoo.... Obviously, we made it, yippie!!! Six hours on a folding chair with two breaks. Even though I got some odd looks and remarks for running around with a pillow under my arm, I was well glad I had brought it because it made the chair way more comfortable! Apart from that, getting tattooed at the convention was actually surprisingly good as there was so much to watch and get distracted by. I could openly stare at all the tattoos walking by and quite a few people gave me encouraging smiles and words. That was really cool. Alix is super lovely and I kinda felt a little bad for her having to sit on her small suitcase for hours. Towards the end she told me that she wouldn't be able to do what I did and that she'd never get a tattoo that takes more than one hour herself. I doubt that's actually true, but it was a sweet thing to say anyway. Suffice to say I'm super chuffed but also glad it's over! And this morning my 3 1/2 year old greeted me excitedly with "Mummy, I have a tattoo, too!". Turns out the entire family has tattoos now, some of them of the temporary type, some rather not ;-) Synesthesia, SStu, sighthound and 28 others 31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polliwog Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Only your second tattoo? Sorry, I think I must have confused you with another poster over on the convention thread! :o Regardless, that is jaw-droppingly beautiful and you are a badass for finishing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omeletta Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Only your second tattoo? Sorry, I think I must have confused you with another poster over on the convention thread! :o Regardless, that is jaw-droppingly beautiful and you are a badass for finishing it. Lol, no worries, I'm working on it, even though slowly ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 @omeletta - sweet! That must have been a little stressful to arrive and have things change several times. The tail is great (well the rest of it is too), but the tail really catches my eye - I think the way it flows up your thigh. Nice. omeletta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidjones Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Both you and the 3 1/2 yr old have awesome tattoos! Actually, I'm a bit more partial to the butterfly. omeletta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsNewport Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Here's mine from Friday at the London convention, done by Tony Hundahl. So unbelievably happy with this one! Nicked the picture from Tony's instagram as my camera is broken cibo, robz, marley mission and 26 others 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrToby Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Awesome weekend at the London Convention. There were some awesome tattoos walking around and being created, not least on some LSTers. Congratulations to everyone that got some work. Everything I have seen so far looks great. I didn't get anything big or dramatic this weekend. Just this little guy by Len Leye at Clan of Tusk in Belgium. Really nice guy and fun time getting tattooed. It you don't know his work then check out his instagram. marley mission, UglyButProud, cltattooing and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @ItsNewport I saw that on Tony's Instagram. He's been knocking out some awesome work this past week*. * - month/year/life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsNewport Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @ItsNewport I saw that on Tony's Instagram. He's been knocking out some awesome work this past week*.* - month/year/life Hasn't he just? That wolf head and the skull/snake he put on Valerie Vargas are utterly ridiculous. smalltownVA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robz Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @ItsNewport I saw that getting drawn on you. It's turned out very nicely indeed. I spent most of Friday Avo getting my stomach/ribs shaded by Henning J. Which hurt. A lot. ItsNewport and Wilhell 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Finally got some half-way decent healed photos of my Hooper musician leg. On the other hand, trying to paste together such a single photo is near impossible, at least for an old geezer like me. I'll reactivate the squidpants thread by putting this there, too . . . Pete tattoo freak, UglyButProud, polliwog and 24 others 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @SStu It has nothing to do with age and everything to do with how the best tattoos are impossible to photograph. Needless to say, but I'll say it anyway, your leg is spectacular and I know you earned it. SStu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsNewport Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 @ItsNewport I saw that getting drawn on you. It's turned out very nicely indeed.I spent most of Friday Avo getting my stomach/ribs shaded by Henning J. Which hurt. A lot. Ah yeah man i saw you! Nasty spot but it looked awesome from where i was sitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltownVA Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 Dan Higgs black heart done by Josh Brown (Josh changed the color scheme some). Forgive the wonky photos; I realized this wasn't the easiest spot to photograph. kimkong, Tornado6, marley mission and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoistTowelette Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Had this done today, red raw, should look great healed once the different tones can be seen Tha finishes that leg off now apart from the foot :) please impregnate me with your babies. one of the best collections in the planet. tatB, marley mission and peterpoose 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el twe Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Dan Higgs black heart done by Josh Brown (Josh changed the color scheme some). Forgive the wonky photos; I realized this wasn't the easiest spot to photograph.[ATTACH]13017[/ATTACH] Inexplicably one of my favorite flash designs, and this is a real nice version of it. smalltownVA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltownVA Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Inexplicably one of my favorite flash designs, and this is a real nice version of it. Thanks. I'd been eyeballing pretty every time I go to James River Tattoo. I figured who better to do it than Josh considering he has quite a few tattoos from Higgs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisvK Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Been ages since I posted on this forum, don't really know why since I have been lurking every now and then. Guess i've been more into real life outside world thingies and started university again. Anyway a friend of mine put this on my leg. Just to get some panties in a twist: this was not done in a shop, but in a bedroom. edit: It's about 2 months healed bladezzz, sophistre, cltattooing and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtlsam Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Session two with Dave C. Got a lot done in about 2 1/2 hours. I was nervous going into this sitting as we had just done the outline last week. I was a little worried my psych wouldn't be there, but in the end it went pretty well. Glad not to have more ribs after this though. Fala, sophistre, ChrisvK and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cibo Posted October 2, 2015 Share Posted October 2, 2015 a belated reply...so awesome @SeeSea, saw this on instagram...glad I peeked in over here to see the full story, a wonderful tribute! SeeSea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botanical Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 At last, a picture with color. The lines are healed and the color is fresh. After it's all healed I'd like to take a photo in better light. This was done by the amazing Gilda Acosta at Fatty's Tattoos in Washington DC, working from photographs of the actual flowers. They are botanically correct! Thinking of adding a bird to the other shoulder blade next. Or continuing the flowers across my arm. Or both... Fala, sophistre, cltattooing and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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