growltiger Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Oh my goodness, how do you people take such nice photos of yourselves?! I've contorted myself into the most ridiculous poses and these are the best I can do. So apologies for TERRIBLE photos in advance. I tried, I really did. Anyway, so here are some healed pics of my arm. I've got myself another appointment with the same artist next week. I'm thinking that I would like him to add more flowers, probably pink peonies. He does amazing flowers, and I am more than happy to let him just draw them on as he thinks best. I was thinking that I'd like him to go up onto my shoulder a bit more at the back, and then underneath my arm and maybe a bit lower down but not too far (down to the elbow). But now I'm excited and want to talk about it and started thinking that maybe I should ask you, oh wise LSTers, if you had any other ideas that I might want to consider? Is this a good idea? Something else? Different layout? I want to make sure that I've considered all options, as I never intended on getting this tattoo on my arm at all, so haven't really had much time to think it all through! I have an accidental cohesive arm tattoo :D semele, Graeme, SeeSea and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydenRose Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 @growltiger, I remember seeing that on instagram. Soooo good! It seems like Rodrigo's been doing a lot of peony sleeves lately and I love them, so if that's what you're leaning towards I don't think he will disappoint! Congrats on the tattoo and future tattoos! growltiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 I suggest turning it into a half sleeve and back piece.... inner arm is a good place to start that journey. growltiger, polliwog and SeeSea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseracts Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 He does really nice birds. I want one. Your body is a canvas Also, this landscape thing is cool. TrixieFaux, growltiger and SeeSea 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDeepFried Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 That's a lovely tattoo, @growltiger! I'd suggest adding more peonies and then bringing it all together with a traditional Japanese-style black & gray background (wind bars, waves, clouds, etc.) for a more cohesive look. Tesseracts, TrixieFaux, growltiger and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growltiger Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Thanks everyone :-) I hadn't considered a traditional Japanese background... that's definitely food for thought. I'll have a look at some. I do also love his birds, but I wonder if other critters would look odd with the kitsune as the scale would be all out. Though I suppose a bird would be roughly the size of a foxes head perhaps. Too many creatures? I must admit, I had been thinking ahead to a backpiece... so I'll mention that to Rodrigo so he can factor in making it extendable in the future. misterJ, SeeSea and tatB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugilist Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I think it's not a bad idea to just run these ideas by him and see what he thinks re: your concerns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growltiger Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 @Pugilist Definitely! I'm really open to his suggestions, I just wanted to be a bit more prepared for this appointment than the last one. Which pretty much went along the lies of me: "on my back?", him: "nope. Arm?", me: " oh uh... go on then." Now, if he says for example "what about adding a traditional Japanese background" I know that I've spent time looking into what that looks like and what *his* look like, more importantly. Now I know that I'd be really happy with that idea, whereas yesterday I wouldn't have known. I've spent some time today sat in the sun with a nice cold lager browsing both Rodrigo's and other peoples Instagrams to get a feel for it. And I'm very excited and really open to whatever he'd like to do to me really. Yay :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutOfIdeas Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 @Pugilist And I'm very excited and really open to whatever he'd like to do to me really. Yay :-) Sorry if this is massively inappropriate, but I've worked way too much construction to not get a chuckle out of this one Joe Stratford 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growltiger Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 @OutOfIdeas Hahaha :D Freudian slip. But now that you mention it, he is rather dreamy :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted July 13, 2014 Share Posted July 13, 2014 I noticed on IG that you got some more peonies done! Congrats, they're beautiful :) growltiger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tattooremoval Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I voted Claudia de Sabe tattoos because very attarctive, toughest and stylish tattoo' collections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growltiger Posted July 16, 2014 Author Share Posted July 16, 2014 Thank you @cltattooing :D I'm very pleased with them. I must get round to posting a photo of it all healed. And my leg & foot. It's been an exciting couple of months, tattoo-wise! omeletta, Graeme, cltattooing and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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