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  1. I think it looks pretty and it will heal fine. Once it heals and the ink settles it will always look newer than the original, but it looks like they did a good job matching the style of the leaves. Let it heal... I don't think it would look as good if you tried to connect it now.
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  2. Hi! I’m Erica. New to the forum, sought out a community like this because I’m laying in bed having a little bit of an anxiety attack. I just added onto my chest piece, having asked my artist to extend it to cover the armpit chub area. Not sure if I’m just having that new tattoo immediate regret or if my concerns are actually valid. I’d love a second opinion and potentially some advice 🤞 I know I’m asking a lot in my very first post but I’d really appreciate it! I’m stressing because it has a splotchy, dalmation-y feel to it, not really connected together. Definitely going to let it heal and settle in before making any moves, but does anyone know of a way this can look more like 1 cohesive piece? Thank you in advance for your help!
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  3. I think once it heals it will merge into the older piece :) it looks great! It's probably that """regret""" that we sometimes have after getting tattooed! Enviado desde mi Redmi Note 8 Pro mediante Tapatalk
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  4. Definitely will let it heal and will reassess once the ink colors start to match better as the new ink settles in. Thank you for the reassurance and your reply!
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  5. ezh

    Getting a cover up =)

    I love that you’re keeping it Freddie themed! Looks like it’ll be dope, can’t wait to see!
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  6. Bargain hunters definitely suck... what's worse is when they are friends and acquaintances who you aren't nessicarily trying to tattoo but you're trying to give honest advice to. I think that has to be the most frustrating for me. When you give real honest advice and people wrinkle their nose at it like they don't understand. I have had quite a few people ask me for tattoos... then deals knowing full well I don't think they should be talking about tattoos at all if price is a factor for them. Look at portfolios, pick the artist you want for a reason and pay them well if you're not willing to do this, you don't need a tattoo. I guess the pricing issue has a lot to do with scratchers these days... posting basic pricing on instagram and facebook making people think that it's a realistic thing to expect from an artist. What's worse though is when you get people asking for bad work on purpose... some people can't tell the difference between a child's scrawl and Rembrandt. I don't know how people's brains can function like this... but if the picture they are holding looks the same to them as the black scribble the scratcher did I guess it makes sense how they would be confused about pricing.
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  7. I was nursing in a busy inpatient ward at the time, so it's likely I picked it up from my workplace 🙂 edited to add: Sorry, I didn't mean the MRSA travelled through air, I meant the air and fluids mixed to create the best environment for MRSA to thrive
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  8. It looks to me (nurse) that you might be allergic to adhesive tape/second skin I would be gently washing 2-3x per day with warm water and a scent free/antibacterial soap for sensitive skin, and using a tattoo cream/bepanthen If it starts to blister or the redness begins spreading I would go back to the tattooist or to a GP nurse to check it out for you, particularly if it smells or weeps as you may need antibiotics. It looks okay at the moment though!
    1 point
  9. Dustingormley

    Apprentice Drawings

    5 + years later update. What an absolutely wild ride tattooing is.
    1 point
  10. I thought of one, but it doesn't always annoy me in a bad way. I hate when people come in and tell you how much they are into tattoos or that they are going to be a tattooer, but can't remember anyone who tattooed them. Much like a one night stand, if someone is going to tattoo me I am going to make sure and catch their name. It would be hard for me to forget who tattooed me. I guess I just don't think you can really be into tattoos if you don't know who is who. I guess a couple scenarios that stick out. Hanging at a buddy's shop a couple on vacation abroad walked in wanting a couple small tattoos, they had a few tattoos, but none very exciting, but being a good guest my buddy asked who did their tattoos and he struggled for the name but came up with Filip Leu as the guy who did their wedding band tattoos. We were both kind of floored, you were able to somehow catch Filip Leu with some spare time and well I guess it's a meaningful tattoo to them, but imagine what could have been. When I was at Spider Murphys recently a guy was getting tattooed by Matt and in this scenario I will say this guy was definitely into tattoos, he certainly liked talking about the Dragon Ed Hardy put on him in the early 90's. He was getting a rose next to an existing tattoo of one of picassos paintings. Like a good host Matt asks him who did it, and the guy says Ed was busy and he had one of the other guys in the shop named Dan do it. Asked what year and he said 91-92, holy shit Dan Higgs did this tattoo on him, which is cool in itself, but would have been cooler if it was something he had drawn up. Anyhow most of the times it's more annoying people with less interesting stories that annoy me, the above scenarios were kind of cool, but I think I have rambled on enough.
    1 point
  11. We get loads of people walking in and saying "I want a sleeve tattooed" to which we obviously reply "Okay mate, what do you have in mind?", they then say "I don't know." Honestly? You want your whole arm covered, but you haven't given any thought to what with?
    1 point
  12. julio, i read a story about a tattooer on south state street, chicago in the 50's who also hated that. so he would wear a big sombrero while he worked so the dude couldn't look down! the brim was between him and the tattoo!!
    1 point
  13. Not my biggest pet peeve, but had a girl come in yesterday with a lotus on her lower back. Her first words were- "I want to do something with this. He messed it all up. I don't like it." So I look at it, and it's well done. Some of the magenta healed a bit patchy, but it was otherwise done by someone competent. She tells me it's too big and she doesn't like that there's not water around it. I had to remind her that she SAW the stencil first, and gave him the go ahead. She seemed completely put off that I wasn't on board with her shit talking whoever did it, but that's not my style. The sad thing is, I know if it were a lot of the other shops around here, they'd just start bashing the initial artist, further perpetuating an unnecessary bad rep for the guy.
    1 point
  14. Reference for tattoos on phones. this shit is gonna be on you forever, show some respect, don't be a cheap, lazy client. print that shit out so i can actually see your reference.
    1 point
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