xcom

save your money for more tattoos.

leave the tattoo machines for the tattooers

my $0.02 :)

lol...

I can only speak for myself but I think you'll find the overwhelming majority would agree that if there is such a thing as intruding into our industry (and there is), collecting the tools of our trade is the definition of it.

Interesting.... Very interesting.

Thanks for your post.

No, one cannot.

Curious, Is that how you feel or is is that the general?

So I am a metal junkie... I collect guns, flash lights, knifes, and about anything that is EDC...

I been very intrigue about the look of tattoo machines so I been thinking about collecting some of the awesome looking ones... They have some cool designs out there...

The bad part is that tattoo machines are so simple mechanically that they rarely brake and when they do people tend to fix them... so you rarely see them been up for sale...

Is this even possible? Can one collect broken machines and not be consider "intruding" the industry?

Just asking before I go look stupid by requesting to buy broken tattoo machines.

I have my second session on my leg sock (and probably last for a while) this Friday the 1st.

Go ahead, but make sure u have backup flowers and chocolate.

+1 on this. It works! :D

I so want to go but thanks to mother nature.... I am fucked... cant :(

Can I post a second tattoo? :D

Being new to the tattoo world, I read dumb opinion articles on getting the best tattoo rather than going on a forum and reading personal experiences. A lot of articles advocated letting the artist do his thing and just give general ideas. I did that and he drew up some stuff. My reference picture was a sleeve that had tattoo built on tattoo with little negative space and clouds were fillers. He advised me to just put two big tattoos and then fill the negative space with clouds. I didn't argue because of those dumb articles always telling me to do what the artist says or you'll get a bad tattoo. When he applied the stencil and asked me how it looked, It actually looked ok. Then he started to freehand the filler and it started to turn to shit. Rather than feeling like I wasted $50 for the deposit, I went along with it. Now I know that $50 isn't shit for something permanent. It was a hard lesson.

50 dollars... Thats it? I lost over 200 on a deposit... Well not fully lost as he will honor it when ever I would like but I consider it lost...

I will lose 1000 before I ink my skin with something or somebody that I don't like.

@marley mission, Saw your post bud. Good luck!

I run almost every day 3 to 4 miles. (When I am not sick)

I also work out on the gym, mostly to loose weight and get fit.

This is a double edged sword it seems like. For my first sleeve, I was advised by friends with great sleeves to let the artist do their thing after you give them the idea. I gave some broad general ideas and told him to just try to create a sleeve with a good flow that moves with my arm. He ended up just putting two flash tattoos that cover my entire outer and inner forearm and then he just put clouds behind it. For the longest he kept telling me its because I just need more tattoos near it to look good but I added more and it didn't. Now I have to undergo tattoo removal to fix my sleeve. It was a huge waste of money.

Man that really sucks...

I seem to only get post tattoo blues right after I get color or if the placement is bad and I have to find ways to fill awkward spaces between tattoos.

Its called ink withdrawals.

@xcom,

It's now in my gallery.

I think the main issue is that I am over critical of myself no matter what.

Just my 2c but the placement is pretty awesome. But I do understand what you mean.

@IzzyBizzy,

You got pics?

I had no clue mandalas and shit like that was a trend nor had a "deep" meaning.

I actually started a geometry piece because it expresses the logic of my thinking as a IT/IS/Coder.

Ultimately they are the tattooers fault, and there is nothing that you can do other than washing them daily. Doesn't mean your tattooer is a bad tattooer...I've gotten these from the best in the industry. Tattooing damages skin, especially with multiple pass pieces. Sometimes the craters heal fine and other times you need a touch up.

nailed it.

Through out the course of my back piece I got about 3 of them. Two healed just fine with no ink loss and one had to get retouched.

I took pics of the whole process... Its nasty looking though.

Lower back was by far worst, followed by wrist which was bearable.

So I got to experience lower back "pinches" I got to do an allergy test today and they use the upper back for the test... But because I had such a large tattoo they used my lower back.

Wholly mother of batmans balls... It sucks!

My son ( 3 1/2) likes my "pictures" but he is not fond of new plans at first because it is a change on his mommy. He likes them aftee though and asks me to get dinosaurs or other animals he likes ;).

He also likes my piercings and he is growing his hair long because he likes to beadbang :D I have an awesome kid.

lol kids! Gota love them :D

My youngest wants to get pterodactyl on his back and move his arms as if the pterodactyl is flaying... lol :D

I still use Dial on my tattoos... :( Cant brake away from the habit... lol

I lost it at "Thanks Obama."

@tywalters Thank Obama?. :D

@Suiren - i love your tree :) I think it settled nicely.

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Are you kidding?!? I LOVE your french-fry bird!

Nothing but pure sickness! :)