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My son is Gianluca. I am his Father. Darth Vader is bad ass. Sooooo I got this last night.

I think you're right about color. Especially if its something that I want to add onto later in time it might not make it jive well. Artist is Mike Gladwell. He's done 2 pieces on me already & we work well together. His line work is nice which is obviously key for a piece like this. Thanks Syn for the response.

Hello all,

Since I got some good advice last time about some ideas I had I figured I'd stop by since I am in the early phase of planning my next tattoo. I went by the shop today and was able to secure a date in 2 months from now. Any input, ideas, etc is always appreciated.

The Placement - Left Ankle/Calve ( currently bare )

The idea - a 360 degree tattoo building an international skyline around leg. I'm guessing 4 buildings/sites based off of my skinny legs but will be talking to my artist this week in which we will discuss his thoughts on what we can fit.

Anyways the idea is having famous buildings going from ankle up to calve. Preliminary ideas are the Leaning Tower of Pisa ( I'm Italian American ), Ulan Danu Bratan Temple, The Seattle Space Needle, Saint Basil's Cathedral ( probably wouldn't fit but I'm hoping ). Also like the idea of Christ the Redeemer in Rio.

Rising above the Skyline would be a simple paper plane & the words "Dream Big".

2 things I should mention....

I am not a traveler. I Live in CT and went to the Bahamas for a week once. That was my only time on a plane. My life never allowed me to. So I can't use personal experiences bc I don't have any.

I am a father of 1 and every single night when he's asleep I kiss him and say "Dream Big" so thats how the idea came about.

So ya...anyone have any ideas, thoughts, opinions....I was picturing this to be black & gray with some color background. Haven't thought that far ahead. Really been googling the "International Skyline" and looking at architecture related things. Want to make sure the space needle wouldn't be inked on smaller then the leaning tower when in reality thats bigger. Ok rant over, thank you to anyone who responds with any input.

I received the tattoo so I figured I share a pic. Will re-post when it heals. Got it done on Friday night. This was taken at the shop. I was bigger then I expected but very glad with the size. Omitted the rays around the head and had an idea about a halo but I decided to leave off & revisit later if I change my mind. Thanks to all who shared thoughts/opinions etc whether you liked the idea or didn't. ( or whether you like the tat or not lol )

Thx and I followed back.

just got on this too

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I just got IG back after a year. follow at @grunkypepe and I'll follow back

I agree that looks more like Poe than Jesus, in regards to your spider web concerns. Here in the UK, it means passage of time. The teardrop on face means they've killed someone. Though some people get a teardrop on face because they like the look of it. I wouldn't really worry about it. Don't think too much about it, it's a lovely design. Enjoy it x

Thanks, the artist is from the UK so this really made sense and what I was looking for. Thanks!

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well think of it this way...

if one day you do become a drug addicted gangster

you'll have already gotten the ink to cover that

edit: all kidding aside - i think its a cool piece - but man - you're the one wearing it

If 1 day I become a drug addicted gangster then you jinxed me!! haha jk thanks!

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From what i know the spiderweb signifies that you have done/ are doing time. As for it being on jesus it would go along with that, because he did do time...on the cross. So in that regard it would work.

again makes sense. Thanks!

Thanks for chiming in. Graeme, I agree about the traditional Jesus and do have a plan for that down the road. misterJ it does remind me of Poe as well. A tell tale heart could easily be taken as the sacred heart. Opinions aside do either of you or anyone else have an idea of the original question re: the spider web? Thanks!

I'm actually getting this tattoo done this friday ( 2/6 ) and I am somewhat going back & forth on the spider web on the forehead. I looked it up and most says gang affilation or jail time while other things say drug addiction. The picture is of an artists interpration of Jesus in the Victorian Era. ( the sacred heart, the way his hand is ). Anyways I am extremely stoked about this piece but I just don't get the spider web part which can easily be omitted ( look wise I do like it ) but in all honesty I'd feel funny if someone asked me to explain a part of my tat and didn't have a solid explanation albeit the work is for me and not them. Anyways as I'm new on the scene ( this will be my 5th tat & got my 1st just last june ) and I figured I could get an answer here. Thanks for reading this & sharing your thoughts.

welcome

benvenuto alla scheda

Welcome...cool ideas

Wherever you have the links posted is blocked at work, but when I get home, I'd love to see the cat flying the plane. Haha. Nothing ever wrong with cattoos.

try this?

I like them all! I know it isn't popular to say so (text and small pieces seem to draw a lot of criticism here). They are all done very well and the placement is perfect.

Thank you! I wasn't sure if people would rip on my work bc it's not huge pieces but either way its cool. Started off small and working my way up! lol. Thanks again!

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thanks Tornado! My mother passed in 06 and always thought I would do the traditonal Mom Heart tattoo but the plane sky writing her name got in my head one day and then the dilemma became who would the pilot be & I thought a frog bc she was a leap year baby but I wasn't keen on that idea so my wife said what about Churchill who was our family cat that passed in 2012 & we had her for 17 years & that was it...100% sold lol. Every time I look at it I just laugh and think of the good times.

I'm not an artist but as a client whether its a google image result or something from a book etc I would expect to show the image to my artist & say what I want based off that image then let him make any modifications he would like since he's the artist then based off that we go from there. I'm sure some people though are sticklers and want exactly what they see but IMO you have to give your artist some freedom but thats just my 2 pennies.

Hello all. This is my next piece @ Shelton Tattoo on 2/6. It'll be going on my left arm.

Thanks Marley & Wasaga!

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Hello all. I'm Riv. I always wanted to get work done but reasons that aren't good I never made the move until last June. By end of august I had my 4th tattoo! Looking forward to be a part of this board.

Left wrist - My son's name

Right wrist - Cross/ekg/heart

Left forearm - Proverbs 22:6

Right forearm - a bi plane skywriting my mother's name with our family cat as the pilot.

Looking at tat 5 now which I posted below. Would love to hear thoughts on it. Nice to meet you all!

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