MarvelAvengers

I speak from personal experience. If you going to do something based on genealogy, spend the money on ancestry dot com. Much of the family history claimed by the family was far off.

Thats really cool man. Did you give him a specific captain america for reference? I plan on using comic references for faces for my tattoos. Notably artworks from David Finch and Jason Fabok.

It was a joint choice. He showed me some comic images that he thought would work. He brought up something that I didn't consider. He recommended going with something dynamic and something he could put detail into. Furthermore bringing up that you dont need to see all of captain america or all of his shield to know it's captain america. Aslo saying that in 15 years and 10 foot away it will easily be identifiable as captain america. Based on that I should him some images that I liked and i think we both know that this was it. This is a reverse image of the cover of Captain America Volume 7 #15

I can highly recommend clint for any style but comic related, he is a must. His entire studio is deckedout with comic stuff. Check out his instagram and You will see lots of comic stuff. He also does lots of conventions and my observation is that the comic stuff will get you in the seat quicker than other stuff.

okay, i accidentally interpreted your first post as being more hostile than it really was.

And sorry if i came across that way. It's sometimes a challenge to express demeanor through a keyboard. I've dealt with artists, both musical and visual, as well as boutique shop owners, so I am well aware of the beat down that's associated with many customers. Unfortunately, the world has an endless supply of challenged individuals. At same time, someone like myself, who I consider resourceful, educated, but most importantly respectful of both the artistic abilities of many tattoo artists, but more so of their time, found it very challenging to approach the initial dialogue regarding getting work done. Trying to email ahead of time rarely gets responses from many artist, and the help that services the phones and answers general questions are also limited in many shops as they are exactly that, the help, not the artists. Ultimately, no 2 customers are alike nor are 2 artists alike. As a result, without communication, it's a roll of the dice. Being uneducated should not be dealt with the same as disrespect or inconsideration. Again, just my perspective.

@MarvelAvengers just an fyi the post you quoted/ are responding to is ~4.5 years old. and you are also questioning the practices of a tattooer with almost 20 years experience.

My response is not meant as any disrespect, but rather outside perspective.

welcome to tattooing in the 21st century! designs on cell phones. we have a shop email set up just for people to email them to us so we can print it up, otherwise they can run over to kinko's and print it up. we don't let anyone put a disk or flashdrive on our computers.

there's a good iphone app, though. "hp iprint". it prints to your hp printer through the wifi. it's great for duplicating a tattoo already on someone or to do a quick sketch for a cover-up to give the client an idea of what you're thinking. just take a phone pic and print it out.

The problem is that this is rarely communicated. I have never seen a shop yet with any of their "pet peeves" or "expectations" for a consultation listed. At the same time, most shops I've been are able to get the digital a file to work off of in a few minutes of effort. You would think that this would be beneficial as you then have the ability to adjust the image size, mirror the image, convert to grayscale, etc.. Just my 2 cents

Ahhh I wish I had seen this thread before I had my cover up done! My allergic contact dermatitis irritated my skin so much that a cancer popped up in it and I've had to have it chopped.

If only we knew what was in the ink then we could make the decisions about what is best for our own bodies. I know you say it was a "good brand" but how do you know what was in it? What may be good for one may be deadly to another (peanuts for example).

I have a known nickel allergy and if I had've known that xyz ink contained nickel and abc ink didn't, i surely would've opted for abc and saved the tattoo, money, surgery and anxiety which have followed on

Your thread was locked on the other thread for a reason. If you spent any amount of time researching contact dermatitis, you find that a person may never find what specific ingredient they have or had a reaction to. You would also find that one could have a reaction 1 time, but not the next. Your own documents provided on your locked thread were even titled "rare cases". This doesn't mean that the ingredient is a carcinogen, it simply means that your unique biology is not compatible with it. Anyway, I think there was no foul play here. Likley you had a reaction to a heavy metal used on pretty much all ink

http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/survey-selected-samples-tattoo-inks-presence-of-heavy-metals-july13_0.pdf

Clint Cummings

I did much research before deciding to do my coverup. After watching television shows showing what could be done, it was encouraging while at the same time, you don't want to trust just anyone. As great as the internet is, I have seem far too many bad cover ups although many were simply amazing. My first attempt at research was disheartening as after asking several shops, I simply got too much conflicting information, people simply too eager for business, or simply my gut telling me something wasn't right. Finally I saw some coverup work on a tv show mentioning an artist from Dallas. After a quick search I found that he was a few miles from my house. At this point I went to his shop, but he was on the road. Talking to the shop manager and explaining my situation, I mentioned that if possible I would like to do a Captain America tattoo. Once I said that, I was quickly able to set up an appointment with the owner/artist. Although very high in demand, apparently if you are wanting something that they want to do as well, I have found that artists can shift schedules if there is a type of tattoo that they want to do. Fortunately for me, I later found that the artist was a much bigger superhero fan than myself. Over the next month, I spent wakeless nights admiring his work and many of the comic stuff he has done and spend many hours downloading comic images trying to conceptualize what would work for the coverup. My consultation finally came and after asking me what I wanted, I kind of hesitated with questions as to what my limitations were. His response was, not to worry about it, just tell him what I wanted and he would make it happen. So, I gave him my top 3 comics. We set an appointment and I left trusting him to come up with something. It was kind of crazy committing to something without knowing what exactly I was going to get until I showed up, but I trusted my instincts and research. I was straight up blown away with the results and feel I learned quite a bit along the way.

- Older tattoos are better candidates for coverups than relatively new ones

- Non-recognizable shapes are easier to cover than geometric shapes

I don't know why some artists try to just go for the simple black out with no detail, like a panther head. You do not necessarily need to go darker for coverups, blues rock!

- You should anticipate going at least 2x the original size. Bigger is better

- Detail will help draw attention away from the orginal tattoo, so some slight detail show through

- At least for me, the skin where the old tattoo was scarred and bleed a bit more than fresh skin. These area scanned more.

Anyway, if anyone has any questions, shoot away.

PS.. I was still a little bloody on the yellow lines, but you get the results.

That will be costly for laser. Depending on what your expectations are for a design, it looks as if your existing tattoo is faded enough that a lot of it can be covered. Do not expect to be able to cover much of it with light colors though. It will need to be a busy tattoo in order to pull it off.

I agree that the young yang eye looks off. As for time, it depends if you are fought black/grey or black/grey/white. It don't se this getting done. In anything less than 4 hours in the size that it needs to be

I feel like I'm getting off easy. Second one this month. Got the tattoo Monday night. Tenderness gone and started peeling Thursday eveningand about 80% peeled right now with zero itching.

No outline, no black shading...they're not going to have those tattoos when the kid grows up.

This is so untrue. Unless it's in an area with lots of sun. I have color tattoos 25 years old with no shading, just color, and are still at 75% from the day I got them.

To me, this looks on par with the current popular "water color" tattoos. They are somewhat abstract. It's not bad. Sometimes less is more. For something of this size, I think while black may make it pop, I question that it wouldn't age well. The lighter colors will fade quicker than the black and you will end up with black fireworks.

I also agree that most of the recommended creams are not antibiotic creams, but rather barriers to prevent bacteria from entering the wound. That being said, most of the products have petrolatum which if can promote color oozing. The key int to have as thin of layer possible to make a barrier. This can be hard as it's difficult to rub in on a fresh tattoo without disturbing the tattoo. Me personally will dab the oitment on until its covered by just gently tapping around that tatto with a couple fingers instead of rubbing. I then take a soft cotton towel to gently dab (not rub) the areas, so that it leaves just enough for you to know its there, but not seeing any un-uniform areas. This last time I didn't use any H2Ocean or Aquafor, but rather "redemption", which is similar to hustle butter for the first 3 days. I had almost no color seeping and the redness and inflammation was almost non existent. This is the same stuff they use on you when you are getting the tattoo. Once the peeling starts, I use lubriderm. While it seems like it dries out quicker than some of the alternatives. I find that because it leans more toward the watery side than thick, it goes on easier without me feeling like I'm messing up the tattoo by rubbing it in.

I submit for your consideration my coverup. This was just done, so there was a little swelling and bleeding on the bullets. Unfortunately Im at da3 3 of healing, so no proper pics for another 4 or 5 days. While not you typical tattoo, please consider that fact that this is a coverup and I wanted a tattoo as comic like as possible in style. This is a reverse image of Captain America Volume 7 #15 from March of last year. This is a large piece that takes up my whole left upper arm

Creme De Corps from Kiehl's, pricey but you only need to use a small amount for adequate moisturizing.

My wife usually has this stuff, but not recently, I am sure this would be awesome and I remember it smelling good as well. Maybe I should try some.

In the winter when it's dry, I find that Lubriderm dries too quickly. I use:

Shea Moisture - Raw Shae, Chamomile & Argan oil. It's long lasting, smells good for man or woman, don't need much. Pretty much all natural and organic

Deionized Water, Raw Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Oil*, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter*, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Olus Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Nut Oil, Centhera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Borage Officinalis Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Rosa Rubiginosa (Rosehip) Seed Oil, , Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Boswellia Serrata (Frankincense) Oil, Chamomile Extract, Myrrh Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower (and) Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Flower Extract *Certified Organic Ingredient.

Just finished with the captain america coverup on my left arm. The pic was right after, so a little swollen and still a little bleeding, but anyway.....

Cover up action. Who doesn't love superheroes? I have one more session in 3 weeks

Emails and direct messages are a wasted. There are way too many tire kickers and time wasters on the web. I have found that after the web contact failed. I have found that going to their shop is the best way. That above all shows that you are serious. Most want to do consults before even scheduling an appt.

How bad is it, do you have a photo? I wouldn't rule out a cover-up unless its really scared

I guess I got lucky 9 days after 7 hour half sleeve (on 2/3/15) and all peeling is gone. Was only tender for 2 days, started peeling on day 4 did not itch bad at all. 2 washings a day and lotion 3+ times a day. All of the color now looks good and no dry spots. Base on most of the responses, I expected much worse.

Im on day 6 of a 7 hour arm piece. So far so good. I'm almost shedded, I was a bit paranoid with the lotion as I felt i was "messing" with the peeling as I was rubbing it in. Most is gone, except a few small spots, that feel a tad hard to touch. i hop I get out of this with messing it up.

My last session was 7 hours. I took a break when the artist took a break. I take an antihistamine right before I go in and a tylenol. This last time it was very manageable until the 6 hour mark, then I was gritting my teeth a bit, but music does help. I always imagine that it must be more difficult for the artist than for me, after all, I just sitting, he's the one working. My butt hurt from sitting bothered my more than the tattooing.

Sounds fishy to me...How long has the shop been in business...And do you know a lot of people who've got work from there.I would get my money back before you call the shop,and their not in business anymore.

I think for large pieces there needs to be a reliable, predictable and trustworthy relationship between the artist and collector. That being said, communication is also important, if you were the one always initiating conversation and little effort from the artist to meet deadlines, them yes, I would be concerned. Keep in mind than that artists that are in high demand not only have to continue their craft, but have lots of timewasters and divas as customers, thus sometimes in an effort to make people happy they over promise. This is typical in many industries. It really comes down to what your gut tells you. My artist has been on several Spike TV shows and is in high demand. The 3 times he has seen me, he has ran late for appointments and/or rescheduled, but has communicated that. I have been very understanding and flexible because I know he is pulled in many different directions. So in summary, communication is key.