Gingerninja

Very cool. I do love a good dagger! I dig your swallow...I'm doing two on the upper, inside corners of my dagger. Hopefully at Pagoda!

Thanks @catalinahi and @Devious6.

@catalinahi Have you made any decisions?

I'm pretty much in the large dagger category. :)

I dig the love birds. I kinda want Grez to do a parrot for me... @Synesthesia

How big are you planning? Do you have any other tattoos?

Your goal is to get home... make it work (and make a new friend)! Looking forward to seeing photos.

Congrats on your appointment with Chris! You win for the longest flight for a tattoo. Why don't you like Tegaderm/Saniderm? As long as you healed well when you used it before, this is the perfect use case scenario.

Well, bummer that she felt compelled to take it down. I hope she comes back for additional support and discussion. As long as she likes it, that's what matters but there's always something to learn.

BTW, Fred Perry has some of the Amy Winehouse Foundation shirts on sale. @oboogie I'm an enabler. :)

That's horrible. Do they know what happened? @El Dolmago

I am very interested in your overall progress @pidjones Keep us posted.

Nice! @oboogie

@marley mission Love your new tattoo. Plus, it gets me excited for the new Bouncing Souls record!

Oh, no! That's right down the street from the Hard Luck. Hoping that everyone is okay.

Mark, above all, thank you for your service. I'm in the 50+ club, too. It literally took me decades to figure our what I wanted. Now, I'm all in trying to get what I want done completed in the next two years. The upside is that since I'm older, I can afford to get what I want and by whom (if they'll have me). :) @Devious6

Orange and green together look awesome. My Garver piece is predominantly orange and red with green highlights. I'm fair skinned (red head) and was a little twitchy about how the orange would look but the palette looks great.

All of these awesome new tattoos are killing me. I am so excited for Pagoda!

I adore summer. I grew up in Texas and for a large part of my career worked outside. For a ginger, I do the heat very well. Now that I live in Pittsburgh, I cherish every day over 80 degrees! I'd so rather be hot than cold. I guess that I should add that even during the summer I hit the steam room three times a week.

 I buy the 8x10 sheets then cut them to size. I'm very curious about a roll of Tegaderm. @Kurgana

I'd totally do both. Go for it! Like the other's are saying, simply be sensible. How did the tattoo come out? Photos? @Tatgirl97

Are you open to color?  @StrictlySonic

My tip for removing Tegaderm which I learned from an ICU nurse: put pressure on the area directly in front of where you will start to remove the bandage then pull directly out (not up). This method seems to work very well so far.

I also found that using smaller pieces with overlapping edges works better than large sheets which have lifted or gotten wonky over three days. I tested this out when I had my right ribs done. For the outline I used smaller pieces patched together and it worked very well. After Mike did the color, I used just a few large sheets that lifted a bit. I guess it may have something to do with the movement in the area but thought I'd share my experience.

@Devious6 That's tough news...I am thinking about you and your mom. Sending you positive vibes.

@Dan Welcome to #teamcolonoscopy! My hubby is an absolute trip when gets out of the procedure (and yes, I laugh at him). I was sleepy but he's a wide awake, silly drunk.

Bottom line - you have to wear it, forever. There's a ton of wisdom in this thread by people who are very heavily tattooed, who know both the art as well as the technical aspects. Take your time and reflect on what has been said in this thread. There are good people giving you great advice - don't take it personally that feedback hasn't been overwhelmingly positive. Really think about the placement and placement. I'm the owner of a shitty wrist tattoo that I thought was awesome at the time. Now, I have to laser it and plan for a cover up!

Hahaha. DId you make an appointment already? :) @Cork