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my stomach by Alix Ge

my stomach by Alix Ge

my stomach by Alix Ge

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

@sophistre that's a bunch of lines!!! can' wait to see the progress! YGG!

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

@sophistre that's a bunch of lines!!! can' wait to see the progress! YGG!

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

Alix Ge added this awesome Hannya on my forearm
 
 

I am by no stretch of the imagination even half as tattooed as most of the people here, but even my personal experience has taught me that all of these things are really individual and there just aren't any rules about it. Examples:

The tops of my thighs didn't hurt, really, but the outside, over the IT band, hurt like a sonofabitch. All of them healed REALLY well, though -- no scabbing, not really any pain, and they barely even peeled. Contrarily, most people's complaints about where they've been tattooed on their backs, the worst spots, were not the worst spot for me; mine was in a weird spot between my shoulderblades -- not even the bit in the crease of my butt/thigh could compare with it, and that was no picnic either! My back has also taken a shockingly long time to get to a 'settled' heal state, where the lines aren't super raised, too...it's all just depends on the person. Trying to predict what anybody else is gonna feel seems like a fool's game to me. Plus, some people just do not feel pain like other people do, and that is science fact.

Anyway, this thread is about thigh tattoos, so here are mine! I'm including a healed pic of the one that @cltattooing did on me, too, since I don't think I ever sent her one!
It's very difficult to take pictures of your own thigh tattoos without warping them.
 
 
 

classic dietzel snake head by Todd Tattoer (at Merci-Bonsoir in Lyon - France)
You can't see the tongue, but there's one! :)

@sophistre this back piece is amazing! love it! (like a lot of your tattoos and your choice too!)

Did some shading with Greggles today. Not even in the same league as lining, though anytime he gets close to that one area on either scapula I have to bite leather. That will probably always suck. But hey - since we focused on the upper body this time, I didn't have to be completely naked in public for a whole day! Bonus. 
I am finding that 4 hours is about the time that I consistently have my pain response start to fail. Tattoo flu every time. 
 
 

Got this dragon head from Greg Christian when he was at Congress St tattoo!  I have always wanted a dragon head from him and I absolutely LOVE this one.
This was done on Saturday 4/30. The very next day Jason Scott finished up the background on my left arm.  Super happy with the results of that as well and I will post those pics soon.
It was super annoying to heal two arms at once, especially considering the Greg Christian piece is almost my whole inner forearm, and Jason Scott's work was from my elbow up to my armpit and shoulder.  It was all worth it though in the end.
Greg recommended using Tegaderm to heal the dragon head.  Jason Scott had a roll of it,  and between him, Greg, and Spencer Scott,  they managed to get it on really well.  I guess the stuff wasn't cooperating at first and it took a few tries (painful tries... put it on, take it off....) and a few different hands to get it on in the end.  That stuff seemed to work like a charm.  I've included a mostly healed pic as well.  I say mostly healed because you can still see a few flakes of the second peel in that pic.  I would definitely use it again.  I healed Jason's stuff the normal way and that turned out really good as well.  Very relieved and extremely happy as I find healing tattoos pretty stressful all around.
 

classic dietzel snake head by Todd Tattoer (at Merci-Bonsoir in Lyon - France)
You can't see the tongue, but there's one! :)

classic dietzel snake head by Todd Tattoer (at Merci-Bonsoir in Lyon - France)
You can't see the tongue, but there's one! :)