el_alquimista

It would be great to see a picture of your arm in general, and healed, as i said before this tattoos are amazing.

Lol sorry for the late reply, kinda forgot about thread :)
he didn't use any white except at the end. Was all done shading inwards and using skin (negative space?)

I took a lot of photos out there these are the ones we went with.
I love surreal digital, so that's where my idea stemmed from :-)

Here is the picture I chose for this part that we didn't use. Was just the woman without her face as I didn't like her face lol

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+
I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

Thanks mate, very short interview though :)
Guess because he doesn't speak English at all lol

Your thigh piece has been imortalized on Dimitri's interview here:
http://inkfreakz.com/hnews/tattoo-artist-dmitriy-samohin?utm_source=Inkfreakz&utm_campaign=e528e21c4d-Dmitriy_Samohin7_23_2012&utm_medium=email

It's your skin...but if it was me, and I was worried enough to ask a forum about advice, I would go see a doctor no matter what another tattooer told you. Talk to the artist that did the work...asking another tattooer will not help anything.

Some amazing stuff posted here, wow!
Here's my entry, by javi Rodriguez guesting at frith street

Done by Cecil Porter. Douglas from the movie "Where the Wild Things Are".

Finally got an updated photo together - this is after two treatments:

My business partner has been extremely busy with 5 month old twins so our schedules never seem to sync up, I'm hoping to get a 3rd treatment this weekend.

Pattern fill-ins from Thomas Hooper today. One more session to go.

Greg Christian at Love Hate Social Club London. Such an ace time this afternoon, sounds like he has a fair amount of free spots while he's there...
edit: My smartphone is bust, so I robbed this from Greg's Instagram http://instagram.com/gregchristian4130/

Made just such a tattoo, some friends do not understand the meaning of the tattoo. I would like to know what are your impressions and associations about this tattoo. (Astronaut)

Picture from Kore Flatmo's Facebook of our progress this week! Such an amazing experience, I'd recommend PluraBella to anyone and everyone here!
Here's one I took to show how it matches up with my Kurt Wiscombe piece. I'm so pumped!

I tried taking a photo of my latest from Javi Rodriguez but unfortunately i have my right arm in a cast at the moment so it wasn't easy. I've settled for pilfering one from his instagram instead.

Done at the fantastic frith street on Tuesday.

This is my tiger done be Mr @byranburk back in october. Done in one sitting. He's very good.

Crikey!! this is from Trevor McStay, he is dope.

The man himself, Mr. Tim Lehi:

had to place this one from the panther thread.
edit Bryan Burk

got this by Ryan Bailey @ Hold It Down about 2 or 3 weeks ago..

Tigers n Panthers n Lions...oh my.



All three by Den Yakovlev.

Aaron Bell

Carlos Torres

A couple new flicks... By Richard Stell

@Hogrider I'm by no means an authority on this stuff, but I'm travelling along the same road you've just started...
Part of the reason you can't find what you're looking for is because you're looking for literal or binary meanings.
Most of the images you've seen tattooed are taken from Japanese and Chinese folk tales or religious stories.
Imagine of you asked someone regarding western cultural art or tattoos:
1) "What does it mean when there's a guy hanging on cross with his arms outstretched?"
2) "What does it mean when there's a woman in blue holding a naked baby"
3) "What does it mean when the muscle-bound guy in the black mask overpowers the brightly dressed skinny man in the clown makeup.
The answers depend on your level of interest/sympathy and how abstract or literal you want to be:
1a) It's Jesus. His father, God, sacrificed him to atone for the sins of the world.
1b) The wearer has faith in a religious power higher than himself and possibly feel kinship with or sympathy for the figure and character of Jesus Christ.
1c) The wearer wants to be forgiven for past wrongdoings.
2a) It's Mary, Jesus' mother. The baby is Jesus.
2b) She's a figure of worship because some people believe she should be revered because God chose her as the vessel for his earthly offspring. Her cloak is blue because traditionally goddesses were associated with the moon and night sky. Sometimes it has stars on it. Christianity adopted this symbol to make it easier for people who held older religious beliefs to adopt the new faith.
2c) The wearer may have sympathy or empathy with the concept of being the vessel for divine power or lineage. Also this symbol can have an added element of sadness because we know the eventual sadness and loss of a mother witnessing her only son be sacrificed for the good of mankind - possibly a greater sacrifice than Jesus, some might say.
3a) It's Batman, he's fighting the Joker.
3b) Batman is a symbol of vigilante justice. He works outside of recognised laws to bring justice to a world crippled by wrongdoing.
3c) This scene is a metaphor for the darkness of repressed homosexuality and it's power to overcome the sinister flamboyance of non-hetro feelings.
etc, etc.
In short, think about what you want your tattoo to 'mean' or 'say' - tell that to a tattooer who knows his stuff and let them find a story or theme that fits your idea.
Or just pick one you like from a woodblock print.
I try to tell people all the time that western traditional tattooing has just as much symbolism and poetry but nobody will listen. It's all sex, death and the struggles of humankind.
Good luck.