Reputation from taaarro - Page 4 - Last Sparrow Tattoo

taaarro reacted to Graeme in Tattoo silhouette and negative space September 8, 2015

To be honest, I like your tattoos more than I like that Cripwell body suit. Your arms are fantastic, there are so many good pieces on them from great artists, everything sits really well, the stars and dots filler is great, and they're these perfect traditional arms that don't feel forced or overly deliberate. Maybe part of it is because I've seen your arms mainly through spending time with you instead of seeing pictures of them on the Internet, but I feel that I get a sense of you from them.
I guess it all comes down to different ways of getting tattooed and people wanting different thing out of tattoos. For me, how I get tattooed has been this fairly gradual process of learning through experience. What I wanted before I first got tattooed is very different than what I want now both in terms of extent of coverage, and what styles and designs I want, and I think that while this inevitably means that I'm going to reach a point where I'll wish that I did things differently, left more spaces open, got fewer little things until I'd gotten more large pieces down, or the thousand other ways I might have done things if only I had the knowledge or foresight, I think there's something cool about tattoos being this record of a process of learning and understanding, even if the results are sometimes less than something that looks incredible in a photo. Japanese tattooing aside, I guess I don't really understand the motivation of somebody who goes from no tattoos to a deliberately planned out (and kind of anachronistic) bodysuit, it almost seems like a fashion statement.
Anyway, different strokes and all.

taaarro reacted to Graeme in Full Back Piece Thread September 6, 2015

Some of you have already seen this, but we finished my back yesterday. Some of it is still fresh and angry, so I'll get better pictures when it's healed and settled in. Dave Cummings at PSC Tattoo in Montreal did this. Dave is the man, get tattooed by him.

taaarro got a reaction from Hands On in The Tattoo News August 27, 2015

This!! Best tattoo experience. Don't sleep!!! I (WEAR A) BACK (PIECE BY) EDDY!!!!

taaarro got a reaction from kimkong in Bailey Robinson tattoos August 26, 2015

I wouldn't worry. Four years healed.

taaarro got a reaction from jimmyirish in Preferred tebori styles August 21, 2015

@jimmyirish You may very well already have resolved this, but I had the same worries, i.e. that he would balk at my idea, etc., but he was very friendly and there was no issue about doing a smaller piece. Japanese is also my first language so I don't know what it's like emailing with him in English. I think the big thing is that it takes muuuch longer than you might think so if you want to get it done in one trip you would have to get a very small piece.

taaarro reacted to CABS in Traveling for Tattoos August 21, 2015

I'm an old fart too. I'm all about "cash is king."
However, I'll use PayPal to send a deposit to someone that isn't local. I've done this a couple of times.
I've also received a Visa Gift Card for Christmas a couple times. So the first idea that came to mind was to put down a deposit somewhere that takes Visa. Safe to say that my parents never gave me a Visa Gift Card for Christmas ever again.

taaarro reacted to cltattooing in Full Back Piece Experience Thread August 20, 2015

Alright folks, here ya go

taaarro reacted to tatB in Full Back Piece Experience Thread August 20, 2015

I guess I'll join in on the sharing fun (even though most of you have already seen this on Mike's instagram). Progress from my session at Pagoda City Tattoo Fest:

About 31 hours total so far. So maybe we are about 1/2 done?

taaarro got a reaction from Cork in The Tattoo News August 16, 2015

This!! Best tattoo experience. Don't sleep!!! I (WEAR A) BACK (PIECE BY) EDDY!!!!

taaarro reacted to CABS in The Tattoo News August 15, 2015

PEOPLE JUMP ON THIS. I BACK EDDY FULLY.
*Thanks Taro for showing me the way.