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When I first read this thread, my initial thought was "how doucehy to copy someone else's tattoo that way." Then I realized you weren't the first... and now I think it's even worse.














If you want that tattoo, that's your business. But as you can see from the above photos -- finding the original artwork is far less important that finding an artist who can properly pull it off. Some of the above are really bad.
 
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

When I first read this thread, my initial thought was "how doucehy to copy someone else's tattoo that way." Then I realized you weren't the first... and now I think it's even worse.














If you want that tattoo, that's your business. But as you can see from the above photos -- finding the original artwork is far less important that finding an artist who can properly pull it off. Some of the above are really bad.
 
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Don't take this wrong, but I think your artwork would make for horrible tattoos. Go into the main forum and read the "What makes a good tattoo" thread and then compare the discussion with your work. I'm not saying you don't have artistic talent, just that nothing you showed us really translates into tattooing.

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

Twofer done by Matt "Craven" Evans (of Crooked Claw Tattoo) - guesting at Frontier Tattoo, Cardiff.

Finished!!!!
If anyone ever asks you for tattoo advice: "get enough sleep" needs to be at the top of the list. I've barely slept but a couple hours each of the last three nights.... and I could barely make it through the final 4 hours of tattooing needed to complete my sleeve. After about an hour, everything just hurt bad, and I had very little tolerance for pain this time around.
Here's a pic of the final sleeve. Some of the oranges are really yellow but inflamed... and there is actually no red in the swirling spiral on the back of the arm -- just red from the work.
Going back in a month for some touch-up work (not a lot of green held in the dragon's head first time around) and I will post healed photos in a few weeks.
 

Finished!!!!
If anyone ever asks you for tattoo advice: "get enough sleep" needs to be at the top of the list. I've barely slept but a couple hours each of the last three nights.... and I could barely make it through the final 4 hours of tattooing needed to complete my sleeve. After about an hour, everything just hurt bad, and I had very little tolerance for pain this time around.
Here's a pic of the final sleeve. Some of the oranges are really yellow but inflamed... and there is actually no red in the swirling spiral on the back of the arm -- just red from the work.
Going back in a month for some touch-up work (not a lot of green held in the dragon's head first time around) and I will post healed photos in a few weeks.
 

Update May 20....
Today was Session #2 with Scott Ellis at Triple Crown Tattoo. 5.25 hours in the chair with only a few short breaks. Some of these sections are pretty swollen, and I have one area behind my arm that is super red and angry... but other than that, it looks great. Gonna be a long weekend of feeling sunburnt and frequent washing, and hopefully it will heal as quickly as the line-work. Tomorrow I'm going to the movies, so no need to move it all day.
Before:

After:

Finished!!!!
If anyone ever asks you for tattoo advice: "get enough sleep" needs to be at the top of the list. I've barely slept but a couple hours each of the last three nights.... and I could barely make it through the final 4 hours of tattooing needed to complete my sleeve. After about an hour, everything just hurt bad, and I had very little tolerance for pain this time around.
Here's a pic of the final sleeve. Some of the oranges are really yellow but inflamed... and there is actually no red in the swirling spiral on the back of the arm -- just red from the work.
Going back in a month for some touch-up work (not a lot of green held in the dragon's head first time around) and I will post healed photos in a few weeks.
 

Update: Aug 31.
Scott Ellis is finally back in the US, so we put in five more hours dropping color into the dragon. I am so relieved to have the ditch of my arm done! That was probably the worst part.


 
 
 

Finished!!!!
If anyone ever asks you for tattoo advice: "get enough sleep" needs to be at the top of the list. I've barely slept but a couple hours each of the last three nights.... and I could barely make it through the final 4 hours of tattooing needed to complete my sleeve. After about an hour, everything just hurt bad, and I had very little tolerance for pain this time around.
Here's a pic of the final sleeve. Some of the oranges are really yellow but inflamed... and there is actually no red in the swirling spiral on the back of the arm -- just red from the work.
Going back in a month for some touch-up work (not a lot of green held in the dragon's head first time around) and I will post healed photos in a few weeks.