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4 hours ago, Hands On said:

Just scored this hand painted gorilla head from Chad Koeplinger!

Saw those on his insta! They’re awesome!

1 hour ago, ank said:

Hi, all!

I’ve been reading a lot about blowouts lately as i’ve just got my second and biggest tattoo recently (7 days ago). I can now say that I am sure mine has some regions with blowout and even though I know there is nothing I can do about it, have to wait for it to heal completely I would still send the photos to the artist that did my tattoo to be aware. Feedback is important. 

Like many others said, this is part of a hand-made piece of art which is subject to gaining its own imperfections. 

well blowout isn’t going to be entirely the artists fault, sometimes it depends on the area being tattooed and it wasn’t going to happen regardless - tattoos are perfect through imperfection 

On 12/23/2019 at 10:36 AM, mfrank29 said:

Just got my first tattoo last Thursday! I am beyond thrilled with the art. The artist just nailed it. It's everything I asked for and beyond. I love how the flag stripes are blended into the Constitution and becomes part of the aging of the document. I love the stitching and embroidering on the flag, and how even the tiny text that you can't read still looks like real text. The feather quill and inkwell are awesome! This was done in one session and these pictures are taken right after and the day after. Pain really wasn't bad at all. Obviously some areas are worse than others, but I could have sat longer if I needed to. 

I am using DermShield, first piece on for 24 hours, then swapped for a fresh piece for 3 days. That comes off today, and man I can't wait to get this off and put some moisturizer on it! It's pretty tight, red, and itchy, more around the tattoo than on it but I have dry sensitive skin and winter doesn't help. I have not showered in the 3 days since I put on the second dermshield, because it's several pieces and I just don't think it would last otherwise.  As soon as I get home from work I am running for the showering and peeling the dermshield off! Hoping for smooth sailing from here. 

Already planning ideas for the other side of this arm to go with this theme. Definitely using the same artist. 

I'm trying to decide if that last half star (circled in red) would look better with a bit of shading to it so it matches the others more, or better looking like its fading out to the skin as that was the artists concept. Probably won't be able to decide until this is healed and the skin is no longer red. What do you guys think...have that shaded a bit or leave it so it looks more out of focus/fading out?

 

Hope you all like it!

 

This piece is awesome! How long did you sit for? 

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I bought a black compression sleeve to wear on my forearm while my sleeve is healing. I wore it for about a week, and now I’ve been just using a lotion that has sunscreen in it. 

Here’s my progress so far on my sleeve from Bobby Cupparo @ LOVEMACHINE N.Y.C.

We’re about 25 hours in so far - I think we’ve roughly got about that left before the project is finished. I had (and have) ink fallout from black inks so my blacks usually need some touching up. 

The lionness was the first piece of the sleeve to be worked on, and was recently worked on this past Saturday. The mandrill is a few months finished at this point. Everything usually gets touched up a slight bit going into each session to address problem areas. 

Going to be finishing up the lower portion of the sleeve I started a few months back with Bobby Cupparo at the Philadelphia Tattoo Convention (February 12th) I believe. If any of you will be there, come say hello! I’ll be in the chair all day.

Adding a Caprian Ibex and possibly another bug to the backside of my forearm.

Here’s where I’m at roughly 6 hours in: https://imgur.com/a/pkDBc

Really excited for the piece to come together once he finishes out shading and layering the lioness and beetle.

15 hours ago, Pahtcub1 said:

I can see the progress but it’s on my back so don’t see it every day. 

Killer tattoo! Sorry I don’t have any advice - never even started a project that large.

For all of you who have seen the recent fiasco about Everence on Instagram, what are your opinions on the product? 

7 minutes ago, breakthischain said:

Got this in November from Mike Fite when he was at the new Kadillac Tattoo in Hatboro, PA.

Dope as F***! Also right down the street from me!

12 minutes ago, jnin said:

I should clarify my advice on the subject isn't to abandon your current tattoo in progress, but if your in between appointments and get something in between I see no problem with it, providing you can afford to do so  

The one-shot piece I was looking at, tip included, was roughly the price of my session cost for my sleeve...so, it’s like...knock that out, or get my sleeve done months sooner. It’s already going to take another year and a half or so for my sleeve to be completed and it’s my first multi session piece, so I’m getting that itch again to get work done sooner than I actually can manage.

I get your point, though. If it was just a lil’ jammer or something it would be no big deal.

14 minutes ago, scottyg said:

For traditional Japanese tattoos (I'm working on a backpiece) it's considered disgraceful not to finish, so as @bongsau said, I say finish what you've started first.

Mine isn’t traditional Japanese, but your point still resonates. 

Just now, bongsau said:

To quote KD Lang's 101 year old spunky Grandma (true story) "you better finish what you started". My advice is focus on completing what you have in progress. Awful lot of unfinished tattoos walking around, don't be a statistic! This has always been my approach. Eye on the prize.

I’m thinking I’m agreeing - someone else on the forum posted something along the lines of “there’s plenty of amazing tattooers you’ll be too early to get tattooed by, and plenty you’ll be too late to get tattooed by”. 

...or not have the funds, or the time, or whatever. 

Such is life.

 

How many of you guys get tattoos done concurrently to large project pieces? My sleeve is in progress but I’m getting the itch to get other work done, and I’m trying to figure if I should just use whatever money would go towards something else for sessions on the sleeve..

Thank you very much for replying, guys.
May I ask if you imply that you think it will stay that way as a flaw? Because it's a red spot right in the middle of the main part of the tattoo and is a deal breaker:(

After a month, whatever the tattoo looks like it's going to look like. I wouldn't have even noticed if you didn't mention the spot you're talking about. Instead of focusing your energy on the things you consider flaws in this tattoo, focus your energy on something that you can change, like getting more tattoos if you're so inclined.




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All my work has flaws; ink loss from scabs pulling off, an ever slightly crooked line, etc. It's part of getting tattooed! Embrace the imperfection! The Japanese even have a word for it (wabi sabi). The flaws make your artwork that much more unique.

 

 

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Get more tattoos, in my opinion. It doesn't look bad - leave it alone.


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20 hours ago, oboogie said:

I'm thinking about getting something from Jon Bass when he comes near here. I met him at a tattoo convention last year. Love his style. Kinda weird. jonbasstattoo.com

I really like his work. Is he coming up to PA?

On 5/17/2017 at 7:07 PM, Michaelshane said:

I always tip,owner or not.If they don't want the tip they will give it back.

My reasoning being that I am a business owner, and I never accept tips from customers.

I received an email back from Evan Olin, and it seems as of current he is only doing pop-culture portraiture. I've decided to go with an alternate choice for my photorealistic wildlife sleeve, and that's Bobby Cupparo out of New York. He's extremely enthusiastic about the project, and I must say, I am as well!

We'll be starting it in early October.