ThirstyDog

On Sept 14th I have 5 hours booked to start my second sleeve. I am an old school hip hop head so its going to be themed around that. Problem is that its less than 2 weeks to go and I don't have a plan. If I don't come up with some thing soon I may have to reschedule. I would love some suggestions... I grew up on and never grew out of 80"s and early 90's hip hop. RUN DMC, Beastie Boys, EPMD, Rakim, etc... Anyone have some artistic ideas for me?

On 2016-09-19 at 6:59 PM, AverageJer said:

I got my first tattoo about 5 years ago when my wife decided it was time for her to get a new tattoo after a long break. 

We decided to get matching tattoos of a terrible drawing I had done on a Mother's Day card of the two of us and our daughter all holding hands. Think of those stickers people put on their mini vans except drawn by someone who can't even print his own name legible most of the time. 

It is by far my worst tattoo and one of my favorites. I never thought that it would lead to all these other tattoos. 

I love this!

On 2017-03-30 at 3:20 PM, Devious6 said:

@marfil98 I love that design as well - or something similar that incorporates a newer design bayonet, maybe. In my job, as much as I would like to ignore prejudices, I still have to be aware of the perceptions of others and how that affects my effectiveness (I'm a college president) so I will probably wait to do a forearm design until I retire in a few years.

 

I hear ya! Sometimes its not easy to wear long sleeves in the summer. I am a consultant in front of clients often. Long sleeves aren't that bad but when its a golf meeting the real me is out there. So far so good! I say go forearm! Good luck.

I completely understand where you are coming from. 

I actually like the tattoo, and I believe most people will.  I have pieces on my that I would get redone if it were "easily" possible, but the reality is that only i notice the little flaws - no one else does.

Don't worry about going back to the same artist to have something changed - especially if you like them. They get that all the time and have very thick skin. All great artist want you to be happy and are usually willing to make changes or additions.

Good Luck!

Thanks for the welcome and feedback everyone!

I have 5 hours booked in April to start my other arm and need help. 

I know the theme I want but am not that artistically minded to put good ideas together. The theme for my other arm is going to be oldschool hip hop... I was exposed to this culture in the early 80's and it never left me. I always say is in my DNA. I don't want to throw a bunch of Beastie Boy, and RUN DMC logo's on my arm.

I would love to hear your suggestions of a head turning, bad ass sleeve!

I do have a piece that my artist is going to have to work around which is a Celtic Family tree and Knot (for my Scottish Heritage)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

just ok - it wouldn't  make me do a double take. I agree with bongsau - too much text. Good luck on your search!

Hello

Great site! I am a 47 year old collector. Started over almost 30 years ago with the small pieces most kids got back then, and started getting serious a few years ago. Call it an early midlife crisis. Came across this site looking for ideas for my second sleeve, hope to get inspired here!