chrisnoluck

So I went for my appointment with Tomas Tomas today.
Trying some different styles :)
Had me toes done lol, wasnt a lot we could do really with just toes but I think once it settles down and its the same colour as the snake, should fit in great.
He showed me a vid and said this pattern is from some tribe from the Amazon. Now all I need is some animal skin leather pants ;p
Hes a fucking awesome crack :)

Got this Shishi Lion from Alix Ge at the London convention yesterday (pic nicked from her instagram):

When I arrived, Alix was still drawing. She told me we couldn't put the tattoo on the side of my thigh like I had asked for because for that I would have to lie down and she only had a chair. Well, alright then. When I came back from a short tour around the convention she had obviously done another drawing which was much bigger than the first. She thought the animal had to be rather large to be nice, good with me. But she didn't think we could fit peonies as well, would I be happy with cherry blossoms instead...? Bummer...what? Noooo...! Oh well, so we agreed to put on the lion stencil and see then. Stencil went on, peonies were added freehand. No problem, all fitted on there nicely....but...that was gonna be a looong session. If I was a strong woman, she asked. Ermmmmm, well, I bl**dy hoped so...what else could I say? She looked at me particularly sceptical after she found out it was only my second tattoo....
Obviously, we made it, yippie!!!
Six hours on a folding chair with two breaks. Even though I got some odd looks and remarks for running around with a pillow under my arm, I was well glad I had brought it because it made the chair way more comfortable! Apart from that, getting tattooed at the convention was actually surprisingly good as there was so much to watch and get distracted by. I could openly stare at all the tattoos walking by and quite a few people gave me encouraging smiles and words. That was really cool.
Alix is super lovely and I kinda felt a little bad for her having to sit on her small suitcase for hours. Towards the end she told me that she wouldn't be able to do what I did and that she'd never get a tattoo that takes more than one hour herself. I doubt that's actually true, but it was a sweet thing to say anyway.
Suffice to say I'm super chuffed but also glad it's over!
And this morning my 3 1/2 year old greeted me excitedly with "Mummy, I have a tattoo, too!". Turns out the entire family has tattoos now, some of them of the temporary type, some rather not ;-)

I would say that technique aside I'd be really bummed if any of those were on me, but the truth is if you showed me your drawings I'd refuse to be tattooed by you so it's a moot point. @CultExciter offered you excellent advice above. Those people would be a lot better off with some simple Sailor Jerry flash because at least it would be drawn correctly. Trace classic flash. Take up drawing from life to understand how things work and go together. Always use reference. Traditional style should be about taking objects and distilling them down to their essence: look at Scott Sylvia's roses. They're simple but they fully capture the elegance and beauty of a rose. Work hard to draw like that.

Good for you for working it all out. To be quite honest, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, it looks like you're just starting to figure out some of the basics of drawing for tattoos. I'd spend some time tracing stuff. Seriously. That SJ rose you see on the wall. Trace it 100 times. That way you know it by heart. Repeat. On whatever subject matter you like. Nothing too big. Just things to get your understanding down.
I would hesitate to do any of those as tattoos just yet. That whole crawl before you can walk thing. I started in the same place, and not too long ago at that. While I have a fine art background, learning to draw a panther, or oni, or rose, or swallow, or dragon, or whatever...it takes a lot of practice to do so correctly. I'm still figuring it all out...much like the rest of us.

Steve byrne Rock of Ages austin tx

This is what I was able to sit for today with Dave Cummings at PSC tattoo. About 3 hours, and not nearly as intense as my 1 1/2 with Chad on my other side, thank goodness! We stopped there because the next step was colour for the tiger, and I didn't have it in me. Next session next week, healing permitting.
So stoked on this!

little sum sum from Sheila Marcello @ Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park NJ

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

Signed. When I first started getting tattooed I thought it was a bit troubling that tattooing isn't regulated at all where I live. Now I'm glad and hope it stays that way.

Got a new one yesterday, done by Valerie Vargas at Modern Classic from some Ed Hardy flash.

My latest from Mike Aul from when I was in Michigan a few weeks ago.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.

i got my elbow tattooed yesterday by ivan soyars @ old soul tattoo; canonsburg, pa.