JazzyMac

I checked her out on IG and her works looks great.  It seems like you'll be able to get the coverup you want and need with this artist.  Best of luck with your consult!

You're not doing anything wrong.  THEY ARE.  It doesn't matter if it's a tattoo shop.  You're a customer, and you deserve good service.  As long as you're not walking around being a douche, they should be treating you like a customer.

To me, one strike and you're out--honestly speaking.  If they contacted you in advance, apologized, was sincere, contrite, etc...then maybe hey, sure, reschedule.  But if they just decided not to show up, or they're pushing you off on someone else, chuck deuces and move on to the next.  There are plenty of fish in the sea.

I'd keep researching anyway.  Seems as if your hard earned money would be better spent somewhere there are good artists, that show up, show prove, and do their job.  That's all.  

I think once he designs it up, it will be pretty sweet.  There's tons of tattoos out there that the concept in "our head" seems weird, but once the artist turns it around, it's fantastic.  At least you have ideas of what you want.  Some people get tattoos, and then later get "tattoo divorces".  

Not to mention, one glance in the Asian-themed concepts, and you're about 10 elements short!

Post back here with what the Quarles says.  Of course it will be months down the road.

EDIT:  Just peeped his IG, and he's got a profile of Virgin Mary with a Rose, and a head covering, her hand, a circular thing in the background, a star...I'm sure he can fix something for you based on those elements.

That's a suave tattoo design.  I can't tell you how small you could go because I don't know you and I'm a very bad visualizer.  BUT, your (good) artist will definitely let you know that some of your elements need to be big enough so that they don't blob together after some years or are hard to see.  Like the moon, or the details in the pearls above the ribbon.  So keep in mind it will have to be big enough to make sure those can be seen/or tattooed clearly.

1 hour ago, Infamous089 said:

OK it's worse than I thought then, I'll see what I can do. I had this artist do some work on me before but I'm not sure what went wrong. Thanks guys 

Don't give any more of your money to that artist.  Not for tattoos anyway.  Maybe for drinks, or tapas.

5 hours ago, Infamous089 said:

hello all just here to get an opinion on my tattoo i got back in may. just curious if you all think the shading on his face and around his eye is to dark and if so can it be lightened up or is it to late? someone at work said they though it was to dark and it has me a bit paranoid.its from the video game the last of us 

thank you all

It could definitely do with more shading and detail...maybe from a different artist though.  How do you like it?  I'm not familiar with the game.

4 hours ago, BUSTER ROB said:

Hey everybody! Just stumbled across this site tonight and it's great! Question re: tegaderm...I think I may have effed up my healing process a little. I got several tattoos on my forearm done on Monday afternoon and it's now Wednesday evening, so I'm at about 56 hours of recovery. My guy used Tegaderm on me and everything was good on day one, except the bottom of the sleeve started leaking out on day 2. I dabbed the excess "juice" with paper towel and then sealed it off with surgical tape to stop the flow. Same today - more leaking out of the bottom, so I removed the surgical tape, wiped away, put some more Tegaderm on and a new batch of surgical tape.

From what I'm reading, it sounds possible that I could have "exposed" the "juicy" area of the tattoo to air and possible contamination with my hand. As I write this, it's a little itchy and wet underneath, and the "juice" is starting to stink (gross I know, but where else can I talk about issues like this? lol).

What's the best course of action for me right now? Should I just call it quits and remove everything? Or drain again, seal it up again, sleep on it and remove everything tomorrow evening once the 72 hour mark hits? Any advice would be much appreciated - you guys sound like an awesome bunch!

Might do you well to take it off in the shower, carefully.  Wash with anti-bacterial soap, carefully.  Let air dry completely 10-20 minutes, then re-patch with the derm.  Just to be on the safe side.

Seems like you can do with finding a new artist as well.

What you can do is Google your ideas.  You'd be surprised at what's already out there for you to start your folder stash so you can take to your artist.

Hi, I'm fine!

Well no.  But thanks for asking.  Your puppy sounds awesome.  The time flies no matter what we do is what reality always slaps me with.

You can have your entire family tattoo'ed as the Last Supper plus the Sopranos, plus Goodfellas, with a dash of 101 Dalmatians if you so choose.  It's all about how you go about designing it (well, the artist's design, that is).  I'm not familiar with any Colorado artists, but there are plenty in Cali, Oregon, and Canada, eh?  

Welcome to the forum!  Such a wonderful baby name!

5 hours ago, thyes said:

Ah, my bad, guess I should've done the research before posting a new thread. Mods feel free to close it if you want :) 

Nice tattoos man! Johnny Cash is king. 

https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/gallery/c/21-music-tattoos/

Is this artist someone you really want?  You've seen the work and you're excited?

I totally agree. Anything is possible. Just depends on the research you're willing to do, the money you're willing to spend, and the traveling miles you're willing to cash. Don't let anyone deter you--because it will happen. And don't stop until you find what you want. If I had gone off the "advice" of a couple of posts here, I would have been extremely upset. Instead, I found a rose in concrete. Best wishes!!

Awesome sauce, welcome!!!!  You know way more about art than 97% of this forum guaranteed including myself!!!

How about a combination of blue and black?

You can post in the other forums; you just can't start new threads until you've made your 10-15 meaningful post count. 

Welcome!

That's a nice tattoo. Please let it dry. If it continues to bother you, doctor.

10 hours ago, Emil said:

Ryan Cooper Thompson posted this great one the other day:

I think something like that could be super cool. It's simple but far from boring. Personally, I love the folky feel of this one, but I could absolutely see this concept working in other styles as well, if traditional is not your thing.

That's a pretty V.

Yes you can show him a photo of what he did before.  He'll probably do up something similar but different though.

There are waiting lists for Teslas.

Do people just walk while they wait?  They have a need for a car, I'm thinking, but choose to wait for a Tesla.

THAT SAID:

 You want to be on a waiting list for a Tesla or a Kia?  Your choice!

**There are tattoo artists "worth" being on waiting lists for, i.e., Teslas.  Those Tesla artists even have very short (KIA) waiting lists and awesome (Tesla) customer service with outstanding tattoos!

**Some artists are Porsches (expensive, high maintenance, and questionable worth) and have the KIA attitudes and waiting lists to match.  You'll have a Porsche tattoo, but you'll decide if it's worth it.

**Should you put yourself on a Tesla waiting list for a Porsche tattoo and a Kia artist?  Never!!!!

12 minutes ago, gtrjunior said:

What's a birkin bag? Lol

A handbag designed after famous actress Jane Birkin. Released in small increments annually and customers are put on waitlists.

Looks like that one thing from Dark Crystal.

*Outta the way!*  I'll be the judge of this!

*Peers closely*

No.

But what is it?