JAC1961

Everyone has told you that it looks nice and it really does. Look thru some of the other threads, people here will tell you when they think your artist didn't do a good job. You just have to relax and stop second guessing everything.  It's as realistic as a tattoo of a rose can get.  Chill out and try to enjoy it.

Shit, I'd be thrilled just to get the artist I'm interested in to respond to my email.

Just got a new little filler piece on the back of my leg from Dave Fox tonight.

I don't get it either.  If anything, it gave me a sense of accomplishment and overcoming of anxiety, not creating it.  I think too many people today is the simplest things as the end of the world instead of just getting over it and going on with life.  Not to sound like an old fart, but I think too many people today don't know what real hardship really is.

I don't get it either.  If anything, it gave me a sense of accomplishment and overcoming of anxiety, not creating it.  I think too many people today is the simplest things as the end of the world instead of just getting over it and going on with life.  Not to sound like an old fart, but I think too many people today don't know what real hardship really is.

Yep, I'd think that $$$ has a lot to do with it.  If you're an average working stiff it takes time and self control to save up the money for a large piece.  Sure you can spread it out over time, but who wants to look at an incomplete tattoo for 5 years?  At least with assembling small ones you can enjoy each one as it's finished.
Instant gratification and all.

Yeah, it's really not a thing.

ya, sounds like an excuse for blowout.  rib skin is pretty thin

I was curious, so I did a little googling. The only places on our bodies that have what is classified as thick skin is places that see abrasion, like finger tips, palms and soles of your feet.
So ya, they were feeding you BS. 💩

Difficult for us to tell from a single photo, but it looks to me like just an area of loose skin.

If you know, why are you asking?
asking for a friend 
 

Got this guy from Scott Harrison last Sunday. Aside from the dope tattoo, I also got some great stories. If you're anywhere near the PNW, you should make your way to Portland and get work from this legend before he re-retires!

Hey all, haven't been around for a while but I did go through another shading session with Chad on the big bat that I thought I would share. 

Here's a small one I got yesterday. It's a snail warrior, a symbol of the band Heilung. They play music derived from pre-viking northern tribes. Very ancestral.
 

Done two days ago, very happy!

Recently got my first tattoo in the US. Originally from New Zealand where I have three others. Super happy with the result, two sessions 15/16 hours total. Done at stained skin in Columbus Ohio. Excuse the swelling on the inside and outside of my bicep, that shits painful LOL. 

My artist's shop reopened with one person at a time and only two artists working. Everyone wears masks, and they can only get in a couple of scheduled tattoos a day (no walk-ins). Got this yesterday. My artist and I both love John Prine.

Here's a small one I got yesterday. It's a snail warrior, a symbol of the band Heilung. They play music derived from pre-viking northern tribes. Very ancestral.
 

Here's a small one I got yesterday. It's a snail warrior, a symbol of the band Heilung. They play music derived from pre-viking northern tribes. Very ancestral.
 

At this point you're really just wasting your time and ours.

Holy Christ, that's nothing to mess with.  Don't know where you're at, but that's the kind of thing that a local health department wants to know about.  Whether you got it at the shop or had it before and took it to the shop they should know, have testing done and cleaned to hell and back.

Holy Christ, that's nothing to mess with.  Don't know where you're at, but that's the kind of thing that a local health department wants to know about.  Whether you got it at the shop or had it before and took it to the shop they should know, have testing done and cleaned to hell and back.

Holy potatoes Batman. That’s bloody terrible! I’d highly suggest you let the artist know also... who knows if it was picked up there or during the mending process. Either way, it’s good to inform them. I’m so sorry to that you’ve had such a rough time. I hope you heal up ASAP and you’re able to enjoy your tattoo, finally.