JAC1961

just got this on Wednesday.(one love/one heart)
Tattoo by Patrick Hughes @1mperiousr3x tattoo.
 
 

The Dobleman enhancement. ❤️

Healing is worse than the tattoo on the hand. I dry healed my hands as I now do for all my tattoos. It was the scariest and most painful healing experience in my 15 years getting tattoo.  But I received them from one of the best cats around, so even though it looked like my hand was a candidate for an amputation, by the end of a grueling 6 week period it looked immaculate and no ink was lost. I had faith the entire time in what my tattooist had made for me.
This is precisely why one should wait and explore tattooing on other parts of the body that are easier to heal and gain a better understanding of what tattooing is.

I doubt that anyone does.

Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
Don't know if anyone else watched and enjoyed Tony's work, but we've watched his shows for years and are saddened by his passing.  Not only was the food and places he visited interesting, but it was great when they showed him getting tattooed.
Sincere condolences to his family and friends.  Also,  if you know someone that suffers from depression and think something is troubling them, please do whatever you can to make sure they're OK.

Those pop up on my IG at times. Hard to believe that a human can do that.  Wonder how many "false starts" there are on average for each one completed.

https://www.salavatfidai.com/sculptures.html

Any text tattoo has really got to be over-the-top special for me to appreciate it as art. If it were me, instead of names/dates I'd be looking for some personal image that reminded me of my (your) family dynamic, or the personalities involved. 

Thanks for the thoughts.  I really like the general idea, but can't convince myself that it will really work.  I know the ultimate answer is go see an artist and get their input.
If anyone has a completely different idea(s) of how to accomplish the same thing, I'd really appreciate hearing it.

Script is really unforgiving. It's hard to make it uniform and lined up perfectly. You'll see every tiny mistake. Make sure you have someone really good do it.

I think what everyone will tell you is that's not long enough to consider it healed and that fingers are a bad place for a tattoo to stay looking good.
Welcome btw

My tiger half sleeve was finished on Tuesday.  Super happy with it and how well it's healing.  Work by Kevin Stress at Enso Tattoo in Columbus, OH.  Great artist and shop, would recommend to anyone.  Let me know what you think!
 

An action shot with me on the near table.

<<<Photos borrowed from the artist's IG>>>

Wow, @piccalillithose are outstanding! They fit together beautifully.

Wow, @piccalillithose are outstanding! They fit together beautifully.

So, I recall being asked if I was going to do the other side after I posted my left side's tattoo here some months ago... yes, yes yes, fine, you win; you were right. I couldn't leave it unbalanced.
Discussed it with Horifuji after my last appointment for the left side and I asked him what he would suggest. He suggested Sojobo on the right shoulder to keep the theme consistent. The karasu tengu on the left shoulder would need to be supervised, anyway.
Horifuji at State of Grace in San Jose USA. Outline and details machine, almost all colour tebori. 
Great shop, great people, great experience, great artist. Links to his Instagram posts as the photos are much clearer than what I can do.
And both sides from the front...
 
 

have been away for a bit, just realized i didn't post up the finished work from Scott Sylvia...the guy who bailed on this drawing totally lost out! :)

My ocelot was finished this afternoon.  I absolutely love it!  It's the last animal on my left arm sleeve.  Al that remains now is some leaves and vines to connect the animals.

I agree, it's not bad at all.  It's the kind of thing that we view much more critically than anyone else.  Chances are 99 out of 100 people would never notice.
If all else fails, do what I do.  Make up some outlandish BS reason for it being that way and see if you can get them to believe it. lol

I agree, it's not bad at all.  It's the kind of thing that we view much more critically than anyone else.  Chances are 99 out of 100 people would never notice.
If all else fails, do what I do.  Make up some outlandish BS reason for it being that way and see if you can get them to believe it. lol

LOL yep ! I am perpetually planning my next tattoo !

Just saw your koi pop up on Smith Street's Instagram page.

Guessing that was supposed to be "in depth".
I, being a little afternoon challenged, had to read it a couple times to figure why death would anything to do with the conversation. lol

oof!

Hail autocorrect 
OP - of course we are all probably going to die, but not of acne or tattoos, or tattoos on acne scars!

Please have an in death conversation with your artist. Acne and keliods are often related, and it is possible to make scarring worse. My son has been tattooed successfully, but he's not gone over many of his worst scars yet for exactly that reason. Anybody who will take the time to speak to you about the scars will not judge you for them.