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It's a nice tattoo, also it will fade over time. I think trying to cover it to make it less bold is not going to give you the results you want. Give it a year or two and if you still feel uncomfortable with it maybe you could look into laser?

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It's a nice tattoo, also it will fade over time. I think trying to cover it to make it less bold is not going to give you the results you want. Give it a year or two and if you still feel uncomfortable with it maybe you could look into laser?

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November 28 -- 2nd sleeve begins.
Once again, we returned to the studios of world traveling artist Scott Ellis. He's spent most of the last six months hopscotching Europe. I was happy to know ahead of time that he'd be back in Austin Texas for a few week -- plenty of time to start sleeve #2. 
Scott suggested we try a Phoenix for this sleeve. Seemed to fit well with the dragon. Here is his notebook prior to my arriving:

As before, Scott creates the design in freehand. Took him about 3.25 hours. And as before, he was ever the perfectionist -- at one point an hour in wiping off my arm and starting again because he felt the bird's head was an inch off from where he wanted it. 



As we progress, Scott goes through about four layers, increasing the detail with ever more fine brushes along the way.



Below are layer #3 and #4:


Taken in mirror:

And at least, we ink! 2.5 hours of linework. 

Unfortunately, Scott is back off to Europe... so no shading stage until April. That's okay, it is worth the wait to be worked on by a master. 

Not the greatest pics but here's the ship on the back. Color fresh, outline and shading 2 weeks healed. Dagger is about 3 months healed. 

Outside of same leg... There's a tall ship on the back calf and a dagger rose down the shin. I'll try and see if I have good pics of those.. Jason did these too.  

Inner calf addition to a leg sleeve I just completed. Done by Jason Walstrom @ Seawolf in Minneapolis.  

@Derrils maybe start a new thread, since i don't think you'll get answers in this one 🙂
 
Hey guys, thanks for the appreciations from a few pages ago!
Here's another fresh pic of it, done by the artist.
It's one month old now and it healed great, i'll take a new picture when i find the right lighting.
Now the spots that are left on both of my arms is the inner bicep. I'm scared 🙂
 

Shrunken Head by Dillon Eaves at Charnel House Tattoo in Toluca Lake, CA done this morning  

It's a nice tattoo, also it will fade over time. I think trying to cover it to make it less bold is not going to give you the results you want. Give it a year or two and if you still feel uncomfortable with it maybe you could look into laser?

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Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Same visit - 'water on the knee' - done by Erick Lynch, also at Redemption Tattoo in Boston
last one by Mike is a crayfish

Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Thank you for bringing this up! Reading that Robert Ryan interview in TCM really affirmed some personal superstitions about tattoos for me. I don't like to tattoo symbols of evil, as far as my own comfort zone goes. Simply speaking, a symbol is a distilled image intended to invoke a very specific idea/memory/feeling/desire. Because of this immediate association, symbols are very powerful visual tools. Brand logos are an accessible and modern example of how a symbol can instantaneously trigger a reaction in a person. Alphabets are also a good example. I think the reason why most clients have a hard time understanding this is because it is a very ideologically superstitious practice on my behalf, and also because the idea of a tattooed symbol of evil having real-life repercussions seems magical at best.
If symbol X triggers reaction a, b, or c in nearly anyone who looks at it, and all of which are negative reactions/feelings, I don't want to be the means by which that negativity is brought into the world. That's really all that it comes down to I guess.
(on a side note, I think that there is a huge difference between the power of symbols and the power of illustrations.)

@Delicious I would add that just because people love you and our on your side, doesn't mean they know what is right for you. At some point I think we just have to gain the confidence enough to disagree with our family and understand that their preconceived notions of what society deems appropriate is not going to determine your happiness, only you can do that. And disgreeing with them doesn't mean you love them any less, just that you have become your own person.
Their is that old saying, you live under my house, you follow my rules. Well I have my own house and I say fuck rules.

I believe that was me @Dan S
@Delicious To the extent of my knowledge i am the only woman in my whole extended family apart from one cousin (who has a tiny trible symbol on her chest) that is tattooed... That includes men.
I started to get the usual grief when i began getting tattooed.. a few colour realism butterflies, a little script that was all seen as acceptable however when i began getting larger tattoos people began to pipe up with their opinions.
are you joining the circus?
are you going to be a pirate?
you are going to look so butch?
what are you going to do when this early midlife crisis is over?
you look like a lesbian!
you WERE such a girly girl and now...
etc etc.
There comes a point in life when you have to make the choice between expressing yourself how YOU choose to because frankly other people might not be around for nearly as long as your tattoos will be. I've always had hella low self confidence but now when i look in the mirror and catch a glimpse of my tattoos i smile. They make ME happy on MY body. Other people will get over it.
Sorry for digressing from the point of the thread.
I have had a length discussion about native american indian tattoos at my local shop today and i've realised i am 'supersticious' enough to feel the need to have my indian girlhead and cheif wearing the correct headdress... that's as far as it goes for me though. Tattoos are things i perceive to be beautiful that i want to wear on my body.. n thats about the size of it :)

This year at Redemption in Boston - Mike Shea. Right on the hip
 

One of the truest statements in life, "you get what you pay for"
 

Thanks everyone! Here are a few of the more recent tattoos I've gotten. 

Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Hello!
I've been getting tattoos for about 11 years now but really started getting into it heavily in the last 2 years. I've found a love for traditional tattoos and have been dedicating most of my free canvas to that style. I look forward to sharing photos and getting to know you all!

Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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Just got this cobra/elephant by Squid Yu on the front of my left leg just under the knee. Pretty stoked.

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