Laurenellen1209

3 hours ago, Hogrider said:

There is no way to know how it will heal, you just have to wait. I rarely have scabs, but I had one the size of a dime on my leg and it ripped off accidentally. It healed perfectly, but did need to be touched up. It took about three months to completely heal.

42 minutes ago, oboogie said:

I have dogs. I've been there. Try not to worry about it. It can always be touched up.

Thank you so much both of you, much appreciated :)! 

It does look a little bit better today, it looks like the hole is closing up now so I'm hoping this will still have little ink parts left in it

I knew a touch up was going to be needed with how much colour was taken with the scab but I just didn't know if anyone else had the same sort of issues with the scabs coming off and leaving the hole.

I'll keep on top of the moisturising and hopefully in the next few months, it will look slightly better and can nip for my touch up :)! 

I got this done 10 days ago now, as you can see the middle of the train scabbed HEAVILY.

I normally always scab heavily regardless of if I dry or wet heal so the scabs wasn't too worrying for me. 

Fast forward to this morning when my pooch got a little bit too excited to see me and clawed the whole scab off, far too early. 

Now I know this was far too early with the amount of colour that has left, what's now concerning me is the hole.. 

Will this just heal as a scar with no ink at all and require touching up? (I know a touch up will be needed for the other part) 

Artist is currently away on holiday so not answering messages and I know I've got a few weeks/months left for it to completley heal, I just didn't want an infection to creep in. 
 

4 hours ago, Hogrider said:

You keep saying that and then you keep coming back for more. You're like boomerang, the harder you throw it away, the faster it comes back.

I've said it twice, I came back to unfollow and saw you was still going on and thought I'd comment again and look you're still going on and I'm the one being childish? 

Yeah alright then 

Sounds like you're the one who graduated to douche bag. 

Like I've said numerous times, I came for one thing, not to have it slated.

My piece isn't finished, if you research what it's meant to be, you can see a clear likeness and like said, it's got a F*** load of work left to go but obviously the only thing that's gonna correct the shit piece I have on my arm is black out 

Like I said it amazes me how you two are the only people to call it shit. 

I've tried to post more recent photos and I'm still getting slated and as more mature people, I was expecting to be treated like a person but you've just been a dick since your first comment and looking at other comments you've both posted here, you both like being *** to other people that don't agree with your first comments. 

If you was an artist and not a collector it might be a different story, but it isn't. 

I've also had two more artists check my piece and guess what? They like it and agree that once finished it's going to look good and like Fawkes which is a F***ing hard thing to get right 

Now the boomerang is going, I've unfollowed and whatever childish comment you or Oboogie come back with, I won't be entertaining. 

Go slag someone else's tattoo off, I'm sure you'll find another post you can both jump on. 

34 minutes ago, oboogie said:

Is it supposed to be cartoon rooster? Foghorn Leghorn, maybe?

Oh yes all those roosters in Harry Potter. 

Seriously feel free to stop commenting whenever you like, you can message each other to slag this off, I'm done with this forum 👌😂

2 minutes ago, oboogie said:

I knew she'd be back. Told you, @Hogrider!

Omg I told you so! 

F***ing hell, how old are you? 

I came back to unfollow, I'm sick of the emails, thought this was dead now 

Yes you can see lines but you can also clearly see scabs, a layer of dead skin that still needs to come off and a shit load of colour, highlight and shading still to go in 

The scab is off, the tattoo is being finished Friday, I'll post finished photos 

It's wrapped around my arm and a lot of work is still needed on it 

6 hours ago, Hogrider said:

Reading comprehension is not your friend. Let me be more clear - it’s a shit tattoo, the artwork is awful, you can’t fix that and it has nothing to do with the pic. Get it now?

Aw dead funny 

Honestly thanks for trying to make me feel shit and lay it out for me like I'm a 12 year old. 

I really don't give a shit about your opinion, my artist is good, the art is good, looking at the tattoo now the scabs are off, it's a whole lot better, like I said before I didn't come here for the work to be slated. 

Out of everyone that has seen this piece, you two 'expert tattoo collectors' are the only people saying it's shit, artwork awful and it can't be fixed.

Im no longer replying to this thread and I will no longer be using this forum

I came for advice on one thing and not to have my artists work trashed. 

She had really done my father's back piece and it looks a whole lot better than half the stuff you've told me to look at on here 

So I'm F***ing off now 

19 hours ago, Hogrider said:

I'm not sure how you can look at that tattoo, then look at the outstanding work on a lot of people here and come to the conclusion that your artist is good.

 

Can you read? 

It's not finished!

It's got a lot of work left to go on this and once finished and fully healed, it's going to look absolutely fine 

Again it's not the best photo 

6 hours ago, Hogrider said:

I'm not sure how you can look at that tattoo, then look at the outstanding work on a lot of people here and come to the conclusion that your artist is good.

 

Can you read? 

It's not finished!

It's got a lot of work left to go on this and once finished and fully healed, it's going to look absolutely fine 

Again it's not the best photo 

I came for advise on the milky stage and that was it, nothing else 

I didn't come for my tattoo to be slated or for the artist to be questioned either 

I completely trust her work and her work is done beautifully

This piece isn't finished, it's wrapped around my arm and I literally just took the quickest photo so it's not the best picture either, it also isn't fully healed and the final product once finished will look amazing and like all the others she's done on me and other clients 

While I appreciate all the comments, I came for advise on one thing and not to have the work slated 

18 minutes ago, oboogie said:

@Hogrider already told you that. You just don't want to hear it. I guess if you are happy with it, that's all that matters. I wouldn't go back to the artist in a million years.

As for the guy above, "Arrowsmith" or whatever, I have no idea of the quality of the tattoos he has (if he has any) or any indication if he knows what he's talking about—he's posted here once time. @Hogriderand I are both covered and have been posting here for years, so you might want to consider the source. Good luck.

As I've already stated, this isn't finished, but again thanks for slating the work of a reputable tattooist 

Artist is MollieJaneArt on Instagram, go message her and slate her yourself 

Thanks 😊

1 hour ago, oboogie said:

No. @Hogrider being honest. It doesn't look very good. At all. Good luck.

Again, how so? Because of the scab or the work? 

Scabs all off now and it looks fine, finishing off next week 

9 hours ago, Arrowsmith said:

I'm pretty sure we can't see the actual tattoo and details because of the layer of dried skin /scab on top. So there's no way to tell the quality of the actual art from these photos. Lauren, sorry someone's trying to bum you out but I'd love to see the healed tattoo - or, you could post a photo of the freshly done tattoo, if you like. That should show the detail, for those curious. 

I'll post a photo once healed and finished, I'm due back in on 14th to finish his wing off and add final colour and shading 

Haven't got a freshly done photo as she didn't take any with it not being finished but as soon as its done, I'll post 

Scabs are nearly almost off now, taken some colour so that's gonna need a touch up but he's looking okay for now 🙂

Thanks for your help x 

I also get that but this piece isn't finished and I did say that in my original post, I've got at least an hour and a half left and my other tattoos she has done have healed the same as on the thread posted 🙂

5 minutes ago, Hogrider said:

It's very flat and two dimensional. Look up some really good work on the internet and you'll see the difference. There's lots of great work right on this site.

How long someone has been tattooing is irrelevant. I've seen lots of crappy work by people with many years of experience.

I didn't want a 3d effect, I'm having a whole HP sleeve and this is the 3rd piece to be added

I thought the work was very good, detailed, just slightly scabby and milky 

I'm due to go back again next month to have his wing finished and a touch up on the rest, I just wanted a bit of reassuring that this is my milky phase and not just white blobs on my tattoo 😂

3 hours ago, SStu said:

looking pretty normal to me!

would love to see it again in a month or so . . . 

Thank-you, eased my mind a bit, just looking unsightly with the white areas 😭 

Will try remember to post a photo once healed, finishing it off next month! 

43 minutes ago, Hogrider said:

3 times a day is too much. The point is to not let it completely dry out, although many people successfully use the dry heal method. Too much is worse than too little. Tattoos take 4-8 weeks to heal. Let it heal and get it touched up if necessary.

I'd find another artist too. That art work just isn't very good.

Oh really? I've always done it 3 times a day during this stage 

I'll stick to twice a day, thanks 

Can I ask why you don't think it's very good? Artist is very skilled and has been tattooing a while, all other works done by her too and I thought the piece was good, just worried about the milky stage 

Hi you lovely experts! 

Need a bit of advice here, this is my 6th piece, the one with the most colour 

Took 5 1/2 hours and I've got another hour at least left 

I've scabbed really badly with this one, as you can see, there's a few left to fall off 

I am moisturising at least 3 times a day, I'm just worried my last scab fell off too early or is this the milky stage? 

My other tattoos are all colour but haven't had this much red or colour go into them, longest tattoo so far being 6 hours 

Any advise would be amazing 

Thank-you! 

Hi you lovely experts! 

Need a bit of advice here, this is my 6th piece, the one with the most colour 

Took 5 1/2 hours and I've got another hour at least left 

I've scabbed really badly with this one, as you can see, there's a few left to fall off 

I am moisturising at least 3 times a day, I'm just worried my last scab fell off too early or is this the milky stage? 

My other tattoos are all colour but haven't had this much red or colour go into them, longest tattoo so far being 6 hours 

Any advise would be amazing 

Thank-you! 

2 minutes ago, Hogrider said:

A tattoo is possibly infected if it's any of the following - hot, oozing, smells bad, painful, red, swollen. AND you can get hot and swollen with no infection. If you don't have one or more of these symptoms, I wouldn't worry about it. That tattoo doesn't look infected to me, but I'm NOT a doctor

I don't have any of the symptoms listed, I feel absolutely fine, no temp or anything, it's still slightly tender when I wash it but I wasn't sure if this was due to how thick the scab is, I don't normally scab this thick it's only light so I think that's where the worry came from, thankyou 🙂

Hii, 

I'm new here and I have a question 

I got my portrait of my Border Terrier, a week ago today, everything was fine, she's my 5th big tattoo. 

I have followed the same aftercare instruction on all 5, I wash leave to air dry then apply tattoo goo. 

I've noticed the background is scabbing a little more than I'm used too and I'm worried this is now infected. 

I'm going back to the Artist Friday for her to check things but I just wanted a bit of advice here first if possible. 

Picture attached. 

Thankyou 🙂