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I am about to put a deposit down for a sleeve and I am stuck between two artists and my overthinking self is going crazy!!

The first artist is Michael Perry 

- Who I had a consultation with and we went back and fourth with emails. He seemed very into my project and he gave my his thoughts on how he might tackle the project and I loved the way he saw things.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeRG0RprxQ1/ - Good creative work

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzdi7_Fm1R/ - Video of healed work - unfiltered

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tWhWWFuH0/ Video of Healed work - Unfiltered

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTC3LKbL-XA/ - Good creative work

 The second artist is George Lange

- He too loved my idea but have not had a consultation with so I did not get to see his opinion on how he would take on my project. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZNHFTg0dn/ - Video of healed work - unfiltered

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTz20-pLwnD/ - Nice detailed creative work

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMZYaPH2ag/ - Healed work

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9roVrFndAF/ - Good creative work

Now both of these artists are to me, very good artists, and I am stuck between if I pick one I am worried ill regret my decision and think maybe I should have went with the other.  My question is who do you guys think is better, who would you pick, and how do I decide???

49 minutes ago, Ally said:

And I researched and her work isn’t bad, that’s why I’m so pissed. I don’t know what to do. Am I supposed to contact her? And my next problem, I don’t even know where to begin to find someone who can fix this without it turning into a larger tattoo. I’m seriously contemplating having it laser removed. 

When you say researched have you looked at the healed work? also define how you assessed the portfolio.

On 5/26/2022 at 4:46 PM, oboogie said:

What he said. Those photos look altered and very curated. They must not look so great if they have to edit them that much. Look somewhere else.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzdi7_Fm1R/

Here is where he did a tattoo with no edits.

15 hours ago, Hogrider said:

Look up Shane O’Neil. Or watch a season or two of Ink Master. NOT because they are all great artists, because they have some awful ones, but because the critique’s will show you how to tell a good tattoo from a bad tattoo.

And congratulations for doing your homework instead of rushing out to the first shop you find to get a tattoo. Good artists aren’t cheap and they are usually booked well in advance but it’s worth the money and the wait.

What is funny is I actually noticed the shaky line work when michael perry did some circles or line work, I think what I liked was his overall imagery and creatism. Im my opinion It looks better than the shane guy you posted.

I will keep searching though. I just find it hard to find a GOOD artist that wants to do what I like. I litteraly go on instagram pages or artists in my area (hell even sometimes out of the states) and ahh still have this issue. I dont know if its just because its my first tattoo and I have weird expectations?

8 hours ago, Hogrider said:

I'd want to see some of their tattoos in person. Also, take a close look at anything with actual lines; to me, the lines look wobbly, especially in any of the circles and webs.Also, I think a lot of them look very dark and monochromatic; I'd be concerned with how they will hold up over time.

Just one man's opinion. 

Can you provide an example of what a good artist that does black and grey realism look like? so I can have some kind of reference?

I did find another

https://www.instagram.com/darwinenriquez/

I have been looking to get sleeve work done in black and grey realism by a quality artist and found an artist who I like but I am not sure if I have a good eye for quality artists yet as I am still new to this. (first tattoo)

The artist: https://www.instagram.com/michaelperryart/

Where would on artist like this fall into in terms of quality? 

- Please be brutally honest as I am looking for top notch quality artists to get this sleeve done (dont care about price)