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Wow! The whole sleeve is amazing but I especially like the piece of your forearm with the crown of thorns.

Hey guys I wanted to give you all an update on the situation and I am proud to say that I will have the chance of getting tattooed by John Sultana himself at Saved at the end of september! :D I did not quite find an artist in montreal that I felt as confident with as John to do the job so I decided to go the extra mile down to Brooklyn for this massive project I have!!
Thanks to all of you for the help and advice :)

Hey guys I wanted to give you all an update on the situation and I am proud to say that I will have the chance of getting tattooed by John Sultana himself at Saved at the end of september! :D I did not quite find an artist in montreal that I felt as confident with as John to do the job so I decided to go the extra mile down to Brooklyn for this massive project I have!!
Thanks to all of you for the help and advice :)

Yeah I totally expected hooper to be very busy and I saw on his site that he wasnt taking any new clients before I even posted here. I was really looking for those guys who could be flying under the radar as you say. If I had the chance to pick ANY artist, I would be getting tattooed by Gerhard Wiesbeck actually but going to germany sounds like a lot of trouble for me :p. However I emailed Saved Tattoo and asked them to suggest someone at the shop for me who will be available soon and who could tattoo my idea for two half sleeves. I really like John Sultana's stuff too!

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+
I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

The first episode with Thomas Hooper is still my personnal favorite for sure.

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+
I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

I love all the digital art inspiration, your sleeve is like a big photomontage :D

That made me cringe.

That made me cringe.

Im a 44 year old male from the north of norway, not far from Narvik. i have been wonning to tattoo sins my early 20s, but haven't gotten to it before last year because of family and work. In my younger days i loved to draw, but that happen lesser and lesser. No i have invested some money into this, and i love it. a little studio has evolved in my basement, and people are given me thumbs up and are comming back for more. i have just done 60 or 70 tattoos sins i started, and i struggle some with lining, im a little shaky some times. i think its unusually work positions that creates the shake . i hope to meet some new friends here, and maby some of my tattoos can be posted here for comments.
im old,and im late,but im here

I say, be punk rock about it.
Don't let the "man" hold you down.
If someone is going to deny me a job because of how I've decided to decorate my skin, then that's not a person I wanna work for.
Getting visible tattoos is a lifestyle decision, so doing it means you truly need to commit to it and be aware of all of the consequences of those actions. I'm not saying don't do it. I'm saying that if you do it, do it for you, know what it means, and know the doors it will close (and open) for you.

It breaks my personal 10/10/10 rule.
10 feet away you know what it is
10 seconds you know what it is
10 years it will still look good

AWESOME- I just found a scratcher version of a painting I did a year ago. Yea internets!

Anyone heard of this site: Dermagraphique: A tattoo critique
This seemed like the best thread to ask this question in.

@Our Endless Days - No problem, I like answering questions. The idea of tattoos being sinful really comes back to Leviticus 19:28, which says, "Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves." Leviticus is the third book in the Bible; it's really old. It was put together beginning at the time that Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and into the promised land. There was period of 40 years between when the left Egypt and when they entered into the promised land. They were basically nomads during that time, travelling into many different lands, and associating with many different peoples.
At that point in time, God had "set apart" Israel as the chosen people who would eventually share God's blessing with the whole world. Being "set apart" meant that, at that time, God didn't want them losing their identity by taking on the customs of the many other tribes they came across. Some of these tribes tattooed themselves. Incidentally, the stuff you hear today about homosexuality being sinful comes from this portion of the Bible too. Homosexuality was a practice of some of the tribes, as well. There are hundreds of laws like this in Leviticus. Planting a field with more than one crop in it is an abomination, punishable by death. So is wearing clothing that is composed of more than one textile (cotton-polyester). So is eating shellfish. So is divorce. These laws were put in place in a specific time and context to make sure the Israelites were able to maintain a national identity, until the time came that God's blessing was to be shared with the whole world. Jesus' purpose was to make that happen. So the time for those laws had past. They're not valid anymore. And for most of those laws, the "conservative" Christians would agree with. They don't think you should be stoned for divorcing, or for planting multiple crops, or for wearing cotton-poly T-shirts. Yet for some reason, they think the one about tattoos and homosexuality is still valid. It isn't. What you see is a case of people using scripture as a way to reinforce what they already believe, when what they should be doing is using scripture to shape what they do and believe.
I tried to be concise, but am happy to clarify or say more.
P.S. - I am a Lutheran pastor, and have been for just over two years. I got my first tattoo when I was 16. I completed my 4-year college degree in 2006, and 4-year seminary study in 2010.

The first one!

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+
I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+
I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

damn thats a heavy schedule you must be a cadaver on the table