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I was just about to post this, ya beat me to it. Jackie looks great with tattoos.

I do too, Princess Mononoke is one of my all-time favorite films. I don't have any solid plans yet, but I'd like to save my left thigh for a Lady Eboshi vs Moro (or San?) piece. A Mononoke sleeve would be killer. So much great imagery to pull from.

Welcome! I dig your Princess Mononoke avatar.

What would you (or anyone) consider persistent vs. not getting the hint? Should I keep trying with the calls and emails? I don't want to give up too early but I'm afraid if I'm too pushy he won't want to tattoo me. My most recent idea was to wait until he comes to a convention / has travel dates at as shop I can get to and try to talk to him there... hope that doesn't sound too stalkerish.

@Graeme saw that one on IG yesterday and couldn't stop staring at it. You must be so stoked.

I'm a web designer, this same shit has been going on in our industry for awhile now. Logo Contests, Website Design Contests, etc. The only designers who are willing to enter these kinds of contests are people who can't get a job as a designer or make it as a freelancer, so you are always going to get bad work. Always. No one with actual experience and skill is going to do work that they "might" get paid for, when they could be doing work they'll definitely get paid (a lot more) for. And then when they "win" the contest they're rewarded with a cheapskate client who doesn't respect the profession enough to pay for a site well-built & well-designed by professionals... assuming the client doesn't just take their free designs and disappear. Anyway, my point is, if this custom tattoo design thing turns out anything like what I've seen in my own industry, it's only going to result in poorly designed or blatantly ripped off designs being taken to unskilled, cheap artists and producing an awful result. "You get the tattoo you deserve." quick edit: Not to disrespect any artist that's participating, just wanted to say what I think will happen to this idea based on what I've seen of a similar idea executed in my own profession.

That's a problem I'm having. I contacted an artist who is known to have a 8 - 10mo wait list for new clients. He responded to my email, seemed like he was interested in my idea, but then communication stopped and I didn't know if I was on the wait list or not. Tried calling the shop a few times, no luck. Decided to give it a rest before I got annoying. Seven months later I tried to follow up again (I live across the country for this shop so I wanted to be prepared to make travel arrangements), no response. Not sure if he just wasn't into my idea or if my emails just got lost in the pile. Can't tell how to walk the line between showing how committed I am and not being irritating. In the meantime I'm just going to keep getting tattooed by other people and hope the opportunity to get tattooed by this artist comes up in the future.

@Boxing Gloves WOW! So nice!

Great choice! I hope you'll post photos here when it's done.

Welcome! A large phoenix on your back sounds like a great tattoo idea, and you're definitely in the right place for doing research on the tattoo experience. What artist have you chosen, if you don't mind sharing?

Welcome! Definitely post photos, pictures are more than welcome here.

Welcome to LST! Do you have any photos of your tattoos?

Thanks @KegRN, good to know. Looking at this again I realize I read the thread title wrong, sorry for threadjacking.

This happens to me too, especially after I've had a cold or the seasons change. I've heard it's your immune system reacting to the tattoo ink, so it makes sense that it happens to me when my immune system is unusually active (allergy season, after I've been sick). Anyone know if this is true or not?

@deadsp0t Ah yeah poor choice of words, should have said "another great traditional artist"

Mike Holmes, I think it is. I'm not familiar with his work but he looks like another solid traditional artist.

I have not gotten anything from those shops (yet), but several of my friends have tattoos from the artists at Ace Custom Tattoos and they do solid work. Best shop in Charlotte IMO. I really like Chris Stuart's tattoos, he does really nice traditional stuff. Instagram

Welcome from another NC resident (Charlotte)!

Welcome to LST!

Welcome! Do you have any photos of your tattoos?

Haha yeah, the sex scenes in the Witcher 2 are so stiff and awkward. Just found out they ported Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic to iPad/iPhone. Did anyone else play that game back when it came out? Don't really play games on the iPad but got it for the nostalgia. Turns out wreaking havoc with the powers of the dark side is just as fun now as it was 10 years ago.

That eagle is going to be killer. Welcome to LST!

Welcome!

Welcome to LST!