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  1. Graeme
    I am unstoppable when it comes to cured meats.
  2. Graeme
    Funny revisiting this thread because I actually did end up getting tattooed by Monga on that trip, but I got it done on my calf instead.
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    I would say that technique aside I'd be really bummed if any of those were on me, but the truth is if you showed me your drawings I'd refuse to be tattooed by you so it's a moot point. @CultExciter offered you excellent advice above. Those people would be a lot better off with some simple Sailor Jerry flash because at least it would be drawn correctly. Trace classic flash. Take up drawing from life to understand how things work and go together. Always use reference. Traditional style should be about taking objects and distilling them down to their essence: look at Scott Sylvia's roses. They're simple but they fully capture the elegance and beauty of a rose. Work hard to draw like that.
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    Can I vote @bongsau for a future takeover?
  5. Graeme
    I don't really get asked this question. I must come across as the unfriendly type, which is exactly the point of visible tattoos.
  6. Graeme
    I see on Instagram that you made a very good decision.
  7. Graeme
    @Wyatt Strange That eagle is great. If I can offer some unsolicited advice, I wouldn't thicken the lines. Time will do that to them anyway.
  8. Graeme
    I don't know your dog and how the tattoo captures her likeness or not, but I love that tattoo. It has a lot of personality and is folky in the best way.
  9. Graeme
    I think the only straight lining session I had was ass and back of thighs. Even the first session when we lined the tiger and snake involved shading the tiger's stripes, and healing shaded bits can be difficult. Healing that first session made me stop dry healing because my skin got so dry and tight it was actually painful. Healing shading sessions on my ribs was uncomfortable, and I often found it difficult to get in a comfortable sleeping position because of it. Legs were also kind of shitty because I work on my feet in a physically active job and I would sometimes be limping at the end of the work day because my legs were so sore. Like @bongsau said above, it's a heavy experience, but I think that's a big part of the appeal of backpieces.
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    Worst days. My ass and back of thigh lining session was the shortest one I had on my back, I think I barely sat for two and a half hours or so and I was DONE at the end of it. Best of luck to you, it will be worth it.
  11. Graeme
    That's a great drawing. My backpiece is based on Horiyoshi 3 reference so I think bringing it to your tattooer is an excellent idea.
  12. Graeme
    Welcome Whitney. I think discontinuing putting anything on your tattoo is the best option, and I would also recommend asking your tattooer if he or she has any advice. In my experience, the summer heat tends to be an irritant for some of my tattoos and I have tattoos that are a few years healed that still get raised lines in the summer, especially if I'm under hydrated. Six weeks is stil pretty fresh and the tattoo will still be settling in so I don't think there's necessary anything especially weird going on.
  13. Graeme
    Monthly sessions gets it done!
  14. Graeme
    @jimmyirish I am certainly not an expert on any of this stuff, but I do know a local tattooer here who got a one point from Horiyoshi 3 while she was in Japan a few years ago. @taaaro has a one point from Horitoshi. So I wouldn't necessarily assume that the older guys wouldn't do something smaller. It never hurts to ask.
  15. Graeme
    That's what I would have assumed but my sleeve took about nine months from start to finish and while there was nothing wrong or weak about the line work on the raven's talons (the part that was relined) a second pass did make it pop a lot more. Though I'm sure you're right and this would be far more necessary on tattoos that are completed over years.
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    Oh there are no weak lines or weak anything else on that tattoo, it's just that sometimes some relining is called for. I had some bits of my arm relined during the final session even though there was nothing wrong with it. I don't claim to understand the reasons why, but I trust my tattooer here. I totally recommend getting something huge from Dave. You've been tattooed by him, you know that he's a great tattooer and possibly an even better guy, and the experience has been so great that it's going to be really bittersweet when my back is done.
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    It's a system to measure the extent of burns on the human body, but it can easily be adapted to figure out what percentage of tattoo coverage you have. I learned of it through taking first aid courses.
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    Are you using the rule of nines to calculate how tattooed you are?
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    He said a couple of sessions ago that he didn't think it needed to be reoutlined, so here's hoping.
  20. Graeme
    Since we're sharing progress, here's what we did on mine last week. We have to put the greys in some of the water and then do the details in the faces and the tiger's paws and things like that but we're getting super close to wrapping this up.
  21. Graeme
    Those are great! Who is the artist?
  22. Graeme
    Welcome Wyatt, post some pictures!
  23. Graeme
    Oh man @misterJ the colour in the tiger is so great.
  24. Graeme
    Whether or not you actually get tattooed at Steveston Tattoo Co.I would highly recommend getting one of their t-shirts if you can. I assumed that I always see tattooers wearing them because they're nice looking shirts and those guys make great tattoos, but I bought one from Ryan Halter at the Quebec convention and it also turns out that it's the most comfortable tattoo shirt I've ever owned. And you know my feelings about PSC. I can't think of a better shop to spend a lot of time in.
  25. Graeme
    Okay if we're allowing the use of time machines I am interested in Phil Sparrow and especially how he mentored two of the greatest ever American tattooers, Ed Hardy and Cliff Raven. I imagine there's no real secret there other than that Phil Sparrow was intelligent, curious, worldly, and was involved in worlds far removed from tattooing--I'm not just talking sexually here, either--and so it makes sense that he would mentor people with similar dispositions, but I like understanding where people came from and what their formative influences and experiences were.
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