McAstronaut

Yep, I HATED getting my inner arm tattooed, but the others after that have been cake in comparison. Not looking forward to my ribs, but that's still awhile away. I think the thing that sucked about the bicep the most was that it was extremely difficult to get comfortable; keeping my arm up caused a lot of soreness in the rest of my arm, and every time a piece of my clothing ran across it I felt like a Brillo pad was being scraped against my skin. Next arm, I'm doing that part first so everything else pales in comparison.

I got it done at Dovetail Tattoo here in Austin. If your artist lives in Virginia I don't think that was me. :D *grammar edit

This. I just got the outline on a Medusa done about a week ago and it's been itchy as hell. The swelling wasn't bad at all, but I'm having to slap myself because I keep inadvertently itching it.

Awesome! Hope to make it out Friday.

Holy cow there are some amazing submissions this month. These monthly contests never disappoint!

Ha! I was thinking the exact same thing.

I really hope they do a cross-over episode with the "doctor" who runs TLC's Tattoo School. I have to admit, I'm morbidly curious but I'm pretty sure it's going to be a giant train-wreck.

Happy Birthday LST!

I'm still very much a neophyte and nowhere near as versed in the subject as a lot of you, but when I see a good piece I definitely mention it to the person who owns it. I also think the way the client takes care of the piece has a lot to do with it. I talked one of my friends into going to see a really amazing artist and she ended up with a really shitty tattoo because a) she didn't want to listen to the artist, and b) she didn't follow her aftercare regime correctly. So when people see her shitty pieces and then some of mine they're like, "That was the same artist?".

I just recently got a new tattoo that is actually a mob/spell from the game I work on (I'm a game designer). It's still icky and crusty, but here's a picture of it all weepy and hella swollen from the day after I got it done. Color yet to come! http://www.driversurpriseme.com/?attachment_id=59

Hi, I've been lurking for awhile and finally created an account, beep, beep, toot toot! I live in the Austin area and I'm a game developer. I'm currently in the process of getting a sleeve by the lovely Miss Martin of Dovetail Tattoo, which I will post pictures of soon. Looking forward to chattin' more; thanks for reading!