else

I'm a patchwork quit when it comes to tattoos....all different styles and none of it planned out!

Just get tattooed by the people whose work you like.....and don't worry as long as you like it!

I want to be just like you when I grow up :)

@Delicious , maybe I'm just partial to his work, but even before I saw Steve Byrne's name next to it I liked the "Heart Broken" girl the best.

I think she's "practically perfect in every way."

thanks! Im just worried that it might look like shit when its done healing because i loved it when it was done:confused:

Mine *always* look like shit during healing. Always.

and then they look AWESOME.

Eat healthy, rest enough, wash your hands a lot. As @Mark Bee said, your body will heal itself if you let it.

I haven't done anything on the thigh yet, just calves, but my experience so far with calves is that the less clothes you have rubbing on them the better.

Same here @else.

Im surprised we haven't heard of you getting anymore tattoos... what will i aspire to?

I know right!?!?

I've got something lined up in May (but may have to cancel it depending on my current contract :( )

and I'm working on something in June...

new tattoos on the horizon!! :D

Wish I was inebriated!!! Just awake...

^^^^^^^

had to "like" for excellent use of language!! :D

Happy Birthday!! :)

It was super fun to get a tattoo and not know what it was until it was over.

Oooh!! That DOES sound like fun!!

Maybe I'll get to try it sometime!!

Today, for the first time since early December, I shaved my legs FEARLESSLY - without caution, just waved that razor around all willy-nilly! ;)

Finally, everything is healed!!

(Guess it must be time to get something new booked right?!?!)

I posted this link one time before, but it is probably pertinent to your question, or at least interesting ;)

Microscopics… « mortui vivos docent

Has this happened to anyone? Is it just natural for the color to fade this much?

Mine always look faded and kind of "sad" for a little while during healing.

But they're are all as bright and deeply colored now as the day they went on now that healing is over.

Give it a little time. :)

@else, you're so cool.

Awww! "you're a cantaloupe"

I love Cool Hand Luke.

Kill Bill - meh.

True Romance - now there's a movie!!

Mine swelled up something fierce, too. Cabbage leaves and ice was a life saver!

What did you have done?

Ahhh! I love the cabbage leaves :)

And he tattooed this eagle on me. As always, he was a true professional, and I enjoyed shooting the shit with him as he worked. Chicago's favorite, for sure.

I saw that on Instagram and was immediately smitten by it. Very nice eagle!!

Congratulations @jacobyoung!!

This is my intention. However turns out I got sick this morning and currently feel like I'm dying. This may be the worst tattoo yet

Oh no! So sorry to hear it. Good luck!

Err slightly off-topic:

Hey else, whatcha doin in OK? It's my home state, was surprised to see it pop up in conversation! Are you familiar with any in the burgeoning tattoo scene in the state? I moved away a year before tattooing was legalized there and so don't know too much about the work coming out of the state.

I'm *technically* a resident of the state right now. But, with the way my job works, I spend very little actual time there. (Like - less than 8 weeks of the past year.)

I lived there for part of my high school/college years too, but that was awhile back.

Richard Stell is opening up a shop in Tulsa really soon - May I think?

And there's some good tattooers scattered here and there.

I'm not actually there enough to keep up with things.

Anyone going to see this?

Possibly...

I'm probably going to be in Abilene on 4/6 anyway, which is one of the days it's playing there.

I'll see what I feel like on the day of.

Another one I finished last night for a trade with @nofireinmylungs on instagram. I feel a bit happier with the colours on this one.

I am trying to put together a flash set of around 6 sheets if anyone would be interested in prints just let me know.

Thanks for looking!

That's pretty! :)

One of the moms at my kids school has a big cock tattooed on her forearm, that gets a lot of attention.

I guess I've been living in the country too long... I was thinking "what's wrong with rooster tattoos? Lots of people have them!"

Ahh 17 more days until the big day any advice on how to kill time faster? :p or anything I should do maybe a week before the big day?

Eat healthy and drink plenty of water ;)

Hey @Dan S , how was it?

I didn't want to start a new thread on the design and this looks like the closest thread to the topic I can find. Anyone know the history, if there really is one, of the bent back lady/skull design? You know what I mean, this thing:

bent back lady | Tumblr

Too lazy to upload the pic myself.

didn't work for me :-(

but I know what you're talking about