Omar

Awesome pieces here!
I'll chip in with mine. Done by Markus Lenhard in Berlin, I'm a sucker for flow and asymmetry :)
Still work in progress.
I loved the experience, Markus is one of the most interesting and cool guys you'll ever meet.

I just had my second session done on my chest piece. 10 solid hours of actual tattoo time in two days. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, since the first session (8hours in two days) turned out to be painful as hell. From minute one 'till the end. (a cursed like a madman when he went over my nipple)
This time however, and for the first time, I really got 'in the zone'. I was laying in the chair, eyes closed and completely at ease while the tattoo artist drilled away for 5 hours straight. We only took two 15min breaks. What worked for me was telling myself the whole time: 'I am completely relaxed, I can't feel pain. If I could feel pain, I wouldn't be relaxed'. A bit of reversed psychology. After 45min I was in a sort of trance. I could accept the feeling of getting my skin punctured a zillion times as something that wasn't pain but something I wanted. It sounds stupid, but it worked like hell.
On the really painful parts, like sternum and nipples it was all about breathing. Deep and slow breaths. Accepting the pain, not as 'pain' - with all the negative associations, but as a sensation I could control.
Anyway, it did the trick for me.

I just had my second session done on my chest piece. 10 solid hours of actual tattoo time in two days. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, since the first session (8hours in two days) turned out to be painful as hell. From minute one 'till the end. (a cursed like a madman when he went over my nipple)
This time however, and for the first time, I really got 'in the zone'. I was laying in the chair, eyes closed and completely at ease while the tattoo artist drilled away for 5 hours straight. We only took two 15min breaks. What worked for me was telling myself the whole time: 'I am completely relaxed, I can't feel pain. If I could feel pain, I wouldn't be relaxed'. A bit of reversed psychology. After 45min I was in a sort of trance. I could accept the feeling of getting my skin punctured a zillion times as something that wasn't pain but something I wanted. It sounds stupid, but it worked like hell.
On the really painful parts, like sternum and nipples it was all about breathing. Deep and slow breaths. Accepting the pain, not as 'pain' - with all the negative associations, but as a sensation I could control.
Anyway, it did the trick for me.

I just had my second session done on my chest piece. 10 solid hours of actual tattoo time in two days. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, since the first session (8hours in two days) turned out to be painful as hell. From minute one 'till the end. (a cursed like a madman when he went over my nipple)
This time however, and for the first time, I really got 'in the zone'. I was laying in the chair, eyes closed and completely at ease while the tattoo artist drilled away for 5 hours straight. We only took two 15min breaks. What worked for me was telling myself the whole time: 'I am completely relaxed, I can't feel pain. If I could feel pain, I wouldn't be relaxed'. A bit of reversed psychology. After 45min I was in a sort of trance. I could accept the feeling of getting my skin punctured a zillion times as something that wasn't pain but something I wanted. It sounds stupid, but it worked like hell.
On the really painful parts, like sternum and nipples it was all about breathing. Deep and slow breaths. Accepting the pain, not as 'pain' - with all the negative associations, but as a sensation I could control.
Anyway, it did the trick for me.

Awesome pieces here!
I'll chip in with mine. Done by Markus Lenhard in Berlin, I'm a sucker for flow and asymmetry :)
Still work in progress.
I loved the experience, Markus is one of the most interesting and cool guys you'll ever meet.

I just had my second session done on my chest piece. 10 solid hours of actual tattoo time in two days. I wasn't exactly looking forward to it, since the first session (8hours in two days) turned out to be painful as hell. From minute one 'till the end. (a cursed like a madman when he went over my nipple)
This time however, and for the first time, I really got 'in the zone'. I was laying in the chair, eyes closed and completely at ease while the tattoo artist drilled away for 5 hours straight. We only took two 15min breaks. What worked for me was telling myself the whole time: 'I am completely relaxed, I can't feel pain. If I could feel pain, I wouldn't be relaxed'. A bit of reversed psychology. After 45min I was in a sort of trance. I could accept the feeling of getting my skin punctured a zillion times as something that wasn't pain but something I wanted. It sounds stupid, but it worked like hell.
On the really painful parts, like sternum and nipples it was all about breathing. Deep and slow breaths. Accepting the pain, not as 'pain' - with all the negative associations, but as a sensation I could control.
Anyway, it did the trick for me.

Well, here's my entry.
By Markus Lenhard - private studio in Berlin - work in progress
cheers!

Well, here's my entry.
By Markus Lenhard - private studio in Berlin - work in progress
cheers!

Well, here's my entry.
By Markus Lenhard - private studio in Berlin - work in progress
cheers!

Oh happy day - just got the news. I'm getting tattooed by Markus Lenhard from Berlin! Bio-organic insect wing on my chest :cool:
This is what I love the most. When you've made up your mind about placement, design and artist and you send the first mail to ask if he's interested. I tend to really put an effort in how i first approach an artist. I often rewrite my initial mail 3 to 4 times with some days in between. And when the artist lets you know he thinks you've got a cool idea and wants to tattoo you, it's party time :)

Oh happy day - just got the news. I'm getting tattooed by Markus Lenhard from Berlin! Bio-organic insect wing on my chest :cool:
This is what I love the most. When you've made up your mind about placement, design and artist and you send the first mail to ask if he's interested. I tend to really put an effort in how i first approach an artist. I often rewrite my initial mail 3 to 4 times with some days in between. And when the artist lets you know he thinks you've got a cool idea and wants to tattoo you, it's party time :)

Thanks guys, you pretty much summed it up.
For me personally as I started getting tattoos at an older age in 20 years time I don't think I will give a shit what they look like, that's even if I am still alive. Had I been younger then maybe I would have thought about it more. It isn't just the tattoos but the experience, the traveling the meeting new people, seeing new sites that is all very much part of it for me and that will always stay with me whether the tattoos do or don't :)
I was at Randy Englehards shop last week for a VIP party and there was every top notch artist you could think of there, so I did look at aged stuff and it still all looks fabulous, so I guess there is hope :)

Ha it's a valid question though. We all know tattoos fade over time, so you would think that something light and highly detailed wouldn't hold up. Truth is, this highly detailed style either hasn't been around long enough, or hasn't been prominent enough that there aren't a lot of great examples out of ones that are aged, I'm basing this solely off of what I have seen thus far. I have to say though, I am glad that @peterpoose started a thread where he is updating the aging of his arm. It sounds silly, but I don't think anything has been documented like that before so it will be a good thing to take note of.
Also I think that comment started off as a backhanded compliment from people who just don't like the style, and then people who don't know any better keep perpetuating it.
"That looks great, but how will it age?" can also be read as "That is going to fade and look shitty in a year, so that means my solid line tattoos are better."
Not to derail the thread.... I guess we can discuss it more here.
http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2672-healed-new-pics.html

Was done at Randy Englehard shop in Germany. 7-8 hours more progress now, artist Carlos Torres!

I can honestly say my tattoo means absolutely nothing. I just like the movement and colours.
Some people find that hard to believe/comprehend.

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

I can honestly say my tattoo means absolutely nothing. I just like the movement and colours.
Some people find that hard to believe/comprehend.

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

Finished my first tattoo 4 days ago. Second session was a nice 5hours of colouring.
Sort of a bio-organic thing :)
By Yliana Paolini

10 hours now on this piece, more to add!

My first tattoo, done two days ago. It's a freehand piece by Yliana Paolini. Was an awesome experience. Well worth the 7hour driving trip to Brighton :) She's freakin' amazing.
Next session is in 6 weeks. Can't wait!