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V&F is awesome! I frequent Blue Flame in raleigh as well.

I just have an arm full of traditional tattoos.. Sleeve? Idk.. I plan on having Japanese on my right arm.. Basically the right arm and peck off a body suit.. I'm a ways off from that.

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Had a hand sized rose done on my elbow yesterday, was not nearly as bad as I was told to expect. Was really only marginally worse than my ditch. I will say near the end it was getting a little uncomfortable, even the day after hasn't been bad.

Finally got my elbow done. Was worth waiting, I'm stoked about it.

Did the first session on my back yesterday with Dave Cummings. Really stoked on it.

Man that looks like a killer start!! Super nice!!

You meet the FASTEST people on a Honda!

Hell yeah!! Now the other bike will be transformed into a track hack!

Well.. I had planned to get my elbow tattooed but got an awesome deal on a donor bike to replace my the engine in my bike that's been sitting. Over July 4th I did the swap and have been ridding every chance I get..

Already squirreling away more cash to get tattooed, until then it's motorcycle time!

I will say that when I had my elbow lined it was a pretty gnarly heal and a small section of line scabbed and actually fell totally out. It was small' date=' barely even noticeable, and once it was shaded, because it's all solid black feathers, you can't tell at all. The shading healed up really great, super solid and black and didn't need any touch ups. After care is probably an issue, but I have heard from tattooers that it's just a really difficult area to tattoo, so technique is probably a part of it as well.[/quote']

Cool deal, thanks for the input! I think I'm going to lean pretty heavy on my tattooer on this one. Still not married to any one idea so I'm pretty interested in his ideas/advice.

Stopped to talk to my artist today but he was off.. I've seen some elbow tattoos where the line work in particular broke up pretty bad, I know where the dude(s) he tattooed and I'm thinking that's issue along with after care in their case, am I thinking along the right lines or are they prone problems because of the area?

That's such a kick ass tattoo, my eye is not drawn to the sig anymore than it would be if it were on a canvas or a sheet of paper.

I'm kinda confused as to why the stigma with this(at the customers request/or approval ahead of time). I get staying humble, but not a huge deal..

I think rosesnin general' date=' tudor roses specially, make awesome elbow caps. I think I like them because they look right, no matter what position your arm is in, whereas some designs look distorted unless your arm is in the correct position[/quote']

Thanks, that's an awesome suggestion. A friend suggested a rose last night and they have been in my mind since.

Now I'm wondering if that style rose vs a traditional style rose, which would distort less?

I honestly dig the more traditional style roses.

Ok guys and gals, I have some cash saved up to get my elbow tattooed. I have enough space for a palm size tattoo centered dead on the point of my elbow. Everything I have already is traditional and I wanna stick with that style. Looking for some suggestions for a rad tattoo. I like the idea of a bear head, gorilla head..

I'm going ask my tattooer for input and he will have full artistic liberty but I'm not sold on any one idea. I do want something solid, unlike a spider web.

Welcome to LST! :)

Rad dagger tattoo, welcome to LST :)

Rad tattoos in your gallery and welcome to LST..!

I live in central NC and always like seeing and hearing about good artists coming to the state I call home!

I like the original idea. It totally suggests a car wreck to me.

Insightful as always.. ;)

If there's one thing I've learned from here, it's that tattoos like this don't need a bunch of banners with script/quotes/sayings. Good solid imagery can do the same thing for minus the daily questions behind it's meaning etc.

I have a remembrance tattoo and if I were to do it over I'd drop the banners and script.

Welcome to the show!

Welcome to LST!

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Welcome to LST.

I'm not a tattooer... so any reputable artists on here feel free to dismiss my opinion if you think I'm out of line' date=' but... I think you should take a break from tattooing people and focus on honing your drawing skills first. I will say I like that fox tattoo, it's an interesting design.[/quote']

I second this notion.

Mine as well. But' date=' it's interesting an interesting argument, whether tattoos are made to be worn by the wearer until death and then lost to time, or preserved in museums and such for posterity.[/quote']

First time I was exposed to this(besides a museum) was a guy saved some(his fathers I believe) and hung them in a bar.