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Second session on ribs: two and a half hours, much much more pleasant than the first session! Probably due to being more shading and colour than lining. I felt like I started to get in the zone a bit more and enjoy the experience which is something I have never felt during any my other tattoos. Could have sat for longer. :)

Healing is a right pain though, incredibly itchy as I type this, about to go on lunch and clean it and whack some goo on.

@ReDile

Really nice one! Congratulations! Besides the actual tattoos I like the small dots in between. The "biker dust" filler style with a lot of small dots never appealed to me, but just a few dots here and there looks great.

Thank you buddy!!

Yeah we spent quite a while debating whether to go with the massed dot approach, but I was a fan of the negative space. It needed something in the bigger gaps though and Gre came up with this. I think it's worked!

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Sweet, I love Gre Hale's work. Been pondering about a trip to Manchester for some time

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I say go for it, he's a master at what he does, and the shop is worth a trip :) [/bias]

Finished the majority of my sleeve with Gre Hale at Rain City, Manchester, UK. Extremely happy with it, Gre is an awesome bloke, and the shop is great; packed to the brim with talented artists and character.

What do you guys think?

Just the 'pinchy' inner bicep to go.

The drawing is based on what I wanted for the design....to incorporate a hebrew name into the flame graphic.

The shop and artist are mentioned on here and was recommended by one of the artists at NYA.

My interpretation of your comment is that don't like it.

It's personally not something i'd get. Seems a bit basic? I'm just trying to give you some friendly advice and point you in the right direction. If you like this design, get it tattooed, and like the resulting tattoo; who am I to say any different?

What's the artist's name?

Do you have an artist in mind? This is the most important, let us know where you are based and i'm sure we can help you out.

There are plenty who would do an awesome job with that concept!

The artist I chose came up with a design.

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@Michael J Goldman

Welcome!

Who did you choose?

Look up some of the shops / artists mentioned on here. You say you spoke to someone at NYA?

Take a look at the artwork shown on here and compare it to that design, i'll leave you to your own conclusions.

Woo I can contribute to this one! I too want a baphomet devil goat tattoo at some point...

Meet my Bicep Devil, done by Gre Hale, Rain City, Manchester, UK:

Welcom Ante,

We are like crack addicts for tattoo photos here ^^ :)

A well written, well thought out and professional response from none other than Tim Hendricks:

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I can't help but think that the author of the original piece would be the exact type of person to attempt to crucify the guys at NYA had they tattooed the neck of her (hypothetical) un-tattooed 18 year old daughter...

However it has everyone talking about it, so I guess she has achieved her goal :(

Thanks @purplelace, more than worth the pain! I know it won't be everyone's cup of tea but I think Scott Owens illustrative style, and the 'old school circus' vibe mesh perfectly :)

Started on my ribs yesterday. Got the lining in. Possibly the most painful thing I've experienced, however i'm very happy with the result :)

Bring on the shading and colour :mad:

By Scott Owen, Seven Swords, Cheltenham, UK.

I sat for two and a bit hours on the ribs yesterday.

Absolute agony. Felt like my nipples were being sliced off with a scalpel at one point!

*Disclaimer* I'm an absolute wetty when it comes to pain...

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I sat for two and a bit hours on the ribs yesterday.

Absolute agony. Felt like my nipples were being sliced off with a scalpel at one point!

*Disclaimer* I'm an absolute wetty when it comes to pain...

I have an appointment, but yeah it's just coincidence! Maybe I'll get him to stick a 13 in there somewhere...

Scars look gnarly, wear it with pride!

If you insist on a tattoo, I would cover it rather than incorporate it, any 'novelty factor' a funny tattoo will have will wear off and you will be left disappointed...

So yeah, choose one of these and go to town: Panther/Skull/Lady Head/Panther Skull Eating A Lady's Head

How did you get the scar, did I miss that part?

Find the best artist you can and get a dragon fighting a lion as a full torso piece.

This should just be the forum standard answer to any and all "what should I get?" questions!

Just out of interest, anyone have a dragon / lion battle royale?

For what it's worth I feel no animosity towards panthers. My thought process when thusly:

"What's the toughest thing I could possibly get, so everyone can see how nails I am?"

"I know, A Panther"

"Wait, with a fucking dagger through it"

and then that turned out to be too much tough for me to handle, so there's a butterfly as well:

Seriously though, it looks cool. What more reason would you like?

Man, I don't know what it is, but there is something about Jondix work that separates him. I know there are others that do that style very well, but for me, Jondix is it.

Holy crap, I knew Xam and Claudia recently relocated and opened Seven Doors, but Jondix as well?

It's almost unfair!

Hey everyone,

Some absolutely sick pieces this month, but i'm throwing my entry out there anyhow. Let me know what you think!

Done by David Bruehl, RedLetter1, Tampa, Florida:

Can't tell you how cool the studio out there is, and how awesome Dave was as well!

Cheers :)

Thanks @slayer9019!

@Eilin that is incredible, loving the nip-slip and crazed expression :D

So I think i'll start this one off, looking at past winners though it's a bit bloody intimidating!! Here's my humble offering, done by Gre Hale at Rain City, Manchester, UK as part of an on-going sleeve:

I'm so stoked with it :cool:

Thanks for looking and i'd appreciate any votes!

Guys, go and watch Filth in the cinema. Hilarious, dark, twisted, (admittedly very British) comedy and James Mcavoy plays an awesome Scottish detective. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh who also wrote Trainspotting so that should give you some idea of the debauchery involved. My pick of 2013 so far!

Hi, and welcome to LST :D

I'd vote David Bruehl, i'm travelling to Orlando in March and i'm planning on taking a trip down to Tampa to get something from him :)

And, first tattoo, Go Big!! In the grand scheme of things 2 hours travel is diddly squat. Where abouts are you planning on placement?

Never going for genitals! Sod that!

Face is out of the running for me as well, I'm just not going to try and pull that off. I love the look of a well done pair of hand tattoo's and they are the spaces I'm most excited about filling, but that is a long, long time away for me.

Nobody else has said this yet (I don't think) but I wouldn't get the back of my knees done, I have suffered from bad eczema in that spot forever so anything put there would suffer :(

Forearm? I wish my body was made of forearms.

Outside upper arm :) the forearm is a doddle though, I know what you mean, tbf the ditch is the only slightly painful place on the arm for me so far. I have limited experience though :D