TaeTae

I can't wait to join the backpiece club. Still months to go until I start.

Me too! No such plans yet for me though. What are you getting Graeme?

Welcome. Nag-aaral akong Tagalog.

Show us your tattoos!

You can post them here and add them to your own gallery.

Got this for only 99p.

Heard some good things so figured it was worth a read.

Welcome, do you have any tattoos?

Welcome! Frith street is a great shop. Look forward to seeing your tattoos.

More nerves more twitches. Legs are the worst for me.

It's quite normal to redo a few lines and have some places touched up especially in areas that are tough to heal. You shouldn't need to ask, your artist will recognize which areas, if any, need touching up and do it during that session.

Thanks all. It was a pleasure to be tattooed by him. Also I got to see a large painting he did of a cat with Fudo Myo-o for an art exhibit. He previewed the start of it on IG maybe 3 posts ago.

@TaeTae, You know, it really never occurred to me to think about how well it would hold up. Horitomo asked if he could use white ink. What Horitomo wants, Horitomo gets. I'm sure it'll hold well. Tebori really gets the ink in there I've been told.

Yeah it's interesting, I was told solid white almost always turns a pale yellow after time, but maybe it will hold better with tebori.

And this happened yesterday! I love Caturdays. By Horitomo at State of Grace (duh!). The outline and black shading are by machine. The white shading is by tebori. My first tattoo that uses color ;-)

http://www.intagme.com/horitomo_stateofgrace/625645608470926116_177828155/

I swear I have the fugliest feet in all of Hobbiton. Ha! Well, before the tattoo that is.

Very cool. That's a lot of solid white, any concerns to how that may hold up?

Welcome. Sounds like you have got the right attitude and I'm sure you'll end up with some great tattoos from great artists! What style of tattoos are you into most?

Cheers.

Welcome, do you have tattoos?

Welcome. I look forward to seeing the pics of your sleeve. Any plans for your next tattoos?

Welcome, any pics of your tattoos? Cheers.

Magnesium is a good call. I have read about it's therapeutic muscle qualities and most of us are already deficient. The best way to get magnesium is through transdermal absorption. Using it regularly on the area to be tattooed a few weeks before could help with those twitches.

Welcome. Any plans for more work soon?

Could always try I suppose. I had some muscle twitching when doing my thigh, so I am anticipating a lot more as we move to more sensitive areas, knee, shins ect. Cheers.

Thanks HettyKet, I'll check it out

I've been taking muscle relaxers for my back sessions, and it helps a lot with twitching!

Which muscle relaxers are you taking?

I'm fairly sure you can't get muscle relaxers without prescription in the UK, even mild ones. I'd like to try them.

As mentioned by lance.

Ukiyo-e print of Akugenta Yoshihira

Uesugi Kenshin vs. Takeda Shingen by Horimatsu

You mentioned Tamatorihime with the water dragon

This painting was done Nico, the guy that does all my work.

And the piece by Rubendall is worth seeing again

Gundari Myoo

Baku as already mentioned, is quite and underused image.

This cool piece was done by Johan Svahn

Kitsune is quite a rare piece, I have never seen one in person. Technically a Fox is not a myth, but some of the stories to go with it are.

Ningyo, Tamatorihime and Kiyohime are quite uncommon pieces too.

Fugen Bosatsu is Buddhist depiction that you don't see much of, one of my favourites.

Are you looking for anything in particular?

Have to disagree with you there Graeme, looks pretty awesome to me. Maybe that person asked for a doily anyway ;)

Another piece by Dotwork Damian

Dotwork portrait by Zack Singer

Those hand mandalas are so good. Makes me want a mandala.

Welcome, look forward to seeing some of your work.

Pretty sure Hiroshi Hirakawa has only been tattooing for a couple of years .

Instagram

Loving his Japanese work, one to keep an eye.