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The story of Freddy Negrete and his sons.

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Now that pop stars routinely fly their favorite ink masters around the world for personal appointments and stockbrokers plunk down thousands of dollars to get the Wall Street bull etched on their arms, it can be easy to forget the days when tattoos were still considered outlaw art. 

Freddy Negrete learned the craft in the early 1970s while serving a stint at California Youth Authority, a state prison for juvenile offenders. He had been involved in a shooting and later did time for heroin possession and burglaries. 

 

FWIW, to me the shoulder and the ankle (to a slightly lesser extent) don't contrast enough with your skin tone...

Any particular motivation for the (stylistically different) surrounding material?

1 hour ago, Dan said:

well listen, sponge baths and not washing it is your first mistake ! you NEED to wash it a few times a day with any OTC anti-microbial soap,FROM DAY ONE !

I really suspect that the most important thing for such minor skin damage as a tattoo is just to keep it clean...

(although I couldn't find too many medical references either way, but when I had a skin biopsy I wasn't instructed to use anti-microbial soap)

FWIW, I think the design has too much detail to count as "minimalist".

But don't worry that the stars don't look the same, there are many different types of stars!

(And I'm writing this at a meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Vienna...)

I think it's positioned correctly...

And also, symmetry is overrated.

When I was in Spain earlier this year, I saw many people with e.g. one arm full of tattoos and very little on the other arm, and it looked pretty good. (Although, admittedly, it did start to look almost cliched as so many people had that style.)

I think symmetry is often overrated!

For what it is, it looks fine to me.

What do you think is weird?

And when you say "right side", are the pictures the correct way round? (i.e. not taken in a mirror)

Cool little Satanic cross!

7 hours ago, Hands On said:

i remember back in the day with the Lucky Supply website had a link to "Tattoo Starter Kits" that would lead to a clown college website. hahahahhahahhaa. basically,

They still do!

https://www.luckysupply.com/

Maybe it would look slightly more "balanced" if you also had contrasting/complementary work on your shoulders/upper arms?

Otherwise, it's an impressive looking piece!

On 4/26/2018 at 8:04 AM, Carmelita said:

Now I think my kids will be embarrassed of me one day

When they're teenagers, they'll be embarrassed of you no matter what for a few years! :)

(Even with that cool tattoo you have.)

I kind of like the asymmetry...

10 hours ago, ANM101ajm said:

This is the worst tattoo ever! Supposed to be a cover up, bit you can clearly see the old one showing through. Done by Starr, at circus muse, in atascosita tx. 

From their web page:

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A non- traditional artist that specializes in Acrylic and Water Color  on canvas.

Currently serving an apprenticship to sharpen and broaden her knowledge on the art of tattooing.

I guess "non-traditional" would be one way to describe it!

I don't think you need to post (essentially) the same thing in two threads...

On 1/20/2018 at 4:00 PM, purplelace said:

Please note that the comment that follows is not meant to be disrespectful, I am just curious. 

Why would you use Aveeno on a new tattoo? Why would you put that on what is effectively an open wound? Is it a common practice is America? Because,  I would not consider putting a moisturising lotion on a new tattoo, on a fresh, healing tattoo. To me, that is all sorts of wrong. 

Well, I'm neither a (medical) doctor, nor a tattoo artist, but I did have a small skin biopsy a couple of years ago, and the instructions for care afterwards did include applying e.g. aquaphor 24 hours after to reduce the chance of scarring.... (FWIW....)

I had a modest size tattoo done by Charlie Foos, and he was fine.

However, I've not used either of the other folks above, so I didn't vote...

11 hours ago, tay943 said:

That a very good point. I'm hoping 'break free' or 'I want to break free' is timeless enough but I'm still in my early 20s so while I doubt I'll ever hate freddy mercury it is harder for the meaning to evolve than with an image.

It might depend on what somebody else (e.g. significant other) thinks it is that you want to "break free" from...?

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"I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you"

For my two modest size tattoos I got custom temporary tattoos made and experimented with size and placement before going for the real thing. As a somewhat OCD person, I found this very useful for me. 

I used straytats.com, but there are probably lots of other places.

I think it looks like a pentagram, because it is a pentagram...

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A pentagram (sometimes known as a pentalpha or pentangle or a star pentagon) is the shape of a five-pointed stardrawn with five straight strokes.

Maybe we need a photo of the OP's penis - so we can do a side-by-side comparison, just in case...?

On 7/18/2017 at 2:54 PM, bongsau said:

if you were going to get a car that you would be stuck driving for the rest of your life...would you just go with a used Kia or save your allowance and get a BMW ? the choice is yours.

Well, I do need to have working turn signals in my car, so I'd have to go with the Kia I think...

51 minutes ago, Ken4784 said:

Thanks! I'm located outside Baltimore, MD (Reisterstown) but probably willing to travel up to an hour or two. 

There are lots of places in the Baltimore/DC area. 

The two I've been to are Reed St. (B'more) and Tattoo Paradise.

http://readstreettattoo.net/home.html

http://tattooparadisedc.com/home.html

12 hours ago, Dubibubi said:

I asked about both.

Well, you did write "this tattoo" rather than "these tattoos"...

I'm about to head off to France for just over two weeks.

It's going to be my birthday, and my significant other suggested as a present paying for me to get a tattoo out there! 

I'm going to be mainly in Annecy for about 1 week, then Paris for about a week. I guess Annecy is more of a long shot to find a good place, although I'll have more free/flexible time there. 

Does anybody happen to have any particular suggestions for either place? 

(And my plan is to get something loosely "Tintin" based, which may be a bit of a cliché I suppose.)

My French is very limited, but my SO is French.

Thanks!