marley mission

sweet - saw your back on the IG - so dang good!

edit: same artist?

Thanks, @pidjones :) 5 hours of more black, shadows and whites to make it pop. And it's over!!!!!!

@SeeSea - sooooo...whats next seesea? more ink coming?

aw twist me arm...

good advice @SeeSea - for instance - I almost got this Rodney turning into birds...close call...my better judgement prevailed...

ok - leave that vegas tattoo alone...its cool

now - take that list of stuff and get more tattoos

ah ha - now there's talk of a second...:)

its good discussion here asian - i think folks are just being honest - i do think you might be in trouble in regards to wanting to go into law enforcement with a neck tatt - i have friends who are cops and several have ink - even on the lower arms - anyway - my field - education - you'd probably be ok - especially since i too think its on the tamer side in terms of content - my ink is not too visible at work but can be seen at times when i wear certain shirts - anyway - neck tatts are very cool but i'd be lying if i told you it was a great placement for your first - but as it has been said - yolo!!!

first tatt on the neck...dang...cool - welcome

Thanks guys, It was definitely one of the worst place to get tattooed for me :)

painful spot for sure - but it looks dope

@Flo Ania (Request sent in), @Dumpleton, @Margarita Yaschenko, @CultExciter, @Graeme. I am following yall now. :)

hey what about me?;)

@marleymission

here's mine...

lets just say its nautical - with a twist ;)

jamie sawyer up @ immortal in clinton

also have started a dialogue with sheila marcello @ electric lotus / electric - will be seeing her next - could be spring / fall - gonna see on funds - but honestly i'm due for a break - had a lot of work done this past year

Lol nope - no immediate plans to add more caddyshack tattoos but...

i def wouldnt rule out another david o'keefe based piece

i got another piece scheduled for april (stomach) and that might be it until the fall

my main advice to a young person - including my children - would be start small and in easily covered areas until you figure out if you even like having tattoos

looks good on you...

by Matt Dunn, Rabbit's Den, Milltown, NJ

about 2 weeks healed - crappy pic

fully healed on the other side...

by the same artist...

also crappy pic - gotta say my pics of my tattoos never do them justice...anyway

once more into the ring...

by Matt Dunn

Rabbit's Den

Milltown NJ

6 hours on da ribs

reference art by David O'Keefe

not the best pic - about 2 weeks healed

edit: i think this pic is showing sideways - i made the change and you can see it rightside up if you tap the pic again - anyways...cheers

I don't remember exactly what was on the form, but the Yes and No overlapped on the electronic one I had to do, so I clicked Yes for everything :o

I had to ask my husband about this topic. I thought he didn't really care, but now I know. He really doesn't care one way or the other about my tattoos. He said sitting through the one he came along for was kind of neat, and kind of boring. I know he'll never get a tattoo, or ride a roller coaster, or enjoy swimming in the ocean. So I do that stuff on my own or with my son.

that man's missing out lol

ah to each their own

no tatts on my wife

she is crazy for rollercoaters though

and the beach

leave it and love it

I'm quoting you but addressing all. Yes, we do sarcasm here. But like any group of people in the real physical world, you can't go waving around sarcasm immediately without feeling folks out first, sniffing butts and being really obvious in the beginning that you are being sarcastic. Believe me, we LOVE sarcasm here, and foster conversations and people who enjoy the art.

But just like in the real world, you can easily get rebuffed if you aren't being cognizant of basic social graces, which are so much harder to make obvious through a keyboard. And I suspect that's what you are feeling now. Don't turn around and call this group cliquey and passive aggressive as a result - read around, absorb who people are and when/why some conversations (and sarcasm) are had.

Or, huff off and demand your account be deleted. Your choice of course.

AND NOW BACK TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT.

Awesome, @losParanoyas!

i didnt read the above post but i love it!

@marley mission

Unless I missed it, let's see that rib piece bro. :) :cool: :)

haha - nope you didnt miss it - probably next week i'll post - healing well but still a couple days more and i'll snap a shot

I love that this thread has gone from contentious to nerdy. Always a good change of direction.

yeah can we get back to fighting about if this tattoo is awesome or not ;)

that is a sick toad on mick

most painful? only mick knows

but i hit that spot on both sides and would be my most painful spot thus far

love handles = no love

Yea, one of the things you need to learn (as new to tattoos, I assume?) is that there will always, Always, be something wrong with a tattoo. Whether that something is created in your own head or is something visible, you'll find something wrong with all of your tattoos. I can point to all the flaws in mine: where a line fell out, where the color didn't heal like I thought it would, where color faded after healing, where the line has spread a bit, should have gone a different color, should have gone black & grey, etc.

Learn to live with it - they all come out like that, with some manner of imperfection. Nobody will scrutinize your tattoo like you will, they'll see some finger waves and an octopus - and it is a nice tattoo. Just get more.

dont forget bad placement!

good advice above

to the OP

dude - your tatt is cool

even if it wasnt - you should still rock it like you stole it

best thing to do when you dont like your new tattoo...

get another! seriously - it works!