marley mission

ok well it has occurred to me the best way to forget about your rough healing itchy scratchy hazy mess of your healing tattoo is...

...getting a new tattoo while the other is still healing

totally diverts the attention away from your healing tattoo

before you know it your other tattoo is all good

but then of course you're back in the process of healing another tattoo

oh the tangled web...

suit yourself bro - just try to help you get back on track which you kinda need help doing btw

dragon dont forget why you're here - you're here for tattoo advice and associated topics of tattoo interest...right?

so let this argument go and enjoy the rest of what the site has to offer

you're spinning wheels here

messin round

pics!pics!

it is the food of the forum so please feed the animals!

bongsau some cool tattoos in your gallery! good stuff

dude leave that screaming skull alone - its awesome

personally i think one of the things that makes getting tattooed so cool

is the 'commit' factor

i think most of have stuff on us that we might no longer dig

but dont be embarrassed to wear it

as time goes on you'll get a better handle on what you like and dont like

and you'll be picking pieces that you'll enjoy more

anyway - i'm diggin that skull - hope you leave it and learn to love it

Booked for the 27th with Kris Ford @ Studio617 in Maryville, TN. I've been following his work for months and have been very impressed. Planning to get a faked line on my right forearm from wrist to elbow. I'm not a collector, and this may be my 3rd and last. Or....

Thru the ether from my LP2

this is how it starts jonesy!

jamie is doing a triceratops on my R chest

there are some details that we'll discuss as we get closer

looking forward to it

i more and more like the idea of getting tattoos from diff folk

i have basically only had 3 artists work on me so far

jamie will be #4 on 1/23 - will be tatt #12 essentially - meh who's counting ;)

i was with matt dunn @ rabbits den today (central jersey)

and he is super cool

as is the rabbit den vibe - mellow...

have another sit with Matt on 1/7

EDIT: would be remiss to forget to shout out to Broadway Tattoo in South Amboy - also a good vibe and good guys there as well - Spencer (also a good man) has done all my work there and I'm sure I'll see him again down the road

had a 3.5 hour session tonight on my right ribs and love handle

matt dunn @ rabbit's den in milltown nj

awesome dude awesome place

but...

ouch - wow - i sat well but dang it hurt

love handle actually hurt worse than the rib area

anyway - i'll get a pic up once it calms a bit

peace

I would consider getting that whole sleeve lightened and starting over.The work looks real bad.

Some tradional tattooers to check out...

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thanks for those links

i'm looking to branch myself out a bit

have an apt at immortal with jamie in january

haha got ya

i hardly get to game anymore

my kids own all the entertainment devices in the house lol

but i do love to play FIFA

and since i can still kick all their butts they all want a shot at the champ!

tornado your tattoo makes me wanna play gears of war again

err uh....let me buckle my seatbelt for this thread

@daveborjes. I hear ya brother! On the left hand hit down towards the cuticle. I looked at old mate as if to say...what the fuck we doing! Haha.

Anyway Dave, you inspired me mate, drilling the right palm in a couple of weeks. Like, ya said it didn't hurt...right? Or had I been smokin'?! ��

try the brownies

The itching is never fun, but I'm weirdly more annoyed by the hazy/cloudy/milky look this time around. It's really intense on the inside of my arm. I don't usually have a second peel to speak of, but I'm pretty sure this time I will.

It is interfering wtih my ability to admire my tattoo. Go away, skin haze, you're lame.

trick is to forget about the tattoo for a month - hate that haze too

my wife and i had an interesting convo from the potential future parent of a tattooed child perspective - huh?

basically my kids are 12,9,7 and my wife has no ink - i have tatts 10 and 11 upcoming in dec and jan

this morning we were discussing the idea of our kids wanting / getting tattoos as they got older

my wife was not thrilled with the idea at all - haha she only likes a few of mine

very honest up front lady i love her! :)

anyway - i of course would welcome the idea of the kids ultimately getting ink

my only wishes (of probable future advice) includes:

- be at least 18

- do your homework on the artist / art / etc.

- pick a spot that will be easily covered for those first few to see if indeed the whole deal is for you and to give consideration for occupational directions that might be on the table for your future

loathe the healing process

getting tattooed - love it

the heal - na

you're not happy with the results i get that part

however i was a little confused with some of the post content

but it might be that i ate too much pizza last night apologies in advance

EDIT: anyone else get pizza hangovers? anyone...bueller...

anyway - i kinda dig the dragon bout to kick ass to that bridge thing you got going right there

keep on keeping on with your ideas and tattooes but maybe this artist's application isnt gonna sync wth your vision - dont be afraid to shop around some

as time goes on - you may like what you just got done enough to wear it proudly

going through a slow healer on the lower leg as well

scabbing peel peel peeling

meh

@Mick Weder I'm not that advanced yet but I'm sure I'll get there. For now I just shiver in a corner, clinging to the bottle.

i always get some post shakes - tatt flu i call - i sleep on the couch cause i'm a lousy bedmate when i feel shitty - i like to hit up the peanut butter, some oj (w pulp) - maybe a brew or the cider and chill watching some tv

this dude does nice colorful work@ Instagram

wow - just wow

A couple sessions into my back, I found the wonders of brownies as tattoo food. Since then, I have been making brownies and giving the rest to my tattoo artist. Until this summer, when I realized that I had started to associate the taste of delicious fudge brownies with tattoo pain. O.O Turns out my tattoo artist was getting tired of brownies too!

So I branched out. I've made chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, and tonight I am making cut out Christmas sugar cookies. I never intended for this to become a ritual, but every Thursday before my Friday session has become Baking Time! Bizarrely, it's kind of calming.

it might be a different type of brownie you seek...

this has been a very cool thread - lots of great support from the folks here for keepcalm and just in general

we've all experienced some push back from people we care about in regards to getting tattoos

this thread was a reminder to me just how polarizing the whole thing is

especially once you start getting more than a couple on you

many people just dont and wont understand it

and thats ok by me

because i'm not sure i can explain it for them anyway

my parents and in-laws sorta pretend they dont exist

and comments from extended fam and friends have ranged from

'you know you are starting to look like white trash' to

'those wont come off will they' - (RIP grandma)

anyway - keep calm and tattoo on!

dude it looks awesome