Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[zombae8723]

Got this little guy friday. This is my favorite "person" Hurley. Done by Greg Ross.http://

Edited February 21, 2017 by zombae8723
Spelled artist''s name wrong... whoops

[littlefox1970]

Awww ... so cute :)  Beautiful tattoo~

[aant]

Just got the Hannya done yesterday by Myke Chambers! I love it.

 

 

Edited February 21, 2017 by aant

[Hands On]

@littlefox1970 that looks like it was painful as hell... you must've been in quite the meditative state!

i'm interested to see how it heals.

[littlefox1970]

1 hour ago, Hands On said:

@littlefox1970 that looks like it was painful as hell... you must've been in quite the meditative state!

i'm interested to see how it heals.

Yes indeed ... how it heals up will be the true measure of how well I've done.

The outline had me wishing it was over already when I was only halfway through, so I was expecting the coloring to be hell ... but it was less painful.  :)  Either way, admittedly not the most pleasant place to get a tattoo! lol

Focusing on doing good work probably helps alot ... 

[iowagirl]

Went last night to have a peony recolored. It was done by a different artist a few years ago and everything else sort of grew up around it. Now it feels more like a part of the whole shebang and I love the purple. Husband had more work done on his tiger. We were supposed to go before Christmas and ended up w/another blizzard so we had to reschedule..just like last winter argh!

Also spent some discussion time w/my artist about continuing the wind/water theme elsewhere so I'm kinda excited about that.

[Baboom]

More brutality on my arm today. Headed back next week for some color.

[Gingerninja]

@Baboom Your photos look so freaking good. How's the healing going?

[Baboom]

5 hours ago, Gingerninja said:

@Baboom Your photos look so freaking good. How's the healing going?

Healing has been phenominal! Yesterday marked the end of black and gray work. Knocked out the tiger strips as well. Next Week we start packing in color! We also finished shelling out our next project for my back. 6'3" there will be a lot of ground to cover.

[Baboom]

A few day after photos. Sorry for the poor quality. 

[iowagirl]

sweet jesus that's awesome

[Gingerninja]

Wow - Tim is killing it! You have to be over the moon. @Baboom

[TheFnTexan]

Ok, the last one in my whirlwind of 3 appointments in 3 weeks. Finished up this one from Chauncey "CK" Kochel. 

[Oiocha]

I wonder how thats going to look settled in, be sure to show us

 

[Devious6]

@Baboom Awesome doesn't even come close to describing it. Wow!!

[Gingerninja]

Tigress by Chris O'Donnell. There's no way that this photo does it justice! It wraps all the way around my thigh both front and back then up to my butt (and OMG, I love the tiger tail on my butt!). The photo looks a little distorted due to my inability to take a photo of it myself. Way up high, he tied in my existing peony with rocks and fngerwaves. It looks sweet.

[littlefox1970]

This is beautiful, Gingerninja :)  I love the color saturation in the tiger! 

[littlefox1970]

Something that really caught me off guard in applying color for the first time was the excessive deviation of colors from bottle to skin.  I have read that our own skin pigment will change them somewhat ... but I was not expecting such a drastic difference!

The blackish, bluish wings, tail and ears for example were done with this teal and
The "pink" parts were done with this orange shade ...
The mustard tone yellow stayed true and
The lighter blue areas were my own mix and pretty much what I expected.

There doesn't seem to be any consistency ... some will stay true, and others won't!
A little daunting when the only way to experiment is with permanent marks on the body! lol

 

[oboogie]

So why are you tattooing yourself? Did you buy a machine on eBay and just decide to give it a go? Please don't tattoo anyone else. OK?

[littlefox1970]

1 minute ago, oboogie said:

So why are you tattooing yourself? Did you buy a machine on eBay and just decide to give it a go? Please don't tattoo anyone else. OK?

I have no intentions of tattooing anyone else, rest easy. :)

I suppose the reason I'm doing it is the same as most tattoo artists who went before me ... love of tattoos and love of art.  

I was just hoping someone with a little know how would throw me a bone or two regarding color ... knowledge is always appreciated.

 

[oboogie]

Real, trained tattoo artists generally don't give advice to scratchers, even if you are scratching on yourself. So I wouldn't expect much help.

If you want to learn to tattoo, become an apprentice. What you're doing is just not cool. Scratchers are a real pet peeve of mine, so there it is.

[littlefox1970]

1 hour ago, oboogie said:

Real, trained tattoo artists generally don't give advice to scratchers, even if you are scratching on yourself. So I wouldn't expect much help.

If you want to learn to tattoo, become an apprentice. What you're doing is just not cool. Scratchers are a real pet peeve of mine, so there it is.

We are all entitled to our pet peeves and personal opinions.  I'm entitled to think what I'm doing is pretty cool ... and you are entitled to think it's not cool. :)

 

[littlefox1970]

On that train of thought ... I would be curious to know your definition of the word scratcher...  

[oboogie]

If you don't know what a scratcher is then I can't really help you.

[Hands On]

1 hour ago, littlefox1970 said:

I have no intentions of tattooing anyone else, rest easy. :)

I suppose the reason I'm doing it is the same as most tattoo artists who went before me ... love of tattoos and love of art.  

I was just hoping someone with a little know how would throw me a bone or two regarding color ... knowledge is always appreciated.

 

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• Do not start threads asking about specific tattooing equipment or techniques, LST is not here to teach anyone how to tattoo. Ask your own tattooer, the next time you are getting tattooed. Maybe they'll answer you, maybe they won't.