Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[SStu]

On 3/21/2017 at 3:58 PM, oboogie said:

I'm so happy with it, but GOOD LORD. That was brutal.

I'm leaning toward similar and matching blackwork for my feet - but I'll probably specifically be leaving out the shading for just that reason 

[oboogie]

5 minutes ago, SStu said:

On 3/21/2017 at 3:58 PM, oboogie said:

I'm so happy with it, but GOOD LORD. That was brutal.

I'm leaning toward similar and matching blackwork for my feet - but I'll probably specifically be leaving out the shading for just that reason 

The shading wasn't as bad as the outline. The outline. WHOA NOW.

[Michaelshane]

12 hours ago, oboogie said:

The shading wasn't as bad as the outline. The outline. WHOA NOW.

Same here.shading was not so bad.It takes a long time to heal.I think it's because it's so far from the heart.I got one foot done then waited seven months to do the other.Im glad I only have two feet.

[Makar]

Went a bit realistic underneath my neotrad bird on Monday.  Not finished as yet - quite a dark piece really but I'm coming round to that brown background.  Inner bicep skull area a bit nippy with a few expletives muttered...

[oboogie]

9 hours ago, Michaelshane said:

Same here.shading was not so bad.It takes a long time to heal.I think it's because it's so far from the heart.I got one foot done then waited seven months to do the other.Im glad I only have two feet.

I think I'll be waiting until next spring to do the other foot. This is going to take a while to heal—I can already tell that. It still looks like a slab of ham. Very swollen. OUCH.

[SStu]

2 hours ago, oboogie said:

I think I'll be waiting until next spring to do the other foot. This is going to take a while to heal—I can already tell that. It still looks like a slab of ham. Very swollen. OUCH.

I've been thinking both at once, but actually taking a week's vacation immediately afterwards. I'm not sure if even that will be enough . . . 

[Michaelshane]

1 hour ago, SStu said:

I've been thinking both at once, but actually taking a week's vacation immediately afterwards. I'm not sure if even that will be enough . . . 

My tattooer said he would not recommend doing both at once.He said you will be an invalid.

[oboogie]

3 hours ago, SStu said:

I've been thinking both at once, but actually taking a week's vacation immediately afterwards. I'm not sure if even that will be enough . . . 

DO NOT DO THAT. Hahaha. Trust me.

[Elerrina_7]

All finished now ^_^

[Dan]

4 minutes ago, Elerrina_7 said:

All finished now ^_^

holy shit ! that turned out really nice ! congrats !

 

[dotcommie]

Howdy. First post here! Just got a blackwork floral shoulder cap yesterday that I'm thrilled with (my third tattoo). It's flowers from my wedding bouquet (dahlia, roses, calla lilies, succulent, ginkgo leaves, and more), done with dotwork and whip shading (which I'm obsessed with rn). Done by Jacob Kearney at Metamorph Tattoo in Chicago, in about four hours. He was a total pro and I'm in love with this piece!

[iowagirl]

@oboogie that's gorgeous! I did two hours on each of my feet in one visit and F*** me running that was awful. I wasn't aware it was possible for feet to swell like that. It was like a Friday, and then I went back to work Monday. Chasing after preschoolers..hobbling. Not one of my smarter moments. (and lucky me-it was a cover up and it's poking thru---so now guess who gets to do a removal session and get it redone?)

Are you doing something similar on your other foot?

 

[oboogie]

23 hours ago, iowagirl said:

@oboogie that's gorgeous! I did two hours on each of my feet in one visit and F*** me running that was awful. I wasn't aware it was possible for feet to swell like that. It was like a Friday, and then I went back to work Monday. Chasing after preschoolers..hobbling. Not one of my smarter moments. (and lucky me-it was a cover up and it's poking thru---so now guess who gets to do a removal session and get it redone?)

Are you doing something similar on your other foot?

 

Thanks, @iowagirl! I'm really very pleased with how it turned out. I reckon I will do something similar on the other foot. Josh Henderson is pretty much in charge once I tell him my idea. He'll come up with something great to complement the other foot, I bet.

 

You are a crazy nut to do both feet in one go! My foot is just now starting to look like a foot again. It looked basically like a slab of ham for the first few days. Brutal. Still so happy I did it, though.

Edited March 26, 2017 by oboogie

[Matej Haviar]

Figure I'd hop in this thread at some point! A sweet goblin by Kirk Shandro outta Easy Tiger in Edmonton AB. We were originally set to do a Dietzel masquerade girl but decided against it due to the weird wrap on the placement--half in ditch, half around the top of the elbow kinda deal. From an Oliver Bach repaint in the shop, but neither of us could figure out the original flash or artist it came from. I've seen Koeplinger and Bert Krak do ones as well.

[Devious6]

@Elerrina_7 Wow!!! That turned out stunning!! Congrats!!

[ThatGuy]

Continuing to slowly cover my legs. Here is my latest... Pharaohe's Horses meets Veganism.

By Joel Soos, Sanctum Tattoo, Stockholm. 

[Ddg]

By Luis Campos

[Tornado7]

Jonathan Fournier, Ragtime Tattoo. My own pic stitch ?

 

Edited March 29, 2017 by Tornado7

[oboogie]

So foot tattoos should be OK by this time of year, right? Today it's 48 degrees, and I'm in flip flops. I have actual cold feet.

Edited March 30, 2017 by oboogie

[Cameron Jose]

Scored a walkin and got my knees framed by Jay Watkins at Spider Murphy's. Stole the photo from his Instagram

Edited March 31, 2017 by Cameron Jose

[iowagirl]

Husband went back to get more work done Wednesday. His artist is now transitioning to doing mainly nipple tattoos in a medical center for breast cancer survivors. He will not be in the shop full time now, it will be more a part time (sounded *very* part time) side job, so my husband was frantic, wondering how he'd get his leg finished and what he would do for continued work in other areas and the artist was like Nah, now I just get to pick and choose what I want to do-and I want to do this, so you'll never have a problem getting in to see me!

The dragon will go on the calf and he's going to run it over the front of his leg, like his knee and bottom of his thigh there...I burst out laughing when he came home and told me that.

[Michaelshane]

[Michaelshane]

[Dan]

6 hours ago, Michaelshane said:

 

cool tattoos for sure,who is the artist and shop ?

Edited April 2, 2017 by Dan

[Michaelshane]

Gina Marie Medlock,High Hands Tattoo Albuquerque NM.