xcom Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Ugh...2 weeks to go and a family emergency just happened. Stressing majorly now. jen7, I hope everything is ok with you and your family. I am one week away from my next session and now I am getting shit from my job wanting me to go to ohio next week... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen7 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Actually its not :( This tattoo has now become a memorial tattoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclovinfg4 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Actually its not :( This tattoo has now become a memorial tattoo. My leg piece that I'm working on right now is a memorial piece as well. To make a long story short my work buddy from Arizona where I grew up (I live in Texas now) was shot and killed over a pack of cigarettes. We work at a gas station called Quiktrip my whole design has taken a whole new meaning. So I feel you on that level. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knucklehead211 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 My upcoming piece is going to be a two part design spanning both calves. The first part is going to be a take on the tale of Odysseus and the Whirlpool. I got the idea from a song I've loved for a long time done by Trivium - a metal band - called "Into the Mouth of Hell We March". The basic message being to overcome everything, no matter the difficulty. It has always been a song that spoke to me when I am in a bad way, not liking my lot in life, etc. My artist showed me some awesome work done by a guy who does paintings with old timey ships, whirlpools, and other neat stuff, and it instantly clicked that he knew exactly what I was going for. So on this first calf we'll have the ship riding the waves, getting blasted by lightning from Zeus above while Poseidon stokes a whirlpool from below, soldiers drowning in the waves, all sorts of chaos (when writing down the elements I wanted, my artist thought chaos was it's own thematic point lol). It is going to be a tough piece I think, but worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen7 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 That sounds cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knucklehead211 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Thanks! I just hope it's not too busy. It's going to cover the entire calf, I just have to see how it turns out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Actually its not :( This tattoo has now become a memorial tattoo. OH NO - (((hugs))) so sorry to hear that. Oh boy my heart is going out to you. 21stNow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen7 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Just keep talking about tattoos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Got an appointment with Johan Svahn, a guest artist at Kings Ave during May. He'll be extending my sleeve to the forearm with a snake wrapping around. so stokedHere's one of his snakes: https://instagram.com/p/uu-GA7EC5r/?modal=true that is going to be awesome! ps. it is kinda entertaining to revisit your intro thread and then look at all the outstanding tattoos you ended up getting ironchef 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finegentleman Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 that is going to be awesome! ps. it is kinda entertaining to revisit your intro thread and then look at all the outstanding tattoos you ended up getting lol i've been getting so hooked since then. i still revisit that one too to look through all the artist suggestions again. im glad i found this forum - mad helpful community Graeme, suburbanxcore and tatB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 One week away from my second session to my sleeve, Though I am now battling work so they don't send me to Ohio on the next two weeks. What a bitch but it is what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knucklehead211 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 One week away from my second session to my sleeve, Though I am now battling work so they don't send me to Ohio on the next two weeks. What a bitch but it is what it is. I hear ya. I told work a month in advance that I had "an appointment " ;) ome of the site supervisors was all "oh you'll need a doctors note" haha glad my schedule doesn't come from him, my scheduler already approved it and I never said it was medical leave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen7 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Woohoo! My upcoming tattoo in 2 weeks is a GO because my husband is the greatest and says I should go on the trip even despite the death in the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Trying to score an appointment with Juan Salgado in Puerto Rico: https://instagram.com/juan_salgado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Trying to score an appointment with Juan Salgado in Puerto Rico:https://instagram.com/juan_salgado this guy!!!! definitely a great choice man. considered trying for the next time me and my family go to PR. xcom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 this guy!!!! definitely a great choice man. considered trying for the next time me and my family go to PR. Thanks bud. To what I understand I have to pull the constellations together :P Is not going to be easy but I am optimistic. He tattoos almost every famous artist in PR so I have to get his attention some how :D . My brother will try to go to his studio tomorrow and see if he can score something for the both of us. I am going to let him do work on my right leg. From my knee to my ankle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoistTowelette Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Getting tattooed by Victor Chil this summer! Beyond excited as he is one of my favorite tattoo artists at this moment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cork Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Trying to score an appointment with Juan Salgado in Puerto Rico:https://instagram.com/juan_salgado This guy who used to work in my building had both sleeves done by Jose. They were real smooth. Patrick Bateman and xcom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L2DB Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 Just booked my appointment for April 6th for my Irish road/landscape done in a woodblock print style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abeukeveld Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Dialoguing with Josh Peters of High Tides in Saint John, NB about a traditional swooping forearm eagle! Stoked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knucklehead211 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Nice dude! I'm planning on going with either traditional or japanese whenever I get the stones to do my forearms. Counting the days now...twelve to go! Less than two weeks!! AND the tax man came through, so funds will not be an issue?! So stoked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Ok got in the waiting list for 2016 for Juan Salgado. Got in the waiting list for Joey Rodriguez for a geometric mandala leg sleeve (knee to ankle) this summer. Both locate at Color Conspiracy... I will come home with a tattoo dammit! Patrick Bateman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jen7 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just booked my appointment for April 6th for my Irish road/landscape done in a woodblock print style. Awesome....I will be in the chair on the 6 th also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterJ Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Just booked my appointment for April 6th for my Irish road/landscape done in a woodblock print style. I'm gonna keep an eye out for this one. Sounds interesting I'm excited for you Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knucklehead211 Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Guess my artist had something come up, but now I'm going in a week early! Five days to go!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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