Upcoming Tattoos

[LupeTheWolf]

20 more days till I finish my wolf half sleeve! 38 more days till I start a new tattoo! (Both by my artist) And roughly 2 months till I get my Raven by Bob Tyrell!

[PurpleOWL]

My next tattoo is going to be 2 koi fish "swimming upstream" on my left wrist, and a very simple, yet bold lotus flower on my right. I'm going 7/24/2014 to talk to my artist (Jeremy lee, the tattoo project) and probably get it soon after that with my boyfriend. He will be getting a "deathed out" New England patriot tattoo, or something of the sort. Very excited!

[Graeme]

@9Years Monga's tattoos are the coolest. What are you planning on getting from him?

[misterJ]

Got some ideas on fixing up my forearm piece adding to it and such. Finally making it more than a wonky outline lol. See if I can make this happen soon

[DJDeepFried]

I just booked my first appointment of 2014 (which is hard to believe): I'm getting an uchide no kozuchi (as referenced here) from Horisuzu at Dark Horse in LA on August 2nd. I'm also going to the Perseverance exhibition that day. I can't wait!

We doing an L.A.-style LST meetup @Lance @TrixieFaux or what?

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[hogg]

Lance will be at the JANM that day. Come on by, @DJDeepFried!

[Lance]

Yup @DJDeepFried! As @hogg says, I'll be at JANM for Junii's talk so plan to meet with him before his appointment/Junii's presentation. You and @TrixieFaux should come over too!

[9Years]

@9Years Monga's tattoos are the coolest. What are you planning on getting from him?

Yes they are! I've been fortunate enough to be tattooed by him 3 times now: once at Aloha, once at Tattoo City SF and once at Spider Murphy's.

This session we're just doing a little touch up work on a shin piece he did in March (you can see photos in the Squidpants thread). I've also got a little gap at the bottom of the calf that I might get him to put a little somethin-somethin...we'll see how much time we have.

[Padji]

Booked in tomorrow for a little banger/filler piece from Johnny Domus who's doing a guest spot at Dublin Ink. He just happened to have a cancellation which I snagged!

[Tim Burke]

So, somehow it's been 14 months since I last got tattooed(!) - I went back to uni and life has just kind of got in the way. Finally getting back in the swing of things, hopefully. I've got a consultation with Xam booked for next month so just deciding between a ship on my arm or a girl/reaper combo somewhere on my leg. Leaning towards the latter just now.

[Hogrider]

I don't know if this counts as upcoming, but I started my second (and last haha) sleeve last month. It has Raijin (japanese god of thunder) riding a dragon on my forearm, Fujin (japanese god of wind) on my bicep, A demon head chest panel and some clouds with skulls in them. My artist is tying it into my back piece which is an Oni head and was just finished last month. The plan was to try to finish the back piece first, but there was a scheduling issues. I'll post pics after my next appt.

[hifire]

^^ I'll be looking forward to seeing photos of this!

[mhapp95]

Sooo I would appreciate a little advice on my next tattoo. I plan on getting my right shoulder/back inked and the following I what I have planned for the design. Is it too busy?

In the center is an hourglass, cracked at the top. A woman in the hourglass stands on bones on the bottom half and has her hands up in the top half releasing butterflies that are flying from the crack. (I will attach the image from which I got my inspiration, it's kinda hard to visualize). Anyhow, to the left of this will be a sparrow flying away that's holding a ribbon with three keys on it, one for each of my younger siblings. To the right is a compass with a chain that gently winds around the hourglass. I might throw in some more filler to bring it all together, but that's what I have so far. Too much? There are several meanings in this piece for me, I just don't want to bore you guys with the details. :p

So, what do ya think?!?!

http://www.dirtyimpound.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Robyn_Hourglass.jpg

^^^^ link for image! couldn't get it too upload right on my iPad, so I will just post the link

[mhapp95]

Go to the tattooer you plan on getting tattooed by and bring that reference with you. Maybe make a consultation.

IMHO it's too busy. That's just me, it doesn't mean you are wrong or anything. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has 'em.

I'm planning on meeting with my artist here in a couple weeks, after I finish my summer classes (kinda a reward for finishing them). Thanks for the honesty! I love all my reference material, but at the end of the day I don't want my tattoo to look like a mess of random things. I may save some components for a separate tattoo(s).

[DJDeepFried]

Check out this Kim Saigh tattoo, @mhapp95. It's got a lot going on -- but it's also a full back piece. If you want that much stuff incorporated into your tattoo you'll either have to go big or simplify IMO.

[Dumpleton]

Went in for a consultation today with WT Norbert at Hunter and Fox in Sydney, what a nice guy he seems to be. Seems he has plenty of time available because he is going to be putting a tiger head on my Kneecap this coming wednesday.

So stoked, not as traditional as my last coupe of tattoos but his work stands alone in my opinion

This is going to hurt ha ha.

Hunter and Fox Tattoo - W.T. Norbert

[zampathelion]

Just got this piece done on my elbow with a bit of detail on the front , started thinking about turning it into a sleeve, with more tribal on my lower arm, just black, I really like the idea of roses coming out the top of it, again black but with a tiny bit of darkish red to fill out my upper arm ? Any recommendations ?

[SeeSea]

Just got this piece done on my elbow with a bit of detail on the front , started thinking about turning it into a sleeve, with more tribal on my lower arm, just black, I really like the idea of roses coming out the top of it, again black but with a tiny bit of darkish red to fill out my upper arm ? Any recommendations ?

Get consults from other artists.

[Patrick Bateman]

As a newbie in the world of tattoo, I have a question.

When booking an appointment 3 months or longer in advance for an all day session, with reference sent via email as well with deposit.

is it common to get the consult the day of the appointment?

OR do artists usually consult before the appointment date to iron out details of the tattoo?

How many hours is considered an all day session? from what I gather it's about 4-8 hours depending on artist?

[tatB]

As a newbie in the world of tattoo, I have a question.

When booking an appointment 3 months or longer in advance for an all day session, with reference sent via email as well with deposit.

is it common to get the consult the day of the appointment?

OR do artists usually consult before the appointment date to iron out details of the tattoo?

How many hours is considered an all day session? from what I gather it's about 4-8 hours depending on artist?

The answers depend on the artist. If you want to share the artist's name someone here might be able to share their personal experience with the artist.

[Patrick Bateman]

The answers depend on the artist. If you want to share the artist's name someone here might be able to share their personal experience with the artist.

I was just asking in general.

Just so I know how things work when I'm trying to get appointments.

I don't really wanna be "that guy" with a thousand questions.

[exume]

It really depends on the tattooer, sometimes to even get an appointment you have to do a consult beforehand, others work better with it rolled up into one. I've had consults a month before the appointment where we talked about each little thing, went over reference and got everything ironed out, and I've had appointments with guest artists, or when I was travelling where I just walked in, showed them the place and bounced a couple ideas around. Different people work differently, so I think it's best to let them do their thing.

If you've already sent a deposit and some references with an idea of what you want you should be good, if you have a specific idea in your head of what you want it to look like maybe you can reach out to them to get that idea across, but if you chose your tattooer specifically for their style then I'm sure you'll be happy with what they come up with.

[Patrick Bateman]

It really depends on the tattooer, sometimes to even get an appointment you have to do a consult beforehand, others work better with it rolled up into one. I've had consults a month before the appointment where we talked about each little thing, went over reference and got everything ironed out, and I've had appointments with guest artists, or when I was travelling where I just walked in, showed them the place and bounced a couple ideas around. Different people work differently, so I think it's best to let them do their thing.

If you've already sent a deposit and some references with an idea of what you want you should be good, if you have a specific idea in your head of what you want it to look like maybe you can reach out to them to get that idea across, but if you chose your tattooer specifically for their style then I'm sure you'll be happy with what they come up with.

@exume Thank you man, I appreciate the info.

[OutOfIdeas]

I agree with everything exume said. Also I would add, in my experience "all day" just means as long as it takes basically. They know they can devote as much time as needed to coming to the right image, and applying it, without worrying about the next appointment. Could take 3 hours, 6 hours, etc. That's my experience at least, if that makes any sense.

[TrixieFaux]

Yup @DJDeepFried! As @hogg says, I'll be at JANM for Junii's talk so plan to meet with him before his appointment/Junii's presentation. You and @TrixieFaux should come over too!

Yes, so this happened! LST meet-up!!! Unfortunately Lance went back to JANM before Stella took our picture. I don't want to ruin @hogg's tough guy ban hammer reputation or anything, but what a great guy! Lance, too--but we already knew that. Great to see those tattoos in person, too.