New to the site with concept questions!

[hdmark]

Hello all!

I got my first tattoo last year (22nd birthday) of a banner/scroll on my shoulder with hebrew writing and as im seeing from a lot of other people it becomes addicting quickly. Im starting look into my next one aiming for the end of this summer. I made the huge mistake of getting my first one in july and then having to attempt to hide it through multiple beach and pool days.

My school's mascot is a dragon, and my fraternities is a lion. I was thinking for my next one i wanted to incorporate either/both of them into a design. I also like the watercolor tattoos ive seen alot! Im in the first conceptual stages of planning this so i figured i would ask people with way more experience!

Glad to be joining! and thank you!

[Graeme]

Find the best artist you can and get a dragon fighting a lion as a full torso piece.

[HettyKet]

Find the best artist you can and get a dragon fighting a lion as a full torso piece.

Hell yes. Thigh would be pretty badass too.

[hdmark]

not sure about the chest although i cant lie and say im not already starting to design that in my head...

thigh wouldnt be bad. thinking maybe the calf? legs are somewhat hairy tho.

any thoughts on how to incorporate it into a scroll?

and thank you for the quick replies!!!

[tatB]

I think a dragon and/or tiger would look better without being incorporated into a scroll.

Do you have any artists in mind yet?

[Cork]

If I didn't think most newbies would take it seriously and/or offensive, we should have an "Ask @Graeme" thread where you propose your new age idea, and he comes up with a badass traditional alternative.

[tatB]

If I didn't think most newbies would take it seriously and/or offensive, we should have an "Ask @Graeme" thread where you propose your new age idea, and he comes up with a badass traditional alternative.

i have a theory that some of the new users are really just @Pugilist in disguise posting about endless text/no outline/watercolor tattoos just to push @Graeme 's buttons. and then he angrily scrubs the dishes and cleans the house.

[Pugilist]

Dude, it's not cool to out the kinkier aspects of our marriage to the entire internet...

[Graeme]

If I didn't think most newbies would take it seriously and/or offensive, we should have an "Ask @Graeme" thread where you propose your new age idea, and he comes up with a badass traditional alternative.

No matter what you want you should instead get two animals fighting. Unless you want three animals fighting.

[misterJ]

@hdmark

your school mascot is a dragon? Did you go to Drexel? I almost went there for engineering ages ago (I know no one cares).

[smiling.politely]

No matter what you want you should instead get two animals fighting. Unless you want three animals fighting.

Possibly the greatest advice ever given, in the history of anything.

[SeeSea]

No matter what you want you should instead get two animals fighting. Unless you want three animals fighting.

I was kinda partial to the dragon vs panther vs car battle royale.

[hdmark]

Graduating Drexel this year ! Lol good call

[omeletta]

any thoughts on how to incorporate it into a scroll?

Dragon and lion fighting for a scroll??

[hdmark]

Ya that's not bad . I'm not sure about watercolor now lol. I'm liking the fighting idea. the other idea I had was one looking over the over.

Or swithing completely off of animals and trying yi think of another way to milestone college

[Joe Shit]

Get a lions head on a dragons body..

[suburbanxcore]

@hdmark Go to Martin Lacasse at Olde City Tattoo. Get a badass dragon from a criminally underrated tattooer without a crazy wait. Be stoked.

[misterJ]

^^ agree with @ suburbanxcore

lion fighting dragon torso piece still a winner.

[El Dolmago]

No matter what you want you should instead get two animals fighting. Unless you want three animals fighting.

And make sure to add more black ;)

[polliwog]

I was kinda partial to the dragon vs panther vs car battle royale.

I'm sorry to say that it makes me think of Transformers... (sorry for me that is)

[SeeSea]

I'm sorry to say that it makes me think of Transformers... (sorry for me that is)

Yeah, I could see that!

@irezumi made the suggestion in another thread about a guy wanting a picture of a car wreck because he survived a bad accident. And of course, his request for ideas quickly disintegrated into panthers, dragons, etc.

[polliwog]

I read that. I just remembered that there's a Transformer that's a panther/car. Now I'm stuck with a terrible 80s tattoo in my mind.

As you were.

[Mick Weder]

There's a reason we come back to dragons, panthers and the like. They're timeless, and well..just fuckin cool.

Just done a quick count of 9 dragons, but not 1 panther.

Thanks guys. Panthers head to be slammed back of neck next tattoo!

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Fkn how cool. Just texted tattooer about slamming panther head back of neck. Locked in for next week.

Fuck this forums awesome.

[irezumi]

I read that. I just remembered that there's a Transformer that's a panther/car. Now I'm stuck with a terrible 80s tattoo in my mind.

When I think of terrible 80s tattoos I think of multicolor mohawks and 80s razor sunglasses on a gorilla head. Thank you National Brand flash. So bad it's good.

[CultExciter]

When I think of terrible 80s tattoos I think of multicolor mohawks and 80s razor sunglasses on a gorilla head. Thank you National Brand flash. So bad it's good.

Dolphin. Sunglasses. Guitar. Mohawk. You know what I'm talking about.

But then Ugly Tom Michael had to go and do this...