Joshm Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 I've been lurking for ages and thought I'd say hello. Ive learned a lot and followed information found here from far and wide. First tattoo at 18. Tiny one I look back on and laugh at! Youth and silliness on a whim one evening long ago. Some 20 years later I found an artist who's work I enjoy locally. After waiting months for my sessions my left thigh now complete and better then I could have imagined. This spurred the want for another! After many months more sitting on my hands my right thigh now covered as my left and I really couldn't be happier. More on deck as hours and money allows. 2014 it seems the year I learned just how much skin I have yet to go! hogg 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Welcome! Have any pictures to share? Who is doing your tattoos? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Welcome! What state you from? Let's see some pics Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106324 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Tattooist is Lisa Cardenas here in Tucson Arizona. She owns Haunted Hands Studio. She just won the best of Tucson Weekly (our local rag) best tattoo artist in 2014. Here's a link. Best Tattoo Artist | Lisa Cardenas Haunted Hands Studio | Fashion & Style I'm real pleased with both pieces as they both worked out as I had hoped. I snapped pics as the process went along for others to see. Here's a photobucket link to the Tom Waits inspired one Waits Leg Piece Photos by markireptiles | Photobucket And here is the link to the other morphine themed one.. Morphine Leg Piece Photos by markireptiles | Photobucket Hope these links work as I'm still figuring out photobucket and this forum. I like the music both of these two make and really hate page long text tattoos that you can't read so I took a lyric line from each and built the tattoo around them. Not super traditional but what i wanted and like I mentioned before there is room for more tattoos ahead! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I'm still figuring out photobucket and this forum. Capture the direct link within the "gear" on the photobucket picture. Click on the "insert image" icon at the top of your reply pane and drop your link there. Done! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Thanks! I'll give it a try.. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 Success! Thanks. Right thigh. - - - Updated - - - And the left.. marley mission, SStu, Patrick Bateman and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Does this style have a name? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Hi Patrick. To be honest I wouldn't know and perhaps others could chime in on style. I brought the ideas along with images for both of these tattoos. I made clear to her I wanted to play with disassociative images so things like size and scale weren't as relevant as the overall end result. With the Tom Waits one I knew to the letter how I wanted it to look. With the Morphine one I gave her the ferris wheel, lantern fly (I'm a herpetologist by profession but love insects) and lyric. Beyond that I just let her design and tattoo as she pleased. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
marley mission Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 really dig both pieces - awesome stuff joshm! Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Really nice pieces, I like both of them! There's a lot going on there and you just keep looking and find more stuff. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thanks guys! Scheduled some more time in the chair today. Going to add another insect or two I think. I'll have some time to sort the where and what a bit more as she's booked till April so I'll be planning till then. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikhall Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Does this style have a name? It kind of reminds me of trash polka marley mission 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106661 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshm Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Being that I'm Polish and familiar with polka i still haven't a clue what "trash polka" has to do with tattoos? Ice cubes and beer, wooden shoes and pirogies sure but a tattoo style? Lol. Yea I kinda see some similarities though mine have more black and outline then most in that style and are of a less graphic design vibe I'd say. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Thread: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-designs-books-flash/1308-trash-polka.html Yeah, I can see the trash polka element, but yours (at least to me) seem to have more personal content and are more cohesive. Some of the trash polka is more abstract than that, and I think I've posted elsewhere that sometimes it looks like it dominates the body rather than being part of the body. The tattoo owns the person rather than the other way around. I think it is a neat art form, but not always as successful as a tattoo than it is on a flat canvas. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/5803-hello-from-the-desert-southwest/#findComment-106719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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