Full Back Piece Experience Thread

[Hogrider]

On November 29, 2017 at 9:33 AM, GraceAnnne said:

 

Also...the outline on the love handles?!?! HOLY HELL! I never knew pain like that existed lol

i have my inner thighs/feet/chest all done and i didnt think pain could get much worse but WOW!! 

i could have almost passed out when he was hitting those spots. I felt like such a baby!!!

 

The first lines my artist did on my back were right on my love handles. I thought, I'm not going to be able to finish this! I got into the zone and got through it and then I thought, if I can get through this, I can get through anything. A couple years later I started working on my current piece that goes on to my stomach - a whole new level of pain for me.

My artist always says, just because it hurts isn't a good reason to not get tattooed. DOH!

[Dominiccjs]

about to start my back piece in 2 months with dan molloy in perth. got 5 sessions squeezed into a week. i should not have gone into this thread lol. reading about the pain has made me much more nervous than i already am. 

with that being said, any advise on how i’d go about healing this?

Edited December 21, 2017 by Dominiccjs

[GraceAnnne]

@Dominiccjs lol ...i can relate! i had myself psyched out about the pain from reading so much on this thread. Honestly, it sucks, BUT you can do it.

Drink LOTS of water and eat small snacks (fruit/nuts) on every break.  The healing process is a breeze. My back has healed better than any tattoo ive gotten over the past 10 years. 

Also, Dan Molloy rules so hard.  That Kali backpiece he did on his wife is unreal.  Dont stress, its all worth it. 

[Dominiccjs]

7 hours ago, GraceAnnne said:

@Dominiccjs lol ...i can relate! i had myself psyched out about the pain from reading so much on this thread. Honestly, it sucks, BUT you can do it.

Drink LOTS of water and eat small snacks (fruit/nuts) on every break.  The healing process is a breeze. My back has healed better than any tattoo ive gotten over the past 10 years. 

Also, Dan Molloy rules so hard.  That Kali backpiece he did on his wife is unreal.  Dont stress, its all worth it. 

yes! that backpiece is crazy. she also has a voldemort piece from him on her hip/thigh that is absolutely insane. probably the best healed bng realism piece i’ve seen to date. 

 

will definitely try and get some food in me every small break, dan is a smoker so i’m sure we’ll have a few. 

[scottyg]

@Dominiccjs It's nerve wrecking at first but you got this. take the other lesson from this thread: as painful as it can be if all these people can do it you can too. I'm going at a much slower rate, but you got this.

Good luck!

[Dominiccjs]

1 hour ago, scottyg said:

@Dominiccjs It's nerve wrecking at first but you got this. take the other lesson from this thread: as painful as it can be if all these people can do it you can too. I'm going at a much slower rate, but you got this.

Good luck!

thanks for the encouragement! i’m no stranger to multiple day sits. did 28 hours over 3 consecutive days for my sleeve. the back really sounds like it’s going to be a whole different beast though. 

[suburbanxcore]

Everyone's stuff lately is killer, but very cool to see that backpiece @breakthischain. I've gotten tattooed at Kadillac MTA, but not by Eric. Very cool shop, and nice to see the Hatboro one just open too.

[cfmartin67]

On 12/13/2017 at 5:54 PM, Hands On said:

thanks for sharing your backs, everyone!

@GraceAnnne, @scottyg, @Colored Guy and @Stephanie . can't wait to see the continued progress! hang in there!!!

@breakthischain nice work! that picture looks fuckin cold tho! hahahahhaha.

@cfmartin67... the main piece is amazing, but that smaller lady parts swastika is somethin' else!

🤘

[thewitchhunter]

As 2017 is ending soon I'll post a final pic of the progress we made on my dragon backpiece this year. First session was march 31st, 7 sessions overall with about 22 to 25h so far.

Probably won't be able to keep that pace up in 2018, but let's see how it will turn out...

Best wishes and happy new year to everyone

[JAC1961]

@thewitchhunterthat's going to be an awesome dragon when it's complete!

[FreddieW]

So I don’t know if it was a good idea reading about the pain of getting the back tattooed😬😬😬

however mine starts this Thursday!!

wish me luck 😬

[Gingerninja]

You will be fine. :) Settle in for the long haul. @FreddieW Keep us posted!

[scottyg]

you got this

[Acedia]

So I don’t know if it was a good idea reading about the pain of getting the back tattooed
however mine starts this Thursday!!
wish me luck

It's a mental game, you can do this! I'm doing 2 days of backpiece extension on the legs starting tomorrow, I'll update with pictures asap.

[Acedia]

Day 1 of 2 down with Chris Crooks in Belfast. We did the lower left leg, tomorrow upper leg to tie into the backpiece. Will keep you posted.

[pidjones]

Day 1 of 2 down with Chris Crooks in Belfast. We did the lower left leg, tomorrow upper leg to tie into the backpiece. Will keep you posted.

So good!

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[sauraman37]

21 hours ago, Acedia said:

Day 1 of 2 down with Chris Crooks in Belfast. We did the lower left leg, tomorrow upper leg to tie into the backpiece. Will keep you posted. 

Awesome!

Edited January 3, 2018 by sauraman37

[Acedia]

Day 2 down. Here's a quick video of the progress, I'll share some pictures asap. I'll be flying back in during the summer to get the colors in. http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5a4d38dcaf92c/VID_153460411_221435_639.mp4

[sauraman37]

5 minutes ago, Acedia said:

Day 2 down. Here's a quick video of the progress, I'll share some pictures asap. I'll be flying back in during the summer to get the colors in. http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5a4d38dcaf92c/VID_153460411_221435_639.mp4

Thats so sick! How long does something like that take? How long sessions do you have?

[Stephanie]

Day 2 down. Here's a quick video of the progress, I'll share some pictures asap. I'll be flying back in during the summer to get the colors in. http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5a4d38dcaf92c/VID_153460411_221435_639.mp4

Wow this is amazing


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[GraceAnnne]

@Acedia W H O A ! Amazing. You are tough!! 

[Acedia]

Thats so sick! How long does something like that take? How long sessions do you have?

Full back finished and back of legs in progress over 6 trips. Each trip is 2 consecutive days of tattooing, on average 7 hours per day.

 

[Acedia]

As promised, can't wait to go back in the summer for the colors.

[scottyg]

Worked on the left thigh. Hope to finish the background (mikiri) next month!

 

[Acedia]

Going strong@scottyg!