Full Back Piece Experience Thread

[Cork]

So here is the remainder. Kongo Yasha Myo-o in his full glory from Dana Helmuth.

This was pretty much the home stretch at this point. Once all the shading was done, the color was only about 1/3 of the remaining time I spent with Dana.

I love Dana's snakes. Once mine got colored in, I couldn't stop staring at it, I still can't. Also everyone loves the blue, and so do I. It's bold, and it'll be awesome for a long time.

I spent a lot of time at Read Street Tattoo in Baltimore and it was a great shop. The final session was in Dana's tattoo lair at his home in Maryland and it's a true honor to be a member of his back piece club.

And the final obligatory baby picture, because I want to be as cool as @hogg.

[Lance]

@Cork, so badass! Do you remember how many sessions and how long it took? Thanks for posting it all in one spot so we can appreciate the progression.

[Cork]

@Cork, so badass! Do you remember how many sessions and how long it took? Thanks for posting it all in one spot so we can appreciate the progression.

All said and done between May 2013 and November 2014. 18 months, roughly 1 appointment per month.

[Patrick Bateman]

All said and done between May 2013 and November 2014. 18 months, roughly 1 appointment per month.

Love your posts man. I read it like 3 times and cycled through the photos about 5.

Thanks for posting them.

[hogg]

Ha! That last photo with your daughter is too good @Cork. But you're not as cool as me (since all I took for my ass sessions was deep breaths). ;)

[cltattooing]

Alright folks, here ya go

[pidjones]

cl, so perfect! One of the great things about this site is that we get to see all of the art, not just hints of the awesomeness!

[Graeme]

@cltattooing Duuuuuuuuude. That is incredible. And so many lines, but I'm sure you felt them all so I don't need to remind you. The way that it's both so intricate yet so readable is really special.

[Cork]

@cltattooing So good! I can't wait to see the start of shading/color.

[tatB]

@cltattooing congratulations on surviving the most challenging part (I dont know about everyone else but for me lining was a terribly challenging experience)

[Pugilist]

I can't even handle how much I love your back, @cltattoing ! It all fits you so perfectly.

[Diehardonvhs]

Flipping fantastic, good luck to you, you've got it all to come!

[MrToby]

@Cork It's awesome to see the progression of your back in a collection like that. Going through these forums I forget what I've seen sometimes, and having your comments to accompany it is really interesting.

@cltattooing that is a great start to your back as well. Who is doing it out of interest? Apology if you've already mentioned that some where else.

[Lance]

Oh holy mother of... :-O

@cltattooing, that is...I just can't justly put it into words how good that is. And it's only the lines too! Wow! Congratulations! And at least for me, I whole heartedly agree with @BrianH. Line work sucks so good on you for pushing forward with that quantity.

[sophistre]

Alright folks, here ya go

(incoherent shrieks of amazement)

[joakim urma]

@cltattooing

It's so great! What a perfect fit for a full back, can't wait to see it finished!

[tatB]

I guess I'll join in on the sharing fun (even though most of you have already seen this on Mike's instagram). Progress from my session at Pagoda City Tattoo Fest:

About 31 hours total so far. So maybe we are about 1/2 done?

[Rob I]

@clttattooing truly amazing! Absolutely stunning!!! I love it.

@BrianH oh man, I am blown away every time i see a pic of this. And "halfway done" is a heck of a lot better than "just started"!!!!! I can't wait to see this colored in.

[hogg]

(incoherent shrieks of amazement)

That is the phrase I was looking for. Wow.

And @BrianH, I love how dark the background is. I can't wait to see the finished product; the contrast is going to be incredible.

[suburbanxcore]

@cltattooing that is incredible. So awesome, and obviously @BrianH's is coming along perfectly. @Cork, thanks for posting that progression. I did somethings similar when I got my whole arm done, but it just doesn't photograph as well as the back to see the progress.

[OutOfIdeas]

Goddamn... skip a few days and come back to this thread...

You are all real good at this life business!

[cltattooing]

Sorry for not responding to everyone earlier, I posted that right before sitting down for dinner but oh man, thank you for the overwhelming positive response!

@Cork so insanely cool to see all of that as a process!! Must have been neat to put those photos together and take a trip down memory lane with all of it. I also have taken pain killers for getting the linework done, and you are absolutely right about it not doing a whole lot as far as actually dulling the pain. You definitely still feel everything and it is pretty intense, it just isn't quite so brutal and immediate.

@pidjones thank you! I figured instagram wouldn't be the right place for this one, the format is so irregular for photo sharing.

@Pugilist thanks, Anna! Also very impressed with that as well, can't fathom actually trying to draw that.

@MrToby Thank you! The artist is Kahlil Rintye at Tattoo City in SF.

@Diehardonvhs @Lance @sophistre @mmikaoj @Rob I @hogg @suburbanxcore

Thank you guys very much! Means a lot!

@BrianH WOW WOW WOW SO SICK! Damn!!

[Cork]

I posted that right before sitting down for dinner

Hilarious choice of words.

[cltattooing]

@Cork why, cause lol ass? :rolleyes:

also @Graeme, thank you! That is my favorite part about it, I have no idea how he put this together and will forever remain a wizard in my mind.

[polliwog]

@cltattooing AMAZING. I particularly love the dragons & hoju (if that's the right word??) but it's all beautiful.