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here is mine ( again because of broken links) tattoo by Jess Yen.

Yes! Best tattoo subject matter ever! 1) Winged snake drawn-on by Jeff Rassier, Blackheart tattoo finished Jan 2015 2) Snake and torch by El Monga, guesting at Spider Murphy's summer 2013.

Ah, gottcha. Your artist will be able to guide you on what could work the best if you want to incorporate the cherry blossoms. Me, I'm terrified of getting kanji for the reason @Dan mentions. :)

freshie sssssnake bite on the hand by Scott Rusnak, Lucky Strike Tattoo (Edmonton, AB) flip side inside of the wrisssst

The book is beautifully constructed and the plates are diverse, fascinating and gorgeous. I especially love the personal touch so many artists put in their described of their images. Today, I looked at all of the tiger images for inspiration on how to finish my tiger next week!

We did color instead of background. I love these rocks. I never talked about rocks, but I collect them on my travels. It needs a stitch to actually show the whole thing. Background still to come ?

Time for another contest. RULES: The tattoo photos posted in this thread will be submitted for polling of Last Sparrow's Best SNAKE tattoo. This is all in good spirit and fun of course. The submission process opens on the 1st of the month and ends on the 20th of the month. After that there will be an open poll for one week, which will close on the 27th, and the tattoo with the most votes wins. Your tattoo picture must be posted in this thread (both tattooers and tattoo customers can win) in order to qualify. Include tattoo artist name & tattoo shop with your photo/post. You MUST be the one who has the tattoo or did the tattoo. It MUST be a finished tattoo It MUST fit the theme of the contest Each member may submit up to 3 tattoos for each contest. The theme of January is: SNAKES

Hi! I was looking for this place like this a long time (yeah...who would've thought of writing on google "tattoo forums" :| ). I've always want to do a tattoo and was always scared about the pain...but no more! I'm going to make one! So I've got a question for your guys... My sister got a Kanji of some word, and I want to do the same thing but only with cherry blossom like this one: I really want to know what her kanji says, so we both have the same tattoo (bonding stuff). I'm attaching a photo with the Kanji. Does anyone knows what does it means?? She told me it's "Together"...but I just want to make sure. Cheers!

Too funny, Dan! If it was Arabic, I might be able to help, but not this. Welcome to the forum!!

welcome to the forums ! that symbol actually means "naked fat man dancing on lily pad"

finally finished, totally hurt

Starting my back with Marius Meyer in a few days. Going to cover up a Polynesian tribal, so this should be interesting. Wish me luck!

because who doesn't need a snake and rose! Black Heart Tattoo Scott Sylvia's the best, can't wait to see him again :)

LOL...I have both styles and motifs but not as sleeves. There are plenty of Japanese flower and skull combinations out there! @Swang

oooh, i like this topic. Today I've done my Japanese's tattoo on my thigh. It's koi fish (look sketch in my status). Well. I really love colorful tattoos on women, i think it looks prettier than black, but it's only my opinion. I'm thinking about next tattoo and maybe it will be some flowers. I found nice examples http://flowertattooideas.com/amazing-sleeve-sunflower-tattoos/ but not sure yet. What do you think about these sunflowers? As for me they look great. Especially I like this one: Ahem, but it's too big, i don't know

Haha hubs got a saucy Aquaphor picture. I don't have any good pictures at this stage. Back at it in two weeks. There is freehand background. I think it is a sunset.

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Well, it is lined. There was a lot of drawing around it that will go back up next time. PS my photo is 666kb ?

One of the most interesting threads i have read! Here is my input: