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I like getting tattooed in the late afternoon/early evening so I can head straight to the bar after... Kidding aside (although I'm quite serious about that), covering your fresh tattoo should be just fine. Maybe try to get tattooed on Friday so you have the weekend to start healing/lotion-ing/following your artist's healing instructions. Keep it clean, keep it lightly moisturized, and maybe look into Tegaderm to really protect it.

Done last week by Gina at Studio 69 Tattoo on Long Island, NY. On my right shoulder.

Husband went back to get more work done Wednesday. His artist is now transitioning to doing mainly nipple tattoos in a medical center for breast cancer survivors. He will not be in the shop full time now, it will be more a part time (sounded *very* part time) side job, so my husband was frantic, wondering how he'd get his leg finished and what he would do for continued work in other areas and the artist was like Nah, now I just get to pick and choose what I want to do-and I want to do this, so you'll never have a problem getting in to see me! The dragon will go on the calf and he's going to run it over the front of his leg, like his knee and bottom of his thigh there...I burst out laughing when he came home and told me that.

Can't go wrong with a crawling panther.

Time for another contest. RULES: The tattoo photos posted in this thread will be submitted for polling of Last Sparrow's Best JAPANESE MASK (Hannya, Tengu, Kappa, Noh etc) 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. This month's theme is: JAPANESE MASKS

I'm already planning my 2nd, 3rd and 4th (well, technically my 5th, 6th and 7th but I barely count the previous 3 really!), tattooing has come on SO much in the 20 years since I had my first one.

welcome to the forums AND the addiction Alicia. glad to have you here. that rib piece rocks !

I tell everyone, when in doubt, get a dragon, bigger the better. Panthers are always in as well. Panther and a snake is another one.

Gina Marie Medlock,High Hands Tattoo Albuquerque NM.

It's about an hour drive for me. I think I'll call the shop tomorrow and hopefully we can set down a date then. Thanks guys

cool tattoos for sure,who is the artist and shop ?

how far is the shop from you to drive ? I would just go in and see him.

I agree that it's probably better to call and discuss it at this point.

Oh, no. Just one I thought was awesome.

Persistence, persistence, persistence is about the only advice I can give. It would seem that the artist would be more open to scheduling you but it also depends on how popular/busy he is. That certainly would impact his overall availability. Can you post pictures of your piece and describe the touch up you are looking for?

Your skin healed over the ink. You can take good care of your skin (exfoliate, moisturize, sunscreen) to keep the tattoos in good shape, but they will always be ink under skin. They look fine from here. Nobody else is going to get as close to them as you are.

Went a bit realistic underneath my neotrad bird on Monday. Not finished as yet - quite a dark piece really but I'm coming round to that brown background. Inner bicep skull area a bit nippy with a few expletives muttered...