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Went to New Jersey on May 19th to see Robert Ryan, and picked this Narasimha out of his sketch book. He changed it a little from the original to fit the upper arm better. Easily one of my favorite tattoos. The next Saturday, I played the walk in game at Smith Street and got two tattoos from Bert Krak, a butterfly, and a skull & crossbones. I came in wanting the butterfly, and he said he had time for another quick one if I was interested, so I picked the skull after he said it was a shop favorite. Everyone at both shops were great, and I had a great experience getting tattooed.

Progress report

I applaud the initiative, @Dan! Here's a little filler rose I got from Tim Hendricks at last years London Convention.

Blue rose for my 10th anniversary. Done by Reid Gosmire at Leviticus. My wife got a similar one done.

HI there! I'm Nicole. I just recently got my fourth tattoo and am currently planning a fifth (plus a cover up). I look forward to getting to know you fine folk.

I got this from Oliver Peck at the Fresno show.

Awesome progress! Only 2 1/2 month between last pic and this? Holy crap... How many hours so far for the backpiece?

looks normal to me...

Still looks fine. Please stop worrying.

Hey dude! Looking at your most recent pictures, it looks like (in my opinion) pretty standard for the peeling stage, which for me lasts 2-3 weeks (!) depending on the size of the tattoo. It'll look different to your newer one, because your newer one hasn't quite gotten to the scabbing/peeling stage. Personally my tattoos don't get their final "look" until four weeks after I have them done. So my advice would be to wait, keep on looking after it, and calm down! Of course, your artist is the person to look to, more than someone on the internet. If it will make you feel better I would recommend going into seeing them and what they say. In my opinion though, you're just peeling and it's totally normal! It won't last forever, promise. :)