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On the countdown for Pagoda. Getting my mermaid finished by Theo, a Dobleman lady head and a skull bead by Kiku.

Hi everyone! I really dig this forum and all the knowledge in it. My name is Jimmy and I currently live in NC. I just recently started getting tattooed. So far I have two. A wolf head from Mikey Holmes and a Pather head from Greg Whitehead. Planning on more soon!

Meh....I'm not that impressed

"Artivism" ...yawn

Recently returning from our son's destination wedding in St. Lucia. Pretty surreal place insomuch as you couldn't look in any direction without being astounded at how gorgeous it is. And almost every day we'd get these light drizzels for about 2-3 minutes, and they would create these incredible rainbows that were literally just a 100 yards away or less. Here's me viewing one on the porch of our room at the resort:

Yes, pictures please!

Welcome to the forum...and let's see some pictures of that art!!!

That.is.awesome! I love seeing super cool and fun tattoos like this. Shark week!!!!

Got an appointment for late August to start something with Kahlil at Tattoo City. I am very excited.

She did a fortune teller on my right calf, gonna balance it out with something on the left

Glad you are happy with how it turned out. That's the main thing. It is well executed to be sure. Exactly what you asked for.

That's so great that you love it, I know it was a complicated design, so glad your artist was able to do it well for you! Planning your next one yet? :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

WHat!!!??? No alcohol???!!! That might be enough to make me swear off tattoos!!!! NOT.

that first cold beer after a tattoo is the best one ! and............ LOL

@Gingerninja Here you go! Hard area of my arm to photograph, but I hope this is good enough.

Okay then...I was only trying to be nice and find out more about you based on exactly what you said - what you put out in the forum! That's it. Good luck to you.

On Friday, I had one of those "positive affirmation" moments that don't come along too often. I was volunteering at Warped with my charity, Love Hope Strength. At the end of the night, I had the deep honor of meeting the man who started the charity, Mike Peters of The Alarm. He was so incredibly genuine and sincere in his thanks to me for helping with his charity. And his wife was so amazing in her own right. Thet say that you should never meet your hero's but in this case, I am thrilled that I did! They both inspired me on a deep level....

Had my 3rd session yesterday. Turns out 2,5h/session is what I can bear until I tap out. So overall 7,5h so far. We did some linings on the lower back, over my butt down to the left thigh and some shading in the lower back area. I'm stocked with the progress so far, wouldn't have expected so much ink on my back in that short time. Hell, but the pain was so intense, especially around the kidneys and tailbone. Holy crap, that hurt! And I'm pretty aware that there is still a lot of work in those nasty areas. Scales, probably some shadings, colors... Hopefully next session we'll just add details to the tail and maybe start the Koi on the right thight/butt cheek...

Because this thread needs to be bumped. If thy hate thy first tattoo, thou shall not freak out. Thou shall wait at least three months before making any decisions on cover-ups, laser or additional tattoos.

Surprised to find that there isn't a thread for this yet, so here goes... We all know about "healed 'n hairy" tattoos, but how many of you have tattoos that you've only really come to appreciate after they've settled into the skin? It's taken a couple years for me to fully enjoy having this wolf on my leg. The tattoo was done by Ron Wells and I was ecstatic to get it, but before too long I didn't quite know what to think of it. Not that I didn't like the image, the artist, or the experience - it just felt a little out of line with my own demeanor. As time passed, more tattoos were added around it but it wasn't until the last couple of months that I realized I really liked this tattoo again! Even though the tattoo was mine, it took a while before I felt like I really 'owned' it, if that makes any sense. Here's a picture of it the day I got it, and one taken this afternoon (about 2.5 years later): So post your old, but better tattoos! I'd be interested to hear others' experiences in the matter.

Had my second session a couple of days ago. I was in horrible shape going into this session, with stiches in my head, a concussion and generally fatigued. But "the stoke" pulled med through.

Well, if I were in Norway, I'd beat a path to Marius Meyer. Badass Japanese style. He even does some traditional. Check him out! And it's a quick trip to Denmark for Royal Tattoo.... Just sayin.

This should be in bold neon italics.

9. Thou shalt not Freak The Fuck Out if you get a microscopic pimple on your new tattoo.