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Well.... If you perchance were not just beginning to get tattoos, and starting out on hands/ fingers, (which most tattooers in the traditional sense of rules/core values typically don't do, with newly beginning clients.).... You would not have kinda had a "Anticipation - Panic - Grief" moment, you would be further along in knowing about the process.... How different parts of the body heal, how you personally do your after care- cause it's a learning process for everyone: what routines work best FOR YOU... Not a dig on you, but merely an objective observation of the "new" - "Who gives a F***: give them what they want" moments I am seeing all over the place.... I'm just getting old. And you would know: FINGERS BLOW OUT, it's part of the landscape, and it's not a big deal. It adds character. Once upon a time, in a land before Myspace, FB, IG.... If you wanted a hand or a finger tattoo... You HAD to be sleeved fully, or an actual tattoo artist to get such places on the body tattooed... People look at an individual differently when certain parts of the body are tattooed: Hands, Faces, Throats, Neck... Body parts that aren't customarily covered in regular or professional attire.... It's a "I wanna sleep at night knowing I didn't just screw this young person out of something by putting a tattoo somewhere that may not jive with my heart"... And we have been everywhere, and moving and being here in Tulsa, TATTOOS are a huge thing people knee jerk react and judge on still to this day.... Sucks. Jennifer

Thanks everyone, I'm okay, just going through the usual stuff that goes with it. The healing on the tattoo is super fast so I'm pretty happy! I'm already peeling and itchy so it shouldnt be but a few more days until it gets to start settling in.

He was pretty stoked on it... He remembers Bart lurking in Scorpion, "eye F***ing" his flash... and I guess scaring him off, he was super young. They both were kinda.

this times 100 ! thank you @el twe for saying this, it needed explaining. :)

If I may... It's really not about the blowout. It's about changing cultural norms and how lots of people these days are rushing into tattoos in highly visible places before really committing to being a 'tattooed person' (ie arm sleeves, more larger pieces). Every artist and every client will have different views on this, but I have to say I agree with the old school mentality - certain tattoo placements are 'earned' in that sense.

Jessie Hopless finished my rose today....

Machine! Everything so far has been machine.

@J.Stell by the way, welcome back, Jennifer!

shit man ! does sound like a rough weekend !

As you get more and more tattoos you will figure out what works for you: after care and healing wise.... Blow outs are part of tattoos being handmade, and part of the deal, depending on what you get tattooed, where on the body, and by whom.... Tattoo artists are not machines, and unfortunately not all people adhere to rules or the "road" in tattooing, IE; finger or hand tattoos on people that aren't fully sleeved... It's a process, but if you really are into it, you'll get the hang of it, the deeper you fall into the rabbit hole. . . Jennifer

Back on topic... I have been eyeballing Bart Bingham for a contortionist tattoo... I like the straight up version of the design, but... BB just kills it with where he takes the shit... And it seems like he would be pretty cool since he's from the old stomping grounds. Just some random pic i snagged and am repopping, with his details... currently, trying to figure out when our ships will pass again to make this happen...

Well, don't tell the old man, you use that and what's in it.... He'd shit an iphone.... I can't say I back it... as too many things in an open wound, that just kinda freak me out..... Richard would say, "butter" really, food in a tattoo....

PS: those cloth sleeves you are talking about are for IV drug use, to keep people comfortable with their pic lines, etc.... ( I know this cause I spent most of last year in the hospital, and at home administering IV antibiotics 1 time every 8 hours, for 24 hours, for 3 months after getting out of the hospital....) Hit a local medical supply suited to elderly, or hospice....

Here is what we got done this weekend. Here is what we had before.

Ass shot? Check Lower back painful? Check Omg, the flames and scales on the claw directly above the ass crack... But we're getting there! Probably one more session to finish the back... and then start on my right cheek/leg