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About 36 hours into this. Just finished up the background and going to start working on Fudo next session.

I started working on my ass yesterday! Tattoo I mean. I’m working on a body suit and that pasty white ass was really bugging me so I decided to get that tattooed too. I told my artist he could do whatever he wanted, which has always worked out well. My wife said, “ You told him he could do whatever he wanted with your ass?” It’s not as creepy as it sounds.🤔 it didn’t hurt nearly as bad as I thought it would. A little tender around the crack, but not unbearable. He did the outline yesterday, we’re going to color in two sessions, depending on how well I sit.

It’s been a while but here is the result. Very happy with it. artist had no qualms about this being cover art from an LP.

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objective, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.

this is not at you hogrider, just a funny for this post

I prefer colored tattoos. I don't think they're as durable though

No. It isn't valid. And this post is old.

yes valid that

At least they aren’t posting a link to their shitty web site!

Bringing in the comments on a random thread from five years ago. Thanks for sharing, person nobody knows. We don't know what the hell you are talking about.

well, I have no idea WTF you are talking about

I'm not talking about beautiful tattoos, I appreciate how you keep these precious memories on your body!

Nice! I love fun tattoos.

He’s not the brightest bulb on the porch.

This is from nine years ago, my dude 😂

I think its sounds like suspicious

A girlfriend of mine git both knees done at once and hated life for it. I am FULLY expecting that experience 😆 but I'll lie to myself and say it will be easy And I agree on elbow ditch being easy. Haven't done knee ditches yet Added a beautiful lady head to the left ankle. Spicy going , would do shins again over this spot again lol.

How come every post you make is a self serving advertisement? This is a forum for tattoo enthusiasts, not a yard sale site.

No issue with knees? Good luck. Both of my knees are done. The left one got so swollen that i couldn't bend my leg. The black and grey on my right healed better, but it still hurt a lot. Knee and elbow ditches? Piece of piss.

honestly my knees were not bad at all, my knee ditches pretty much sucked though

Nice! The shin is no fun

First for the year! Double -ended candle on my right shin. Heading back Friday arvo for the other shin.

Hello This site is geared toward tattoo collectors, not for helping folks w/ tattoo supplies, equipment, or techniques. thanks for stopping by.

Agree. Please do not get a tattoo. YIKES.

holy fuckin shit ! I don't think you should EVER get a tattoo ! get a piercing or henna maybe, or dye your hair, but please don't get a tattoo.

Saturday gone I went in to get current webs touched up and extend webs into the cleavage. My appointment was pushed back an hr so we ran out time to fix the cleavage webs. It just wasn't working with my anatomy, so we're going to come back to those another time. Managed to get a couple lines thickened on existing webs and a little cherry banger on my left calf (will match with skull cherries on right) , just after closing time.

I am retiring 10/14/2024 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost done with the upper portion. Passed the halfway point of the overall backpiece.

I love skulls too, I have a lot of those.

@rabbitrok @Dan , yeah can't go wrong with flowers! I have some little blossoms and the roses with more flowers to come. But I still stand by the skulls 💀 😍

Hi, welcome to the forum. Please note this bullet item in the 'forum rules' https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/rules/ Do not start threads asking about specific tattooing equipment or techniques, LST is not here to teach anyone how to tattoo. Ask your own tattooer, the next time you are getting tattooed. Maybe they'll answer you, maybe they won't. cheers

The only "amazing" thing I've been doing lately is job hunting. Honestly, it’s stressful. I’m always worried about having enough money for basic expenses and stuff each month. There are lots of jobs on Layboard https://layboard.in/vacancies/jobs-in-uae/jobs-in-dubai/speciality/baker, where I’ve spent most of my time. I sent my CV to several companies and I’ve got decent baking skills, even without formal training. So I hope they'll give me a chance to do a test task or something to show what I can do.

Well it's been a hot minute and I've had a heap of family stuff going on including a loss so had to cancel some appointments. Managed to get a couple done last weekend though. Bat, cicada , and angry cloud. A first for me- I almost fell asleep. I think purely due to the fact this was the first time I'd stopped since all of the things decided to happen. I'll get around to that elbow in the coming month I hope.

why do you say that color tattoos are not as durable ? if a tattoo is applied properly it doesn't matter if it's black & gray or color, it all lasts the same. I have color tattoos that are brighter and more vibrant than some of my B&G pieces ,and that's after years of healing on all.

Couldn't agree more with you, bud! Color tattoos are waaay better-lookin. There's just smth about their vibrancy. Black ink has its charm, not gonna lie, but color brings tattoos to life in a whole new way. I guess people who don't enjoy color tattoos simply don't have a good reference. I'll drop the gallery full of color masterpieces in here. Look, aint they sick? https://ink-match.com/gallery/all/all/all/all/colored/all/

just keep it clean with anti-bacterial soap and keep the lotion on it a few times a day, it will heal. you could also try a light coat of https://www.walmart.com/ip/Palmer-s-Cocoa-Butter-Original-Solid-Formula-7-25-oz/602195518?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=1150

It's just waves and windbars and cherry blossoms. We talked about a bunch of ideas, but there really isn't a whole lot of space and we have so much going on it would probably have been too busy with more images. My back piece is my avatar, I have a tiger and a meditating samurai and koi on one leg and a female samurai riding a tiger along with a snake and skull on the other leg so I was OK with keeping it simple.

well,I guess I'm going home then😌

Nah the worst for me so far has been front of thigh. Elbow just felt weird right on the knobby bit and that was the only bit that "hurt". Shins were fine, I'd do shins every day of the week over the front of thigh again. Second shin done! So happy with the pair of them. I'm loving the colours in the torch. I'm still amazed by how easy they were to get, I fully expected to hate it. Kyle and Binger bith agreed that calves suck and shins are easy. I found the calves fine for the most part, it was near the Achilles that sucked and the healing. Not looking forward to inner calf though, that will be tender no doubt! Same with knees , I expect to tap out with my knees lol 😆

Don’t mess with a good tattoo. Whoever told you that you could “remove” parts of a tattoo was being extremely optimistic. You have a better chance of ruining it than improving it. Leave dates of birth and script to the tourists.

Holy shit, that’s rough. As bad as it is though, all of my friends who were blindsided (myself included), were much happier after the dust settled and we had the distance to reflect back on what we’d been through.

Thanks @Dan . He said once healed he will see if he needs to add some extra lines to the peony, but be didn't want to do anything too busy as everything else I've got it quite simple and not line heavy. The seahorse he was tossing between doing blues and greens but then decided to go darker to balance out the elbow.

ya, I want more flowers too

"I'm very fit and complimented all the time how tone my arms are" So if you were fat and out of shape it would be OK? 🤣 Tattoo Anxiety is not unusual, but it really depends on how long it goes on for. Has it been weeks, months, years? You really don't have a lot of options. Despite what laser removal centers would have you believe, you'll never get totally rid of it. Any cover up will need to be even bigger and bolder, don't let any "artist" tell you differently. Given the tone of your post, "I'm very fit and complimented all the time how tone my arms are," "My artist is extremely talented, there is not 1 shaky line, crooked line," "The line work is out of this workd, perfectly straight," "Everyone loves it" it sounds like the reality of the tattoo doesn't meet your expectations.

Will do. I go back next week for another session.

No, they look like generic sh!t that someone who has never tattooed drew.

😞 so sorry for your loss,

I had seen tattoos in pictures and movies, and had someone explain to me what they were and how they were done (more or less), but the first time I saw a real one, I was 9 or 10. My dad (college teacher) used to work with this lady whose husband was a painter or artist of some kind. They invited us to their place for a party where he would show some of his new paintings or something, and all I remember was this guy looked weird as hell to me (in hindsight, he was the textbook definition of a middle-aged bohemian NY dude in the early 90s), and he had a fucking snake tattoed on his hand. Not real big, just like on the side/top of his hand, over his thumb and almost reaching his index finger, all line and no shading or color. He obviously noticed I was staring like an idiot and was totally cool about it too.

I couldn't have been more than 3 when I noticed my Dad had the old school skull with the snake crawling through the the eye socket tattooed on his bicep. I didn't understand how it got there or why it was permanent, but I damned sure knew I wanted one. I was hooked on anything to do with tattoos from then on, always have been, always will be. I found the Sailor Jerry flash version of that skull and snake last year and got it big as Hell on my calf. I can't wait to show him the next time I see him.