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  1. writerAZ
    RE: Fight Club clip "I make and I sell soap, the yardstick of civilization." Great line.
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    This is a good topic because sleeve + chest panel is next after my back piece. Probably depends on the design because I've seen great examples of various lengths. Don't think there's necessarily a predetermined place on the forearm where 3/4 ends--more of a client-by-client decision. I'd be interested to know if Japanese designs are more stringent with that sort of thing. My artist is suggesting 3/4, but I admit that the forearm crosses into different territory. I'm still in the corporate world and won't be wearing long-sleeve shirts when temps hit 112 in the summer. Still, I think half sleeving it would be wimping out. Have to wrestle with this one a little more, myself.
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    That's awesome you're doing tebori. I'm a little jealous.
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    That's a torrid pace--must be a quick healer.
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    Thanks. I'm really happy with the snake head. I got confused when he asked me what scales I wanted blue and green. I mistakenly thought I was asking for the reverse of what I actually asked for. It was a mild shock when I looked in the mirror and the snake's head wasn't the beautiful blue hue I envisioned. Ha! My bad for not communicating exactly what I wanted. Still got a super cool snake head, though.
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    I'm pretty far into it. One more session and everything above the belt is finished, leaving just the color on my butt/legs.
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    Anybody else hit a wall at some point during their back piece journey? Had my tenth session yesterday and really wasn't digging the pain. First we moved down my side before hitting right over my spine. The last half hour felt like an eternity. By the time we wrapped up, I was a tad surly and kind of nonplussed with the process. I know the feeling will fade, but it's the first time that this whole thing felt like a drag.
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    Didn't find the cheeks themselves too bad, but the hamstrings felt like they were being cut open by scalpels during the outline. During healing, it periodically felt like a blowtorch was hitting them. I actually liked that in a perverse sort of way and would start laughing whenever it happened.
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    Yeah, he really is. So glad he's working on this for me. And he's a good guy, to boot.
  10. writerAZ
    This is after my most recent back piece session with Jay Cavna. Next appointment in two weeks. More color!
  11. writerAZ
    Yep. That's me.
  12. writerAZ
    My thirteen week long drought is ending tomorrow with back piece session numero ocho, courtesy of Jay Cavna and one of his bi-weekly Immaculate appearances. I know he gots some good colors waiting for me.
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    I like Jason Brooks' work--a real feast for the eyes. Keep us posted on that piece.
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    It's darn near criminal.
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    I second that. Looking forward to my appointment with Jay in a couple weeks after a too long (three month) layoff.
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    Only two Thursdays a month, unless he changed that recently. I'm going to quit talking up Jay so I can snag all his Phoenix appointments and finish my back piece we started in September. All kidding aside, Jay's awesome.
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    Interesting, because mine is a battle royale that does go down to the back of my knees and when I looked at it the other day, I thought 'No way would I want to cram this into a smaller space.'
  18. writerAZ
    @RoryQ Congrats, man.
  19. writerAZ
    @Kev I consider my back piece a 40th birthday present to myself, even though I started it a few months before the milestone arrived. The deciding part is tough--I was locked into one idea and then changed shortly before my first appointment. Glad I did, too. @asradin My progress is a little slower than yours. Around 18 hours in so far and only at the half-way mark, if that. I'm enjoying the process so I don't mind taking longer. I love how each session brings out more of the entire tattoo, not just the area directly worked on. Very cool to see it all unfolding.
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    I thought the same thing: battle royale = three animals fighting. No?
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    @Avery Taylor: Nice tattoo. That's cool. Aaron does great stuff, no doubt. I haven't posted any pics because despite my initial intention to document the whole process, I've ended up with only a handful of crappy cell phone pics. As for the healing, maybe I've just been lucky, but the ass/legs weren't that big a deal. Sometimes out of the blue I'd feel as though a blow torch was heating up my hammies, but even got used to that after a while.
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    Didn't know whether to get the backs of my legs covered as part of my back piece, but my artist didn't have a hard time talking me into it. Now, they're one of my favorite parts of the tatto and the whole idea make sense to me, aesthetically speaking. What's the thinking behind not getting that area done? I'm guessing style choices play a role in this (from what I gather, traditional American doesn't lend itself to that look as much as Japanese does), but I still see a lot of back pieces that end somewhere above the legs. Why the reluctance to hit the hammies?
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    Awesome avatar.

  24. writerAZ
    Just finished up my first session for 2012--3.5 hours of water/clouds/background on my back piece. Just a little more shading, then it's color time.
  25. writerAZ
    Already have my first four appointments of the year booked--two in January, two in February. More shading on the back piece. Hopefully, some color soon.
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