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That's a good point. I was planning to go with the thigh, so it won't be visible in a professional setting. I would love to start working on a collection to create a sleeve, but not ready to take that plunge yet. Thanks for the Absolute Art suggestions. I've heard of that shop referenced a few times but more for Brian Bruno and his Japanese work. Now traveling down a new IG rabbit hole lol.

Hey all, I'm glad I found this forum since my usual avenue for looking stuff up (reddit) wasn't cutting it. Lurking the past few weeks has really helped broaden my understanding of different artists to check out and helped me gather inspiration in the galleries and posts. I have always held off getting tattooed due to stigma in my work field (something about old conservative men not liking tattoos) and my wife wasn't big on them, but I've kind of reached a point where I've stopped caring what others think. I want to get a piece in a similar style to what Kirk Jones is putting out from Good Luck in Melbourne, AUS. The colors and linework are killer and while there are tons of great traditional tattooers, I haven't found artists that are real similar. I would love to travel to AUS, but its not really in the cards right now and his next guest spot in NYC is a bad time for me work wise. Anyone have any suggestions of similar artists to check out? I'm out in Richmond, VA, but not opposed to traveling around the US. I have some vacation time set aside in October so it's really the perfect storm. Also considering trying to set something up with Mike Rempe at Lakeside in RVA for a more traditional second piece. Just found out about him earlier today and his stuff is sick. Thanks for reading!