Hogrider

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Well I'm not always right, no matter what I say! I stand corrected. As the old saying goes, "nobody wins a pissing contest."

Agreed, but as I said there are ways of handling this without publicly calling someone out. Also sometimes in those long threads it's hard to tell what comments pertain to what post if people don't quote the post they are commenting on, but maybe that's just my early onset Alzheimers talking. My only point is that if you want a healthy growing community, insulting new comers is not the way to achieve it.

True, or people could exercise some restraint or practice a little civility or send a PM letting the poster know how things work. There is another forum whose name I won't mention where newcomers are flamed unmercifully and they have a handful of the same people doing all of the posting. I don't see much of that here and I think that it encourages people to join AND stay. It's in everyone's best interest to have a thriving community.

Or maybe he thought he would get a better response starting a new thread than being on page 83 of an old thread. Just because you CAN be a dick doesn't mean you HAVE to be one.

I thought I was doing good going from no tattoos to a sleeve, but that blows my mind. Brave girl!

I was with you right up to here. :-)

Watch the videos and you'll have much more confidence. They start on Monday, are tattooing by Thursday and are shading by Saturday. Why do a long apprenticeship when you can be up and scratching, I mean running in just two weeks???

I stand corrected. I agree with what you are saying.

I have found in other mediums that the best art comes from letting the artist do what they want to do. I'm working on a sleeve and my only input is that I want japanese style. Other than that, I'm letting him do what he wants. I want to wear his art. I'm not saying everyone should do that, or that it is appropriate for every artist, but when I say, "I don't care" or "you're the artist" I really mean - I want your best work and your artistic vision.

I like that he's wiping the blood with his dirty t-shirt and then setting it on his dirty pants while he scratches out the next letter. He gives dumb scum a bad name.

So you can get a tattoo and a lap dance at the same time and you're complaining?????

How long did that take? Multiple sessions? That is awesome!!

Thanks. I think we probably have another session to finish some outlines and shading before we start the color. I love it, but to go from no tattoos to a sleeve in three months has been a hell of a shock to the system. Your octopus is outstanding. I'd love to get one, but we'll see. When I'm still healing from a session, I'm less inclined to think about anything beyond finishing the sleeve! I just let Jesse run with the sleeve. I told him I wanted Japanese and left everything up to him. I really think I made the right decision.

With nothing to compare to I thought he had a light touch because I heal so fast. All three times I'm peeling by the fourth day. Here I am right after the 3rd session. probably four or five more to go.

Some people don't get that there is a difference between 18 years of experience and 1 year of experience 18 times. :-)

I'm new to tattoos, but I'm working on a sleeve. My first sessions were 4 and 5 hours respectively and I was really tired after them, but my last session was 6 1/2 hours of pretty steady work and I was exhausted for two days. I don't know if it's related to my advanced years (54), but I just fell into bed when I got home.

Let's see, first you are confused, then you want to know all about it, then you know all about it. Why don't you just post your shitty site now and get it over with. You sign up with a name like DrTatooff and get in on tattoo removal threads, you just have to be spamming. And by some strange coincidence, there is a site called Drtatooff! Maybe you could change your screen name to DrJerkoff.

Maybe you could do your own research using this new fangled thing called google.

There's always some dumb ass that thinks they are going to get something for nothing. Good things are seldom cheap and cheap things are seldom good.

OK, you got me on that one. I would agree that you probably are looking for reaction and attention when you get a huge tattoo on your face.

I couldn't disagree more. That was never even a consideration for me.

Nope, I'm not. this one must have went over everyone's head It didn't go over anyones head. Read your own post, "Anyone have any good advice/ ideas I can throw around & brain storm with?" Here's some advice - Don't get pissy when you don't get the answers you want.

Hand them a book of flash and say, I want this!!

And being a loud-mouth abrasive ass-hole just about guarantees success. Look at that skanky bitch snookie and her butt-head cohort 'the situation.' When did being a doosh bag become something we strive for and admire?