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Bit of Robert Ryan flash, tattooed by Josh Henderson. Love it.

The ink would spread whether you see it or not.  ;-)

just leave it alone,
and the ink is not a health risk.

Been monitoring my " brain zaps " as they are called and they're so minor that it only affects my head every few hours for a split second, should be fine, will keep updated when I get my next ( bigger ) piece
 
thanks

Thank you everyone, will probably do it it in more than one session. Appreciate all the advice ^.^ 
 
And I'm not covering it up, I'm adding on to it as I've lost more family members 🤙 

Not to pry, but why are you looking to cover up a sacred tattoo? I would think doing so would be forbidden.

it looks great. don't worry it'll be fine.

this sounds like the beginnings of tattoo addiction... welcome to the club.

Ditch whoever told you the lifework was bad. It's not perfect, but there is no such thing as a perfect tattoo. That's a real dick move, trying to ruin your tattoo for you. Enjoy your tattoo, it looks fine.

There are a couple of shaky lines on the innermost heart that surrounds the paw print but it isn’t anything that can’t be touched up. Don’t freak out.
Let it completely heal for a few months and go see another artist that can thicken the lines up just a touch.
The locket itself and the rose look fine to me. The rose “could” use better shading for a more 3-D effect but the foundation is good.

Well, there is no one answer to it, as every artist's pace and amount of details and layers of ink can vary a lot. One could finish all this area in 6 hours and other would have given it 4 sessions.
As I see it, most of the times fast doesn't mean good, and if I were you I would have looked in order to find an artist that you really fall in love with his works and suffer whatever time needed in order to get your perfect tattoo. With the right hand this piece can be supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.

I recently was considering a tap out session for a Japanese style sleeve. The fine folks here talked me out of it.

First, 9 hours is a LONG time to sit. I’ve had 2 sessions on my sleeve so far and the last session was about 2 1/2 hours. Toward the end I had, had enough. I’ve sat through longer sessions in the past but I had forgotten just how taxing getting tattooed is to your body.
Second, 9 hours is a long time for the artist to maintain the level of concentration that you probably want them to maintain to do the absolute best job on your work as possible.

I know that from a money perspective, the tapout session seems like the way to go.
But I have learned that you typically get what you pay for (in life and in tattoos).
I don’t want to talk you out of doing the session but I just wanted I give you another perspective to consider.


My current artist typically does 2-3 hours at a time. It works best for him and for me.
Each session is easier to pay for for me since it’s not a huge chunk of money all at once. And the shorter sessions keep the artist fresh and unfatigued as well.

the 1st rule of tattooing is that there are no rules. 
or . . . was it the 1st rule of tattooing is "don't talk about the rules" . . .?

It doesn’t have to be animals or birds or geometry at all.
 
If Owls represent wisdom, think of other things that can represent other aspect of life that you want to represent.
Strength, resilience, cunning etc.
You could use animals to represent these things or any other images that you feel represent things in your life that you want to keep in the forefront of how you live your life.
 
Get creative and research images that can represent things that are important to you.
The geometric shapes could serve as an excellent way to tie all of the separate images together.

Thank you! I hope so, I’m hoping the uneven colour will settle 

no, IMO  a touchup will only F*** it up, it looks fine.
it's a tiny fine line tattoo that's not healed yet,
relax and enjoy it.

4-6 weeks for healing. gotta wait for it. 

A buddy of mine sat 11 hours once, he F***ing hated it. 
What scares me is that the artist must lose focus..
 

love that fat outline, @grog

Got a new one from Ian Haight at Sideshow Alley Tattoo in Portland, OR. This was surprisingly more spicy than my bear knee tattoo. Who knew?

I just got a little one,my wife's name,I love Em's fine line.
I have a bunch more of the show I will post later.

I've got an appointment for my next on 6/29.  It's just one hour to add a frame of nails to my first saw blade tattoo.  The shop where I got my first does a Veteran's benefit each year right around July 4th.  They donate ALL their time and all the money goes to the VA hospital in Ann Arbor, MI.  The last couple years they raised over $10k each year.  You get a t-shirt and after care products and local restaurants bring in the eats.  Really looking forward to be able to help out some folks that really deserve it.

My work from Augis!! We did the 3 day marathon and I am ecstatic with how it turned out! 

Yeah, I'd say it'd be best to find someone who can come up with a vision for how the whole will work while incorporating the elements that already exist. It's a hard task.
Picture?

Either decide how you want to do it and find an artist that will do it that way, or find an artist you want and do it the way he wants. Or maybe you'll get lucky and find an artist that you want that wants to work they way you are dictating.
My artist likes to outline first. He outlined my whole back in one marathon session. Just my opinion, but I only want my artist thinking about making great art. I don't want him thinking about limitations I'm putting on him.