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Welcome, Derek. Do you have any tattoos, yet?

Yeah, they seem to really well done. Get more!

Absolutely. Looks to be well applied, too.

welcome! show us your tattoos.

It's going to take a month's worth of healing to see what you're really going to end up with. Just relax.

Yeah, the laser application process isn't precisely uniform - so the results are going to vary by degrees. It'll also take a month or more before you see what the real progress is in any area. There will be further fading from each session even 3-4 months down the road. For what it's worth, I think the tattooist did a great job with application, line-up, etc. I don't know the impact of the particular message or local culture where you are, buit educators here in the States (or most of them) don't have to worry about minor ink showing . . . Temporary make-up wasn't an option?

yes! all the above.

Had to look up Medicine Hat. Trust you are willing to travel . . . Edmonton has Sam Storey https://www.instagram.com/sinistersamstorey/?hl=en I think @bongsau is from up around there. He should be able to chime in when he visits next . . .

apparently the photo has been pulled . . . geez.

Or . . . go into it knowing it's going to REALLY SUCK! That way you might be pleasantly surprised. Sorry, I haven't done 2 in a row yet. Can't help in that aspect. Mike does nice bold work, tho - I hope you come back here and post the results.

welcome! you could have wasted one or 10 of those posts with pictures of your current tattoos . . . 😉

yeah - where are you located?

You're reference (that's how you should be referring to the drawing) is a nice starting point - but that's going to need to be quite a large tattoo for it to come out nice and endure decades of wear. I hope you're not planning on putting it on a bicep or pectoral or something. Lots of tattooists screw up their depictions of "space". Send us a link to your intended artist.

Agreed. I don't see anything that looks like an infection or is even abnormal. Scabs are just like road rash. They get hard and you have to leave them alone and fall of by themselves. Avoid over moisturizing.

He is followed by several of the tattooists I follow.

@cyoonit123 cool. Black and grey?

^this. 😉 looks like your tattooist dug in a bit. Might eventually be ok. I hope the tattooist let you know that white very often doesn't stay white for very long . . .

Welcome, and let's see it. Post it here.

Welcome! Send pictures of your current work!

@gtrjunior Art is subjective. You are the wearer, so only you need to be satisfied.

https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/guidelines/

not bad. pretty good photo realism but some hit and miss collectively.

I know you've seen this here before - but a lifetime of thinking "I wish this side was as nice as that side" versus saving a few hundred dollars isn't going to balance out in the end . . .

I can't help you with East Coast, but any high profile reputable shop should be able to point you in the right direction.

yeah, you're into uncharted territory for me. also agreed that allergic reaction is much different than an infection.