10PieceNuggets

Anyone have any ideas for a ditch tattoo? I have some space on my ditch on my right arm, theres a lot of traditional tattoos on my right arm, I have an owl on the top of my forearm surrounded by roses, a gypsy on my under forearm, from the elbow to shoulder is some black and white, roses, a quote, a swallow is there too right above the ditch. Heres a bad pic. Eventually im going to graywash everything around my forearm just to "sleeve" it out. I was going to get some moths or a moth, im open to suggestions though.

^ Looks good!! How many hours was that sitting?

^ The grey used in the uniform is absolutely sick man. For some reason that just sticks out to me, makes the buttons and all the decor of the uniform pop even more.

Inner bicep was pretty chill for me. I thought it would be terrible but different strokes. I had my elbow tattooed and it wasnt so much the elbow, but around the elbow that sucked.

Man this is so dope. I love lady head/lady tattoos. 10 hours in with Rodrigo Melo. Finally finished all the background. Entirely freehanded.

The show is just terribly edited and makes everyone seem like huge ***hats. Im sure off camera they arent that bad (personality wise). While I do agree there is a lack of talent, there IS talent on that show. Last season was much better. And you know some tattoo artists just have crazy nicknames. Tatu Baby is nothing different.

Anyone watching the finale today? Cant believe Tatu Baby got booted after the artists made some valid points. Sebastian never won a challenge, has always been average. Sebastian cant make a tattoo for his life. Unbelievable.

I was considering going to Regino Gonzalez at Invisible for my koi sleeve. I have 2 friends who have a half sleeve and a 3/4th sleeve done by him, no color yet on either of them, just background work done. Ultimately I didnt like how his koi's and flowers came out (from looking at his works online, not my friends'), so I went with Rodrigo Melo. That being said, Regino is an amazing tattooer. Just not my style. The red on that Raijin looks amazing.

I only have my arms/chest done, tricep actually hurt more than bicep but by far the worse spot was right on top of my shoulder where the bone is. Unbearable.

Thank! And to the other poster too. I wish I had better pictures of all my tattoos, my Japanese is looking good. If I could though I would do things differently, I woudve gotten the lady facing the other way. I told the artist to do it that way, and while it still looks good I wish it were facing forward. Same thing for the compass, though it doesnt bother me nearly as much as the gypsy. Heres a pic of the chest panel for my Japanese. This was about 2 months ago, all the background from the elbow up is done now.

Wassap guys, im new here to this site. Finally a quality tattoo forum. Ive been getting tattooed for around 4 years, my first was a cross by Dan Santoro. Ive been getting tattooed by various artists in the NY area, most of my tattoos have been from Kyle Sajban out of Red Rocket Tattoo and my left arm sleeve is currently in progress by Rodrigo Melo of North Star Tattoo. Awesome tattoos in this thread. I have 2 sleeves as of now, I dont have any good pics of my right arm sleeve unfortunately, just old pictures. Heres some pics of my chest and my left bicep, which I had a session on yesterday. Two koi fishes on my left arm with some peonies and cherry blossoms.