Tesseracts

SeeSea, it's on my leg. It's hard for me to walk, I just kind of limp around, haha.

Yep, this was all at the NYC con. I emailed him and told him I would like a nine tailed fox and I like this drawing, and he told me to come in Saturday.Horimitsu seems like a nice guy. He shook my hand when I arrived and left. He doesn't speak English well so sometimes I had to say things twice, but I was able to get across what I wanted. I asked if I should get it on my upper arm or lower leg. He looked at both and decided my leg would be easier. He enlarged the drawing with a photocopier when I asked him to. He knew what I meant when I told him I wanted it yellow but not too yellow. At the same time he also exercised his own judgement, which I'm grateful for because he knows his stuff. For example he told me blue wasn't a good color for the fox's eyes when I suggested it. I watched him draw, he was really careful, precise and focused. When he was done I saw him count the tails to double check and make sure there are really nine of them. I was planning to ask him if I could keep the drawing when I was done, but by the time it was done I totally forgot. I guess it doesn't matter though, because I have the same drawing on my leg for the rest of my life. I wasn't good at handling the pain, especially for the first couple hours. I probably moved way too much. I'm glad all the lines came out non-shaky despite that. It took 5 hours total including a few breaks. One of the guys working there (don't remember his name, sorry) gave me a rice dumpling during one of my breaks because there wasn't any food for sale at the con. The food helps with the pain. He also got me a Twix when I was done. He also answered some questions I had and even brought me my ipod so I wouldn't have to interrupt Mitsu to get it myself. There were a lot of people gathered around the booth watching me get the tattoo. I thought that would bother me because I'm a shy person in general, but I was so distracted by the pain I didn't care at all. Also the tattoo is so great I kind of wanted everyone to see it. I chatted a bit with the guys getting tattooed by Shunho right next to me, and some other people. There's kind of a sense of comradery in the place because we're all interested in tattoos, which is cool. I left shortly after it was done though because I was pretty tired. So, overall, Horimitsu is a nice guy and the experience was great.

Ugh it's the day after I got my tattoo and it hurts like hell. It started hurting more after I just washed it and put moisturizer (Cetaphil) on it. I don't know if that's a coincidence or what. Mitsu said I should use some moisturizer but if it's going to hurt I'm not happy.

This photo doesn't make it clear, but the ink was slightly black in color. When I put a paper towel on it, yellow ink came off. When I took the saran wrap off there were also drops of yellow ink on it. Is that normal?I just washed it briefly in the shower, I'm going to wait for it to dry and just put on jeans like normal. - - - Updated - - - I don't know if this is relevant but I scar weird sometimes. I get raised bumps, which is more common with black people but I'm white. I don't think it's bad enough to cause an issue with the tattoo, but I'm not sure.

It was pretty uncomfortable, but not terrible. I was nervous but everyone at the convention was really cool. Unfortunately now it is dripping and I don't know why. Yep, first ever. I did my research, and yes it's tebori. Awesome, I can't complain about more opportunities to show people how cool it is.

I just got my first tattoo yesterday, and now the ink is dripping. I've read stuff about how tattoos heal but haven't heard any mention of dripping. This morning I sprayed bactine on it because it hurts and I didn't want it to get infected. Then I wrapped it in saran wrap for a couple hours because I didn't want it to rub on my clothes. I took it off when I realized it was dripping. I guess I should have left it alone. My artist only told me to take the wrap off after an hour and not use soap. I'm trying to ask him about it in email, but he just repeated what he told me yesterday. I'm not sure if his English is good enough for him to understand that I want to know if dripping ink is normal. What should I do? Is this going to heal badly? I tried using a paper towel on it, but more ink just came off. Here is what it looks like. Some parts have gotten blurry and I want to avoid it healing like this. I circled the part where black ink was definitely dripping.

When I read your first post, I assumed you meant only girls you consider hot should have tattoos. You might consider that reading too much into it, but statements like that are common on the internet. If what you meant to say is some women (and men) get badly placed and designed tattoos that make them look worse, that's another matter entirely. I don't think it has anything to do with liberal ideology, unless liberal ideology is the only ideology that considers it a bad thing to insult people.

Just got this! First tattoo! Another photo.

Horimitsu, I'm getting a nine tailed fox.

I'm going here to get a tattoo. I've never been to a tattoo convention and this is my first tattoo. I was wondering if anyone could tell me, do I need to worry about tickets being sold out? If I can't get a ticket, I can't get tattooed, right?

I don't think she ever used this product, but she and her husband never had healing problems. I'm commenting on this product because I'm trying to determine if it's actually worthless. In an ideal world, I would like to avoid wrapping my arm in ANY sort of plastic, but if everyone says it works I'll consider trying it. When you got scabs, did you pick at or scratch the tattoo? Did you try to keep it from drying out too much?

People don't go to hospitals for minor injuries. A tattoo is essentially a bunch of paper cuts. From what I understand, the main draw of products like tatuderm is they are supposed to prevent scabbing. However according to my friend, hard scabbing is prevented by keeping the area moist (but not too moist). I'm sure this derm stuff is probably good at keeping things moist and germ-free, it just doesn't seem to be worth the price to me.

Yeah, she told me it's basically the same thing as saran wrap or telfa, except more expensive.

I got the appointment set up, I'm going in this Saturday. I keep worrying if I should get it on my upper arm or lower leg. I think the arm is generally a better spot for this, but my leg is more muscular and less fat.

I bought some of this stuff, but my friend who is a nurse, a smart person, and who has several tattoos told me it's worthless. So I took it back.

You seem to enjoy getting a rise out of people.

Ok, I emailed him telling him I don't want to be unclear and he can ignore the other questions, the important question is what times he has available. One thing I want to know is, do people at these conventions usually take credit cards or checks? Or do I need to bring a bunch of cash?

Thanks for the help everyone! I'm trying to get a spot with Horimitsu at the convention. He did this kitsune sketch, which I think is really good. I emailed him and he said he has some time available. I emailed him back and asked him a bunch of questions, but I'm afraid I'm overwhelming him. English isn't his first language and I'm afraid he won't understand what I wrote. Some of the questions I asked are if he does tebori coloring at conventions, if he's going to draw it on the spot or in advance, if I should email him reference and/or bring it with me, and if my arm is large enough that it will be a problem for the tattoo if I lose weight. I know I already asked that on this forum and people say it's not an issue, but I'm still worried. I sent him this photo of my arm. The leaf isn't real, it's photoshopped, I don't actually have any tattoos (yet). I'm attaching a nine tailed fox sketch I made. I don't want a tattoo that looks exactly like this, I want the creator of the tattoo to have the freedom to design it, but I think this looks cool.

I need to post this really great nine tailed fox sketch I found, by Horimitsu. Also another one by Kiku. And here is a fox-like animal I found by Horimitsu. I think it may be a dog though.

Question for people who actually have tattoos: Is long sleeve shirts the only option for coverage? Has anyone tried makeup, like this? It must be annoying to put makeup all over your arms every time you go to work, but I'm just wondering if this stuff actually works.

I was thinking on my upper arm. If not that probably my leg. Fairly large because my body is larger than average, so a small tattoo won't look good, especially if I lose weight. I also wouldn't mind my lower arm, but people told me not to do that because it will keep me from getting a job. I'm not convinced that is a big issue these days but I guess I shouldn't take the risk at my age.

Hi, bumping this thread because I need some advice. First of all I wish I could edit the post where I said dragon tattoos don't have character. I think at that point I just hadn't looked at enough tattoos to figure out how to judge them. You can't judge a 3d object the same way you judge a painting. Still, I wish there were more non-Asian style dragon tattoos out there, maybe I'll create a thread on that. Anyway, after I found this website I looked at a lot of tattoos, then I stopped for a while, then came back to it. After a few months I found that Japanese traditional stuff has the most lasting appeal to me. Like I said on this thread I'm thinking of getting a kitsune and going down to the NYC tattoo convention to do that. How hard is it to get a tattoo at a convention like this? Is there any way I can reserve a spot? Will it come out worse if the artists feel rushed and overworked at the convention? If I don't get it at the convention, I might try to get Shinji Horizakura. I also like Seth Wood's style. Any other ideas?