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I didn't like Matt's design. Thought the wing & feathers looked odd the way they arched over the top of head. I didn't like Scott's color choices or design focusing on the heart and hand. I liked Sausage best of the 3. Overall, all 3 did good tattoos, just not my personal preferences in design and colors. I agree, less drama would be welcome. At least the final 4 this season were good.

Appointment on Monday with Anderson Luna of Saved Tattoo for his take on a mask I got in Indonesia. Very excited.

Get some pizza at Lucali 575 Henry street. It's not too far away from Smith Street. NYC traffic sucks, so coming in early is a good idea. Which airport you flying into ?

That's great they are both interested. I think the solution to your dilemma is to get tattoos by both of them. Maybe let Regino do the expansion on your dragon since he does so much Asian work and Anderson do a raven on a different part of your body ?

Nice choices. I know both have waiting lists and are selective. Have you been in touch with them ?

When I travel, I always have to remind myself, the arrival times the airlines list are when the airplane lands. In NYC airports, it can take an hour or more from landing to getting in a taxi. Then then you have to deal with traffic.

No it is not possible.

I hear you. I also like getting work from different artists, but I have not mixed artists or styles in the same area. Not yet at least. We are lucky to have so many good artists here. Will be cool to see who you go with and their design.

With the black & grey background on your existing tattoo, a transition to black & grey tattoo should look really good. Does the artist that did your dragon do good B&G ?

Yoni is a really nice cool guy too. I was complimenting a dragon tattoo he had on his instagram. He asked me if I wanted one. I said yes, but my wife used her veto power and said no to dragons because they look evil and scary. He replied, not my dragons, I do happy dragons. Kind of funny.

Octopus by Yoni Zilber.

I am new to tattoos. From my perspective, I like artist portfolios to show a wide variety of tattoos and styles, as long as they are willing to do them. If you only want to do a certain style, then just show that style. If you are willing to do styles outside your preference, then show it as long as it's quality work. If you have quality work, but bad pictures, don't show them.

Hooper's work is fantastic. Is the shading on his raven what they call dotwork ?

I've also been researching artists in NYC that do black-gray. I like the artists recommended so far. Add Dan Trocchio to your list. I'm very happy with the skull he just did for me. He has a nice raven with a geometric background on his website. tattoos | Daniel Trocchio My octopus by Yoni Zilber is in progress and is coming out great so far. I'm finding with these popular artists, they choose you as much as you choose them. They may be booked for a while, traveling or not interested in your subject. Might want to pick several artists in case your 1st choice doesn't work out.

Tough to say what brings in viewers and ratings these days. I think there is less fake drama because viewers have caught onto it. Producers work there way around this through casting and instigating. It is interesting to see where each artist struggles as they deviate from their typical style. Probably not far off what happens in the real world. In my city, specialists seem to be the norm. As a customer, I prefer it that way. I'm not going to the photo realism specialist for a Japanese style tattoo and vice/versa. I agree, I would like to see a "face off" type show where top artists in each style compete against each other. I think there was a show like this already, but it got cancelled. Probably not enough drama for the general viewing public.

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Bad designs last night. Scott's was really terrible. At least they explained the elimination included overall performance and gave Melissa props. Not bad for only 5 years experience.

Yeah, at this stage, you need to be a diver to see the flow. Everything definitely ties together nicely. On a side topic, I don't think I could do more than 2-3 hours per session on a piece like this with so much ocean blue shading. For me, line work feels like a sharp knife edge cutting. Not pleasant, but bearable. Shading feels like a spoon shaped knife digging over and over.

Looks great so far. Being a diver, I recognize all the subjects and can see it's progressing well. The design flow and proportion is good.

I am new to tattoos, started 6 months ago. So far I have single tattoos on each calf and each shoulder/upper arm. One more single tattoo going on my thigh next month. My body and wallet need a break. I can see possibly adding more single tattoos and linking them or adding background/filler, down the road. Currently my "look" is single tattoos as decoration. I don't plan on any sleeves or extended coverage, but I imagine many people say that at the beginning.

I have 4 tattoos, 5th scheduled for the end of the month. My wife has none, doesn't intend on getting any. I always discuss with her what I want and where I plan on placing it. She has asked me not to get certain things. Mainly animals that look evil or scary. I can understand that and since we do it with the lights on.....no dragon or snake tattoos for me.

I think this weeks episode includes a challenge highlighting the artists ability to draw. Yeah, sounds cool to be a canvas, but no way I would do it. Even it were down to the top 3-4, every artist has a preferred style and I want my tattoo to fall into the artists preference. I also would not want my artist to rush the tattoo to meet a time limit.

Good question. I guess the ultimate ability is someone who can create unique original idea/designs that will transfer to a tattoo well, be able to draw it and be able to execute and apply the tattoo solidly. Tough combination to find in the real world, never mind on a TV show competition that requires artists to tattoo across many different styles. Watching several seasons of the show, it seems the judges order of importance is executing, drawing, originality. I kind of agree with it since it is a tattoo competition.

Some nice designs on the Pinterest link. Some good suggestions to start with a small design pattern that stands on it's own and then expand in the future if you want. The very 1st picture in the Pinterest link is a good example.