cloudkicker

@misterJ sick work man, post more pics when it's complete!

hi everyone. tattoo virgin here and still naive and new to the whole tattoo concepts..... i was hoping someone could answer this for me... i've always wanted a full back tattoo and i found 2 artists i'm debating on.. the first one charges <removed> an hour. being naive.. i asked the first artist how much a full backpiece would cost and he said he couldn't directly answer that.. but he showed me a picture of something similar to the work i wanted and he said it was over <removed>!! holy shit i never new tattoos were so expensive (mastermike at inkfiendart.com) discouraged... i thought up of a design that consisted of only my upper back being tattoo'd and went to the second guy who charges <removed> an hour. he then was saying the placement of what i want doesn't make sense and that i should really consider a full back piece because that is what i truly want anyway and when i asked him how much he said he can't say neither but it would cost the price of a car o_O (someone from jess yen family at MY TATTOO) but then i thought of something. if a full back piece will seriously cost me something ridiculous.. maybe i can do 2 full 8 hour sessions within a month of each other ... then put away $50 a paycheck for my "tattoo fund" and get an 8 hour session every year till it's complete. i don't even care if i'm friggin 45 when it's done.. but this is what i ultimately always dreamed of.. but reading through this whole thread it just seems like work is always done within months of being started and after some google research i have yet to find anyone that took years to finish big pieces of work so before i go calling my tattoo artists and making a fool of myself..is what i'm asking for unreasonable? (starting off a full back tattoo then having 1 [maybe 2] full sessions a year until it's complete)? is this unheard of or disrespectful at all? thank you for any suggestions and help!

i know this is an old thread.. but thank you for this! (i think.......) i'm 80% sure i'm going to get a full back piece done and i honestly thought the back would be one of the easiest places to get something done outside the arm area... so thank you everyone for scaring me... lol