have a good meal with plenty of carbohydrates about an hour before you go, also make sure your sugar levels are up ie.. have a drink of coke (not diet) or similar, but then again we dont know if you are a diabetic or not ???

if you are diabetic then check your levels regular as being tattood does drain it from you
and if you have a hemogloben A1c above 8% than dont get it done

take an ipod/mp3 player to keep your mind occupied, personally i prefare talking to the client, but if they prefare music then they can either use their own ipod/mp3 or i can just turn the music up in the studio

DO NOT consume any pain killers, alcohol or joints before hand

but most of all, enjoy yourself because you are getting a wonderful piece of art to treasure and show off for the rest of your life 😉

its not to bad a stop to get done , the sides of the arm hurt quite a bit more

oops i just noticed i said stop and meant spot :rolleyes:

Hi

My potrait was a free hand that took just under 8 hours and we had 2 15 min breaks on top of that.
It was fine and the arm area is very bearable.

You need a high carb meal prior and plenty of fluids throughout.

The bruising does go down so don’t worry.

If you get stuck they can always halve the session there is no shame in that. (Which I am sure won’t be necessary as your arm will prob be numb by then).

Take Care
matthew

No it was the one done of my wife.
As this was done freehand it took a lot longer as there was no pre-drawn stencil.
The Lion was done from a pre-drawn stencil but took around 5 hours with one 5 min break
Take Care
Matthew

Yeah, i have pics of it in my gallery. 7 hours including brakes. It took amazingly long to do dot work.

I have my next appointment 13.10, we were planning on 6-7 hour job then too. Can’t wait 😛