5 mins? Damn I would use numbing cream and really make that one off experience last!
The ink is a wip so there is a lot of things to do with it yet.

Overall I am very happy with my ink – I like the style and even with the numerals issue etc I know that I will get it sorted out. People have been constructive and all taken onboard so thank-you for the input.

My only real beef at the moment is the healing as it is over a skin graph and still swollen and sore as hell after 6 days.

I think might have to postpone the next sitting 🙁

thanks matt

Hi

Just a quick update I finally had my dragon koi coloured in – I will likely need some small touch ups and a bit of darker shading over the numerals where the glass has had shadow breaks put in (although now nearly healed the ink is much darker over the numerals).

However I will get him to run a little more over it and also a bit on the face, and maybe darken the pupils.

Overall I am very happy with it but found that with being tattooed over a skin graph it has been the most difficult of my tattoos to date.

The colours are holding in ok as I am starting to peel but noted that the yellow is much paler than when just finished (not used this pigment before) but still looks nice and will post up pics when fully healed.

Keeping the ink in required a lot more work for the artist – fortunately he was very patient and tried not overwork the area.

However some deep scabbing seemed inevitable and a couple of patches where the ink dropped out over a really scarred area (now fixed).

Swelling was also a major problem and had to keep a double eye open for infection.

Pain: It was extreme in places but was warned of this as they were working over areas of sensitive skin that had already being damaged.

It was good to know that it can be achieved and that now I have some ink for ppl to stare at and not the scar.

Take care
Matthew