As some others have mentioned, it’s very well done, but I don’t care for it at all.

I’ve seen your work, I have faith that you’ll pull it off. I wish you were closer, would love to have something done by you!

I do like the design.

My right leg is dedicated to whimsical randomness – of course, I only have one there so far, but more will come. In the meantime, I do believe my Agent P fits the bill:

Where are you located? Could help when asking to find an artist. Also, I certainly hope you’re willing to pay well, if you’re looking for quality work – full back pieces from quality artists are far from inexpensive.

Also, there’s a link at the bottom of this article to another one she wrote regarding how to properly evaluate an artist’s portfolio – I’d recommend reading that one as well, good stuff.

Excellent article, and makes a lot of sense. The only part I’d also flip back to the artists is “You told me to be on time. I am on time. Why did you take a walk-in ten minutes before my appointment?”. Only happened to me once, and it was a quick walk-in, but still – I’m on time, I expect the same courtesy in return.

D3FiANC3;99222 wrote:
My wife told someone at work the $300 combined rate we paid for our ankle tats (went same day so..). Said person’s jaw dropped and they went to show my wife some scratcher tat that was 4x the size of her that they paid $150 for. They offered to get the name and address of the just-barely-a-shop. My wife inadvertently…[Read more]

I think it’s a pretty big stretch to see that as a dick – I see what you’re saying, but I doubt most people would. If you wanted to add something to change the shape, I’d add two symbols on the side at the bottom, to balance the two symbols on top.

DavidJednat;99207 wrote:
I would say that a fair estimate would be 1 in 5 people that come into our shop off the street don’t care to look at a portfolio. Most of them just want a tattoo now and cheap.

Wow – I can’t imagine that! OK, I can imagin the “cheap” part :). But I won’t even go to a shop if I haven’t seen their website, and gotten…[Read more]

I’m 43, so it’s not like it would stop me. Dad would have hated them, but he died before I got my forst, which was a partial memorial to him. Mom doesn’t like the idea of tattoos, but she does appreciate the quality of work I’ve had done.

A pic would definitely assist in judging the artist’s work and making a solid recommendation

Just under 5 hours is the longest I’ve gone yet, and towards the end I definitely felt a strong desire to be DONE.

On the other hand, my shortest was just under 30 minutes, and I think that was worse, because I never got into the endorphin zone.

I may be able to sit longer…for me I think it starts to hurt worse when the awareness kicks in that…[Read more]

My wife was the first one to get tattooed, not long after we started dating 14 years ago. I was the one that didn’t much care for it, and wished she hadn’t. Then things changed…last October I got my first, and am up to 4 over the course of a year. She still just has the one, which could use a cover-up because it was not tremendously well…[Read more]

I use Aquaphor for the first 2 to 3 days, and then unscented Curel after that. If the Jihnson’s lotion is unscented, it shol;d be OK to use. Time to scab/peel can be a little different for everyone – I usually scab very little if at all, and this would be the right time for it to start in my experience.

It’s a nice tribute to your mom indeed.

Looks like it has the potential to be very cool

My first was last OCtober at the age of 42. I’m up to 4 in 11 months….

Sounds like a weird aftercare regimen to me – who suggested using olive oil?

That is Perry the Platypus, also known as Agent P, from the Disney show Phineas and Ferb.

http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/phineasandferb/