@Call_me_Lola 146982 wrote:

Tattoo artists put their work next to other stuff all the time, so they know how to make different styles and images work together. Since you are going in knowing that it is going to be a half sleeve then the artist will be able to make it all flow and work with the existing piece.

Love your sleeve idea BTW. Share…

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@Call_me_Lola 146821 wrote:

That’s so good! And it flows so incredibly well from piece to piece. You must be super happy with it.

Thanks Lola:)

Knee today….

@Call_me_Lola 146110 wrote:

The BRAG ART list only shows 1 in Perth, and it is a private studio. Not exactly what you’re looking for. But maybe try contacting them to see if they can suggest an artist or shop near them?

Thats the only thing i dont like about the brag list app, it is generally only rockstars and not the supertalented nobodys. I…[Read more]

@Call_me_Lola 145978 wrote:

Find a really good artist you can let them just run with your
idea of guns and your nation’s flag, and you will get a piece that you can be proud of forever.

Good advice!

Welcome to the forum! (I got my first at 56!)

@Call_me_Lola,
Haha, It’s not any more creepy than ashes in an urn was 20 years ago. It actually looks like a nice piece of art on canvas in the end. Thank you for the welcome!

@Call_me_Lola 145802 wrote:

That came out nice, I like it. Who’s the artist?

Carol “Cricket” Jackie. She’s phenomenal!

I feel a little shy about sharing her name (internet privacy and all that), but she said she would like to use the piece in her portfolio – if the piece is going to be used for publicity anyway it seems silly to keep the name to…[Read more]

@Call_me_Lola 145490 wrote:

I think he is saying that it is going to look like the cover-up here: Nice cover-up… – WTF Tattoos : WTF Tattoos

Also, if you get just a rectangle outline done it will only take a few minutes but you are going to have to pay ‘shop minimum’ to get it done. That is usually a half hour rate, for something that will…

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@Call_me_Lola 145313 wrote:

They are artists and know about contrast, hue, and value. I don’t. If they ask me what colour I want, I tell them to do the piece the way that they would like to see it done. Sometimes at that point they tell me the direction they want to go, sometimes they just start pouring ink.

If there is something more specific…

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@Call_me_Lola 145282 wrote:

There is no health risk. It just doesn’t look good.

Thanks for the quick response!

@Call_me_Lola 145283 wrote:

I bet your artist knows how they would like to see it coloured. Don’t you trust them?

Whether or not I trust my artist has nothing to do with color suggestions. I picked the colors for the mask. My artist lets me have input.

Does your artist just color your pieces in without telling you at all what colors he/she is using?

@Call_me_Lola 144910 wrote:

Your artist is going to have to be really good, I mean REALLY good to execute this well. That is a lot of characters and they (and the spacing) are going to have to be neat, even, straight and consistant or it is going to be a mess. Good luck with that.

Well, I guess that wasn’t very encouraging.

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@Call_me_Lola 144786 wrote:

they are today’s version of the 90s tramp stamp

I’m seeing this A LOT on the Icelandic tattoo scene. Scores of girls getting gawd awful tattoos done by B-grade tattooists, to the point that I imagine I’ll one day be surprised when I go to the pool and see a chest without one.

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@Call_me_Lola 144748 wrote:

“Tattoos, every pussy would have one.”

Yes indeed!

@Call_me_Lola 144559 wrote:

(SAM – you sometimes consume alcohol prior to an appointment and haven’t had a problem??? Maybe I will be able to have a few bevvies next weekend, after all. I usually abstain for 24 hours before an appointment, but …. I’ll be on vacation so …. maybe a couple wouldn’t hurt. I’ll let you know how the experiment…

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@Call_me_Lola 144496 wrote:

A healed tattoo is never quite as bright as a fresh one because a new layer of skin grows over it, but should still be the same colour. You are going to have to go back for a touch up to fix where the colour ‘fell out’. In general touch ups are free (except hands/feet/face). You are also probably going to have to…

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@Call_me_Lola 144337 wrote:

The last time I had a bad bruise after a tattoo that seemed to last forever, it did last forever. It wasn’t a bruise but a bad blow out. Has your bruise changed colour (you know, to that nasty yellow brown green) like they do when they heal? If it is still black and blue like a fresh bruise 6 weeks out then it…

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@Call_me_Lola 144226 wrote:

Hey Jim! What style are you into? American Traditional, Japanese, New Skool, Realism? It’s hard to recommend an artist without knowing that first.

The first artist that came to mind in your area is Freddy Corbin. Scott Sylvia is down there, too.

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@Call_me_Lola 144213 wrote:

Yes. It will stay brown. You should go back to show the artist, to educate them.

And by educate them she means kick him in the balls very hard many times

@Call_me_Lola 144111 wrote:

Cute. But now the first 2 lines of the poem are stuck in my head.

did you know theres a whole second verse? i was considering getting the pig and turkey from that put on my calves but dont know if that would be a bit of overkill on the owl n pussycat thing lol!

@Call_me_Lola 144070 wrote:

I like that one a lot too. But that Beatles one never gets old for me.

To the OP: I agree with these guys, skip the quote and get a great image. It will always mean ‘music inspires’ to you anyways. And truthfully, holding still to let someone read your tattoo is really cool for about the first week and then it gets…

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