If you want top of the line japanese in Texas the only artist I can really think of is Terry Mayo, I think thats his name go to cat tattoos website he is the first one and I think the owner. Really good artist. I too am looking for an artist in the area, I talked to Liz Cooks assistant and am still waiting for an email back, not so sure shes into…[Read more]

Wow looks great dude! Talk about bang for your buck, 4 hours for all of that is crazy! sounds like a pretty good experience! Congrats!

Its weird that I came across this again, i read this thread a while back and have contacted a couple artist ( Dan Henk, Jack Matisse, and Liz Cook) I told Dan and Jack a general idea of what I wanted and told them they could have free reign on it, and they both asked for a pretty detailed explanation of exactly what I want.

So I’m not sure if…[Read more]

Awesome peice dude ! Congratulations! If you keep going at this rate, youll be covered in no time!

Even with the bad pics it looks cool! Awesome idea and great artist man! Congrats.

Nice piece man looks good!

yeah He is great I almost had an appointment with him but I was only going to be in houston for a couple of days and he couldnt fit me in. I just want to make sure that the best person for the piece is going to be doing it thats all! and from what I can tell Jack would be a perfect fit.

Thanks a lot Chen, that definitely makes the decision a lot easier!! I’ll go with Jack.

@ Peterpoose thats what I’m thinking man thanks for the feed back they are both wonderful artist!

and @ Buttwheat, I am getting it black and grey and the location isnt a problem, I’m in Texas and Dan will be in Austin soon, and then in Florida in January, and Jack is going to be here in January also!

I checked out Benjamin but I think Jacks…[Read more]

Wardy;117890 wrote:
Let’s place our bet’s people

Is this guy going to come back or not?

Hes not coming back lol. But IMO I have seen much worse. its not too bad but definitely could have been done much better!

Definitely looks like a pretty good looking tattoo! Although it does look a little dark at the top it seems like that would fade though it still looks relatively fresh

Wow man that is amazing! Also, where do you come up with references like that? they look great

Lol Funny you should say that! His shop is in the same small city of Mansfield that I live in! I have thought about getting a tattoo by him but some of my friends say that he charges $175/hr and IMO I could prolly get better work done for that price!

Yes she is right by me in Dallas, I almost got a portrait from her but I decided it wasnt what I wanted to go for she is a great artist but mostly what she has is only portraits which would probably be perfect for my zombie tatt but I want Dan to do that one lol. A lot of talented artist in this area thats for sure.

yodaddynukka;112468 wrote:
rember is well known. should be ok. though he is no henk.

True that, Im just hoping Dan gets a good recovery, Im going to save my forearm for him though.

Wow, Thats terrible, at least he is Okay, I’ll still be getting a tattoo from him down the road it just didnt work, I feel bad for the guy. and Thanks, I really like his work!

I want to get a dragon and skull in a space setting on my thigh, calve, or chest. kind of similar to this one:

But of course in his one view hopefully it wont be very similar to that one at all!
I am going to just let him run with it and let him have his freedom!

I actualy like it a lot! to me it looks like the artist did pretty good, the background put it together prety well!

Nick Baxter for me, full back piece!!

Original six;111029 wrote:
A decent tip?

and Yeah man I dont know if its expected or not, but usually people tip their tattoo artist, Even if its only like 5-15% its always good to tip or you could get them a gift. Either way, it shows them that you appreciate the work they did on your body and its going to be there a life time so why not…[Read more]