amen, turn all the scratchers out, f*ck them,

I collect great ink from great artists and I want these hacks gone as much as you do,

I wont use a shop that doesnt follow prescribed practices and I wont recommend one, no matter how talented they might be

Keep up the good work and best wishes, knock em out!

my boy Vince is on vacation in Seattle but headed home soon, Russ is hard to get but world class, Tony has a long wait but he is very unique, Kelly Dotty the new addition at Ink and Dagger is Awesome, I want some of that bad ass ink myself, very unique illustrative style,

any of these artists you cant go wrong, shit your ink will probably end up…[Read more]

after you get a tattoo you may end up like me, you may want ALOT more, you will appreciate being selective as you begin to build your collection, collecting pieces that really mean something to you

thats how I have felt about it, friends told me to develop an idea in my head, then hold that idea for 6 months, if it was still a good idrea, ink…[Read more]

tattoos do stretch, I would suggest waiting until you are a size you intend to stay, a small change no big deal, a large change in weight and tattoo can distort

tattoo so eagle faces forward

Whatever it takes to make you happy with them, good luck

Don’t get a tattoo just to get a tattoo

When something really has your heart and mind then tattoo it,
Mark a place in your life, a person lost, a tattoo to tell people about you, or just an awesome piece of skin art for arts sake

Use the best artist you can get, like frank lantra

It would work, pink is no problem, the problem is all the pale white,
Most skin doesn’t show white well as the ink is actually locked in our dermis layer and we see the white thru our own skin,mfor most of us our skin isn’t that clear
So white doesn’t show well after a few months,
However some folk have wonderful pale white skin and their back or…[Read more]

I just wish I had more skin!

I cover my sleeves as necessary, I chose to get the ink, it is not accepted by everyone ye, many of the generation before me don’t like it at all, I’d dont mind covering my work, I wear it openly 90 percent of the time

For sure, nicer piece this go round

As soon as it peeled you needed to stop applying anything, let it peel bone dry, after peeling a few times it quits and then you use light coating of unscented lubriderm as needed a time or two a week,

Yup, it’s up to the artist, prices very a lot, formless than 100 an hour to 400 or more

It is not a place that tattoos well, a lot of real small tattoos don’t age well, if you have your heart set go for it, me, I would start off with a regular tattoo

Unless you are a professional artiat technical aspects of tattooing are forbidden discussion here

But you can head down to the local shop, maybe buy a pizza or two and bullshit with the artists
For a good smoke and a pizza I have found conversing very easy

Your right a lot of the time they really hurt,
But it’s part of the process,
If you did your whole shin and anywhere near the back of your knee you know pain already,
For many people undersized of arm is very sensitive,
You will just need to do what you have done before.
Psych yourself into believing it isn’t going to be that bad, and grin and…[Read more]

Depends on the size of the piece but r for medium to large work I do the following,
At first the tattoo is a large wound I need to get healing started.
I am wrapped dry before leaving the shop.
Four hours later I unwrap clean all those wonderful juices by washing with unscented anti bacterial soap. Then the LIGHTEST coat of a&doraquaphor.
I will…[Read more]

a professional tattoo artist can take your thoughts and turn them into a bitchin tattoo, they do it for me all the time, if you like they will let you think about it for a few days, I recommend a tip of some sort to show your appreciation for the out of the u sual proceedure.

it is good they are so close together, some fish, a nice small octopuss, or a tree could cover them, lots of ideas to cover them………………….. (of course I could stare at your physique, I mean tattoos and come up with alot of ideas, my compliments)………please choose an artist with cover up experience, I find taking my idea to them is…[Read more]

nothing you can do but dry the scabs as fast as possible, dont pick and pray when they fall they dont bring much with them,
honestly they dont look that bad, I like to wait many weeks before retouching those areas