I had my third session yesterday and we almost finished, but not quite. It’s going to take one more session, but here is the result of another 5 hours in the shop. I’m up to a total of about 15 hours.

I’ll get some better pictures when it starts to heal.

We also talked about the idea of adding some more fill around the Koi. There is too…[Read more]

Looks really good! I’m glad to see so many people around here going big for their first tats.

Wow, that is a beautiful piece. The colors and shading are absolutely amazing!

That is turning out really nice. I had to wait 2 weeks for my color work to begin and I was going crazy. I don’t know how you are going to wait until November.

Thanks for all the comments guys. Only 5 days to go until my next color session. Updated pics will be up as soon as possible.

Looking really good so far. And I know exactly what you mean about wishing you had done this earlier. I’m in the process of getting a very similar first tattoo myself and can’t stop looking at my arm. Just wait until you get the color. 😀

I know everyone is different, but so far my color work was significantly less painful than the outline.

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I think that is a pretty narrow minded view to take. I have my Fiances name on my forearm. It’s inside a star and she love’s it.

I know that there will be nothing that come’s between us. She love’s me and I love her.

Dont you guy’s think it could be that simple??

It could be that simple… Until something changes and…[Read more]

Thanks guys! My next, and hopefully final session is Sunday the 29th.

The dragon’s scales are going to be the same color green that was used for the Koi’s eye. The underbelly and accents will be a shade of yellow.

I will get pics of the finished product posted here as soon as it’s done.

I’m new to the site and still in the process of getting my first tattoo.

I have a pretty high pain tolerance and found the process to be tolerable. I did my entire outline in a single, 7 hour session about 2 weeks ago and did half of the color/shading work in a 3 hour session last night.

I have heard some people say that outlining is more…[Read more]