Well Yggdrasil is a pretty simple concept. Knotwork should also be easy to any artist who does great linework. Totally depends on what you actually want, and how you want it done.
Ps; Helps to say which country you’re looking to get tattooed in 😉 I can recommend some stellar Norwegian artist who for sure know Norse mythology, but that might not…[Read more]

Uh no, this isn’t normal or right. I’m not and have not been an apprentice, but a lot of my friends have been, I used to manage and shop and I’ve been around enough to know what a normal apprenticeship looks like. I’ll give a couple examples;

1) Guy wasn’t a gifted artist to begin with. He had some talent,but very little experience actually…[Read more]

If I was in the area and able to get it on my leg instead of arm, I’d totally do it. Doesn’t need to be AMAZING, it would be a cool tattoo and story eitherway.
And I’m fairly open, for several of my tattoos I barely had any idea what I was getting until it was started or done :p

1) Try finding a better way to tattoo your travels. It’s too much.

2) Indonesia; Vulcanos, comodo dragons(if you’ve actually seen one) Hungary; Cakes, communist signs, bricks, something from the churches. Singapore; Skysrapers. Sweden; Not the dala horse. There is a LOT more to Sweden than THAT. Chezk republic; Astronomical clock. Vatican;…[Read more]

I have the top of one finger (right between the knuckles) tattooed, and it’s held up very well, besides where I touch it the most.
But here’s the deal; Look at your hands. Inbetween the top of your fingers, and the inside, the skin changes. Like the soles of your feet. Think how dark skinned people can have light skinned palms and under their…[Read more]

Eagles are super common where I’m from – at leat an 8-10hr flight from the US. Not a US tattoo, unless it’s a bald eagle with a US flag.
And; Eagles were a sign of good luck for vikings. So uh, there’s that.

Get whatever you want. But get it done good!

Depends on your skin kinda. My skin opens up VERY easily; One artist put dots of ink on my skin to see how something would look, not using the needle, machine was off etc, still… the dots are there today, 4 months after 😛 Other tattoos, the skin has closed up nicely and quickly without ink oozing causing trouble. All in all, in my personal…[Read more]

Looks great! But I am struggling to see where it defines as dotwork…? I get the technique, but it doesn’t look like dotwork at all! 🙂

Eh, thicker lines won’t do much good. Doing them better however, probably would. Straighten out detail, get some shades going on in there to clean it up and even out the lines, done by a GOOD artist, it could turn out good.

Love the linework Chad has going on. His work will probably last for decades! Matt looks to be a great choice for new school, his use of colors is really good!

I actually disagree a bit with some of the earlier comments, but that may be coming from an economics background.

Here’s the deal; If you can make an app, that allows you to video/put in photos from different angles, into a 3D mold, where an artist could EASILY upload their own artwork to see how it would flow with the skin, muscle movements,…[Read more]

I have a mix of realistic, b&g, full color (mainly), new school, old school, dot work and everything in between. Most comments I get from tattoo enthusiasts? How cool it is that I’m mixing up different styles and making it work. I’d say go for it 🙂 And welcome to the forum!

Don’t stress about doing it in one session. You don’t get used to it (maybe with upper arms etc or high pain tolerance), it gets worse. A lot of people aren’t able to sit for more than 3-4hrs on ribs, perfectly normal. The skin is fairly thin so you feel it in your bones, and not everyone can take that pain for a long amount of time.
But don’t…[Read more]

I’ve found a few, Eak fulltime seems pretty decent! I wanted to get inked in Myanmar, but that seems way more difficult! Hoping to just come across someone randomly, could make for a good story.

Thanks for the help – I’ll be there for quite a while and check in here once in a while, so let me know if you remember or come across someone! 🙂

I don’t think it’s fair to label the tattooist as a “scratcher” based off such a tiny little tattoo, especially one in a placement known for blow outs… Honestly, a great artist could end up doing something like this, especially if they’re not very experienced with finger tattoos, their mentor wasn’t etc, hell, they may even have had issues with…[Read more]

Auch. That is a massive blow out, no doubt. Don’t know if you asked for it to be shaped that way,or just for a heart?
Not necessarily poorly done, depends what you asked for, as finger tattoos are hard to predict and very often end with blowouts.
But uhm, your only options are laser or cover up. It can’t be fixed, sorry. Coloring it with blue…[Read more]

Holy crap I leave in 10d ays…
So I found a munk tattoo artist in Thailand that does amazing, hand poked tattoos, but it’s all “he picks the piece and the spot” (usually okay with, but uhm, I’m reserving some places for certain artists!) and seems quite touristy… Might need to re-think that part. Just started e-mailing a few artists, still…[Read more]

what kind of cigs are you smoking?! I’ve been smoking the entire time I’ve been getting tattooed, and not once have I had ink fall out because of it… I burned a cig on my arm once, it still looks fine! Would need to be quite a burn to actually cause the ink to fall out. The reason is probably that it’s poorly done to begin with,not the…[Read more]

Can tell that you bled quite a bit, that can cause trouble with making the ink sit. Post a picture of it healed, and if you think you need a touch up, just go see your artist..

Good one. And when it comes to fine wines – True!