I guess it’s a trust thing with Kate. But having thought on it, maybe it’s time to branch out a bit. I’ve looked up the names you dropped, all of them are a fair distance from me, though Mick squires is the closest. Sam Clark is awesome but his contact details aren’t valid and he’s no longer based in Sydney 🙁 can you recommend an artist in Sydney? I can find reviews for whole studios but not the artists themselves. I’m looking at the illustrated man, kaleidoscope, the steel lotus and inner vision studio but I’ve never heard of the artists there (though that doesn’t mean a great deal lol) I figure if I can get one in Sydney I can put the flight $ into the ink instead

I could, but I’d rather find someone whos ‘specialty’ is new school style. She’s good don’t get me wrong, but she specializes in realistic/black and white. She’ll be able to tattoo a new school design no worries but I want that expertise in the style to get the design if you know what I mean.

Unfortunately I cant, I have 1 artist who’s done 80% of my work, but she’s 1200km away. She’s happy to do my sleeve as I’ll be travelling up there for a couple of days just for the ink, but I wont be there long enough for her to design my tattoo. I need to find someone who can draw to get the design done and then take it up with me when I see her. Hence the random post on a random forum for a random person to help lol