Pics aren’t very clear at all.
Right in the middle of the flaking process now so once that’s finished I’ll do my best to get some much clearer pics posted up.

BertNaked – tbh that’s exactly what I’m thinking. Apart from a figure atop a cliff and the face busting through the clouds there’s a lot of ’empty’ space left.

I’ve had a little thought today that as the tattoo is being designed around the basis of taking a gamble sometimes pays off, sometimes doesn’t that maybe good and bad images could be…[Read more]

Sam-I-Am – no problem. I’ll probably just start a progress thread as per my other sleeve.

Still open to listening to any ideas anyone has for this sleeve.

Thought I’d bring this thread back to life as over the past weekend I’ve got myself booked in for my next sleeve (09/06/14). It will be done by Melissa Szeto who is currently working at Love Hate Social Club in Notting Hill, London.
I’ve been discussing my ideas through e-mails with her and went over what I have thought of so far when I saw her on…[Read more]

Panter – having being in contact with the artist the first thing discussed was the stance etc. He advised of this image but has mentioned the clothing could be changed.
Thinking about this upto now I’ve had an idea that could in some way link my existing sleeve. Basically on the other arm I have an image of a figure dressed in a robe type outfit,…[Read more]

Hello and thanks for the reply’s.

I’ve been in touch with an artist and we’ve come up with the main image being a figure at the edge of a cliff face, with only a minor amount of cliff/waves showing.
The overcast sky will be used in conjunction with a stormy overall effect.
Haven’t dialled in the final image in the clouds (which will be a face…[Read more]

Personally I would hold off. Just keep thinking and eventually a great idea/design will come to you. There’s no rush to get a tattoo, in particular something you could possibly regret.
The first sentence from your post makes you sound as though you just want one for the sake of it. Apologies if that’s not what you meant however IMO that’s how it…[Read more]

An image of an individual closing a book comes to mind.

I just thought about the end result and how it would be worth it.
Although when I got to the underside of the bicep part of my sleeve the artist applied a bit of Bactine before getting to work. It didn’t remove the pain but just took the initial edge off it.

Well after a bit of chopping a changing (not a bad thing I would say when designing a sleeve) I’m hopefully getting the idea I have done by Laura Satana. She’s normally based in France, however is over for the London Tattoo convention and has e-mailed me to say she has some time available during the weekend. Fingers crossed she’s happy with the…[Read more]

Anyone got any work lined up with any of the artists planned?

Well hello folks and hope you all had a happy new year.

Well I’ve been struggling to get an idea down for the upper arm part of this sleeve design I’m thinking of so I think i’m just going to let that part be decided by whoever I have to do the tattoo.

Which now leads me to another question….who to get it done by??
I would like for this arm to…[Read more]

ArniVidar;104083 wrote:
You got this: http://uncrate.com/stuff/storm-trooper-motorcycle-suit/v ??

That is just awesome 😉

If only mate…
For someone whose never even watched a Star Wars film I’m impressed!

daily drive is a Rover 214 that’s on the verge of blowing up…not surprising for a Rover….
other times when I get the chance I don the storm trooper outfit on one of these

2008 Yamaha R6

xanderx – the other arm looks like this

http://www.thetattooforum.com/start-my-first-tattoo-t10222.html?t=10222

best off going to the last couple of pages for images of the whole piece unless you want to sit through the process.

I think the only thing that makes it quite similar is the cliff as I have a mountain based part on my other arm, plus…[Read more]

cheers mate 🙂

Still can’t get any ideas together for the top part though, LOL.
I’m determined though to get the 3 main bits sorted, then just let whichever artist I choose do their thing.

having read the whole thread so my apologies if this has already been said.

make sure you eat and drink something substantial beforehand. And also have a bottle of pop on hand.
On my 4th session on my sleeve I had exactly the same thing….about 15-20 mins into the session started feeling very hot, sweaty (basically on route to fainting).…[Read more]

had my sleeve done by Evil from the Needle in Camden. Very good shop with great artists IMO.

wait 2 months or maybe more and head up to 3.2mm. the way i do it is after around 2 months or more, i try the 3.2mm taper. if its a bit tight sliding through i simply pop a few turns of ptfe tape on the 2mm tunnel and pop that in for a while. then simply add more ptfe tape until the 3.2mm taper will go through easily.
no need to rush IMO, you only…[Read more]

during my sleeve being done I too went on a short vacation to a sunnier climate and I just used normal suncream. i did however the tattoo to heal since the last session before i jetted off.