Close the Helm of Awe looks like this.

What i have is a Vegvisir.

http://www.ratemyink.com/?action=ssp&pid=83647

Hey guys go vote for my tat! 😀

Ya its only 5 inchs or so tall fills up my entire left peck. A lot of the time was spent on shading and the details of the paper.

Ok i got done with my session at 9pm last night. Total of Five hours. The pain Ranged from a cat scratch like people said to someone cutting me with a knife. The last hour was the worst b/c he went back over areas that had already been done to touch up the details.

It on my left peck. Phil said thats one of the most painful places b/c the…[Read more]

Ok yall only two days until I get my ink!! I can’t say that i’m nervous. But I bet i will be when i lay on the table. lol

Well when i come back on the night of April the 25th i’ll be able to tell you what it feels like to me. Plus show you the work.

I just hope i can get it all done in one night. Its a two hour drive to the Artist!

LOVE the hand written message. gives it a very nice touch.

Thats the exact spot i’m getting my first done. How was the pain for you?

whats the meaning of the design? Don’t remember ever seeing skull and arrows before. Especially one with Vampire teeth. lol

I would have to say that Pavel Angels stuff blows me away!

I am getting a piece from Phil Garcia in a couple weeks so obviously i love his work too.

I just set an appointment to have my first done and the artists wife took my call. Since I have to drive two hours to get to him She said they should be able to knock my piece out in one 5-6 hour session.

Phil has won several Best of Day awards at Cons so i have total faith in his ability to get it done as long as i can handle the pain. This…[Read more]

I would think most of the modern inks are artificial or mineral based.

Way cool bro. I love that your tattoo has a deep meaning to you. The swimming through the river of Kanji as you go through life is just an awesome idea.

I believe you have a timeless design there Zinn. Well done

KnightHawk;37132 wrote:
Izzy, you ever read H.P. Lovecraft? About those eldrich creatures from beyond what man was meant to know, whose coutenence is so strange, other worldly, and horrible that the merest glimpse of the smallest portion of them is enough to blast the sanity from your puny, mortal mind?

Yeah, my secrets are like that.

Love.…[Read more]

Glad someone gets the ideea. 🙂

Judgeing my Phil’s other works there is gonna be a TON of shading involved. It should look fanflippin tastic.

KH I just have one question. Why would you let 1000 Gay Guys anywhere near your balls? Need to share something with the group? 😉

Ofcourse i will be posting pics. Plus i’m sure it will end up on Phil’s myspace page.

Ya i’v read the itching can get pretty damn bad. I’ll just have grit my teeth and bare it. There is no way in hell i’m…[Read more]

so it could be anywhere from getting sliced open to having the sharp end of paper clip getting dragged over my skin.

well it will sure be interesting to see how i deal with it.

Ok well i guess the Aleves out. lol

Good mean, a good jolt of Dr Pepper (to contract the blood vessels i assume?) and a jug of water. Gotcha

The only issue about infection I gonna worry about is that i work in the ER here and there lots of bugs floating around. I’ll have to be very careful with hand washing i guess for that first week. I…[Read more]

Thanx Mat thats exactly what i was looking for.

Phil has been tattooing for about 8 years now i think and had won a hand full of awards at Expo’s so am i right in assuming he wouldn’t be heavy handed?

What about taking a couple Aleve before the session to help with the swelling and a little bit of the pain? It contains Naproxen. Would that be a…[Read more]

By all means blather all you want!! I’m like a sponge with this stuff so don’t stop yourself on my account.

As for the tatto i’m gonna be getting a piece from Phil Garcia on my upper left chest.

Link to Phils work

Basic idea of the design is a Norse Symbol called a Vegvisir which is a Compass design from Viking times (I’m German/Scandinavian)…[Read more]

well atleast if you get abducted they will know whats up! 😛

Very cool idea!! I wonder if anyone has put the Voyager Spacecraft disc in ink.