Nice, That’s the technical answer to what i was trying to get at… lol.
You have a book?… i want to read it! where can i find it?

Nice, nice… I don’t know alot about the tattoo shops there or anything like that
but you should definitely check out the work they do and make sure that they’re someone you’d like to show you the ropes
And when i went in about 2 weeks ago to talk to someone about my apprenticeship they basically asked me to bring some other art in, whatever type of art really, Pencil and paper, Airbrush or what have you…

But yeah i have friends in PGH, i met them through wrestling… I’ve been wrestling pro for about 4 years now and met them 2-3 years back, spent some time in pittsburgh to hang out with them and stuff and had lots of fun there…

I live in Lexington, Kentucky myself, but due to wrestling i travel alot.

Good luck with the apprenticeship man, if they give you any suggestions or tasks such as “Maybe try drawing up some wingsets and something a little more tattoo-esque, then bring it back to me” I wouldn’t take it as an insult or anything, From what i’ve gathered through stories of others getting an apprenticeship they pretty much test you and your dedication… Just a heads up, because at first i thought it was more or less there way of telling me that i wasn’t quite cutting it and needed some work, Not that i don’t… but you know. lol.

Like i said… best of luck to ya man, keep us updated, and post some pictures of your art work whenever you get a chance, i’m a big fan of airbrushing and i’ve done a little bit, but i’m far from proficient… So i’d like to see it… (i believe you have to have atleast 10 posts to upload pictures however… there is a post about it in the general board)

I’d def go color. Like others have said, A phoenix sortof needs color to do it justice… I’m such a conformist, lol.

awesome piece though, i definitely like how it goes all the way down to the waistline instead of stopping at lower back….. I’d say go a little darker behind the scroll with text on it, so it will add some depth, but im sure the artist will do something of that sort…

good luck with the rest of it, looks like you have quite a bit of time left in the chair man.

I’m definitely a fan of this, Loving the bold lines, especially with a cartoon-esque type of tattoo… I love the bit ‘twisted’ style of the tattoo… The expression is awesome.
I look forward to seein’ the finished product. How long was this sit for these outlines?

I’d say, the way to go about becoming a tattoo artist would be through an apprenticeship, which i am trying to gain right now, but the artist i’m interested in apprenticing under currently has 2 other apprentices under her wing right now so i’ll have to keep drawing and hanging around the tattoo shop until my time has come.

I wouldn’t mind buying a tattoo gun and kit and going ahead and tattooing on some grapefruit/oranges/bananas or something like that, to start getting an early feel for it before i even start an apprenticeship, but i’m far from comfortable doing skin until i’ve completed, at minimum a year of apprenticing under an actual acredited tattoo artist.

Just a suggestion, i mean, you could obviously go ahead and buy a kit and start doing stuff right off… but you’d gain alot more through an apprenticeship.

Welcome to the forum though, i’m a total n00b aswell…

Lookin’ like a pretty sweet sleeve, the color work is pretty nice on it… Any story behind it? or is it more just something you enjoy the look of?

The colors are great in my openion, looks like some pretty good work, From a fan of the tattooing art standpoint, rather than an artists standpoint, i think they’re great…. i just don’t have any tattooing experience to give any other point of view. But i do draw alot, and even as drawings these would be impressive peices.

Good work.