Tattoos
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First of two blackout sleeve sessions. I wore my right arm sleeve for a decade and now have decided to move on to a second layer. I plan to finish the top half in a month or so and proceed to layer more white ink on top if I can find someone to do it. Absolutely brutal pain wise and my arm is on fire
He used a 39 mag needle which resembles a sharp paint brush 1/2 inch wide. Wore my XHSbb for the big.day.
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Ooooof. That has got to sting! Looks like a solid job though.
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…that's a serious coverup! Black out indeed! :o
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Most recent piece, done back in Hawaii. A memento of a darker time in my life, and a song that helped get me through it. 100 fake internet points to anyone who guesses it.
@Brock that's a beautiful piece. They did a phenomenal job on the shading, especially with the clouds. Mad respect for being able to get that done in one shot.
My guess:
Something for the Pain - Bon Jovi
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Death Grips - On GP
wow, never heard of Death Grips before… the last 40min of spotify have been quite the ride
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How well did the blackout take @Oaktavia ? Nice and solid?
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Joining the club with my first tattoo got during a fundraising flash event at my local shop, love a good pun and clean linework
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@Joberwocky Love it. But you started near in the ditch of the elbow… you're a braver man than me - I'm totally avoiding that area on my next sleeve.
You should be good because you've gone just under the fold of the elbow, but watch out for the skin folding around that area causing a scab - one of my lines went ever so slightly blobby right in the fold of the elbow.
Get a sheet of Dermalize over that and neat lines like that should be healed in under a week.
Now that you've had one... any ideas for what's next?
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@EdH artist got about halfway in before we got it it being my first tattoo during conversation, she laughed and said had her first been in the elbow ditch, she wouldn't have gotten another
She only wrapped it in seran at first and didn't put the dermalize or other sheet stuff it because she suspected all the movement in that location would pop it off. I've been pretty diligent about trying to keep my arm straight when possible and hitting it with ooent and keeping it clean. Seems to be healing up pretty well so far.
I'm sure another is on the horizon, shop's books don't open back up before the end of the year, I'm thinking something with a bit of color, though maybe one arm color, the other B&W -
@Joberwocky a man after my own heart - my existing sleeve is B&W linework (though I may colour it in down the line…) but the right arm is going to be full of popping colour. Unfortunately my guy's books are such that I have to wait until January to get started too, and couldn't get a full day with him until June! Still, that's a good sign, I'd stick with that shop if I were you.
Glad your healing is going well, I look forward to seeing the end result. (And your next one... and the next... ;))
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I'm about to go in for a 5-6 hour session for my upper arm to completely black it out. I had my lower arm done a few months ago and it was brutally painful. The artist uses a 39 mag which means 39 needles that amount to half an inch in width. I'm so nervous and terrified lmao but we did my elbow ditch last time which was the worst part. I'm not looking forward to the shoulder and near armpit or the elbow. Wish me luck pls…
Also I got two blast overs yesterday. Halloween themed.
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Diggin this thread!! I love to travel and have got almost all my work done in the other countries i've traveled to. Since Covid, obviously that has been curtailed. Now that things are basically opened back up in most places, we've got a trip to Italy planned next summer! Been in talks with a few shops in Rome already. Found some incredible artists there!! Can't wait to get some work done! It's been about 4 years since I've gone under the gun!!!
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@Oaktavia BRO!!! That pit of the elbow…phew....making me sweat just thinking about it haha...39 mag!! Yee Gatz!! No pain no gain!! When I had my left arm sleeve done the pit of the arm was the hardest for me. Even the inside of the forearm was brutal...
I had my ribs done on my last travels to India. I almost grabbed that tattooer by the throat and screamed, "I hate you, you fucking whore!!!"
Other than that, I love getting worked on hahaha
