Do you have a tattoo?

Do you have a tattoo?

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80sMatchbox

3,891 posts

175 months

Friday 12th August 2016
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TonyTony said:
That is some bold linework! Looking at his other work that is going to turn out spot on.

Mine got started at Into You also but then got finished at Goodtimes Tattoo.
I had to miss my last appointment so progression has been slower that I would have liked it...but still happy. Just popped by today and now have 3 appointments over the next 2 months. As they're closing at the end of October, I may have it finished at another studio.

Since the photo above, I've had another 7 hours, though I still have about the same again plus to go..

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Sunday 14th August 2016
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Booked consultation for the first of October with Clara Sinclair at Jolie Rouge after loving her work on Instagram. I've got a couple of small tattoos, but I want this one to be amazing - I want a shoulder/chest/third-of-sleeve piece based on the poem Ithaka The Canon by Cavafy.

Very excited but also quite nervous, I'm not necessarily the "tattoos type" (outwardly) but I've wanted this for so long and having turned thirty this year have decided it's now or never.

Hilts

4,383 posts

281 months

Sunday 14th August 2016
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No.

Hilts

4,383 posts

281 months

Sunday 14th August 2016
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Yes , I understand it's taken me a few years to get round to answering the OP.

Pvapour

8,981 posts

252 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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Me & my lady are getting wed shortly and are having wedding rings tattooed so it can be more than just a piece of metal, or we'd like it to show something of what we mean to each other, 3D gears and chain that appear beneath out skin.

Neither of us have tattoos so completely in the dark and understand from a few that 3D stuff is pretty tough to do properly, any suggestions? We're going to fly to uk to get them done so anywhere in the country is fine

ciege

424 posts

98 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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Pvapour said:
Me & my lady are getting wed shortly and are having wedding rings tattooed so it can be more than just a piece of metal, or we'd like it to show something of what we mean to each other, 3D gears and chain that appear beneath out skin.

Neither of us have tattoos so completely in the dark and understand from a few that 3D stuff is pretty tough to do properly, any suggestions? We're going to fly to uk to get them done so anywhere in the country is fine
I'm glad to have throw away two wedding rings....


Pvapour

8,981 posts

252 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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ciege said:
Pvapour said:
Me & my lady are getting wed shortly and are having wedding rings tattooed so it can be more than just a piece of metal, or we'd like it to show something of what we mean to each other, 3D gears and chain that appear beneath out skin.

Neither of us have tattoos so completely in the dark and understand from a few that 3D stuff is pretty tough to do properly, any suggestions? We're going to fly to uk to get them done so anywhere in the country is fine
I'm glad to have throw away two wedding rings....
Maybe you should have tried eachother out for 30 years to be sure you were suited wink

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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TBH, the wedding band tatt will be too small to allow very much detail,unless its the whole finger.

Johnny

9,652 posts

283 months

Monday 22nd August 2016
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Yep, can't see you getting too much detail on a band tattoo tbh frown

Pvapour

8,981 posts

252 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Are you saying the small detail is not possible? Or that it'd be difficult to see for onlookers?

I'm quite happy for it to be a larger area than a band would occupy, that hole section of the finger trailing into the back of the hand is fine, hoping to get something done that becomes more when our hands are joined so looking incommplete on its own is fine, sort of means more in fact..

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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That sounds better..

Ink isn't great at small details generally,and time isn't kind to detail in any tatt.

Find a good artist and discuss your requirements with them.

They will tell you what will work and won't work.

pidsy

7,959 posts

156 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Turn7 said:
That sounds better..

Ink isn't great at small details generally,and time isn't kind to detail in any tatt.

Find a good artist and discuss your requirements with them.

They will tell you what will work and won't work.
Did you get booked in somewhere in the end?

Gretchen

18,998 posts

215 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Pvapour - the trouble with fingers and hands is they're constantly exposed to the elements (how much time does your other half spend at re kitchen sink for example? smile), sunlight, being washed, stretched etc this will wear the ink out, it'll fade fast more so over knuckles and joints.

Also if you've been together 30 years? Your skin might not be as smooth as it once was, not meaning to sound rude! But this will also have an effect frown

A decent, honest tattooist will tell you what's best. But bare in mind there are also those that will tell you it'll be fine because they want the business.

Good luck and congratulations.


Chris77

941 posts

193 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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Pvapour said:
Me & my lady are getting wed shortly and are having wedding rings tattooed so it can be more than just a piece of metal, or we'd like it to show something of what we mean to each other, 3D gears and chain that appear beneath out skin.

Neither of us have tattoos so completely in the dark and understand from a few that 3D stuff is pretty tough to do properly, any suggestions? We're going to fly to uk to get them done so anywhere in the country is fine
Have a look on the brag art list app for some good artists http://thebragartlist.mobuapps.london/

Has links to instagram and facebook pages so you can view styles and get ideas smile

Turn7

23,504 posts

220 months

Tuesday 23rd August 2016
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pidsy said:
Did you get booked in somewhere in the end?
No,not yet.
It's not top one the priority list so in. I rush.

Pvapour

8,981 posts

252 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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thanks turn7 / Chris77, will take a look..

Trustmeimadoctor

12,526 posts

154 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Any ideas for an artist to do a jap/starwars back piece at all around york/leeds/sheffield etc.

Otter Smacker

6,524 posts

193 months

Wednesday 24th August 2016
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
Any ideas for an artist to do a jap/starwars back piece at all around york/leeds/sheffield etc.
My understanding is that Polish Dan from True Colour in York would probably be your best bet, providing you have deep pockets and are willing to waitsmile.

Johnny

9,652 posts

283 months

Thursday 25th August 2016
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Interesting, that's something I discussed with Kamil too recently.

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Thursday 25th August 2016
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My girlfriend just got her first - go hard or go home, she went for a bum-to-knee phoenix in a sketch style. I'm utterly in love and now even more impatient for my consultation on October 1st... considering hibernating through September.