Do you have a tattoo?

[80sMatchbox]

weeboot said:

Sat in the chair right now...

For how long?

I'll be in the chair in 10 days time....but I'm not sure what I'm getting yet.

[weeboot]

About 5 hours.

[Chris77]

weeboot said:

About 5 hours.

That's cool

[weeboot]

Chris77 said:

That's cool

Cheers, very happy with it.
It looks like my leg is going to turn into a creepy menagerie scene..

Considering she's still an apprentice, Anna is doing some cracking work.

[80sMatchbox]

weeboot said:

Chris77 said:

That's cool

Cheers, very happy with it.
It looks like my leg is going to turn into a creepy menagerie scene..

Considering she's still an apprentice, Anna is doing some cracking work.

A distinctive style there. These days the tattoo artists that seem to be the busiest are ones that have a distinctiveness to their work.

I've got a few things by Duncan X. The other day a mate of mine described his work as "it's not for everyone, is it?".

[ben5575]

my pieces by Dan M illicit a 'well you can see he's a good artist...'. Admittedly knife wielding rats aren't to everybodies taste

[80sMatchbox]

ben5575 said:

my pieces by Dan M illicit a 'well you can see he's a good artist...'. Admittedly knife wielding rats aren't to everybodies taste

Ha ha!

He does like a cat, though not in the style that some would appreciate.

[Mr Roper]

The 4 month wait is finally over....I'll be in the hot seat tomorrow for the first of three five hour sessions.

Been a very long time since my last tat and even then nothing as big as i'm going....Just hope I can do the 5 hours without moaning like a baby.

No booze, decent kip and a proper breakfast and I'll be game fit.

[weeboot]

Mr Roper said:

No booze, decent kip and a proper breakfast and I'll be game fit.

Good approach.
Frank the Ghost Koi was about 5 hours, of nothing but black lines... If I can deal with that I'm sure you'll be fine.

[Ruskie]

If you enjoy savage pain I can thoroughly recommend the area around the pubic bone

[weeboot]

The front of the chin is a special one too..

[Johnny]

Mr Roper said:

The 4 month wait is finally over....I'll be in the hot seat tomorrow for the first of three five hour sessions.

Been a very long time since my last tat and even then nothing as big as i'm going....Just hope I can do the 5 hours without moaning like a baby.

No booze, decent kip and a proper breakfast and I'll be game fit.

Good stuff.

I find the older i get the less tolerance I have. 4/5 hours is about as long as I want to go these days. Managed 4 hours on my armpit though so can't be that bad.

You're doing it right, sensible approach. Be sure to post pics

ION. I got a text yesterday we'd got the day booked for 5th August (totally forgotten tbh)... Was thinking of getting my neck/throat started but will sit this one out and let Mrs Johnny continue her sleeve. I can then discuss the design for next session.

[Johnny]

Gretchen said:

Out of curiosity, as a cyclist, why did you choose cycling prohibited as opposed to warning: cyclists?

Missed this.

No real reason, me & Kamil looked at loads of signs and this once jumped out. Just liked how it looked with the rest of the design.

It then appealed in a slightly ironical way perhaps. And looked pretty

[So]

Johnny said:

Gretchen said:

Out of curiosity, as a cyclist, why did you choose cycling prohibited as opposed to warning: cyclists?

No real reason, me & Kamil looked at loads of signs and this once jumped out. Just liked how it looked with the rest of the design.

It must be fairly rare for people to refer to the Highway Code when having a tattoo.

[blindswelledrat]

So said:

It must be fairly rare for people to refer to the Highway Code when having a tattoo.

I disagree.
I was thinking of having an enormous depiction of the final battle in Lord of the Rings done all across my back and right in the middle a picture of that roadsign with a car falling into a river

[Johnny]

Safety first

[Mr Roper]

OK...one out of three isn't bad. And thst s if I wake Im time for breakfast.

1. startasyoumeantogoon

[lucido grigio]

Good luck with 5 hours sitting,I never had to sit for that long,can't remember my longest session.
Maybe 2 or 3......

[Johnny]

I see the sensible approach soon got forgotten

How did it go?

[Einion Yrth]

blindswelledrat said:

I was thinking of having an enormous depiction of the final battle in Lord of the Rings done all across my back

The Battle of Bywater? Too many Hobbits.