Anybody here have tattoos to show off?
06-15-2010, 07:49 AM
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Anybody here have tattoos to show off?
Just curious to who here is inked. I plan on my first here shortly. I've always been a huge Japanese culture fan, and a fan of tattoos, and have been planning a koi fish sleeve for a few years now. Waiting for the time to be right, and to find an artist I trust. I now know exactly what I'm wanting, and have no doubt about it.
I hate to seem like I'm copying someone else, but this just happens to be pretty much exactly what I want. The right look, the right layout, the right colors, everything. It's swimming up the arm to signify an uphill battle, the struggle of life, ect. The colors black and red signify maternal and paternal, of course you have the water, the meaning of the koi itself, and even down to the color of the eyes, emerald green. I also don't like a lot of color, only a few similar colors, nothing bright. I'm going to let the artist do his own thing though, after I approve a sketch of course. Anyway, if you have it, show it please. I'm curious to see.
NOT MINE! \/
I hate to seem like I'm copying someone else, but this just happens to be pretty much exactly what I want. The right look, the right layout, the right colors, everything. It's swimming up the arm to signify an uphill battle, the struggle of life, ect. The colors black and red signify maternal and paternal, of course you have the water, the meaning of the koi itself, and even down to the color of the eyes, emerald green. I also don't like a lot of color, only a few similar colors, nothing bright. I'm going to let the artist do his own thing though, after I approve a sketch of course. Anyway, if you have it, show it please. I'm curious to see.
NOT MINE! \/
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06-15-2010, 02:22 PM
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It's nice but Koi fish tattoo's are played out imo.
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06-15-2010, 02:45 PM
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Well I'm surely not getting it because other people have it, so it being played out is not a concern, because it's still a beautiful piece of art at the end of the day.
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06-15-2010, 03:27 PM
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Von D, 
People get some pretty stupid **** tattooed. The only good thing about the CR thread is the comment about if it's not a piece of art you wouldn't hang on your wall, it's not worth putting on your body. I don't want some mediocre bullshit.
People get some pretty stupid **** tattooed. The only good thing about the CR thread is the comment about if it's not a piece of art you wouldn't hang on your wall, it's not worth putting on your body. I don't want some mediocre bullshit.
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06-15-2010, 03:31 PM
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I'm not a fan of tattoos because they are trendy, just like everybody else, so you can be different, just like everybody else.
The best or most original tattoo in the world will still be trendy and as out of fashion as a mullett in a few years. People are already laughing at people with tribal/barbed wire rings around their arms and they were all the rage fifteen years ago.
I wouldn't get one for the sake of not defacing my gorgeous body and, of course, the employment/advancement issues that also accompany them. But we are all different, just like everybody else, so your choice is your own. I hope that you find fulfillment in whatever you do.
I will say, however, that the tattoo pictured above is the cat's ***.
The best or most original tattoo in the world will still be trendy and as out of fashion as a mullett in a few years. People are already laughing at people with tribal/barbed wire rings around their arms and they were all the rage fifteen years ago.
I wouldn't get one for the sake of not defacing my gorgeous body and, of course, the employment/advancement issues that also accompany them. But we are all different, just like everybody else, so your choice is your own. I hope that you find fulfillment in whatever you do.
I will say, however, that the tattoo pictured above is the cat's ***.
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06-15-2010, 03:39 PM
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I'm not a fan of tattoos because they are trendy, just like everybody else, so you can be different, just like everybody else.
The best or most original tattoo in the world will still be trendy and as out of fashion as a mullett in a few years. People are already laughing at people with tribal/barbed wire rings around their arms and they were all the rage fifteen years ago.
I wouldn't get one for the sake of not defacing my gorgeous body and, of course, the employment/advancement issues that also accompany them. But we are all different, just like everybody else, so your choice is your own. I hope that you find fulfillment in whatever you do.
I will say, however, that the tattoo pictured above is the cat's ***.
The best or most original tattoo in the world will still be trendy and as out of fashion as a mullett in a few years. People are already laughing at people with tribal/barbed wire rings around their arms and they were all the rage fifteen years ago.
I wouldn't get one for the sake of not defacing my gorgeous body and, of course, the employment/advancement issues that also accompany them. But we are all different, just like everybody else, so your choice is your own. I hope that you find fulfillment in whatever you do.
I will say, however, that the tattoo pictured above is the cat's ***.
I also just don't see this particular style of tattoo fading away any time soon. It has a long history, has been popular for many hundreds of years, and is timeless in my opinion. Besides, you never know if you will regret something until you do it. I would rather get it and have a chance of regretting it later, than not getting it, and regretting for sure. I don't think I will though. Like I said, this has been a long, well thought out thing. I'm not drunk and passing by a shop with a group of friends.
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06-15-2010, 04:09 PM
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Good tattoo art is extremely rare, sadly. Get good art, if you are getting a 3/4 sleeve by a good artist it will be at least a $1400 piece. If not more.
I say go for it, people are to worried about their temporary bodies these days.
I say go for it, people are to worried about their temporary bodies these days.
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06-15-2010, 04:20 PM
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Yeah, I was looking at $1200-$1500 estimated. Fortunately I'm not a real big guy, so I have a smaller canvas. The guy isn't the best I have seen, but he is local, and is easily in the top 10% I have seen. I have seen some of his work and he does the style tattoo I want very well. While I would love to say I want the best, I'm not willing to travel, or pay the really big bucks. I can get 95% of the results local and for a decent price. He has the best example of this art in the state that I have seen anyway, which isn't exactly saying much. People don't think Alabama when they want a tattoo.
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06-15-2010, 04:45 PM
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You too!? I have a laminated poster I keep rolled up under my desk I like to whip out when I'm in the mood. I give it to her in the FACE!!!
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06-15-2010, 05:08 PM
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I've got a Japanese Dragon full sleeve. From the top of my foot to my knee I have a Koi. I've also got a couple of smaller pieces too, one which was covered by the sleeve.
Someone good is going to be expensive. My sleeve took 34 hours, my leg was about 25 hours. My artist charged me by session on the leg, which was 5 at $500. The sleeve is much older and I was charged by the hour @$100, but given a break because the original estimate was much lower, so he basically have me one session (about 6 hours( for free.
Good tattoos are not cheap.
As for the trendy comments. Meh. I've been getting tattoos for more that 17 years, as with the first and the latest I get them for me not to be trendy or cool. My only regret with my first and second was going to a shitty "artist" and not being educated enough to make good decisions.
Think it through before you make a decision, and if you are shopping by price buy a t-shirt or a print with what you want instead. Nothing will be worse than a poorly executed blob of tattooed crap on your arm for the world to see.
Someone good is going to be expensive. My sleeve took 34 hours, my leg was about 25 hours. My artist charged me by session on the leg, which was 5 at $500. The sleeve is much older and I was charged by the hour @$100, but given a break because the original estimate was much lower, so he basically have me one session (about 6 hours( for free.
Good tattoos are not cheap.
As for the trendy comments. Meh. I've been getting tattoos for more that 17 years, as with the first and the latest I get them for me not to be trendy or cool. My only regret with my first and second was going to a shitty "artist" and not being educated enough to make good decisions.
Think it through before you make a decision, and if you are shopping by price buy a t-shirt or a print with what you want instead. Nothing will be worse than a poorly executed blob of tattooed crap on your arm for the world to see.
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06-15-2010, 05:14 PM
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I've got a Japanese Dragon full sleeve. From the top of my foot to my knee I have a Koi. I've also got a couple of smaller pieces too, one which was covered by the sleeve.
Someone good is going to be expensive. My sleeve took 34 hours, my leg was about 25 hours. My artist charged me by session on the leg, which was 5 at $500. The sleeve is much older and I was charged by the hour @$100, but given a break because the original estimate was much lower, so he basically have me one session (about 6 hours( for free.
Good tattoos are not cheap.
As for the trendy comments. Meh. I've been getting tattoos for more that 17 years, as with the first and the latest I get them for me not to be trendy or cool. My only regret with my first and second was going to a shitty "artist" and not being educated enough to make good decisions.
Think it through before you make a decision, and if you are shopping by price buy a t-shirt or a print with what you want instead. Nothing will be worse than a poorly executed blob of tattooed crap on your arm for the world to see.
Someone good is going to be expensive. My sleeve took 34 hours, my leg was about 25 hours. My artist charged me by session on the leg, which was 5 at $500. The sleeve is much older and I was charged by the hour @$100, but given a break because the original estimate was much lower, so he basically have me one session (about 6 hours( for free.
Good tattoos are not cheap.
As for the trendy comments. Meh. I've been getting tattoos for more that 17 years, as with the first and the latest I get them for me not to be trendy or cool. My only regret with my first and second was going to a shitty "artist" and not being educated enough to make good decisions.
Think it through before you make a decision, and if you are shopping by price buy a t-shirt or a print with what you want instead. Nothing will be worse than a poorly executed blob of tattooed crap on your arm for the world to see.
The guy I will probably be going to charges per sitting (up front estimate), and a guy I was talking to said he was charged about $250 per 2-3 hour sitting. Which seems to be about on par at about $100/hr. If not maybe a bit over priced, since the dollar goes a bit farther here than some other places in the country.
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