I have to say some of that work is truly from an artist. Great detail and very creative.

I think they’re all great, especially the cats and mrjmt’s tree. Also not always a fan of colour tattoos, but sazter’s is cool 🙂

My homage to the few

My homage to the few

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This young man takes some beating. He’s only 23.
Rob Richardson
I’m one of those people that just talks about getting inked, which means it will never happen.

Amazing work by Rob Richardson but are there really that many people getting full arm or leg tattoos of Brad Pitt or some other movie star of the moment? Or a Transfomer? I really like the tattoos with design or meaning but getting somebody who is popular “now” tattooed on your leg for ever and ever seems a bit strange…

Shibboleth would have loved this thread!!

Until you said that I’d not realised he’d left!

Not a big fan of tats, in that I’d never have one, but admire the artistry – the seasons and the cats are brilliant!

Has he left?

Njee20 I think the last tattoo thread was the last straw for him….

@nowthen. I agree. His animal work is fantastic and pretty timeless but movie star tattoo’s are quite a commitment. I have to say, his Darwin piece is a bit special especially the beard.

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I have also lost weight since this, yay!

Does that mean your tattoo looks a bit different now? I presume its shrunk?

Hahaha Michael, it looks the same, I just have less muffin top!

Not the best of photos but this is my dragon.will try and get some better ones later so all of it can be seen
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Liking rumple’s and mrjmt’s very much indeed, those colour sleeves are beautifully done.
Also like Tazzy’s, as a reflection of his heritage they’re spot on.
I’ve always been ambivalent about having tribal designs done when they’re not ethnically appropriate, but will have done what they want to have done, but it’s all a bit ‘me too!’; just going into a tattooists and looking through a book of flash without any real thought given to significance.
I want two more done, but I don’t have any spare funds, one would cost me around £70, not sure about the other, because it would be a handwritten script, and it would need to be by someone with real skill, so not likely to be cheap.

My half sleeve by Robert W Ashby at Off Key in Birmingham, might get more added and fill in gaps to join it all together at some point

bit more detail of the mountains etc

and my leg which is just random fun piratey stuff by my mate Alex at All One Tribe in Market Harborough. Again gonna get the gaps filled in and a massive crazy parrot on my thigh.

because it would be a handwritten script, and it would need to be by someone with real skill, so not likely to be cheap.

Not a fan of script but the best I’ve seen is by Anjris Straume.

I’m with you on that CZ I’d love some Polynesian/Maori art but it wouldn’t be right. I’d love some more celtic knot work on my other arm but just can’t afford it. Still need some of the colour on the flame work re-done as the ink just didn’t take in a couple of spots.

Sorry that “Bob Marley” one is funny.
How the funk does that happen?

howsyourdad1 is winning. Most tats try too hard but that is a cool tat.

Hooray, more excess man. Here’s a rubbish picture of mine. I’ll tell you what, round the armpit and on my collar bone hurt like a bastard.

Applogies for taz flesh its not pretty..and before anyone goes down the “random tribal tats are crap” routine, it part of my heritage so up yours

Wigan?

Mrjmt..loving those summer-Autumn arms. Where did you get them done?

Here’s one of mine..

Everyone, I didn’t find the bit near the armpit to hurt at all, it actually felt nice compared to a lot of it! The worst for me was the little detailed rooty bits near my inner elbow area. Or maybe packing colour into the solid bits on my shin 🙁

Mrjmt..loving those summer-Autumn arms. Where did you get them done?

All three done by Gareth Unwin at Talisman in York.

dot-work on the collar bone was……. ticklish :/

CountZero – if you’re prepared to pootle down this way – the guy I use is a custom/freehand specialist.
No books, no “I’ll have no.27”
Took me 3yrs to find him as script has to be “right”.
Now 16hrs into another custom piece

Everyone, I didn’t find the bit near the armpit to hurt at all, it actually felt nice compared to a lot of it! The worst for me was the little detailed rooty bits near my inner elbow area. Or maybe packing colour into the solid bits on my shin

dot-work on the collar bone was……. ticklish :/

Taking the tape off to remove the cling film has always hurt me a lot more than anything they’ve done to me in the studio! 😮

Taking the tape off to remove the cling film has always hurt me a lot more than anything they’ve done to me in the studio!

hahaha im glad im not the only one

Worst bit for me was the shading/colour on the inside of my arm and, oddly, the inside of my wrist. The power lining was a little sore as well

My right forearm

Tazzy love the artwork …thinking about similar stuff on my shin but scared loddrik won’t like it !

Shin is fine to tattoo, back of the knee is a bit tweaky but not as bad as the elbow or ribs. Don’t worry about lodders, he’s only a problem if you approach a bridge with two other goats

I fell asleep getting mine. Inside of elbow and towards the wrist were more noticeable, but in no way would I ever describe it as painful

Its weird with tattoo tweaks, I found my chest fine which apparently is one of the really bad areas for a lot of people, yet the end of my elbow being coloured in was a bit grim. I love the human body and all its little freaky foibles, its what makes people awesome

yep, found my arms generally more painful than my ribs (apart from round the side, that was awful), think different folk just feel it in different places. Sternum didn’t hurt, just buzzed right up to my chin which was wierd.

Although it really varies, I find it wierd that you can go 1cm over from an area that doesn’t hurt at all and suddenly feel it.

I was told that generally the more ticklish an area is, the more it hurts. Probably not too far off.

Yep, I am another weirdo, my shoulder blades were killer, made me a dribbling mess… but my hip onto my stomach was no bother and apparently that usually hurts. Shoulder blade pain is why I have not yet had the touch up on the sun done! Working out the plans for my sleeve now, will be colourful like my back.

The ditch was pretty unpleasant with some bits of skin kind of popping out and heading into the armpit after 9 hours in the chair was very close to tapping out, found the ankle most uncomfortable.