Show us your INK! (Tattoos)

a reply to: blupblup

Very nice BB! Looks to be a decent artist doing the inking. Lines are fine but not so fine as to be a blurry mess in 10 years. Sugar skulls are so colourful too. Loving it mate.

I've got a Liver bird for sentimental reasons. All my family are from Liverpool and the city represents a lot to me: first love, life changes, best times etc. One night I dreamed I got the tattoo and got it done the next day - chicken and egg. The thing is, it's a chav tag to others or it's a football thing. It shpuld have been smaller and somewhere other than my arm, but it's done now and still means something.

I look at your arm tattoo in admiration and sigh that my own arm is 'off the market' due to the bird! All the best

a reply to: blupblup

I love it, actually reminds me of one of blend57's avatars. really cool, black and red ... perfect!

I'm seriously considering dedicating an arm to my favourite DC characters, or just Harley and Joker.

originally posted by: Kandinsky
a reply to: blupblup

Very nice BB! Looks to be a decent artist doing the inking. Lines are fine but not so fine as to be a blurry mess in 10 years. Sugar skulls are so colourful too. Loving it mate.

Cheers mate! And Yeah he's a very good artist.
Does conventions and has been on the cover and featured in a couple of magazines.
The line work really is nice mate.

When it's finished in sept the skull will be blue (although I really like the look of it now, that's not white that's just how pale my skin is!!) and there will be orange on the top and bottom of skull and also a little more colouring of the roses and also some stuff round towards my back, probably a cobweb, just thin lines.

I'll post up finished results in a few weeks.

I've got a Liver bird for sentimental reasons. All my family are from Liverpool and the city represents a lot to me: first love, life changes, best times etc. One night I dreamed I got the tattoo and got it done the next day - chicken and egg. The thing is, it's a chav tag to others or it's a football thing. It shpuld have been smaller and somewhere other than my arm, but it's done now and still means something.

Shouldn't it be "A Liverbird upon your chest"

Na I know mate, I hear ya.At least you got something you wanted and that you'd thought about and that meant something.
Not just walked in and picked something out of the book, far too many do that.
Have you got another arm (is that too personal a question, if so then ignore) or if not then back, shoulder blade, inside arm, leg... but yes... real estate is limited when it comes to Tats.

I want some black and grey on my other arm a half sleeve (already have some Tribal stuff on that arm but still plenty of room).... I want some esoteric stuff, some nature stuff, some Batman stuff.... but yeah, I need 3 arms, 2 backs and god knows what else .

I look at your arm tattoo in admiration and sigh that my own arm is 'off the market' due to the bird! All the best

Thanks mate, much appreciated... I'm very happy with it indeed.
As I said, I'll update when it's finished and as I also said... you have more places than your arm

a reply to: valiant

originally posted by: valiant
a reply to: blupblup

I love it, actually reminds me of one of blend57's avatars. really cool, black and red ... perfect!

I'm seriously considering dedicating an arm to my favourite DC characters, or just Harley and Joker.

Cheers mate, As I said not quite finished yet but yes, even at this stage I really like it. The mix of red and black has always appealed to me but the white (and boy am I white lol) of my skin actually goes pretty well with it.
And yes mate - A DC arm would be cool, thinking of a Batman piece myself but as I said to K-Dinks, only so much real estate on a body and arms/shoulders are PRIME real estate.

Even a big backpiece would be cool mate, plus you could fit in more Harley...ok that kinda sounds rude but you get what I mean.

Make sure you look around and find a quality artist, do your research for sure.

a reply to: blupblup

Have you got another arm (is that too personal a question, if so then ignore)

Man I laughed out loud at that. Yeah both arms are fine! A member once asked if I was blind? I straight-faced that their comment hurt and that I'd been profoundly blind since birth. Poor guy sent an apologetic PM. Didn't ask himself what a blind man was doing on a forum. Lol.

The idea of a really decent tattoo has been ticking for 2-3 years now. It'll happen and go on the right shoulder blade or upper arm. It'll be something like yours in terms of the colours

Definitely post the finished pictures. There's a guy called Clay Welsh who uses similar, deep colours. He's American and little bit different from the norm. You'll like his stuff.

originally posted by: Kandinsky


Man I laughed out loud at that. Yeah both arms are fine! A member once asked if I was blind? I straight-faced that their comment hurt and that I'd been profoundly blind since birth. Poor guy sent an apologetic PM. Didn't ask himself what a blind
man was doing on a forum. Lol.

Well you can't be too careful can ya? I always made a joke about one arm and then thought.. s*** maybe he DOES only have one so I chose more tact in my response
At least the member felt bad enough to say sorry, rare online these days!!

The idea of a really decent tattoo has been ticking for 2-3 years now. It'll happen and go on the right shoulder blade or upper arm. It'll be something like yours in terms of the colours

Definitely post the finished pictures. There's a guy called Clay Welsh who uses similar, deep colours. He's American and little bit different from the norm. You'll like his stuff.

Same here mate - although more like 6-7 years, took me a while to get around to it and if you don't just do it and start making plans it wont happen.

Is it Clay Welch?

This is good if it's the right guy, colours anyway.

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