Sick Tat, Brah

Houk the Namebringer

Yeah, it even took me a few looks. Self-photography of your entire forearm is harder than you'd think!

Psykoma

http://mashable.com/2016/03/12/tattoo-cultural-appropriation/#JyWO7dZyCgq8


Seems like a decent article about what you could do when you become aware that a tattoo you have is cultural appropriation

furlion

I am going to get a new tattoo is a few hours and I was wondering what the best way to share it with the forum? Can I upload the image directly or do I need a hosting website?

Garlic Bread

This forum only accepts images hosted by XTube

furlion

Hmm not sure that is the kind of picture you want. I usually keep my dick tattoos private.

Garlic Bread

furlion wrote: »

Hmm not sure that is the kind of picture you want.

Have you even read a post by Keith?

Garlic Bread

Real answer: you can upload pics directly to the forums. On the mobile site it's the little paper icon above the quick reply box

furlion

Keith wrote: »

furlion wrote: »

Hmm not sure that is the kind of picture you want.

Have you even read a post by Keith?

I have actually lol. I guess when I said you I would meant the forum as a whole. I know your fondness for dick pics.

furlion

As promised one brand new tattoo. I had it done at a local place in Anderson South Carolina, The Painted Pony. It is a bonfire from the dark souls series with the black Knight Greatsword stuck in it. I am going to go back after it has healed a few months to get the sunbro summon sign beside it. That way he can do any touch up if it needs it.

Hopefully this is a good size, if not someone please notify me so I can change it.

vamen

I finally got around to getting my second tattoo. Healing still so you can see a little of that in the image.


It's a very stylized version of my Cherokee tribe:



Done by a very talented guy (Abel) at Kustom Thrills in Nashville.

Now I want more...so many more.

Houk the Namebringer

That is cooooool

vamen

Thanks folks...can't wait for it to finish healing.
Now I need to start going to the gym so I don't have such noodle arms =p.

I wanted to do something tied into it on the same place on the other arm and I thought I might make a geometric version of the dreamcatcher I made when I joined the tribe. I think I'd want to deconstruct it so it only has the basic shapes. Was picturing this sort of style:


Still very much in the pondering phase though.

Appreciate all the advice from you guys a few months ago when I first was deciding on the one above.

Tam

because I posted it in the wrong thread like a complete numpty:

I know now
I figured out what I want

MATH

I am prepared to endure all the pain
and save, what, 10K?
and wait years and years to find exactly the right artist

I want something very akin to that on my body permanently

Campy

Holy fuck, the amount of black on that man's wrists is making my fingers tingle. Ugghhh.

@Tam In terms of money you can do it a session at a time, something like that works well because the outline will look good from the outset. And shading can be done in definite stand alone blocks to boot.

Garlic Bread

The Baltimore tattoo convention is this weekend. I'm off Friday, and it's pay day. I'm super tempted, but we're buying a house in two weeks so I shouldn't

But I want to

Kwoaru

Just get like a little one

Blake T

Maybe just get the needle put in you, you know, just the tip.

Garlic Bread

Blake T wrote: »

Maybe just get the needle put in you, you know, just the tip.

You can still catch diseases that way!

Garlic Bread

Kwoaru wrote: »

Just get like a little one

Take off on Friday and go with me

pooka

@Tam, heyyyyyyy
https://www.pinterest.com/birdtongue/taaaaaats/

because i am internet sleuth,

also, that guy is Nazareno Tubaro (the artist, not the wearer)

Tam

pooka wrote: »

@Tam, heyyyyyyy
https://www.pinterest.com/birdtongue/taaaaaats/

because i am internet sleuth,

also, that guy is Nazareno Tubaro (the artist, not the wearer)

you
are
the
best

I guess I'm making a trip down to Argentina at some point

Sheri

I am

Planning my next ones

GUYS WHAT HAVE WE STARTED

WHY DIDNT ANYONE WARN ME THIS WAS ADDICTIVE

jk @Javen totally warned me

pooka

i was trawling through the thread for some blackwork about two months ago, and ran into an Aphostile/kochi joint, pinned a bunch, and now i'm completing the circle by sharing some of those pics, 'cause omg, this studio. (2Spirit Tattoo, San Francisco, CA USA)

Roxx (i could probably finish out the thread with her work, i mean i mean LOOK)







i am slain.

Houston Patton (Thieves of Tower series)


the other artists are really good, too, but this is already a lot of pictures.

Peen

Cripes, that's exactly what I want any future tattoo to look like.

miscellaneousinsanity

we could probably just lock the thread after that first photo tbh

Tox

The third one.

I am dead.

Blake T

That line work is so amazing.

Especially the last one.

Seattle Thread

Pinfeldorf wrote: »

Might I suggest a dinosaur of some kind? Perhaps a dinosaur with sunglasses doing a kickflip?

Houk the Namebringer

Those solid black bands/squares are making my skin tingle...

vamen

Sheri wrote: »

I am

Planning my next ones

GUYS WHAT HAVE WE STARTED

WHY DIDNT ANYONE WARN ME THIS WAS ADDICTIVE

jk @Javen totally warned me

I wish someone had warned me. I wasn't even out of the chair the other day before I was planning my next one. =p

(I'm sure people did actually warn me.)

Xehalus

Sheri

Hey brahs

I'm getting tattooed tomorrow

I am much excite

miscellaneousinsanity

yoooo

Sheri

I did a thing



Twice!



Those of you who frequented the job thread a few years ago may remember that a wonderful couple dubbed me their "Sheri Godmother" and it's stuck ever since. Now it's official. I almost cried.

Darmak

Damn Sheri, those are dope

webguy20

Darmak wrote: »

Damn Sheri, those are dope

Fuckin' A they are. Both look incredibly well done.

lonelyahava

I just cannot handle how amazing that fairy godmother one is.

Skunty

Booked in for Friday for my first tattoo in something like 15 years. 4 hour session so I'm taking a bottle of water and a couple of Mars bars with me, nervous as all hell about it the closer it gets.

Gvzbgul

http://techcrunch.com/2016/05/09/ephemeral-tattoos/
Practically everyone who has ever considered a tattoo knows the old parental refrain of “you’ll have it forever.” It’s a fairly stark warning tinged with the regret of a generation covered in inked relics of disco and popular culture past.
Some temporary solutions do exist, including the relatively recent phenomenon of the two-week tattoo (along with some other high-tech options). A two-year-old Harlem-based startup spun out of NYU is presently in the process of bringing a year-long solution to market.
Ephemeral is a two-part system, involving an ink designed to break down after a year, along with a separate removal solution.
“Tattoo inks today are permanent because of the fact that the dye molecules are too big for your body’s immune system to take away,” explains co-founder Anthony Lam. “By using smaller molecules, we’ve encapsulated them inside this spherical structure that’s big enough that your immune system doesn’t take it away. But when you remove it, it essentially eats away one of the components and the dye molecules are flushed out.”
The product is still being tested, first on cells and now on pigs, given the close genetic similarities between ourselves and our porcine cousins. Ephemeral CEO Seung Shin says the company hopes to have something out around Fall of next year. In the meantime, the company is set to open its seed round on June 1st.
http://www.ephemeraltattoos.com/

I'm not sure why the removal system is needed if the tattoo only lasts a year, but it could be handy.

Garlic Bread

That's cool technology but I feel like it'll probably be more expensive than a regular tattoo, so if you end up liking the tattoo you'll have to pay again for a permanent one and hope it looks like the temporary one.