since you asked for comment..

tbh, I thought dutchmans wouldve done better than that.

is carlos' from cuba? i think he did my first dragon! anyways sorry man your snake is so so... but seems to be better than my dragon though

IMO,that dosent seem like something the original dutchman would sketch

speaking of which.. i wouldof loved to have a original piece by the dutchman himself.

heard hes retired now and his shop is full of apprentices

been to the dutchman twice and would never go back now that i know more about tattoo's

The cobra is a tattoo form around 5 yeas ago. The original artist Carlos was at steel temple at the time I got it, I had to search to find him working at the Dutchman's. I wanted Carlos to finish the tattoo so I made an appointment and after we started with Carlos's original idea, the Dutchman came in and said he didn't like it and he wanted to draw it out. I spent 1.5 hours standing up while he drew with a sharpie to fix some facial features of my cobra,add the scales,details and background. So all in all it is just the Dutchman fixing up my original tattoo from 5 years ago,then Carlos tattooing it in. In my opinion it looks like a whole different snake now. I am quite happy with the outcome from what it used to be. I am just waiting for the end result. Only lame part is next session I have to go in , wait for the Dutchman to come, see if he wants to complete his drawing in one session or if he thinks I might need another session.


Oh and I believe Carlos is from Mexico.

well, as long as you like it. thats really all it matters. :thumbsup:

I know it's been asked in this thread already but it hasn't been touched on in awhile. I'm looking to have a portrait done on my inner left arm.

Any thoughts?

i just asked about that in the tattoo faq thread also.

rob hope is supposedly the best but isn't taking clients atm. james acrow hasn't got back to me via email yet, and other rs members reported the same even awhile back.

i found this guy, richard vega @ adrenaline but wanted some input also

Tattoos | Richard's Blog

i just peeped the blog. some of the stuff looks really good and the others look so so.

is it just me or does every baby portrait look like they have down syndrome?

richard vega did this

ya some of the portraits look really good though. i emailed him earlier also. tough finding a good portrait artist it seems.

silvercivic the leg piece looks solid.

I think that leg piece is legit

full colour ink

someone on a tattoo forum recommended donovan at lady luck out in langley, apparently rob hope refers people to this guy these days.

Donovan

do any you guys have any information on Electro-LadyLux Tattoo, my buddy went there and got a decent piece done. just wondering if any of you have heard of it as no one seems to comment on there.

i went there several years ago but the artist i saw has since left, was a nice clean shop. the owner teresa tattoos, not sure who else is at the shop these days though.

Laid some more base colours down, sat for about 4 hours. Probably have like 7-8 more hours then touch ups. Pretty stoked so far.
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I cant decide where to go for my next tattoo
I hate waiting and am very impatient :(

what style of work are you interested in getting?

hey how did you book your appointment with him? was it via phone or just the email skinnypupp provide

did he tell you his rate?
i want to get my full sleeve from him but i don't know if there's enough time since his only gonna be here for 1-2 months
i emailed him hopefully he replies back

i made my appointment at 'the fall tattoo', its located downtown.
when i booked it, he had a maybe 1 day completely free?
he'll be tattooing out of 'the fall' from mid oct-nov1
then from nov1-mid nov, he'll be tattooing out of 'strictly tattoo'
not sure how booked up he is at strictly but if youre serious about it, then hit up any of the two shops i mentioned.
as for rates its best to ask the shop youre booking at, hope there's a free spot for you and goodluck
im super excited

how many hours are you going in for?

and he said the rate will be 180-190 for those that are asking.

i have one full day booked to myself,
their shop opens from 12-7
and if i need more hours i can get another day =)

what body part?

wow it seems like a lot of people here are getting work from Gakkin. Cool! I doubt he'll be able to finish my wolf any time soon, I'm pretty broke :(