truong I'm a huge fan of your artwork, I follow you on Instagram lol

Ntran where did you get your back piece done? It's so nice
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ntran got it done by jesse at blackwaters

Had my first tattoo ever today with Cohen, he exceeded my expectations with the drawing, this is the Finnish coat of arms:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...psl6rwwgvn.jpg

I'll post up a pic once it's somewhat healed. Fuck didn't know what to expect but it was towards the upper limit of my pain tolerance lol
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Nice, I remember you asking about it when you were first starting to consider it. Pretty cool to see you follow through! Looking forward to the healed pics

Did he completely Finnish it, or are you doing it in stages?

Finished the outline and the shading of the filigree in one shot over about 2.5 hours only stopped for switching the gun for shading

One more session for a bit more shading and a few things I've gotta think about in terms of the outline etc
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If money would allow it, I'd have both sleeves with that theme in mind. I love the the good vs. evil concept and having a sleeve representing each allows for almost endless possibilities. I feel like I've been in planning mode for 20 years.

So took one after I cleaned it tonight, zits lined up pretty good lol

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y13...pspu8tt4tn.jpg
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Related to the zits, how do people with chicken skin aka "keratosis pilaris" react to tattoos? or rather, how does the skin turn out after? Typically it's on the upper arm/thigh

where would the most painful spots to get tattooed on your back and what are the spots that you wouldn't even be able to tell that ur artist is laying ink down? Im startin a back piece in about 3 weeks, got my right sleeve done already
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Personally I would say the area right before it hits your armpits and longggg lines. Other than that it was a breeze.

for me it was my sides that hurt. especially when shading. long lines as well. i wanted to tap out sooo badly thank god for the numb spray LOL

lower back had the least pain

Sides for sure. Everything else from top to bottom was fine, even spinal cord action.
Numb spray? really? Kinda takes away from the experience IMO.

Hondaracer that looks awesome, you've got me thinking about my families coat of arms now...

ive bitched over and over but elbow is the fuckin worst.. i felt the needle touch my bones and it vibrated thru my whole body.. feel like my bone was breakin apart :lol, sigh gonna hate my next sleeve

i was getting close to finishing that day and couldn't handle any more pain so he put on the numb spray - without it i would've just stopped LOL:QQ:

Thanks Underscore! appreciated

in terms of the pain i'd say it was probably worse than i expected. In the first few minutes he asked me what i thought and i was kinda like "lol this is what getting a tattoo is?" fast forward 30 minutes and had to control my breathing and i was holding my breathe on long outlines lol

Nice work man
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I hear that. The last 30 minutes are sometimes worse than the first 5 hours. haha!

does anyone have recommendations to get piece similar to this and do u guys know an estimated price?

^^
Same size as well?

I'm going to take a stab and say 7hrs +/- 1hrs of work @ $160-$200/hr depending on artist.

Same here! I've looked at a lot of portfolios online and just want more options, can anyone recommend an artist that works in that style?

I'd like something similar to this

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/or...703a4336a0.jpg

Juncha or whatecer his name is is probably the best for that type of stuff, seemingly all he works in. Although on Instagram I've seen suggestions he's $500 an hour
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Question for you guys, not sure if its been asked before, but how well does that highly detailed stuff age? The tattoo sp00n posted looks epic but I'd imagine after a while a lot of that detail will just blur together.

Its been 5 years since my first sleeve and its shown no real sign of fading or mashing together.