Tattoo I Did A Number Of Weeks Ago

I did this on one of my really good friends from high school. Just took this picture today for my portfolio. Think it turned out pretty well.

I like it!

Thanks!

very talented! Do you do portraits??
I can't imagine how hard that has to be!

I cut hair, so if I screw that up..its never permanent!!!

My brother did mine, on my back. It took over 8 hours - in one sitting. UGH!

What is it?? Ouch...8 hrs!!!!

Ouch, eight hours. How did you stay away from the forum that long?

Nice profile, neilfii. Hurt like you know what. He said people usually do it in more than one sitting but I didn't want to go all the way up to his office again. It was 8 hours of family bonding. ILUV, roses. does that surprise you? LOL

Must be a heck of a bouquet!!!

I love it. My next one will be green & gold.

Roses and diamonds I am going to guess (as well as the Packer logo no doubt).

Roses + Packers = My life

....oh, and beer

So not into the stereotypical diamonds huh?

Nah. I have simplier needs. I'm not as vain as I may seem.

I haven't done a portrait in a few years. I've always been nervous about doing portraits because there is zero room for error. They are very difficult. My specialties are american traditional and japanese artwork. I did a really coold tattoo yesterday that was brass knuckles, but they were made of cheese and had the super bowl logo on them. It was awesome. I will post a picture once its healed.

Oh cool....looking forward to seeing that one! lol.. Brass knuckles made of cheese!?!?
People can come up with some crazy stuff!!

Damn Allouez, you got talent man! That was awesome!

Just curious, what will these look like in 30 years when people are in there 50's and their skin is starting to go south on them? You defiantly have a talent.

I'm in my 50's and I think my skin is holding up pretty darn good.

The thing is, if they're embarassed by their own skin, they wouldn't be showing it in the first place. Tattoo or no tattoo...

If the skin "goes south" and they don't care, it wouldn't be a problem that the tattoo isn't as well-designed as it used to be, because usually it's more than just a drawing, there's plenty of memories to go along with it.

And even if they just did a tattoo for fun (I'd never do it, but to each their own), it would still remind them of a time where they were young and had the courage to do it.

It would take quite a fickle person to do something as permanent as a tattoo and then later on regretting it. And if such person is as fickle as that, a tattoo wouldn't be the only thing that person would be regretting.

Just my 2 cents...

Kind of depends. I stretch the skin as far as I can while I'm tattooing. Gets the ink deeper in the skin and helps the ink set in the skin better so it will look good down the road. I mean, ink definitely fades and spreads, there is no getting around that. If the black outlines are done well, fading shouldn't be an issue.

I have a whole bunch of pics from tattoos I just did at the convention I was at in the UK. I will post them in the near future.

Here is the picture of the cheese knuckles that I tattooed a while back.