so this is my first tattoo, it is part of a bigger picture, which I hope will be completed within a few years
but so far, I am loving it!

I have 5 tattoos. The first one took the longest... almost 2hrs and I actually cat napped during it.



My first tattoo which is In memory of my nephew



My tattoo for my oldest daughter... it's her birth foot print not some sample



The chinese symbol for strength



My tattoo for my youngest daughter and it is also her birth foot print



and probably my most seen tattoo my butterfly which is also for my nephew... it was on his boppy with the letter "B"

I have 5 tattoos. The first one took the longest... almost 2hrs and I actually cat napped during it.



My first tattoo which is In memory of my nephew



My tattoo for my oldest daughter... it's her birth foot print not some sample



The chinese symbol for strength



My tattoo for my youngest daughter and it is also her birth foot print



and probably my most seen tattoo my butterfly which is also for my nephew... it was on his boppy with the letter "B"

I give up

LOL change the IMG to lower case delete the ulr one and boom!

Hi All, new to the group and got a few pieces,

most of upper right arm cover up work with healing symbols from a style I practise
big shoulder piece, lion / dragon yin yan,
old mans dogs tags over my heart, he passed away mid 90's after going and protecting the Saudi Oil for bush senior
in the process of having my koi finished, but like the koi itself it's part of life's journey getting it done.

Mainly inspired by the Japanese style of tattoos

Will upload some more into my profile and more than happy to accept invites from likeminded inked up peeps UK or wherever

Got this Saturday

This is my latest. Done by Robert Ryan at the SFO Tattoo Convention.



Well Heck, can't figure out how to get the pics to show up

Fixed it for you

Thanks!

Just got this done on Thursday last week, its for my kids and will be in full colour

For my love of Coffee, Hip Hop, and Kaiju.



going in Friday to finish it up and add in the background.

Top left, 3 sessions, outline 3.5 hours, color koi, and some flowers 2-3hrs, then color waves and rest 2-3hrs (the big piece)
I have a cherry blossom branch 2hrs in that I had gotten years before the big piece, and the little symbol below was my first tattoo with my best friend about 15 minutes lol. None of that was unbearable, and i'd take about 1-2, 10-15 minute breaks each session.,
Top right, music cluster, took about 4 hours, It hurt. Artist was nice enough, but hated breaks. Friend has a matching one, hers is pink. Fun story: We got in a fight and didn't talk for months. Got back together and she asked me if I still had my tattoo. :laugh:
Bottom left, took about 3 hours, probably one of my favorites, the only painful part was right around the knee bend.
Bottom right, took about 2hrs, and another hour for touch up work.

They all need touch up work minus the shoulder cap, and that will be my reward to myself once I've gotten my extra weight down.

Not pictured, Upper thigh piece, did two parts. Skull and top hat, took about 4 hours, hurt a little. And added girl kissing with baby skulls and weeds up the side took 3-4 hrs...outline was great, color/shading hurt like stink. Can't find a picture off the bat, so maybe when i run across one I'll post it.
All tats are from age 18-24, no new ones for 2 years...i'm having withdrawals.

When I was getting my first tattoo touched up I took my roommate/best friend with me and it was during finals week and she was really stressed out and hadn't eaten yet. Even though I was the one getting inked she was the one that passed out! Luckily my artist had just finished and I was able to catch her... he kinda freaked out though... wasn't sure what to do when someone passed out when he wasn't tattooing them!