Been away from here for a while but i had this done around March....
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Really happy with it.
I don't like tattoos on hands or face but i wouldn't discriminate against a person if i was offering them a job if they had tattoos.
How do you go about designing something like that Girgy? Do they do it flat on paper? If so how do they know how it will look wrapped around?
Or, do you just talk about different images you want and then let the artist do his thing?
My original idea was to have the pocket watch and roses on the inside of my arm, the watch has got my daughters time of birth on
and ive got her name too. I went into my local shop with a picture id seen on they advised me how it would fit better so i let him get on with it.
Whilst having it done i said i liked poker etc and came up with a gambling theme so i booked in for the next day to have the cards done so we just googled some images and came up with the royal flush which wrapped around perfectly and completed pretty much my lower arm in 5 hours.
The rest just flowed from there i booked slots and just went in with several ideas and let the artist fit it to my arm.
I wanted a roulette wheel, a vegas sign, the lucky 7 cos i was taxi driver number 7, i wanted a joker but the idea i had was stolen so i went with a skull but we put a jester hat on it, he then filled any gaps with chips and spades/diamonds/clubs and a smokey effect.
I think it came out better cos i just let the artist do his thing. I just trusted that he would do a good job from his reputation and the fact that hes booked up 6 months in advance.
Thanks for replying.
Seems like you have to have a lot of faith in the tattoo artist, don't think I could do that, I won't even let my hairdresser have free reign, although your tattooist obv knew his stuff.
Still, I'm always suprised by the queue of people outside the tattoo parlour at the seaside patiently waiting for some random to permanently mark their skin apparently on a whim. As another thread says, I just don't get it!
Liking the arm anyway, but your leg is a bit scary
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