First Tattoo

[KeyWestBrewing]

Really nice work and I like the design!!! Be ready to get the color touched up in a few years though. A great tip I learned is wrap it in plastic wrap before you go to bed. Otherwise your bed sheets are going to have prints from where you were laying. This will only happen for the first few days until its set. Congrats!!

 

[bottlebomber]

Make sure nothing is misspelled! I've seen a lot of all word tattoos with atleast one or two words misspelled.

Lol... We knew a guy named Jeremy Stone who wanted to get "STONE" tattooed on his chest in 3" high letters in old English. Turned out the artist was a retard and used a C instead of a T ( they do look similar). So he went full on english with freakin SCONE tattooed on his chest. Jeremy was also a retard so he didn't even know for months. Then he hung himself with a bed sheet in county jail. True story.

 

[HIM_Tattoos]

Really nice work and I like the design!!! Be ready to get the color touched up in a few years though. A great tip I learned is wrap it in plastic wrap before you go to bed. Otherwise your bed sheets are going to have prints from where you were laying. This will only happen for the first few days until its set. Congrats!!

I've always been told not to do this, as it doesn't allow for air flow thus the ointment will bleed the ink from the tattoo. I've always put on a light amount of ointment, covered and tapped with paper toweling.

 

[kh54s10]

Think about what that tattoo is going to look like when you are 90!

 

[HIM_Tattoos]

Think about what that tattoo is going to look like when you are 90!

Ugh, there's always one......

 

[forcabrew]

Think about what that tattoo is going to look like when you are 90!

You can't think like that. Before I got my first tattoo my friend and I always talked about gettin one and we never did because we were always worried about employment and all that petty future talk. Needless to say my best bud passed away at the age of 27 a week after my wedding. Since then I told myself that I would do things that I want to do(obviously within reason I am a father now and do have responsibilities) and not worry about with others think and what the distant future would bring. Now I am heavily tattooed and I don't care what people think. I once heard some say the difference between someone that is tattooed and someone that isn't is that the tattooed person doesn't judge the other person for not being tattooed

 

[IrregularPulse]

Quality work. Nice styling.

 

[CidCitrus]

Think about what that tattoo is going to look like when you are 90!

It'll look like he's a badass old dude

 

[BoomerSoonerBrewer]

As someone with extensive coverage, my advice is GO BIG or don't go. Don't let price be a factor in what you choose.

 

[EoinMag]

It'll look like he's a badass old dude

 

[KeyWestBrewing]

I've always been told not to do this, as it doesn't allow for air flow thus the ointment will bleed the ink from the tattoo. I've always put on a light amount of ointment, covered and tapped with paper toweling.

Throughout the day you are completely right. Keep a light coating of A&D on it and keep it open to air. But at night the plastic wrap has worked just fine for me. My tattoos still bled out and healed just fine. Most importantly they still look great today.

 

[HIM_Tattoos]

Throughout the day you are completely right. Keep a light coating of A&D on it and keep it open to air. But at night the plastic wrap has worked just fine for me. My tattoos still bled out and healed just fine. Most importantly they still look great today.

I've read that somewhere as well, I think it's more of a personal preference thing.

 

[CoalCracker]

I've just have been letting it open to air with a light coating of aquaphor on it. I've been sleeping on the opposite side. This morning I woke up and there was no drainage at all. Still had the light coating of Aquaphor on it.

When I'm 90 it's still going to be a bad ass tattoo. Might be a well worn mash tun by then with a bagillion batches through it but still badass. I love it. He did a fantastic job on it.

 

[Schemy]

That's quality work. I'm trying to design a hop cone/vine concept to incorporate with another tattoo of mine. I need to just consult an artist, as my skills aren't good enough.

 

[hurst1979olds]

Nice work. I checked out that guys site and he does nice work. I live in the Poconos and travel to Allentown to get my ink. Might go there if I want a cartoonish style tattoo. He does quality work.

 

[CoalCracker]

Yea he does and I had no redness or swelling at all. It's already peeled and itchy as hell so I know it's healing nicely. I can't recommend him enough.

 

[dfc]

You can't think like that. Before I got my first tattoo my friend and I always talked about gettin one and we never did because we were always worried about employment and all that petty future talk. Needless to say my best bud passed away at the age of 27 a week after my wedding. Since then I told myself that I would do things that I want to do(obviously within reason I am a father now and do have responsibilities) and not worry about with others think and what the distant future would bring. Now I am heavily tattooed and I don't care what people think. I once heard some say the difference between someone that is tattooed and someone that isn't is that the tattooed person doesn't judge the other person for not being tattooed

 

[EoinMag]

That's a very good artist, his traditional work is some of the best I've seen.

Nice tattoo by the way, very well executed, great traditional style.