Tattoos

chest is looking good so far

Lock down stick and poke X Files tattoo. I think I just quite like shit tattoos.

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My girlfriend poked her initials on me whilst she was at it.

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Love it! My favourite tattoo's are my "shit" or "daft" ones.

A pal of mine attempted to put her initial on my thumb print with stick in poke... wasn't drunk enough, couldn't hack it, its a faint smudge.

All of my favourite tattoos are stupid jokes or stick and pokes from friends. Generally both.

stupid jokes

I mean... I have ‘El Gringo’ on one forearm and ‘nie dziękuję’ on the other, but I was Swindon born and bred so this is the most stupid of the jokes on my ankle.

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Awesome!

Couple spider webs and couple of shit pictures I took.
Wasn't as bad as I thought so if you're thinking of getting the backs of your knees done with something simple then go for it👍🏻 I put it off too long

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A guy on a local Facebook page is an apprentice at a little shop in Stockport, was doing £20 back at work flash, got a little bird bird and was his last job of the day so got the other one I liked which is a little running piggy, but got him to do a meat cleaver chasing him.

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10/10 for spicy pain action but still bearable. Needs scales shaded so I’m not done yet.

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That’s ace. Haven’t seen flash that bargainicious for yonks

Spidey webs and snek are both very cool, don't think I'll be going for leg or arm pits anytime soon.

I figured even if it's a bit crap it's only £20, and it's not too bad and the guy was nice and lives a few streets over, although I ended up paying £45 because 2 and a tip, still a bargain.

I didn’t think you could set up a machine and ink for less than £50-60 these days so that’s great whatever you end up with ;)

Recommendations for someone to do my ears? Found out that not all artists are comfortable with doing them. I know a few that’ll do it who’s work I dig but looking for curveballs suggestions if anyone’s seen anything interesting...

I didn’t think you could set up a machine and ink for less than £50-60 these days so that’s great whatever you end up with ;)

I thought similar, but then it is an apprentice and it's Stockport, I was very happy my bike was still there when I was finished.

That's great! Tough as fuck.

It wasn’t as bad as I expected. Apparently armpit skin is the equivalent of tattooing wet tissue paper without tearing it so it’s def more a testament to the artists skill to keep those lines crispy more than me taking the pain.
Malice has done a ton down that side now so she knows my breathing patterns/twitches well enough to pull it off although we were both pretty wrecked by the end of it. I don’t think I would have had that done by someone I’d never had work from before.

While yours was deliberate, my first tattoo at 18 was a very shit celtic trinity knot. I scribbled it on paper at work one day, thinking the guy doing it would have a better example. Nope, traced it exactly and slapped in on my shoulder.

@edmundro that's fucking ace. love armpit tattoos.

poorly-taken photos of today's happy little froge by kola (heron is about a year old):

some of the lines are properly half a cm thick. i was knackered by the end of it.

Froggo is sick.

Nice!

Now that’s super solid.

Sorry to dredge this - and I know healing chat can be tedious - but is this true? Ive only ever used bepanthen but don't wanna push my luck if it's gonna fuck with a new tattoo. I've had a few recently and bepanthen worked rly well, as usual. They're all black and grey, if that matters.

I just read through the last year or so of the tattoo thread to catch up.

Fairly sure they do a tattoo specific version now.

Edit: https://www.superdrug.com/Skin/Body-Care/Tattoo-Aftercare/Bepanthen-Tattoo-Ointment-50g/p/797461