Offered: Tattoos - good rates

There is no "artistry" involved in printing a few block characters out on a PC, stenciling them and keeping within the lines. I really wasn't dissing you when I said any street shop (walk-in shops in other words) will be able to do an awesome job on it, that's what they do day in day out. Obviously check out the portfolios first and see the quality of the work.

Calm down, all I'm saying is that it's frustrating for artists to not actually use their ability to draw and do something custom which may have influenced his decision to turn it down. Luckily the GF is in a position to turn work like that down as she prefers to specialise in big custom pieces, no high horse at all. She has worked fucking hard to get where she is by drawing for hours and hours every day. You'll find a lot of tattooists do exactly the same and sometimes it can be frustrating to have this big nice portfolio that has taken YEARS to amass and then have someone flip through it and then ask for a Kanji.

Oh and one piece of advice, don't ever EVER get tattooed on the ribs. It fucking kills. :)

ha, got my first tattoo recently down the RHS of my ribcage, didn't hurt as much as i expected, although it was fairly intense over the bones. been told it's one of the most painful areas so it should be easy steet for the rest of the ones i want.....