lol same ere mate, I just cant stop planning now, its become a serious addiction. And an expensive one lol.

You have the same thing as me with the sleeve thing. I have a tribal piece that needs working into the whole thing. Will only go half sleeve at the most, but still in the way.
Everything I have planned now is black and grey, at most with colour highlights.

 

Nice ink work

 

That is one amazing piece of art Bodski

Aaron

 

Cheers guys

Very pleased with it myself. All my work's been done by Leigh. Top bloke.
http://www.cosmictattoo.co.uk/
The half sleeve top right of the Oriental page is mine as well

 

That's some good going for 8 hours, nice tat.

 

This is how mine is looking today, now its calmed down a little. Cant wait to get the scabbing part over and done with, and see the truch beneath lol



PS, Bodski I was gonna say the same, thats bloody impressive for just 8 hours.

 

Looking good M8 Think Leigh suprised himself with what he got done with mine for 8 hours. Even more so as it was in a sensative spot. 3 Hours at a time on the ribs was quite enough thanks

 

lol @ 3 hours on the ribs, you love it really
I cant wait to have more shading done all up the inside of my leg. Its not so much painful as you know, just gets a bit sensitive when they go over the same spot over and over. Especially when its fading colours etc lol.

The thing I love about black and grey is the healing, and watching the depth of the image appear as it calms down and fades slightly.

 

one of my mates has just had his stomach done, even did the inside of his belly button...he said he is never getting tattooed again

 

lol saying that, one of the guys at Rising Phoenix had his nipples tattooed purple, there is video of it. He describes it as an interesting sensation lol

 

Guy in question is one of the artists at Immortal Ink, he is pretty much covered so it must have been really forking awful

 

haha **** that !
I am happy holding a conversation while having my chosen areas tattooed to the suprise of some people, mainly tattoo virgins just getting their first piece done lol

 

Me too usually, but belive me the ribs are FAR FAR worse than anything else i've ever had, the shading, going over the same spot really was bad. Remember laying there gripping the edge of the couch like a big girl, gritting my teeth

 

Thankfully my genetics are on my side, and god has supplied me with padding lol.
I cant see me having too much torso work to be honest anyway, so will probably escape that part. Missus wants a side piece though, so I wont pre warn her haha.

Had a couple of "SILENCE" moments on my inner thigh, and behind the knee, but wasnt anywhere near agony or anything.
Just hate that tired feeling when the skin has taken a beating for the day.
Slept on the leg fine that evening though. Just waiting on the itching to start now lol

What do you guys use for aftercare anyway?

 

cool wet grass mantra just doesn't do the trick for the bits that require lots of layers does it

 

lol @ the cool wet grass mantra.
Sometimes it just takes a little more focus to take yourself to a happy place.
For evening sessions I could quite easily wear headphones and drop off when im having the outside of the leg done lol.

Always interesting to see how others cope with it.

 

worse thing I've had is all the colour for my rightinner bicep...I was very buff (it was done a while ago lol ), and had no fat on my arms at all but by thend of the session I had the biggest bingo wing going

deffo have to be in the right frame of mind; I feel alseep whilst I had my calf done (a couple of hours)...but when I popped in to say hello and ended up having a couple of bits touched up in the same place (literally 10mins work), I was gurning like acid house raver

 

lol our experiences sound similar.
I had a blood vessel pop when I was having my bicep coloured in, **** me that bruied. Piles cream for my arm, oh the shame lol.

Missus planned on having her foot piece touched in on Saturday, instead heather decided to re do the whole thing lol, she was not prepared for that

I am usually happy and looking forward to my sittings, so easy to find a good place. Plus I dont stop talking, so as long as someone is there to chat to, im coolio.
Cant wait for the next sitting, see that dragon head get some contrast colours

 

Recon I should of put on 4-5 stone before having the ribs done then!! Bit of extra padding would of been a good idea. 14 stone and 6ft 2 aint gonna offer much protection as the pics show.
Had inner arm done when I had the half sleeve done and that was like being licked by puppies in comparison
Gawd knows why I want the other side done now

 

Oh and as for aftercare, used Bepanthan for the last 4 i've had done. Back in the old days it was any anteseptic cream but with Bepanthan there's hardly any scabbing at all and seems to help the healing time as well. Wonder who the first person to try nappy rash cream was ???

 

Only having had two done so far I find it hard to describe what it feels like easily as both of mine were on quite bony parts of my body, all I know is that it stung quite a bit, and the one, down below gave me a twitch leg!

With my first I was told to slap it with preparation h, but the other I was told to use cocoa butter.

The itching it the worst, and ooooooh, the embarrassment of having it itch where I had mine.

 

licked by puppies, lol...you wait til you get some serious colour...different ballpark to black and grey

 

Only having had two done so far I find it hard to describe what it feels like easily as both of mine were on quite bony parts of my body, all I know is that it stung quite a bit, and the one, down below gave me a twitch leg!

With my first I was told to slap it with preparation h, but the other I was told to use cocoa butter.

The itching it the worst, and ooooooh, the embarrassment of having it itch where I had mine.

 

lol the repeated going over for the colours is indeed a bitch, I feel your pain, literally lol.
Yeah use a combo of bepanthen and tattoo goo, Tattoo Goo is a lot easier to put on, and handier to carry around at work.

Makes sense to use nappy rash cream, in theory the 2 are very similar.

lol hysteria, what did you have and where?

 

used Bepanthen on my leg for the first time, thick and difficult to apply but no scabbing or cracking whatsoever

 

Does colour hurt more than black n white then??

 

Na colour doesnt hurt more as such, just the fact that if you have red into yellow, they go over it once with a shader from solid to faded, then go over it again with the next colour, from fade to solid lol. Add a 3rd colour to the equation and they go over it again lol.

Trails, I always let it warm up a bit on my hand before putting it on, or use tattoo goo, if its really sore after the session. very soothing.

 

what Snazy said, with colour you have to go over the same area again and again, the lighter the colour the more work (layers), required to make it strong

 

Ah haaaaa!! I'm not a tart for just having black/grey then

 

not completely I used to have all black and grey work before I got bored of it and although they both sting I'd have to say I'd rather have a six hour black and grey sitting than a four hour colour sitting