Well after 6 hours today, i have the start of my new sleeve. Got alot of colour still to do to get what has been done so far completed, then its a case of building on it to come down my arm. Anyway heres a pic:

 

 

Comments welcome

Not my cup of tea but looks like a good piece of work. Bet that stings :)

Looks good mate...!

 

Richard:thumbup1:

The last hour or so was a bit on the nippy side, not so bad now.

Blimey mate, a lot of works gone into that :thumbup1:

who ate all the pies. lmao.

 

only saying that as im sat at the other end of a computor. lmao

 

Yeah thats something thats getting sorted now i aint stuck behind a desk all day, far to tempting to just order in.

 

Still an awfull lot of work to go till it's completely done, but we planned it so it can be done an area at a time. As is there is a gap on the underside of my arm which will be filled when i go back for the rest of the colour. Then start working it down over my elbow, eventually it will be reach down to the wrist.

Nice mate :thumbup1:

 

6 hours in one go is one hell of a sitting!

Nice mate :thumbup1:

 

6 hours in one go is one hell of a sitting!

 

Next sitting will more than likely be the same, probs still got another 12 hours to go before its finished. Luckly it can be done a bit at a time!!

Do you mind me asking how much that's costing? Would love a tat but I'm to cheap. lol

Rather you than me lol six hours ouch but looking good mate:thumbup1:

Do you mind me asking how much that's costing? Would love a tat but I'm to cheap. lol

 

TBH the sitting yesterday should have been approx 400-450, But i paid 200. Mainly coz he is the only guy i will let tattoo me. This is my 5th now, but he is working on this one and then after this is completed he will start on my back. Eventually getting my full leg done also. Your best bet is to find something you are really happy with then look for a tattooist, show them what you want then get an idea of price. You may be surprised!!

 

I have been researching this tattoo for over a year, and even now we are still changing it. The only part that is done is the part you can see in the pic, most of my inner arm is still to be done, then we will strat working it down. Gotta say though it stings a bit today and my arm is pretty swollen.

looks good but what does it mean? the reason why i was asking is that i was looking at getting a tat done across my shoulder down my arm slightly, but i want it to have meaning not just a random tribal etc,

tribal usually dont mean much, get a themed one like dragons or koi and so forth

 

i want a sleev doing, but time and money doesnt allow me to get one

oh and thats a nice tatt, they can be very addictive

TBH for me this doesnt have much meaning, I just really like the samoan designs. For Samoans though they do have meaning and different tribs have slightly different designs so they can tell each other apart etc. Once it's done i could sit down and kind of translate it all.

 

The beauty of this design is i can get it done a piece at a time, so no massive out lays.

samoan, couldnt for the life of me think what that design was lol, was thinking polynesian, mayan, aztec and tribal lol

 

tis very nice

thanks, really looking forward to finishing the colour on this then getting the inside of my arm started.

Great! and ouch ... 6 bloody hours..

if you dont have a tattoo then you dont realise its a nice kind of pain sort of, i think its the gratifiaction of some nice art work that makes it all worth while

Getting the tattoo is the easy part, its the living with it for the week or so after the is painfull. catching on everything, paying slapping it ( even though they know its there, its like a magnet ) etc.