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They ain't gotta be dawg, they're like dreads nowadays, everyones got em
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Repertoire89
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Re: Tattoos [Re: zZZz]
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Everyone likes food too, so what
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Haha seriously. Honestly i don't think I'll see too many people rocking a sleeve like mine. Most of the molecules are just carbon skeletons and phosphate backbones that make up the DNA helix.
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I've never seen a design like your sleeve, occasionally a molecule or something but the overall design is pretty unique. It looks good, and I find 99% of tattoos tacky
Planning on getting matching tattoos with my sister, but we haven't decided on a design yet
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Nice tattoo Malcolm. Lots of space to expand the design as well if you ever wanted, but it's complete on it's own as well. When you first posted the design, I was trouble imagining how it would fit around your arm, but looks like it came out pretty good. Definitely post when it's all completely finished.
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Yeah i'll keep posting pictures as the shading and color gets updated. I think the way its laid out is perfect. A lot of the open space will be filled with a galaxy fading sort of effect that will blend it all together.
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Tattoo update. Finally got some shading done
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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2nd round of shading
-------------------- I'm stupid, Enlil is smart. I'm ugly, Enlil is beautiful. I'm a loser, Enlil is a winner. Someday, I hope to be like Enlil but secretly know I never will.
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Really dope, Its a unique piece for sure
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Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:


HOLY SHIT jokeshopbeard. Mad props. What did they skin you with? An x-acto blade?
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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That shit is crazy. No way I could sit through that
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Are you tattooing the sleeve yourself?
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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No. I'm not a tattoo artist. A lot of the different pieces were drawn by me but my artist is doing the actual tattooing
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Whut? I didn't notice you had a sleeve on each arm going on. Anyways, my honest critique is i feel like the design was solid and whoever is doing the tattooing could use a lot more practice. I like everything about the design except for the 'galaxy stiple spray'- as I would call it. It totally destroys the clean line feel of the tattoo.
Well, now that I'm looking at it again the atomic symbol is straight fucked.
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Haha its still raised and swollen. She's going back over it 3 weeks. Also, I specifically asked for a galaxy striped type shading. It was really the only way to blend everything together and the top of my shoulder/arm is a galaxy as well so it only made sense
Edited by Malcolm_Xtasy (11/27/16 02:55 PM)
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Eminence said: Have you thought about getting any brands?
Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:


HOLY SHIT jokeshopbeard. Mad props. What did they skin you with? An x-acto blade?
Yeah just a scalpel and some of those medical pincer/plier type things. Took the skin off in thin slivers. He went through about 8-10 blades in the 3-4 hours it took to do that if I remember right. I was surprised at how quick the blade dulled just cutting through a thin layer of skin and subcutaneous fat...
Fucking wicked experience though, I absolutely loved it.
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That's fucking crazy.
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Loving the way your tat is coming along by the way Malc, I think the design is the fucking bollocks and really looking forward to seeing it progress. Very happy for you too cause I know just how great it is seeing your vision slowly come to life - it's one of lifes sweetest pleasures for me, seeing it slowly healing into a work of art.
How much are you paying on the hour out of interest? Or have you got a day rate set up with your artist? They're real good IMO.
BTW - as a veteran, let me tell you there will always be bits of your tat with which you find fault. Sucks at first, but years down the line it becomes part of the beauty of it all.
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Thanks man. I pay $120 an hour and I'm about 11 in probably have another 10 to go if I want color. I'm still at the stage to get things fixed/cleaned up if need be but I love how its coming together so far.
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Bear in mind colour will fade a lot quicker than black and grey and will thus need more frequent touching up as you age, or will just look worse a lot quicker with time (they're all gonna look shit when we're 60 anyway).
Wish I could find a good artist for that more reasonable money. My last artist I worked with for 8-9 years used to charge me £350 for a full 7 hour day (so £50/hour) but she was half way up the country and is now retired.
Any good artist round London these days wants £150 ($190) an hour. With the size of my next piece in mind (basically half my torso), there's no way I can afford that for now. Very sad TBH, just another of lifes most wonderful treats that have been stripped away from me.
Enjoy every minute of it please man. I hope you find that sweet place where the endorphins flow as you relax into it and you can drift off into a magical dreamland as they work. I find a blindfold/baseball cap over the eyes and earplugs and your fav music makes it like a psychedelic trip...
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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