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thinking of getting a koi tattoo on the top of my arm, picked one out and the tattooist says it ll take a couple of hours! this ll be my first proper tattoo ,i have a couple of small ones but these have just been 10 minute jobs so what i want to know is does it hurt more the longer they take and what do i do to stop myself getting bored and fidgety? if i sound like a wimp thats cause i am !!
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Just man up. Mine took about an hour, the needle kind of numbs the area after a bit, so if you're not a total pussy you'll be fine. If it's just on the top of your arm on your shoulder then it shouldn't hurt too much, it's when it's close to a bone and not much flesh that it hurts!
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Im in the middle of getting a koi on my am. taken 5 hours so far, an hour for the outline. 2 hours for the blues and 2 hours for the fish and flowers. took so long as he used 9 shades of blues and 6 shades of orange and pretty much all the coluring was free hand (not looking at the picture)
Still got 2 hours left, as he wants to put greens in with the blues and carry on up to my elbow.
after care is important but they should go through that with you, I found pile cream ontment to be good as kept it moist and didnt dry scab, just peeled off whn was healed enough
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My first one took 4 hours (all in one sitting) and is just next and on my shin. The first 3 hours were fine but the last one nearly killed me off! I say go big or go home!
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I seen a mint tattoo the other day which my wife showed me on facebook.It was on a blokes foot and it looked like you could see his bones through the skin.I thought it was class.
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like been siad, go big or go home nut also agree that first few house ok, the needle will numb the area but its after about 3hrs that you start to feel it, the last hour is a killer.
good luck and remember aftercare, its very important!
good luck and remember aftercare, its very important!
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got an appointment for friday now so no going back, looking forward to it now! thanks for the advice fellas ill let you know how it goes
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A couple of tips (my sister in law is a tattooist, done all of mine for free!)
Have something decent to eat before sitting in there. She has seen all sorts of things happen to people because they go in on an empty stomach!!
Take some Lucozade with you. She is covered from head to toe and she usually has lucozade when she has a big job done. My longest sitting was 4 hours and by the fourth, I was ready to leave!! Just take it easy and if it gets too much, just ask them to stop. That said they usually have a 6th sense as to when it's getting too much for people!
Have something decent to eat before sitting in there. She has seen all sorts of things happen to people because they go in on an empty stomach!!
Take some Lucozade with you. She is covered from head to toe and she usually has lucozade when she has a big job done. My longest sitting was 4 hours and by the fourth, I was ready to leave!! Just take it easy and if it gets too much, just ask them to stop. That said they usually have a 6th sense as to when it's getting too much for people!
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i mean all the colouring was from his imadgination, not what the picture showed, the transfer was black and white and i added the colour myself and he done all the diffrent shading of the blues and oranges by eye, not by the pic if that makes any sense? lol
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The guy thats doing my sleeve has drawn most of it on the arm rather then the lick and stick transfers. It always looks better ad-hoc so to speak.
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well im half way there as he only licked and sticked the outline , but i agree anyone could just do an outline it takes talent to do some of the tattoos that some people do.
The man whos doing my work now is doing me a half cover up design of one i got for my mum but the writing was in old english and was to close together, so it now looks like a picket fence he should have them ready saturday for me to look at, so ill post them on here
The man whos doing my work now is doing me a half cover up design of one i got for my mum but the writing was in old english and was to close together, so it now looks like a picket fence he should have them ready saturday for me to look at, so ill post them on here
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im in to my sleeve for about 12hours now, maybe another 6 should see it finished i hope. Do some research into what the correct meanings are for Koi fish. there is something i recall about they should always be facing upwards, something to do with their life journey to become a water dragon, and pointing down is supposed to bring misfortune IIRC. seriously look it up before you get it done.
The outline sucked!! a fair bit of discomfort around the wrist, and the ditch on the inside of your elbow, and inner bicep!!
Dont get any tribal, or your name on the back of your forearm, barbed wire tattoo around your bicep, any torn skin tat with mechanicals on the inside, seriously
The outline sucked!! a fair bit of discomfort around the wrist, and the ditch on the inside of your elbow, and inner bicep!!
Dont get any tribal, or your name on the back of your forearm, barbed wire tattoo around your bicep, any torn skin tat with mechanicals on the inside, seriously
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Im in the middle of getting a koi on my am. taken 5 hours so far, an hour for the outline. 2 hours for the blues and 2 hours for the fish and flowers. took so long as he used 9 shades of blues and 6 shades of orange and pretty much all the coluring was free hand (not looking at the picture)
Still got 2 hours left, as he wants to put greens in with the blues and carry on up to my elbow.
after care is important but they should go through that with you, I found pile cream ontment to be good as kept it moist and didnt dry scab, just peeled off whn was healed enough
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I'm with half the people here why the hell would you want a picture of a ugly ass fish on your arm?
I'd like a couple tattoos but can never decide what i'd like that i wouldnt regret at some point.
I'd like a couple tattoos but can never decide what i'd like that i wouldnt regret at some point.
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ive done a few 4 hour sittings,you get used to it.if its hurting,tell him/her not to hold it on to long
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