I know you are all anxiously waiting to see some pictures, and after some death defying maneuvering on my part, I have at least one nugget to offer; here’s what it looks like today, after the first session (there will probably be three… he focused on the koi fish and finished them in the first session):
While it isn’t a very good picture, nor a flattering one, it gets the point across. When James comes home on Tuesday, I will try to get more pictures. I have taken some others, but honestly, they suck, and it doesn’t help that my arm is still pretty sore, since I did let someone jab it with several needles for around 3 hours yesterday. It wasn’t THAT bad, but according to my tattooist (russ abbott), I am on the extreme end of bleeders, which causes him to have to dig in that much more. Nice. Also, funny thing, he told me to eat a lot of jello before the next session, as it has vitamin K in it, which aids in coagulation. Fun facts in the tattoo parlor!
Also, I cannot even believe this shit, but the pain is what keeps reminding me that it happened: I am supposed to wear a cling-wrap bandage at night, in order to prevent it from scabbing (another lesson… who knew, right?), and I used that innocent looking Johnson’s and Johnson’s waterproof tape to hold it on. Well, it held on so well, that it ripped the skin on my inner arm, and above the tattoo on my shoulder. HOW is that possible??!?! So that is actually hurting more than the tattoo is; go figure. I have to figure out some way to keep the cling-wrap on tonight that doesn’t involve that devil’s tape.
Hope all are having a fantastic Sunday! And, let me know what you think of the tattoo… I love it. I think that it is going to be so awesome when it is finished; next appointment is for April 25th, so stay tuned!
Baby, that is one HAWT tattoo! Can’t wait to see the next phase! Gonna be so nice when its done!
Sexy!
Love the colors in the fish! I screamed like a girl reading about the ripping skin.
starting to plot out my 2nd tat for this summer… nothing as elaborate as you’re doing though!
It looks pretty good. We were looking at Abbott’s work online & really like his vivid use of color. Can’t wait to see the finished product!
LOOKS AWESOME kiddo! So how long do you have to go between sessions? You are such a trooper…
It is going to be 4 weeks between each sitting; it has to fully heal before I can go back under the needles.
Tight! Looks awesome, can’t wait to see it finished, and doesn’t the cling wrap just cling to itself?
I didn’t know you weren’t supposed to let it scab over though. When I got mine, they told me to let it scab over and just not to pick at it.
love the colors
Wow. It looks fantastic!
I apologize for my earlier penis remarks.
Wow that really does look good. Three hours huh,thats a long time to be poked by needles. But it looks like it will be well worth it !!
I’m going to call you Super Bleeder!
Ooo! It looks great! I can’t wait to see how it turns out when it’s finished.
i’m loving it!~ can’t wait to see the finished product… go boy!
wait, one more thing… does it go all the way around? under your arm I mean? cause if so man, you are tough! a manly man no less…. hehehe
It looks great!
It doesn’t go all of the way around; you can pretty much see all of it. I can’t wait for the finished product. I get all weirded out when I think about having to go through this 2 more times… ugh…
what will this look like if your work out regime changes the shape of your shoulders?
won’t it be distorted?
I can’t wait to see it up close and in person on Wednesday. And again on Thursday at Sweetwater drinking day!!!!! Huzzah!
And yeah, no scabbing on the first day - especially because on your arm, its more likely to catch the scabs and rub off, thereby pulling out the ink. (Stuff I learned hanging out in tattoo parlors in college.)
The fish have become alive, Duane! The colors are so brilliant!!
charlie, it will actually grow with you, all tattoos do; if you severely gain or loose weight though, that is a different story. I doubt that my arms are going to become so gargantuan that it will have any effect.
YAY!
Jealousy keeps me from posting more then this…
So nice!
WOW! That looks amazing. I freakin’ love it!
Wow Duane, that’s amazing!
DUDE!!!!! THAT TATTOO ROCKS!!!!! WOW! And the shoulder it’s on looks hot too. Can’t wait to see it finished. GREAT CHOICE Duane! Now you have me thinking of getting a tattoo, uh oh.
That’s awesome!