well i no longer really spend much money on the car, needs a few things and i just gave up on it for now, just gonna do some minor things so i can drive it int he summer. im now into a new stage of life, witch are tattoos, its sad i went from hating them to loving them. was always afraid to get ink done, 1st time in i had my self super worked up and when i clued in it wasnt as bad as i thought it was i almost passed out cause i came off my rush way to fast, second time in i will never recommend anyone getting a tattoo on their wrist it hurt and it sucked! lol.
now the 3rd time im starting a full sleeve baised off old japanese ways from a few studdies i use to do in highschool now im excited!
heres my 1st two:

my moms and my dads last names on my inner arms, both are the same font, due to my moms last name being longer we had to srink it down alot and we were not able to do the double outline.
on to my sleeve:






my sleeve starts with a japanese samurai with a dragon around him, behind the samuari there will be a mountain from Japan, in the mountain will be a set of stairs leading to a dragons temple, then above it ill be clouds and the night, below the dragon their will be a river with cherry tree blossoms floating in it, on the inner arm there will be a cherry blossom tree blowing in the wind blowing cheery blossoms in the wind.
the meaning to it:
the meaning of the cheery blossom tree is to symbolize life
the samuari is to simbol strength
the stair case in the mountain symbols the stair case of life
the temple symbols the final resting place.

the hole thing is to show a life time story line but using things from japan history.
reason why im going with japanese history is because in high school from grade 10-12 i had a friend that was an extange student from japan, he taught me 2 styles of japanese writing, and got me into the martial art called Kendo (the way of the sowrd) witch is what the samuari studied when they were around.

i know thins is a car fourm and guys will prob ripp but i thought it would be nice to post some pics of what i been up to.

All my work is being done by John Newcombe of Newcombes Ink in halifax at 5187 Sackville Street, hes cheap and is by far one of the best in halifax! very gental as i been told.
Number: 405-7080
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php...49989411686477

P.S. my sleeve is only 3hrs worth of outline.

 

This was my 1st tattoo,it is on my lower back...thats all I have but plan on getting more.
Jason from Everlasting Ink in New Minas did mine Welcome to Everlasting Ink Custom Tattoo - New Website in the works!

 

nice how did the lower back feel?

 

traaaammmp sttaaaaaaamp! dont worry, i know a guy who has his own last name on his lower back lol

 

I was scared shitless haha....but it didnt hurt as much as I had myself thinking it was going too...they told me it was going to hurt more in the middle where the bone is but it didnt it hurt more on the sides where theres more fat...

 

I got one 2 years ago on the back of my leg, and got another this past November. Ones on the back of my leg, and ones on the inner left biceps. Neither was painful. I'll get pics up asap. One was done at Permanent Ink in Halifax, and the other was at ADEPT on Quinpool Road.

 

yea i hear the center of your back hurts too. but i doubt i'll ever have anything on my back

 

Did you get that recently Meg?


I want to get something like this tattoo ... I want it to be my Shar Pei Chloe, and just her head. Just need to find someone who would be good at doing a Shar Pei ( I have seen some crap jobs) and save up the $$!! haha

 

Start of my sleeve. 4.5hrs in. Still need to go back in for color and to fill the rest of my arm. Work was done by Troy Lane of Tribal Ink in Digby.

 

melissa I had my done for about 5 years now...nothing new lol

 

Those look pretty sweet Boost maybe some day Ill get a tat haha

 

take a pic to john see what he can do

 

havent been updating much on this, sense i made this i been back for 2 sessions, one was to start outline on a cherry blossom tree, and the other was to finish it, i go again tomorrow for more work!
heres some pics

Session 2:



Session 3:




I cant explain how bad the wrist hurt with the outline, it hurt so bad it wasnt fit, felt like he was slowly slicing my wrist lol but the shading wasnt that bad

 

looks good pykie! John is pretty good. If you don't mind pm me his hourly rate/session rate. Is he hard to get into for appointments?

 

PM sent.
Ya hes awesome! big things coming for Newcombes Ink, theres gonna be a TV show and everything something like LA Ink but here in Halifax. John is all black and white Helena upstairs and soon to be Keigan Lamb are the color artists

 

Didn't really hurt for me, none did except for on my stomach. Though if you think the wrist is bad wait till you do the inner/upper part of your arm, elbow, and near your pit.

 

some newer ones of my arm, and some of my friends work




My buddies leg sleeve only 4 hrs of work done


my buddy Jers half sleeve 6 hrs of work


my buddy Dans work, only some on Dan was done by john, i dont have much of his stuff on my computer
Shark, Tribal Mask, all the shading to make the sleeve

 

yea im not doing my inner bicept, the elbow im not doing the whole thing, the elbow pit didnthurt at all.
the only thing that bugged me about my wrist was the out line that hurt bad, but yes i know what ya mean about the other spots hurting haha

also all the pics i posted mine, jers, jordans, and dans all our work isnt done yet.
check out Newcombes Ink on FB, theres a group

 

I was talking about near your arm pit.

 

I have one on the inner bicept, near my arm pit, and didn't find any soreness or pain.

 

me neither. Wrist is pretty bad though. The skull w/tribal outline on the back of my forearm has some on the inner wrist which wasn't too bad but it was tender. My old tattoo artist did his own stomache and he said that was bad but the worst was the side of his ribcage.
My back I fell asleep too lol. and legs are nothing.
John is good but is comparable to other artists in HRM and def the going rate as well. I need some work done soon but looking around to someone more versified in b/g and color.
Monty Ricken is doing my right arm sleeve next Tattoo convention here in Halifax. so that leaves my left arm for someone local to battle.

 

got more work done, this is it for now gonna start my car lol

 

Props to Troy!!! He's the only guy I'll recommend to anyone!!

 

some of my tatts












got more but don't have pics on photobucket,only on fecesbook

 

got started on a different route the other night. About 3hrs in so far on a full sleeve. Theme is medieval with the battle on the forearm working its way to the upper arm where the castle is under siege with a sweet dragon flying down breathing fire on everything. All work done by Chris Weagle at Outcast Ink.