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Discussions About Being Bald => Tattoos and Piercings => Topic started by: matt548 on May 17, 2014, 11:10:02 PM

Title: been working on a sleeve
Post by: matt548 on May 17, 2014, 11:10:02 PM
i've been working on a sleeve since the fall (well not me, but a great tattoo artist) check it out!

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Post by: matt548 on May 17, 2014, 11:13:05 PM
detail
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Post by: matt548 on May 17, 2014, 11:17:12 PM
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Post by: Sir Harry on May 18, 2014, 05:55:28 AM
Awesome art, Matt! I enjoy tattoos, but never had the guts to get one...smh..
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Post by: slymyke on May 18, 2014, 06:21:41 AM
Looks great, Matt!
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Post by: K5mow on May 18, 2014, 07:14:11 AM
Looks great.

Roger
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Post by: Goatee on May 18, 2014, 10:18:17 AM
Nice. I have been having Laser treatment to try and remove some tats! Very very very very very very painful indeed!! lol

May just be happy with them toned down / faded. Pain is terrible.
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Post by: Laser Man on May 18, 2014, 03:28:39 PM
That's a serious sleeve! Great artwork!
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Post by: Steeltoe on May 18, 2014, 05:33:35 PM
Full sleeves rock, there is no way to argue with that. Plus a bald head and a couple of earrings = instant bad-ass.
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Post by: AJ Q-Ball on May 18, 2014, 06:00:11 PM
Wow! That is extensive. Looks great!
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Post by: jgnv on May 19, 2014, 10:35:04 AM
Nice Tat!
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Post by: Crowbar on May 25, 2014, 06:40:00 PM
That looks awesome!, a lot of hours work put in there
I love tattoos and tattoo culture
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Post by: Semi-Sly on May 26, 2014, 11:08:36 PM
WOW!!!! That is beautiful.  It is difficult to appreciate it from just the small photos though.  I would like to see that "in the flesh" as it were.  Where are you located?  Who is doing the work?  Did you do the design?  What does the design mean?

 I think that I am far too old to pull that off; but I have one half sleeve and am thinking about getting the other armed half sleeved as well.
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Post by: Steeltoe on May 27, 2014, 09:33:30 AM
I'm happy I took the plunge and got full sleeves about 15 years ago, extended them to my hands about 5 years ago.
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Post by: Doctor Thomas on June 03, 2014, 01:39:08 PM
Nice sleeve, Matt - what's next? I have a full suit, covered except below my wrists and above the base of my neck. I can wear a suit and nothing's visible. Wear it in good health.
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Post by: Sir Harry on June 03, 2014, 07:00:20 PM
Awesome work, Steeltoe!
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Post by: Semi-Sly on June 03, 2014, 10:31:11 PM
wow Steeltoe!  Aren't you afraid of running out of room?  Ha Ha.  But seriously, very nice work!
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Post by: Semi-Sly on June 14, 2014, 11:07:38 PM
Well, another disappointment!  I tore my Bicep tendon two weeks ago.  Saw the surgeon on Wednesday, he says that I also re-tore my rotator cuff.  My arm is very weak, and looks very strange.  There is a kind of "golf ball" sized lump where the bicep has fallen just above the elbow and the top half of the arm is very skinny with a big "dent" in it.

The good news is that he says he can fix it.  The other part of the good news is that it is not going to ruin all of my summer plans, (Airventure at Oshkosh, Bike Week at Sturgis, Burning Man in Nevada).  His first available appointment for surgery is September 26.

The down side, (other than the long and painful recovery) is that the half sleeve I had planned to start this week will have to wait at least 9 months.  Since we don't know what shape the upper arm will have after the surgery, and we don't know where the scars will be, it makes no sense to do the tattoo before the surgery!

I was really psyched up for the new tattoo!
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Post by: Crowbar on June 14, 2014, 11:14:46 PM
If it was going to happen, its good it didn't happen straight after you got the sleeve done
But crap it has happened at all..