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the last one was completed today, my artist wanted to get the sleeve done before i go to Iraq and theres only one small piece he wont be able to do before i go which is on the ball of my shoulder. im VERY happy with it considering it started when i was 18 with the one up on my shoulder.

my first one will be changed to a black outline so it stands out like the others. it was originally done with a blue outline

Pics dont do that ink any justice. I saw it in person its got some sick detail to it

thats some sick ****. i gotta go get some more tats

keep the opinions comin. good, bad, or indifferent, id really like to know what everyone thinks

Never was a big fan of tatoos but that looks VERY detailed and quality stuff. I thought the army had strict rules on tatoos? I know my friend has a little tribal one on his one arm and they gave him a hard time and he's going to the Coast Guard.

im in the airforce but im already in so its a little different. still cant cover more then 25% of the exposed body part though. this will barely show past my T shirts, ill be wearing long sleeves over in the sandbox because it could offend someone.

Yeah I kinda meant armed forces in general. Hmm 25% they gave him a hard time for something that's maybe 2%. Yeah the outfits you guys wear cover basically everything except the face and hands so I wasn't sure what the big deal was.

my base isnt strict about it, but theyre strict about EVERYTHING in the desert

Cool. Lemme guess- you are Egyptian?

no im not, lol weve obviously never met lol. ive always been fascinated with Egyptian gods and mythology i guess you would call it. i have one more piece to add to it and ill be done.

im actually Italian and a whole bunch of other things but everyone gets italian flags and what not. i wanted to be different and im really happy with the work

Dude, it's beautiful work. Very nice detail. Makes me want to save some money...

ty im up to around 1700 on that arm now, 1300 on my left side.

Nope. Cool idea though! You are right on the "standard issue" Italian tats- walk the beach at Seaside for 5 minutes and you will see tons of them.

I remember seeing the first two but not the Anubis one, but they all look kickass dude!
we had this convo before but I was into Egyptian mythology, which led to the Greek stuff but once I had to do it all for school (Latin I-IV) it lost it's novelty :-?

I want some ink of my own but I really can't decide what I want as a first piece...

joshhhhhhhhhh you have no more skin left...very cool though =)

nice work man i have my hole right arm done make sure you use sun block on them in the sun i didnt and five years go's by and the color on the lower part of my arm started to fad...

yeah i guess im lucky since the only time mine will get sun is the beach or if im wearin a beater. the one on the left side of my chest is a pain to put sunblock on because its up near my neck and onto my back. ive always had a g/f do it for me.

so make someone over in the sandbox your b1+ch and get them to do it. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

seriously, though, i've never gotten ink myself, but i used to draw tattoos for money. they were all original artworks and the stencil destroyed after each one was completed to make sure that only one is in existence of each. i never ran the gun but i watched one get done. they say it's like someone scratching you over and over and over again.

if i were to get any ink it would be a scorpion on one shoulder and a dragon on the other. they're both my zodiac signs; the dragon is chinese zodiac. i had some artwork done a few years back but changed my mind after i thought about it. it's on there for the rest of your life unless you go through the pain of laser removal.

thinking of the military and inkwork reminds me of the M*A*S*H episode where the guy has a bunch of artwork done, but one of them got hit with shrapnel and gutted 'her'. it's the one where Radar is thinking about getting a tat and everyone is trying to talk him out of it. he ends up with a drawing of a teddy bear on his tushie. :mrgreen:

thats awesome, im in too deep to get anything removed. i would love to see some of your art work.

Very Nice! Who does your ink?

Thank you. Dan Craft did all of my tattoos, he was the "Big hit" at Jersey Devil but he wasnt happy there so he opened his own shop right in williamstown on 322 called DNA Tattooing.

Oh ok, cool...Well, he does some nice work for sure! Jersey Devil in the past was bad news not the Tattoos but the extra curricular activities that was involved with some of the artists..

you are correct about that. hes very clean though and really a family guy, not into drugs or anything like that. if anyone is interested in getting tattooed by him let me know and ill give you his #.

i wasn't able to save any of it. these were some heavy hitters i was hanging with at the time, i didn't dare make a copy of the artwork.

but, if you want me to draw something up, just let me know what the subject is and i'll give you a rough sketch.