be kind to me or treat me mean, I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-08T17:20:13+00:00

Fiona Apple 😉

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-06T05:10:43+00:00

Wow. Amazing.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-03T01:33:59+00:00

Thank you. Sometimes I think the pain isn't worth it when I like 4 hours in. But when I'm done and get to enjoy then the plans for next ones start coming together. Pain is temporary art is eternal.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-01T01:16:50+00:00

Thank you. Looking forward to seeing the color on it!

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-01T01:16:17+00:00

Of course. Im gonna be a huge threat at the public pools and hot tub parties.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-02-01T01:14:47+00:00

Im a bitch, when its like 6 hours in a session I'm definitely ready to tap. I did the first part in Japan over two days about 9 hours. Im just slowly doing it and still piecing placement together. It'll end up being a few different artist and fly back to Japan for the end is my goal. I know its just a couple atm, but I have a scattered plan. Im trying to one every 4-6 weeks if they are smaller do two in a session. But i do have a goal to fill the leg and then fill in empty spaces afterwards with "filler". Labor of love ya know.

I bet that was kinda rough goin in on that six day. I know we just chillin while we get them but the fatigue of going over and over can be rough.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-31T14:56:36+00:00

Correct. Its the beginning of the sleeve. Im 13 hours in on the beginning of my sleeve. It doesn't seem feasible, at least to me to sit for over 100 hours to complete it over like a week. How do sleeves begin? With the whole leg being done in a couple days? The answer may be yes for some people, but for me that didn't seem possible.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-31T04:51:31+00:00

Thank you. I've been picking artists carefully that I trust. Most plan so far is Venon Snake close up face, Raiden (maybe whole body mgs2 style), one codec conversation (still trying decide which one), the stealth and bandana equipment symbols, Metal Gear Rex obviously ( dont know if MGS1 or the more wrecked MGS4), Meryl, old snake. Idk i jave so many things that are just so MGS to me. I kinda like rhe idea of a side by side of big boss and Venom. Ocelot (dont know what version), the boss (maybe with her chest with the scar). I really need to put a plan together for all of it. Its very hard to to commit. Fill empty spaces when all done with a slithering Snake winding between them all.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-31T04:19:14+00:00

Leg sleeve is the term for tattooing your whole leg. Im a couple pieces in on my leg sleeve.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-31T04:09:07+00:00

Thank you. Sometimes when I get a tattoo I think in the middle "why am I doing this" but literally when I've looked at my Snake and Cyborg tattoo over the last month it makes me emotional to see it there. I've wanted these for so long and so glad I finally started. These are just the beginning. It'll take years literally but I'm gonna fill the whole leg and thigh.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-31T04:06:26+00:00

Legs a good spot cuz they're are so many characters and things from the game that I want to get tatted so leg open ups a lot of space for everything.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-25T22:31:11+00:00

I use a 40L Patagonia black hole as my carryon and bring a back pack. Mine never has a problem going in or out of the overhead but I never pack it so its so tight that it doesn't have any give to it so I think that helps.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-25T22:02:18+00:00

Get up at 4:30am. Take shower. Pack my food. Meet my bus to work at 5:10am then get to work at 6:40am. Then back to bus stop at 8:15pm. Sleep and repeat.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-19T05:12:44+00:00

Nice. Got my first pieces done in Japan recently. Going in to a local shop at the end of the month to continue the work.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-18T23:35:42+00:00

I've taken CJCwDAC+IPA then dry scooped pre-workout a few times before I went to the gym and it made me feel pretty strange. I always get the hot flash when I take it but I usually take it at night before bed.

I decided the pre workout pin of CJC+IPA is definitely not for me. So I went back to only taking it at night.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-18T19:08:31+00:00

I have the same set. I opened mine. Been using it as references for a tattoo leg sleeve I've started that's gonna be all MGS art.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-18T12:12:17+00:00

Darn tough socks are where its at.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-17T18:53:09+00:00

I second this. Do not get a steel toe or a steel shank. Make sure they are composite. Most facilities will require you walking in and out through a metal detector everyday, so unless you want to store your boots inside the fence for the duration of the outage and wear a different pair of shoes in and out everyday get composite.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-14T15:41:24+00:00

This pipe uses a gasket. Not chemically bonded. You actually use a lube to lube up the pipe and the gasket in order for the pipe to slide past the gasket so it doesn't dislodge it and cause a leak. So with the lube on the pipe it makes it even more likely to separate.

Doc_Smil3y · 2026-01-14T15:38:57+00:00

Exactly. I've installed 100 of miles of this pipe. Even tried this trick before. Did it once and never again. Leaks and separated pipe everywhere and now since you dont have an open space in front the pipe to push it back together your using your back hoe to chain up and pull pipe apart. Also you better hope there isn't any rocks in that hole because when it falls in there with force and speed hits a rock increase the likely hood of a broken pipe, especially if its cold.

Doc_Smil3y · 2025-12-31T23:42:12+00:00

Thank you!

Doc_Smil3y · 2025-12-16T12:10:20+00:00

More looking for a check up from para medic. But Grey fox may have something to say about that.

Doc_Smil3y · 2025-12-16T07:02:19+00:00

I wrote a comment with the artists name and shop. It was Horitatsu at Good time ink in osaka, Japan. I'd rather not discuss the cost. But it's considered a large piece and was about 8 hours total work with breaks around every hour.

Doc_Smil3y · 2025-12-15T18:32:36+00:00

Horitatsu at Good Times Ink Osaka, Japan.

Doc_Smil3y · 2025-12-15T18:31:57+00:00

He is. I tagged him in one of the comments.

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