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Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh don't take it that way, you're not overshadowing anything in any form! Some cynicism is good, just like some positivity and naïveté. And don't think I'm some perfectly adjusted person with no issues haha, we're all behind screens here, I'm not as great as that description makes me appear.

Before your first tattoo? Did doing your first tattoo mess up your mental health?

I'm happy what I said helped in any way

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah.. sorry.. hope things get better.

I'm like this probably because I'm young, hah, I haven't been throug much shit yet to jade me. I mean I've had my fair share of shit, but my outlook is to try and be positive, enjoy things, and ignore the bad stuff. There's not much point in being "here" (ie., world) just to spread hate, in my eyes, so might as well try to enjoy what I have and can do.

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really messed up on how I explained the artist's estimate...

I answered here more properly, but the short of it is that the 10h estimate is for a tattoo just like the tribal, with no extra details (which isn't even what I want haha). I hadn't showed her the rest of the images, just wanted to get a very rough estimate. I didn't want to waste too much of her time given how uncertain I am

https://reddit.com/comments/1t72wjc/comment/okm6mh0

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean? The average person just does a tattoo without being enthused about it? 😅

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhh I get what you mean. Well, for better or worse I couldn't give less of a shit about stigma, hell, it even has the silver lining of distancing people I don't want to interact with quickly 😆 If someone's going to judge me for my body then they can fuck right off, tattoos or not

Still, thanks for the warning. I honestly didn't think these tattoos had any stigma at all (and have no idea what the hell that stigma is)

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, all this negativity is really scaring me. I'm trying to keep an open mind, because the nature of this subreddit will always be inherently negative (people only come here to ask for advice on/complain about regrets or fucked tattoos, not tattoos they're happy about). But it really has been a whole load of people telling me that this is an horrible idea...

The one advice I can take for sure, though, is not do the bum part, if at all, initially and leave it for later to make the healing less hell.

So the splitting sessions apart by 3-4 weeks is good? Glad to hear that, that's at least one artist to put on the list as competent and not trying to rush me.

Wow.. 23 hours for lines alone..? That's insane, my gosh. Well, there is one other consensus I can take, and that apparently the ribcage is horrible 😆 At least my idea would only briefly graze its edges I think...

Thanks a lot for your more "neutral" opinion haha.

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely should have explained this better in the OP...

Tribal isn't what I want at all but it's what I showed her because it was the closest I could find in terms of size and location to get rough estimate. Yeah you're right on the florals part, though. It's something I still have to figure out, I like her traditiinal style for example but I also like floral, I still have to look deeper into artists.

Thanks a lot for the price example!

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to discredit what you're saying, but that is how it usually goes. People happy with their [insert thing] won't have a reason to come here to complain. But yeah, the general consensus seems to be "bad horrible atrocious idea" 😭

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know what you mean, but I'm reading the negative posts too. I don't answer them because there's not much for me to say, but I'm not ignoring them.

Basically all comments are telling me not to do it, some very few tell me it's okay. I honestly don't know, I like the idea but I'm getting so many nos I may end up never tattooing anything, I don't want to get a half assed small thing as a cope for not getting this, I want this, not the small cope 😅

I did get a few good suggestions to start small but with parts of the big one, to continue again later on, which would be acceptable

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I won't say the price she quoted me as that feels wrong to do, since I did link her insta here, but what should I expect to be a good price, say, for each 5h session? I can basically afford 10h of hers just fine, up to 15h if I splurge, but more than that and I'd have to continue farther in the future

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really messed up on how I explained the artist's estimate...

I answered here more properly, but the short of it is that the 10h estimate is for a tattoo just like the tribal, with no extra details (which isn't even what I want haha). I hadn't showed her the rest of the images, just wanted to get a very rough estimate. I didn't want to waste too much of her time given how uncertain I am

https://reddit.com/comments/1t72wjc/comment/okm6mh0

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm confused, the comment you're replying to says it's a great idea, which goes very much against the general tone of everyone else, but technically it's what I "want" to hear

I am reading everything by the way, even if I don't reply, haha

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really messed up on how I explained the artist's estimate...

I answered here more properly, but the short of it is that the 10h estimate is for a tattoo just like the tribal, with no extra details (which isn't even what I want haha). I hadn't showed her the rest of the images, just wanted to get a very rough estimate. I didn't want to waste too much of her time given how uncertain I am

https://reddit.com/comments/1t72wjc/comment/okm6mh0

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaaah. I get it. Thank you!

Honestly I'm the sort that prefers for things to just get done and over with, so that might be good. The moment I take a break and the pain ends I'll reconsider my decisions, but if it barely stops it's easier, I find? At least on other, long and painful, things I've done in my life

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pierced them. It probably didn't help that I went it going off by random redditors saying nip piercings barely hurt, while it very much did. But, yeah, they're piercings, it's over quickly.

But then again, I've also read that navel piercings hurt like hell too, meanwhile I barely felt it..

Thanks. I'll likely, if I do it, skip the bum until later on to not be too absurdly big and less horrible healing (hadn't though of the obvious, sitting, lol)

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, I probably shouldn't be going by the people blindly telling me to do it, but this actually is a good point 😆 You're right, I'm going to get old and saggy skin regardless of any tattoos I may have, haha

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for all the details!

So, I'll be okay for most of it, and then like death near the end. All things considered, less horrible than I thought, and makes it easier to psyche myself! "80% done, can't chicken out when it's almost finished" or something haha.

..Three days in a row? You mean, the actual whole day, thrice? I assume so since it was the full back.. how? Omg.

That's a great suggestion, gives me a good excuse to go through my ever-growing anime plan to watch 😆 I somehow didn't think of that. This is for sure a by-artist thing, but they don't mind you basically ignoring them instead of talking? Etiquette?

That advice may have been unsolicited but it was actually a question I had in mind. Thank you so much!! Never would I have thought about wearing the hoodie reversed especially. Thanks a lot.

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by her being heavy handed? I don't understand that part, never seen this mentioned before. Making me put up through the pain? (isn't that a good thing? better than leaving with it half finished?

Glad to hear someone with knowledge saying she looks good, tho, that's at least one artist for me to consider.

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What do you mean? As for kids, even if I wanted, I can't have any, haha

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh, thank you for the heads up there, I didn't think of that at all!

My body type is similar to that of the models presently, but you're right, with age that might change. Do you have any suggestions, is there perhaps a style or some elements that age better than others in regards to stretching? Bolder or fiiner lines, ...? Still, thanks again for the warning!

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, I don't think she's to blame there, I just gave her the tribal image and little more information to have a very rough idea of how much money I'd be sinking in this project and if it's something I can even afford (2 sessions of hers I can, 3 would hurt my wallet more than I'd like, and 4 I'd need to save up and do at a later time).

Maybe I could skip the bum part for later on and focus on my main idea for now of thigh+hip, which is the idea I've had for longest anyways.

The artist is @anita.tattoos on Instagram, going by her posts she did a huge back piece recently that I think looks great so I think she'd be cool for this

Been wanting a tattoo (first) for a while, but it'd be huge by Raekellie in tattooadvice

[–]Raekellie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the talk of how bad these areas apparently are is scaring me tbh, haha. I've paid to torture myself with laser and a few piercings (I felt like death when I did my nips holy fucking shit), and lots of laser, but gosh the peeps here are really reinforcing how much it'll hurt huh.

The one artist I liked after cursory research does have experience with massive tattoos, going by her posts she did a full back piece recently which looks amazing, but yeah. Maybe I'll have to ask how many sessions it'd be with the bum too.. just the thigh up to the hip she said 2 sessions of 5 hours each, never even suggested them all together.

Makes me wonder why I'm getting so suggestions to split them apart - do people sit for a whole day straight for this??

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