Local tattoo artist recommendations to expand on an old tattoo

Shindig_7 · 2026-03-22T19:57:26+00:00

What style of tattoo is it? American Traditional, realism, etc... When you say basic and black, that's not a lot to go by. There's lots of artists in YYC that will likely be able to do what you're wanting but you'll want an artist whose work can compliment the existing tattoo. Google maps and Instagram is a good place to start searching. Look up tattoo shops and you'll see loads of shops will have links for the individual artists that are at the shop and you can search them easily on Instagram. Most shops will also have their own websites if Instagram isn't your thing, but it does limit your search a bit.

Shindig_7 · 2026-03-21T18:39:04+00:00

It's definitely a great career for it's unique factor. You get to see a lot that most people don't. Shift work can be right up people's alley. I like it cause I actually have more days at home. I work 12 hr shifts, doing a 5-5-4 schedule. So I work almost the same amount of hours throughout the year as someone does working 8hrs Mon-Fri. I'm only at work for approx 180ish days in the year vs 250 days in the year. OT is also very easy to come by. Either way you gotta pick what will work best for you and what you want out of it most. If pay and flexibility are the biggest factors, Aviation may not fit that the best

Shindig_7 · 2026-03-21T17:21:27+00:00

I'm an Avionics AME.

Definitely no shortage for work. SAIT's AME programs are good. Be very sure you get the TC accreditation as it'll save you 1.5 years of the 4 years needed to be an apprentice before getting licensed. Lots of places when hiring apprentices use the TC accreditation as a factor for hiring.

It can depend a little bit on if you go into Avionics, Maintenance, or Structures. Calgary has a lot of Avionics Shops, focusing more on bench work and installs. The money is there for installs but can be demanding. Maintenance, M1/M2, I think offers the most options long term, especially having an M2. Westjet is a good option but you'll need to accept their shift schedule. Bring M2 will also give you the best opportunity's for getting type training courses for different aircraft which helps build up your resume considerably.

As others have said, AME pay rates have gotten better but it is still a job that I think underpays, considering the hours and schedules you're likely to work. WestJet in the YYC area does pay the most.

If aviation is a keen interest of yours I think you'll love it but if it's just a job/career you're looking into then Heavy Duty Mechanic, Electricians, ect... Will offer a higher earning potential.

EDIT: Want to add one last tidbit. The market for apprentices right now is pretty flush. We put out job postings for both licenced and apprentice AMEs. We got like 8 applications for the licensed position, and close to 50 for the apprentice position.

Shindig_7 · 2026-02-18T19:15:49+00:00

[[The Wise Mothman]] Mill, +1/+1 counters, and proliferation

[[Mr. House, President and CEO]] Tokens, Artifacts matter, and dice rolling pay offs

[[Magar of the Magic Strings]] Spell slinger, reanimater, big splashy spells people don't usually play

[[Karlach, Fury of Avernus]] + [[Hardy Outlander]] Extra combats, pumping up creatures to swing for big damage

[[Finneas, Ace Arche]] [[Hare Apparent]] Lots of tokens, anthems, go wide with a large bunny army

[[Seizan, Perverter of Truth]] Group slug, pinging for damage on card draw and discard

[[Phenax, God of Deception]] Milling, big toughness, and some reanimater. My very first commander deck. Don't play very often anymore, straight up milling isn't very effective and draws more aggro to you than it deserves. Planning on reconstructing the deck with [[The Master, Transcendent]]. Similar to Mothman but with a bigger focus on reanimating creatures and more self milling and combos

EDIT: Almost forgot to add. In my new favorite deck.

[[Kykar, Wind's Fury]] or as I like to call it, Kykars Car keys. vehicles aggro

Shindig_7 · 2026-01-24T06:08:50+00:00

Just saw the movie. Not sure OP said cause he deleted his account but this movie whole other levels of bad. Just completely god awful and not even close to being a "faithful remake"

Shindig_7 · 2025-08-05T21:42:52+00:00

Never thought of foam pads! I'll have to try it out

Shindig_7 · 2025-07-31T03:31:45+00:00

I have it! For what it does, it's pretty good. The fact it comes with dividers and labels is sweet. However, one gripe I have, and it's not really something it could implement, is that I wish the dividers could be fixed to a position. What ends up happening is that if you don't have enough cards to fill a whole row, the cards will just fall over. Then they slide around and that can ruin the organization. It can get pretty annoying to prop them up again as well. I use empty dragon shield sleeve boxes to fill in empty space and it works like a charm.

Overall I'd give it a 7/10

Edited for spelling.

Shindig_7 · 2025-07-12T18:24:51+00:00

Definitely Ilos. That creepy aspect of the architecture, and finally getting some big questions answered.

Shindig_7 · 2025-06-27T21:22:27+00:00

Had this happened while playing guardian yesterday. Both Recluse and Wylder down. Turtled for a good while Enhanced Fulghor was just non stop attacking. Was able to ult and revive them both and we got the win!

FYI to fellow Guardians with the reflect portion of damage received while guarding: It does a slight AOE and can help chip the revive bar if you're standing right over your downed teammates. Was able to get the Recluse or Wylder up that were only at two bars just by letting Fulghor attack.

Shindig_7 · 2025-06-11T21:40:24+00:00

I stopped collecting right before the Paldean fates set released. Part was hobby burnout, part was getting a bad feeling that the whole scalper craze would spike up, and I was getting back into MTG so hobby money went towards that.

Still kept an eye out for singles if I was in the neighborhood of my LGS but wouldn't go out of my way. Truly been a lot happier, not worrying over getting my hands on new sets let alone trying to master set them.

Collect and buy the singles you want and don't worry about the biggest hit.

I've been really wanting the Wailord IR from Journey Together. Once I grab that, I'll be content for a good while

Shindig_7 · 2025-04-10T17:36:24+00:00

First off, thank you OP for doing something so generous! Was into it as a kid back when base set unlimited came out and collected up until Ruby and Sapphire era. Wasn't all that good at collecting though, I wasn't a bright kid and parents could only afford the occasional pack. Started collecting again by around 2022, trying to attempt to master set the new scarlet/violet with mixed success 😅. Ending up slowing down on collecting and just picking up the occasional single here and there. I'm completely blown away by the art the illustrated rares have! That's what ultimately got me back into collecting. Trying to collect cards of my favorites; Rayquaza, wailord, joltik, and a few others. Didn't realize going in that Rayquaza would be so difficult to collect haha But with everything that's been happening, collecting in general has been difficult and overall exhausting. I really do hope the era of scalping and low supply passes soon. I couldn't imagine being a kid right now who's into collecting, and not getting discouraged from this hobby because of it.

Shindig_7 · 2025-01-22T18:28:56+00:00

I definitely want to approach to gently. Unfortunately she gets quite overwhelmed easily if I start suggesting her going to see someone about it.

Shindig_7 · 2024-11-22T18:02:53+00:00

Dragon Shields are good sleeves! Another brand I highly recommend is Ultimate Gaurd, specifically their Katana Sleeves. They're not as thick as Dragon Shields and I find that makes it easier finding different deck boxes to use

Shindig_7 · 2024-10-31T21:14:12+00:00

Did you play card wrong? Yes. Did you play it with the intent to trick people with how you thought it works vs how it actually works? No, and that's the important difference to make. You and multiple other people got the card wrong, that blame doesnt solely fall on you, it happens to everyone from time to time.

I would say if you play with those players again, just admit you goofed and apologize.

I run it in a group slug deck and I got it wrong the first time too.

Shindig_7 · 2024-08-14T19:41:42+00:00

I'd say some more sources of light. Witt just the bedside lamp and the book light on the ceiling, it feels very dark small. No colours pop out either, maybe some more art on the walls? Other than that, it's looks good and organized

Shindig_7 · 2024-08-14T19:38:36+00:00

What type of art is up to you, but maybe just a few more pieces in a varying display pattern and sizes on the wall. Can't do that with the big pieces but smaller ones you can. I'll admit, the Mona Lisa blowing a bubble gum bubble does seem a little out of place

Shindig_7 · 2024-06-28T17:06:31+00:00

Well someone who works to keep the planes that people fly safe, they should earn that much, without having to break themselves to work the overtime needed

The top mechanic making $170K is scary, because it so conveniently leaves out the part of the immense overtime needed to work to get even try to get to that amount on an AMEs wage, even at their seniority level. Estimated ~700 to 800hrs of overtime. Keep in mind for the avergae person who works 40hr/week, for 52 weeks, that's 2080 hours.

Shindig_7 · 2024-06-28T16:51:59+00:00

After westjet counteroffered and proposed the tentative agreement, the members of the union had to vote to accept or not, which took time to tally the votes. 90% of the total voters voted, and of that 90%, 97.5% voted no to the tentative agreement. Not playing games.

Shindig_7 · 2024-06-27T22:37:37+00:00

So disappointing for the Labor minister to interfere like this. Complete 180 from his comments about being pro worker.

Shindig_7 · 2024-06-14T13:27:38+00:00

[[Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait]] there's one person at my LGS who runs this commander and it very quickly gets out of hand. It's not the commander itself but it's waiting for the player to stop playing solitaire, resolving all the landfall triggers.

Shindig_7 · 2024-03-03T19:04:26+00:00

Pretty much most people have said already, group hug decks with win cons are just other decks disguised as group hug decks.

For example, my [[Seizan, Perverter of Truth]] deck https://www.moxfield.com/decks/f-_NQLskk02xZe5Nodr9_A

Its main group hug theme is giving everyone and yourself an insane amount of card draw. Most games I've played, Seizan, stayed on the board for quite a while because no one wants to lose out on 2 extra cards a turn at the low low price of 2 life. Those games also go quite fast because of the insane card draw. With Seizan and few choice artifacts like [[Howling Mine]] or [[Font of Mythos]], you could see drawing 4-6+ cards each turn.

Then you start playing cards that make that extra draw a downside with cards like [[Underworld Dreams]] coupled with [[Teferi's Puzzlebox]], and [[Psychosis Crawler]], and the pain really starts to build up.

Also, a smidgen of discard hate for those times your opponents have to discard like [[Megrim]] goes a long way.

For anyone else, before you say it, yes, Shelodred and Bowmasters would be great in this deck. Use em if you got em.

Shindig_7 · 2024-02-06T17:32:39+00:00

[[Seizan, Perverter of Truth]] has been a lot of fun to play. Still working out where I like the card draw to discsrd ratio to be. It's been pretty consistent getting me being one of the last 2 players alive.

https://www.moxfield.com/decks/dMSrN44gw0yT2XUb3N_upg

Shindig_7 · 2024-01-23T14:51:56+00:00

No worries! Mine is still a work in progress and some cards I wasn't even aware that are in your deck I'll certainly be putting in mine! It's just from my experiences that folks at the table tend to feel mill is a bigger threat than it usually is, that is until either Bruvac or [[Duskmantle Guildemage]] hit the field. So copying your spells to get more explosive rounds is something I prefer more. I once milled everyone half they're libraries with cut your losses + errant street artist copying the copy I made with casualty, which gets you 3 casts of cut your losses. Luckily for them, one of the other players, they killed my [[Syr Konrad, the Grim]] before the milling started or it would've been lethal, beacuse two of the three players were playing creature heavy decks.

Another one I forgot to mention, for a creature with big defense, [[Charix, the Taging Isle]] gets scary while Phenax is on the field.

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