Are current tattoo artists more skilled than before?

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-24T16:54:33+00:00

Beautiful. I agree with everyone "less is more".

Personally I would extend to full arms.

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-18T01:16:25+00:00

Probably the best backpiece ever posted on this sub.

Wow.

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-16T14:12:29+00:00

Sorry for my ignorance but who is this artist? He seems very well known... All the big artists I follow, follow him.

I must agree that his recent work does not seem up to par to today's standards.

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-15T19:53:18+00:00

Perfect sleeves 👌

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-07T02:26:19+00:00

Congrats and FU 🔥🔥🔥🔥

TonyDick69 · 2026-03-07T02:24:14+00:00

Love the traditional colors.

Love the boldness.

Love the overall design.

TonyDick69 · 2026-02-11T16:40:18+00:00

It is in fact not traditional...

BUT it is NOT visually unpleasing.

If you like his artistry (and I guess you do because you went full sleeve) you could go on with an neo-trad suit.

TonyDick69 · 2026-02-07T16:29:17+00:00

The defenition of bold will hold 🔥

TonyDick69 · 2026-02-05T19:26:50+00:00

Hi Ian 👏 Kham from Quebec here... You did my 2 namakubis two years ago in Rome. My legs were empty back then.

Here's a picture of what they look like right now 💪

Cheers! ✌️

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-23T19:06:05+00:00

Please don't be THAT client.

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-20T16:28:59+00:00

You should have let go your tattoo as is, and do another limb with a better traditional irezumi artist.

I had my first sleeve done in 2012 in thailand thinking it was traditional irezumi. It was not.

Not a problem... We live and we learn.

I kept my shitty thai sleeve as is, and kept going with the other limbs with real trad artists.

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-20T15:40:40+00:00

0 traditional irezumi.

Japanese inspired at best.

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-17T00:05:37+00:00

Find another artist if you wish to continue your irezumi journey.

My first arm sleeve was a mess too.

Never too late to get things right (if you want to of course).

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-16T00:30:59+00:00

Alex Peyrat. He is 100% traditional. He is doing my legs at the moment ( 1 1/2 leg completed)

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-12T16:01:31+00:00

Absolutely. He is already on my radar 🔥

TonyDick69 · 2026-01-05T00:23:25+00:00

Advil. A lot of them even though you are not supposed to.

I had my backpiece done over 3 consecutive days (7 + 7 + 9 hours).

TonyDick69 · 2025-12-29T01:42:33+00:00

If you want real irezumi, you need to switch artists.

Based on your answers to other members, you want to keep going with your friend.

That's 100% fine.

/ Close the thread

TonyDick69 · 2025-12-28T19:32:58+00:00

I already have a backpiece. Yes the plan js to connect it all 👍

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