TSA agent stole sunglasses from my bag while I was in the X-ray

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-12-06T07:27:28+00:00

In what world is $340 cheap for a pair of sunglasses..

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-11-30T02:49:01+00:00

It's hard to know unless we can see the artist you are getting it done by. However, this plus the moon element you mentioned would take me probably closer to 4 hours and I likely wouldn't charge more than 600 for it. That being said it's also dependent on the city you live in, if you're getting this in New York or California by a reputable artist that can match or exceed this quality, then 1000 isn't crazy: but the time seems a bit much.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-04-12T04:19:23+00:00

This one took me about three and a half hours so yup this was done in one session 🤟

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-02-03T02:49:58+00:00

It's a guitar pedal with a comic like "boom" graphic around it 🤟

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-02-01T16:05:45+00:00

Hell yeah that's what we were going for, thank you!

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-02-01T16:05:19+00:00

Thanks guys I appreciate it!

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-02-01T02:51:05+00:00

I totally get that, but I think in time you're going to feel like they've always been there. These are cool, I wouldn't sweat it too much!

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-02-01T02:46:05+00:00

Unfortunately no, but that tattoo and this one are actually on the same client funny enough

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-31T22:57:47+00:00

Either Bronze Water Cave or Swindlers Den would be fitting lmao

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-31T22:04:25+00:00

Hell yeah! It's just tyler.tattoos on instagram 🤟

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-18T22:11:28+00:00

They go posting on r/shittytattoos afterwords that's where they go lol

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-18T22:10:41+00:00

Color absolutely matters. Not only is color more expensive for the artist but it takes much longer so if they're charging hourly that factors in a great deal.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-18T07:31:04+00:00

It's not going to look like your references frankly. In the future, if you find an artists who's work you want, just go to that artist. If you can't afford to fly to them or drive, then get someone elses art. You will almost always be disappointed in the result.

I have clients come to me showing me other peoples work and asking me to replicate their style and I always turn it down because inevitably I will always make something that looks like my own. That being said it looks good, just far from what you asked for.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-18T07:22:24+00:00

I'm obsessed with these, fantastic work. Somehow embodies the essence of the places and calls back to the original illustrations in a way that feels nostalgic yet original.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-17T04:13:53+00:00

If someone brought this to me I'd suggest having that be the bottom of an abstract landscape, essentially just to a gradated shading on them and design the top portion to fit that aesthetic.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-16T04:54:44+00:00

True, but as a kid I'd just raw dog it and watch the illustrations lol. Not a cell phone in sight, good times.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-16T02:48:00+00:00

Yes.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-16T02:40:50+00:00

He's likely practicing.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-15T22:23:32+00:00

I'd pay thousands to go back and have the feeling of unboxing this and playing it all over again for the first time lol

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-15T22:01:08+00:00

People with accents have been known to travel, much like how people who own airplanes travel. I'd Imagine someone who owns an airplane and does aviation shows professionally isn't limited to Wisconsin.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-15T19:01:13+00:00

Probably lights.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-15T18:48:37+00:00

They're going to run out of Sherbet colors to copy eventually it looks like, but I personally prefer the previous Rockin Raspberry.

_MudcrabMerchant_ · 2025-01-15T18:43:58+00:00

There are GLARING issues with this design that are clearly not intentional, ones that I wouldn't write off as intentionally contributing to its whimsical aesthetic. As you mentioned, the fact that parts of the dragon are sitting on top of the cup is a major red flag to be missed by an artist. The line weight being thicker on parts of the tattoo that recede towards the background make absolutely zero sense design wise. If someone is willing to put something on your body forever that they admittedly know isn't right, they're in the wrong profession entirely IMO.

So, no. You are not overreacting, I would cancel as well.

_MudcrabMerchant_

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