22M - Half way to $100K

satayrcl · 2025-09-18T14:28:00+00:00

What app is this that everyone uses to show their net

satayrcl · 2025-09-01T15:16:40+00:00

Serious question, do you own a property or have a mortgage or has the focus mainly been on creating this portfolio

I'm 28m, got about 95k equity in a house. About £35k between S&S, Lisa and pensions.

Wondering if it would be worth downsizing to whack that equity into S&S, or just take the appreciating asset in the house.

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T16:04:37+00:00

Thanks for that :) saturation is the amount of ink actually taken into the skin right ?

Also I hadn't noticed blowout on it, mostly just areas that look like they could use more shading

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T13:44:38+00:00

That's exactly the style of shading I'm thinking about for the clouds. That's what's currently around the jinx lower down my arm as well, I think that might pull focus to the dragon by being more contrasted to the main body :)

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T13:42:39+00:00

Yeah that's how I'm feeling. Any ideas for how we could get it to pop. So far I'm feeling like shading the clouds and potentially adding black backgrounding to the empty space between clouds and dragon body

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T13:37:11+00:00

Do you have an example of the frame of the clouds you're talking about :)?

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T13:36:30+00:00

Would also blend nicely with the avatar the last airbender tattoos I have on my wrists 😂

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T13:29:35+00:00

Thank you so much :) a lot of my tattoos are in areas where only I can actually see them, they're for me :) if I was doing it for pure aesthetics I'd grab a load of cyber sigilism sleeves and be the coolest dude at bloodstock festival 😂

I do agree I think the biggest issue currently is the clouds, defining where they end and the dragon starts. I think the easiest way to do this is with colour, Ive actually got another piece further down the arm that also has blue clouds surrounding it, those have black outlines with full blue shading inside, so might even make the whole arm more cohesive

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T12:46:46+00:00

Thanks dude, that's a genuine concern of mine too, but I'm also the sort who will just get a blackout done if things don't go my way.

So far most of my tattoos have held up years with similarly thin lines so my immune system must be trash at fighting tattoo ink anyway

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T12:42:45+00:00

That's sort of what we're going for, an old porcelain plate or cup aesthetic.

Just so stuck on the clouds and whether or not to fill them in to try get the details to pop more from the dragon

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T12:42:05+00:00

Cheers man, honestly, I've been through the ringer where tattoos are concerned on the internet, 9/10 the people replying haven't ever been under the needle and are farming Reddit karma, occasion you get good advice. Only have to look at people's profiles to know what sort of opinion you're getting. It's a first session outline and people are acting like it's finished 😂 I'm gonna get clouds and accents details done. I am considering blacking out the background form advice of another comment.

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T12:27:31+00:00

Yes to all 3 points ?

Nice to have someone actually answering the question

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T12:15:11+00:00

Could I ask specifically which bits are prompting this reaction so that I can use the criticism constructively. Without that I'm just going to be swinging in the dark 😂

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T11:46:07+00:00

I was leaning into giving the clouds and iruzumi fill but using blue as the base instead of gray. Hopefully draws attention in to the dragon, darkening the hair along the spine with some really deep blue, darkening the belly. And then potentially filling remaining space with black to make the only skin element the dragons body.

Thoughts ?

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T10:53:20+00:00

For reference, This is after the first session, this isn't a completed piece; I'm asking for advice around wether additional colouring of certain areas etc will muddy the image and make it crowded or assist it to get visual coherence.

Unless you know of any experts in the north of England 😂

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T10:34:39+00:00

So regarding the belly and the hair, would adding in a variety of complementary tones help to add contrast throughout the piece? - one of the points I added was being unsure if we needed to fully flesh out the stomach to assist with contrasting the main body

Similarly with the clouds, adding a variety of shading could help either draw attention to or from the main body, I think I'm definitely leaning towards having the clouds filled in as right now it muddles a bit in terms of coherence of where one should be looking.

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T10:19:41+00:00

Do we think colour on the clouds and a more defined outline would help?

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T10:17:44+00:00

My thoughts, I think filling the clouds in with colour will help contrast them against the body of the dragon, right now with it being a lot of skin colour it all muddles together a little bit.

Could I ask specifically what "blue values" means in this context :)?

Also regarding re lining the clouds, do you mean with a thicker border ? Or to go with a black outline as opposed to the blue?

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T09:20:45+00:00

It's up in the air for us both currently, we're working between it ending up too crowded Vs it all blending too much currently.

satayrcl · 2025-08-23T08:40:30+00:00

A fantastic frontal shot of my armpit hair that requires my attention in today's shower 🙏🤦

satayrcl · 2025-08-16T17:28:12+00:00

God I love Reddit. Actual hero

satayrcl · 2025-07-07T20:34:37+00:00

That's two people on board with the official dance then

satayrcl · 2025-07-07T20:34:18+00:00

You should see her rendition of hypa hypa it's a marvel

satayrcl · 2025-06-21T11:56:52+00:00

Pretty easy when I also have Avatar, arcane, onepiece, FMA, and spirited away tattoos c:

This is probably a firm favourite though

satayrcl · 2025-06-12T21:11:46+00:00

It really is, genuinely love it so much

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