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Completion

20. April 2009

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Completion

Three sessions and nearly 3 hours later, and the outlining was done. It started looking amazing. I contemplated stopping it for the day, as it started getting painful. Rob said the shading won’t take long, and won’t be as painful. As the ever optimist, I thought this meant about 10-20 minutes. Clearly my brain was [...]

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The first lines

20. April 2009

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The first lines

So here Rob, the best tattoo artist on the planet, make his debut in the story called “The torture of Kaptein Caprivi”. Rob started with the outline, as at the very least I had to sit through completing the outlines. If not, then this tattoo would be a complete mess, as you can never get the [...]

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Stencel

18. April 2009

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Stencel

Getting excited… The next step is to apply the stencel to my arm. The stencel is the outline of the tattoo, and help the tattoo artist (also known as The Torturor) get the drawing correctly onto your arm. This part is absolutely vital, escpecially in my case, as the tattoo was so complicated. This took about an [...]

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The first step towards tattoo bliss

18. April 2009

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The first step towards tattoo bliss

Shave that arm baby! The first step in the process is the easiest, I believe. You sit down, some guy get out a razor, and he start shaving your arm. Easy enough. I was glad the tattoo was on my arm. I am not sure how I would feal about a guy preparing me for a tattoo [...]

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My arm, the day before

17. April 2009

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My arm, the day before

My arm, in a nice shade of virgin white. This will change drastically soon. Next…

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