Billy Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) I'm gonna be coming into some money soon, and I've been thinking long and hard, and I'd really like to get a half sleeve. I've seen some pretty sweet tattoos on here, and I know AndyT has some shit hot ones aswell, but getting advice on OTN is a hit-or-miss affair. What I'd like incorporated into the design (which I will be asking Drew Speziale of Circle Takes the Square to design for me, because his artwork has always blown me away) is DIY music mainly, the only thing that has meant enough to me for the last 5 or so years to have emblazoned on my arm. Photography too, perhaps a great quote by one of my favourite photographers, which I'm yet to find, and a little something to do with David Lynch. I still can't think how DIY could be represented in a tattoo, but it'll come to me (or if anyone here knows much about the DIY community etc. help a brother out!) I'm from Chorley, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna let anyone from this hell hole at my arm with a needle. So I'm gonna go somewhere in Manchester or Liverpool. Does anyone know of any good/simultaneously cheap artists in those areas? This things gonna be on me forever, so I want it to be the best quality, and if you look at the work of the artist whos gonna be designing it for me, it doesnt look too easy to draw. How much will I be looking at spending on this? I know it'll depend how detailed the piece is, how big it is, the artist etc, but just a rough guess? I want a half sleeve, top half, and to go onto me shoulder/chest/back a tiny bit. A bit of colour too. Any help would be totally awesome Edited October 23, 2007 by Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt rushton Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Only thing I can say to you is get something that means somthing to you, not just a pointless tribal thing. eg. one of my mates brother is like the funny guy with everyone so on his back he has got a big joker juggling 3 balls.Matt Rushton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Cost really depends on how much detail and how long it takes, unfortunately cheap rarely means good.Expect to pay upwards of £50 an hour at least, your probably looking at upwards of £600 for the half sleeve, depending on how much detail/how fast your tattooist is/how big your arms are.Try and find portfolio's of all the artists in Manchester and Liverpool and take a while to see not only who does the most impressive work but who can do what you want well, for example there's a great japanese work guy in Colchester, but he's shit at portraits.Also Circle Takes The Square rock the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Cost really depends on how much detail and how long it takes, unfortunately cheap rarely means good.Expect to pay upwards of £50 an hour at least, your probably looking at upwards of £600 for the half sleeve, depending on how much detail/how fast your tattooist is/how big your arms are.Try and find portfolio's of all the artists in Manchester and Liverpool and take a while to see not only who does the most impressive work but who can do what you want well, for example there's a great japanese work guy in Colchester, but he's shit at portraits.Also Circle Takes The Square rock the house.Yes, Drew is amazing. I saw them twice on their UK tour with The Murder Of. Best week EVAR. One of them was in the middle of someones garden on this enormous, beautiful old farm on Worscester (sp?)£600 is a lot o' brass, I'm gonna have to do this over a long-ish time I reckon. I hear that Studio 81 in Preston has amazing artists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCircus Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Circle Takes The Square - New album.Give me it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Clark Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Yeah, Rome wasn't built in a day, I've been working on my full sleeve since last March time, hoping to get it done by February.2 month waiting lists for artists ftl The Circus, as soon as the new CTTS album gets leaked, I'll let you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Yeah, Rome wasn't built in a day, I've been working on my full sleeve since last March time, hoping to get it done by February.2 month waiting lists for artists ftl The Circus, as soon as the new CTTS album gets leaked, I'll let you know Boooo! I'm totally waiting for an amazing double gatefold coloured vinyl masterpiece by Drew! Edited October 23, 2007 by Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Try phils of fleetwood mate. He's been around for about 30 years and has done most of my mates ones and they're all amazing.This is my mate Neil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 Try phils of fleetwood mate. He's been around for about 30 years and has done most of my mates ones and they're all amazing.This is my mate Neil.Thats pretty smart! I might have to go hang round at f**king URBIS or something, make friends with some shitty scene kids. They always have good tattoos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 You want to get an idea for a tattoo of a scene kid? Wouldn't it better to come up with something you want? Not having a dig, my mate just got some tribal stuff done on his back, I bet in a year he won't like it. Btw, how old are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 He's 18...I think a simple way to put this is that I'm sure we all did things at 18 that, now, reaching 20 years old...we all regret. I think having a tattoo would be high ranking in that.But hey, its up to you, don't let a load of people on a forum put you off...but use logic, its something for life; so make it something thats not going to change over time. You say you're into music...we all are...music taste is always changing...Ah well, whatever you get, it cant be as bad as my mates; his missus name...after a total of 3 months of going out...tit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 screw what anyone says about regreting getting it donei got my KMC round my arm on my 18th when i was really into riding, now 2 years on i ride my bike to the shop once a month if that and am much more into cars, but still love my tatt.whatever you get go for it and good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Gray Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 (edited) Circle Takes The Square - New album.Give me it now.haha i got one song anyway back to topic tats are out mate get a boat x. Edited October 23, 2007 by Daniel Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 You want to get an idea for a tattoo of a scene kid? Wouldn't it better to come up with something you want? Not having a dig, my mate just got some tribal stuff done on his back, I bet in a year he won't like it. Btw, how old are you?Oooh no no no, I think I worded that wrong. I meant that they'd know some good tattoo artists, like f**k I want a tattoo like any of them! Haha, sorry about that. Yeah, I'm 18. I'm not getting any band tattoos as such, but I want it to represent DIY music in general. I just don't know how. Like I've said, its the only thing that means enough to me to get tattooed, and DIY provided me with the most incredible 5 or 6 years of my life, and those will never be taken away from me. As long as I have that in my tattoo, I can't imagine I'm going to regret it. At least not for a long, long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Harrison Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 What's DIY music? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 What's DIY music?Music to do up your house to of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 i thought it was instruments made from elastic bands, washing up liquid bottles and loo roll tubes..Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 This was done at studio 81 in preston. Looks like it's really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Posted October 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 (edited) This was done at studio 81 in preston. Looks like it's really well done.It does look pretty ok, but its not quite on the same scale as THIS or THIS (that one is a piece of the artist who will hopefully be designing mine) Edited October 25, 2007 by Billy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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