Saltwater Ink?

[darthtang aw]

Doesnt look like the guitar neck coral is finished yet. That is why it might look squiggly and what not. The skin in the shell looks reddish and irritated a bit so touching up further may not have been an option.
Some skin will start rejecting ink and become inflamed thus why it may look strange as well. Fro. A pain percpective i can sit for 12 hours gettin a tat and sleep through it. But my skin will only accept ink from needle work for about three hours. Everyone is different

 

[2quills]

Doesnt look like the guitar neck coral is finished yet. That is why it might look squiggly and what not. The skin in the shell looks reddish and irritated a bit so touching up further may not have been an option.
Some skin will start rejecting ink and become inflamed thus why it may look strange as well. Fro. A pain percpective i can sit for 12 hours gettin a tat and sleep through it. But my skin will only accept ink from needle work for about three hours. Everyone is different
The shell work and cover coral is 3 days old. I wasn't really calling it strange, just saying the quality on the outline of that coral didn't seem on par with the rest. Not the end of the world by any means. That's what touch ups are for. I would never ask an artist to work 12 hours strait on me. Sooner or later someone is bound to get a little dozy or go cross eyed for staring so long at the same piece of skin.

 

[darthtang aw]

The shell work and cover coral is 3 days old. I wasn't really calling it strange, just saying the quality on the outline of that coral didn't seem on par with the rest. Not the end of the world by any means. That's what touch ups are for. I would never ask an artist to work 12 hours strait on me. Sooner or later someone is bound to get a little dozy or go cross eyed for staring so long at the same piece of skin.
My twelve hour stinit wasnt the same area. Had four tats in different areas going at once. Just rotated through them.
The neck line work may have been a healing/rejection issue. Especially if areas near there were worked on before hand the skin may not have taken the line for the coral due to irritation. Touch up in a month should heal it up and make it crisp like the rest. I generally give two weeks between sessions minimum. Just so things can heal properly.

 

[theclemsonkid]

I'll be getting the blue water background added in two weeks, and he is also gonna touch up any spots that need work after they heal. Where he did real heavy, dark colors... it took a lot longer to heal. Like the oranges, yellows, and purples were completely healed in a week. The dark stuff is still recovering...

 

[darthtang aw]

Dark colors always take longer to heal. I have had yellow aqua blue reds and green heal up in a matter of days. Black and purple can take two weeks sometimes.
My wife will heal up in less than week after a tat but she boosts up on vitamins starting the day of the work. Might have something to do with it.

 

[2quills]

Is neo sporin no longer recommended? I healed up pretty quick after mine. But we're talking nearly 20 years ago since my last one.

 

[darthtang aw]

No to neosporin. Some will ise it for the "pain" after the session. But i only use aquaphor for the first 24 hours then lubriderm lotion after that.

 

[theclemsonkid]

I used something called "H2Ocean Foam" after my first session and it healed up really well. After the second session, and third, I didn't really bother with it much, and looking back, it healed more slowly with more scabbing. So this time, after the fourth session I am going to use it religiously again to see if it makes a difference. Guess we'll see!