Tattoos! Who has them?

[MissterDog]

Great tattoos everyone! I love seeing and hearing about them as well as future plans!

For those who have had multiple session tattoos, do you recall how many days you would have to wait between sessions? I’ve only had single session tattoos so I have no idea if you are required to wait a few days for say, your line work to fully heal before getting color done?

I’m hoping to get my fourth and biggest tattoo next year from Horitomo in a California so I’ll be making a trip specifically for the tattoo. They might be able to do my tattoo in a single session, but just in case they can’t I wouldn’t mind getting an idea how long I should plan my stay there.

[Sauzo]

Great tattoos everyone! I love seeing and hearing about them as well as future plans!

For those who have had multiple session tattoos, do you recall how many days you would have to wait between sessions? I’ve only had single session tattoos so I have no idea if you are required to wait a few days for say, your line work to fully heal before getting color done?

I’m hoping to get my fourth and biggest tattoo next year from Horitomo in a California so I’ll be making a trip specifically for the tattoo. They might be able to do my tattoo in a single session, but just in case they can’t I wouldn’t mind getting an idea how long I should plan my stay there.

I had to wait about 2 weeks in between sessions. You need it to heal before you can do fill in and colors. If it scabs, it can rip out some ink and make it look blotchy and bad. Also you want to make sure the swelling goes down fully. Black outline work isnt too bad. Its when they use the color fill in needles, thats when it starts to hurt as those things are like 4 needles all grouped together and they just have to grind it into the skin so they get plenty of ink in there. Also it depends how much pain you can take. Most artists will ask if you are ok. My artist didnt want to do longer than 4-6 hour sessions not only for his own sanity but also for the customer lol.

[MissterDog]

I had to wait about 2 weeks in between sessions. You need it to heal before you can do fill in and colors. If it scabs, it can rip out some ink and make it look blotchy and bad. Also you want to make sure the swelling goes down fully. Black outline work isnt too bad. Its when they use the color fill in needles, thats when it starts to hurt as those things are like 4 needles all grouped together and they just have to grind it into the skin so they get plenty of ink in there. Also it depends how much pain you can take. Most artists will ask if you are ok. My artist didnt want to do longer than 4-6 hour sessions not only for his own sanity but also for the customer lol.

I have no idea why but I found the opposite with outline vs color fill. The outline I always found the most unpleasant out of the whole process but the color fill I found more tolerable and sometimes even enjoyable (atleast for the wrist tattoos, collar bones though they just felt less painful and sharp to me).

Thanks for pointing out time limitations! My tattoos so far have been done within an hour and a half and I’m pretty sure my next planned one will take within the 4-6 hour range, so I’ll need to consider that with planning this trip and my consultation. I might just need to split my visit into two separate trips. I’m guessing you took brief breaks in between?

[Sauzo]

I have no idea why but I found the opposite with outline vs color fill. The outline I always found the most unpleasant out of the whole process but the color fill I found more tolerable and sometimes even enjoyable (atleast for the wrist tattoos, collar bones though they just felt less painful and sharp to me).

Thanks for pointing out time limitations! My tattoos so far have been done within an hour and a half and I’m pretty sure my next planned one will take within the 4-6 hour range, so I’ll need to consider that with planning this trip and my consultation. I might just need to split my visit into two separate trips. I’m guessing you took brief breaks in between?

Yeah, my sessions were about 4 hours each. And yeah, the artist took a little break here and there to have a smoke but overall he has been doing it for years so he was used to sitting there for long periods i guess lol.

Oh forgot, we all took a break, even the other 2 artists when a deaf girl and her girlfriend started arguing in front of the shop. We kept hearing this muffled yelling so the guy stopped the gun and the sound was gone. Then he started it back up and we would hear it again. He was like ok this cant be my gun so we both got up and went out front to the waiting area and outside the big glass window pane, we saw the arguing. The other 2 artists were already there watching it. The gals finally noticed all of us gawking at them and they left lol. The things you see in Seattle around the Capital Hill areas back in the day. This was like 25 years ago lol...yes I'm an old fart now