Done by Nichole Krupitzer at Black Oak Artistry Tattoo & Piercing in Murrysville PA

I decided last week at the age of 43 to get my first tattoo. Music has been a big part of my life, helping me get through my divorce and also my mom passing when I was 21. Is it better to leave my first tattoo on its own or have it tie in with something else. I'm trying to keep my left side for mental health tattoos, right side for family, and then who knows where for funny ones.

Hello! I’ve been wanting to get a rib tattoo for a long time. It will be my 5th tattoo and I’ve got small tattoos done on my lower ankle, back shoulder and side of lower arm before. I would say these previous tattoos did not really hurt that much, the arm was like 2/10, the shoulder was 1/10 and the ankle was somewhere around 4/10. Now I want to make a fine-line, delicate, medium-sized tattoo on my rib (reference attached). I am a bit scared because I’ve been hearing that it hurts a lot and you can even pass out? so I was wondering if anyone has experience and could comfort me because I’m not sure anymore.

I haven’t seen much I like, but I’m very new to tattoos so I haven’t looked into too much and right now I just wanna look into all options!

hey guys ive design this simple crown of thorns tattoo. ive been thinking to get this inked on my traps near our left lower neck. is this good?

I've had these for over a year and I feel they are too edgy for me, i like edgy, but im feeling insecure around people, what do you think ?and what would you balance these designs with in the blank areas, i also find it hard to fill in the blank spaces with more designs, thank you

Sharktopus from the movies Sharktopus, Sharktopus vs Whalewolf and Sharktopus vs Pteracula.

Repost because the formatting was cursed in the first attempr

plan on getting the other side of my arm done in black work at some point. i do need to return to the original artist as well because a spot on my forearm had a bit of fallout, but it's not very noticeable so i will probably just have him fix it when i schedule him for my inner arm.

I've had this tattoo for about 4-5 months now and other than the minor fallout it's healed incredibly well. these are photos of the forearm section 'fresh'. i'm in love with it and get complimented on it all the time!

EDIT: artist is @jeanpaulmaratt on Instagram! he has multiple studios he works out of.

I asked for a jellyfish and wasn't sure what to expect in a slim spot but he delivered! He told he me hand to freehand and I was very excited to see what he would do. I love it!

This is part fresh, part healed. The client asked for a witchy vibe lady and was super happy with how it came out.