Irish Translation Forum

Breandán wrote:8O Wow! I love that cracked stone effect in the lettering and the cross. It would be hard enough to do on paper, let alone on skin!

Thank you!

If anyone is ever in southwest Washington state, US - here is his website (not to be immodest, but I built it, also!) - http://www.lunatictattoo.com - there are three artists in the shop right now - Leif is my tattooist.

Here are some pics of the tattoo he did on my leg.

Hi, you have made me rethink me negative attitude to tats ,thank you for sharing.
Julius how's the craic ,mate,good to see ya here anois 's aríst.
Christy.

Christy Quinn. wrote:Hi, you have made me rethink me negative attitude to tats ,thank you for sharing.
Julius how's the craic ,mate,good to see ya here anois 's aríst.
Christy.

I am glad. I also used to have a negative look towards tattoos - at least large ones like I have now. I think a lot of it has to do with the message and the quality of the work.

Here are pics of my right arm in the following two posts. Most of it was barter work for his website.

Here's the last 3. I hope to have him start the Scottish tattoo on my left leg within the next year - I must save my $$. Thank you again for help with the translation of my Celtic tattoo - I sincerely appreciate it!

It's amazing how detailed tattoos can be. Especially when they do portraits of people.
Those colourful ones are really nice.

I've heard before on this site of people saving up for them. They must be very expensive.

BridMhor wrote:It's amazing how detailed tattoos can be. Especially when they do portraits of people.
Those colourful ones are really nice.

I've heard before on this site of people saving up for them. They must be very expensive.

They can be, yes. When you think of the hours of work that goes into something that intricate, you're talking about lots of money.

Redwolf

I honestly never really kept track, but my best guess is $1600-1700(US) for the all of the Celtic tattoo on my left arm. He's a very generous person, too - I know would have cost much more if I had gone somewhere else. The shading on the helm took over 5 hours to complete. And not to be biased, but the angel wing is my favorite part of that tattoo a few posts up. In a few years I will be sure to come back and post pics of my Scottish piece.

i have one small tatoo in comparison to yours , but i agree they look amazing , Maith thú