What I did this afternoon

[srwatters]

Finally got my 12 year old tattoo re-done by Billy-Jack Gunter of Artistic Encounter Tattoo http://www.aetattoo.com.

The place:


Tools of the trade:




Before:


After stage 1 (all for today) more to be done after this heals:

[Frazzled LaShawn]

Awesome. The one thing that keeps me from getting a tattoo is having to get it REDONE...yikes

[Whumbahcumba]

Wow. That is some awesome fading effects and brilliant use of color. It's going to look fantastic when it's finished!

[CaptainTom]

It's great the way he blended the new with the old.
I never understood why a tat, but it looks like a good one if that's your pleasure.

[toverman]

Supposedly, the newer inks are less likely to fade, so unless your shark takes a swim in the wrong place it's probably going to look good longer than the previous one. Tattoo tech has apparently come a long way. So has the hygiene of the process as well!

[srwatters]

Originally Posted by toverman

Supposedly, the newer inks are less likely to fade, so unless your shark takes a swim in the wrong place it's probably going to look good longer than the previous one. Tattoo tech has apparently come a long way. So has the hygiene of the process as well!

Absolutely true. Once he's finished, I don't anticipate getting this one done again. Maybe more, but this one is good

[Toad]

Originally Posted by srwatters

Absolutely true. Once he's finished, I don't anticipate getting this one done again. Maybe more, but this one is good

I can totally attest to this. I have a tattoo on my inner right forearm that is close to 8 years old, and people all the time think I just recently got it.
Colors are still as bright as the day I got it.

Toad

[kula23]

Very cool, man. I would love to get re-done on my ankle tattoo that I want color on it but sadly I can't since I am on blood clot. GRRR This sucks.

[DaShellSellers]

I have one on my ankle that is almost 15 years old that still looks great. I just make sure to keep it out of direct sunlight and use lots of sunblock when I am in the sun. The only color I have lost is the white, but they say that is the hardest pigment to make permanent.

[Tom]

What is the significance of the shark to you?

[srwatters]

I have on several occasions been diving with sharks. I've been in the water with hammerheads, makos, blues, leopards, and of course nurse sharks. Off the coast of San Diego, CA I did a cage dive and have ever since been fascinated with the top predator of the sea. One day I hope to go to Baja or South Africa and do a cage dive with great whites.

As a confessed adrenaline junkie, the thrill of seeing one of these animals up close is about as close to heaven as I'm likely to get here on earth. Well maybe a base jump would get close, but I still think the great white would be tops.