Sleeve whats posible healing time ect

[henry]

Ok I'm thinking of travling to america to get a tattoo done and I want a sleeve. What i want to know is what space of time would I need to get this done in one trip, obviously parts are going to need to heal inbetween sessions and so on. Also i know it all would be totaly dependant on how the artist in question wanted to handle it, but if anyone could give me some advice it would be much appreciated. Oh yea and it wouldent put me off if I had to travel back more than once it would just be nice to be able to get it done in one trip and save a bit on air fairs ect

[louismontgomery]

well....how many hours could you sit for ?
i cant take much, but you could mayby go for outline and black shading in one trip i reckon. then go again and get colour, also depends on the design i guess lol
so many things could change it

[henry]

The longest I have sat for was 5 hours but I recon I could sit longer (just lol)
but what I want to know realy is if I went for say 2 weeks could it be done in that sorta space of time. I supose I should realy just ask the artist himself but just wanted to get an idea of time ect before I started making any plans

[louismontgomery]

i reckon you could get a fair amount in best bet really is to ask the artist dude cos everyone works differently, good luck with it though.

[candyclowneyes]

I wouldn't bank on getting a whole sleeve in one trip to America.
I can heal ready for working on something again anything from a week to a month. I still haven't finished mine, and i started 2 years ago

[ShadesOfRed]

Theres a member on here who had a sleeve done over a couple of days in Canada i think. I'm sure if he sees this he'll offer some advice.

[henry]

Yea i'm sure I saw some guy getting both arms sleeved in the space of a couple of weeks on ink wars. The Guy Aitchison Vs. Aaron Cain episode me thinks

[tat2loo]

Shigg is the man to speak to on here.... he went over to Cincinatti (?) to get sleeved... i'll try and find the thread for you.

*EDIT*
Shiggs sleeve part 1

Shiggs sleeve part 2

[brother10]

cheers Ms Loo,
that'll be an interesting read (when i'm not at work!!)

[henry]

Nice one that was extremely informative and has made me want to do it even more