The original post: /r/tattoos by /u/Spare_Juggernaut_307 on 2025-03-10 06:21:52.

Hey so I’ve been wanting my first tattoo for a couple of years now and i wanted my first to be from my wrist to elbow (stage 1)and then do elbow to shoulder(stage 2). My general idea for stage 1 is to incorporate my love of music and my favourite genre Metal and I wanted to incorporated pieces of album covers and some of my favourite lyrics ( so like the cross from knocked loose and the wings on the cover of Icarus by polaris things that are notable in the genre) and put it in a half sleeve and then from the shoulder to elbow black it out with a skull outlined on the biceps. I want this to all be in black is this a good idea cause I personally love the idea and I’ve wanted to do something like this for a while.The biggest problem is trying to find an artist . I don’t really trust instagram to find and artist and I know each artist has there own style is there one in sydney that can do this type of style and is this good for a first tattoo let me know if there is something I’ve missed and should avoid thanks.