Guitar / Anchor Tattoo

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tonyced26
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:36 am

Let me know what you think! Inherited my pop-pop's Harmony guitar (popular in the '50s), so it's a concept i designed to remember him and to remind myself to keep grounded. I'm an avid musician myself, playing in bands throughout college and whatnot.
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tonyced26
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:43 am

Sorry, here's the PHOTO

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reefdiver
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:58 am

uh, kinda late for opinions.......

how big, what part of the body, and who is doing it?
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tonyced26
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:38 am

reefdiver wrote:uh, kinda late for opinions.......

how big, what part of the body, and who is doing it?
It's going on my upper right arm, down past a half sleeve. So almost to elbow. Not too late for opinions though! Let's hear it.
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EvilJay
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:07 pm

I think its cool. Whos doing it? Seems like a ackward shaped peice for your arm, but if it fits, I dig the concept.
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tonyced26
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 12:34 pm

I appreciate it man! Yeah I was thinking about where I should get it, and the artist had the idea of having it go with the flow of the downward spiral of the tricep/upper arm
EvilJay wrote:I think its cool. Whos doing it? Seems like a ackward shaped peice for your arm, but if it fits, I dig the concept.
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:47 pm

its cool and different. but the waves suck ass. have the artist fix that and it should be pretty good.
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tonyced26
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 3:57 pm

I appreciate the feedback! Yeah the Japanese waves in the background were the artist's idea, I'm assuming he has a better idea of what he wants to do with it.

It'll be in color, and this isn't the final sketch either, but I'm looking forward to seeing what he has in mind with those waves.
OICUR4692 wrote:its cool and different. but the waves suck ass. have the artist fix that and it should be pretty good.
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magnumman
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 6:34 pm

Have you mentioned who's doing it? The sketch looks nice but hopefully it can be tattooed just as well.
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:27 pm

The waves at the bottom look ok, just top top part I think the fingers and tips need more emphasis
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buttwheat
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Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:17 pm

Looks pretty cool. Make sure you post pics when it's done.
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 1:39 am

I envision it more on a calf (unless you have chicken legs), but I like it anyway.
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tonyced26
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:48 am

Thanks for the responses everyone, i love this beast.

Like i said, I just wanted to pay tribute to my pop-pop. I inherited his guitar when he passed last year, and wanted something a little more badass than just a guitar (you can connect symbolism to my pop-pop being my anchor too since i was close w him).

It's actually the guitar that was used by his uncle Danny Cedrone who played with Bill Haley and the Comets on the solo for the Happy Days theme song lol.

At any rate, I appreciate the feedback, positive and negative, I just love this piece.

Skipped out on the waves, until I know that I'm 100% comfortable with the background layout. Also, the white specs on the anchor piece are tough to see but are amazing looking in person, as well as the wood grain detail in that top cork piece.

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reefdiver
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:14 pm

real nice...........congrats

leave the waves out...........
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Animosity
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Fri Apr 19, 2013 3:58 pm

I think the head of the guitar looks kind of fucked, otherwise looks pre-nice for sure.
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