Anonymous asked: seems your arms has healed, could we have a glimpse at your maybenomore ongoing tatoo please ? ;)

Even though it has healed, I’m afraid it’s still not done until it’s a proper full sleeve with no empty skin left. :)

However, Piotrek did start on the inside upper arm area. Please note that this picture was taken before healing, swelling down and touching up hence the imperfections.

I very much doubt it will all be finished before early next year. 

You can see the whole arm best if you click on the last picture I posted below, follow the Flickr link and click on original size, i.e. here.

http://wurzeltod.tumblr.com/ask

Anonymous asked: did the same tattoist do the vania tattoo and how did you find someone you can trust in.

Question mark hand-out time: ? Yay!

Yes, Piotrek did the Vania tattoo and he’s going to do all my tattoos, as far as I’m concerned. 

I think the best way to find a tattooist that’s right for you is to not listen to your friends’ advice (I think that applies to a lot of things in life) and be honest when judging someone’s portfolio. 90%  of it has to blow you away otherwise it’s just a negligent choice on your behalf.

Unless you want traditional tattoos done or a signature piece by a particular tattooist you admire for whatever reason, make sure they’re equally good at all they’re doing, greys, colours, photo realistic, gore, anatomical, japanese, heck you can even tell when a tribal tattoo is nicely executed, I think. 

It also often makes sense to look at tattoo convention competitions if you’re really confused. Piotrek has won some of these in bw and his name tends to turn up amongst the high rankers a lot. 

And then, all you have to make sure is that your tattooist can actually draw (sounds obvious, but isn’t…) isn’t an absolute wanker or a drug addict with shaky hands. :)

In this regard, all I can say is that Piotrek must be the reason why Germany invaded Poland. He’s the most down-to-earth modest person, doesn’t give a rat’s arse about the tattoo scene or any other zeitgeisty bullshit which the East End has plenty of. His patience, concentration, calm and integrity know no boundaries and he has the quiet madness and the sweetly grotesque imagination of the Polish embedded deeply within his soul. 

He’s one of the few tattooists like C.C. Askew or Dr Lakra - to name two - who can doubtlessly slap the term “artist” on their website too, but would never ever do it because he has the most endearing “no, honestly, anyone can do this. It’s very easy. I’ll show you. Look.” approach to everything he does. 

Basically, Piotrek thinks I’m mad, I think Piotrek is mad which always makes for an ace collaboration. Also, you can tell he really appreciates not tattooing Crack Jesus and bizarre vaginas with madly manicured porn star fingers in them on everyone and always embraces a challenge. 

It’s obviously important you get on like a house on fire with your tattooist because unless you’re only in for a unicorn, you’re going to spend a lot of time together and have the opportunity for an interesting chat, so make the most of it. Tattooists are in average more interesting than hairdressers. :)

Anyways, so don’t take my word for it, obviously, but if you’re London based and are not in a rush (never be in a damn rush for a tattoo, it’s the worst thing!), he’s at Good Times now. Also, he’s married. Sorry. 

I must also say that the picture I posted previously is obviously shit and this is only the first stage of many to come and it’s obviously going to be EPIC. He would probably nail me to a wall for posting it. In a nice way though. It’s all about the manner you do things in, after all.