Tattoos and larpers

I would highly recommend against cutting corners on this.  Save up and use the artist you like best, regardless of price.  I know you want to save as much money as possible, but you're going to get what you pay for, and it's ALWAYS worth the extra money to get something you truly love rather than something that you've settled for.  

Sure, you can buy a painting at Walmart for $20, but that truly amazing painting in the gallery will be 100 times that.  The Walmart picture might be nice and all, but the two are not the same, and anyone who tries to convince you they are is lying to you.

I paid over $5,000 for my sleeve and wouldn't have done it any other way.

--Skimmel

I would highly recommend against cutting corners on this.  Save up and use the artist you like best, regardless of price.  I know you want to save as much money as possible, but you're going to get what you pay for, and it's ALWAYS worth the extra money to get something you truly love rather than something that you've settled for.  

Sure, you can buy a painting at Walmart for $20, but that truly amazing painting in the gallery will be 100 times that.  The Walmart picture might be nice and all, but the two are not the same, and anyone who tries to convince you they are is lying to you.

I paid over $5,000 for my sleeve and wouldn't have done it any other way.

--Skimmel

I agree that should be the way to go. I'd be interested in seeing your tattoo sleeve sometime.

I agree that it would be a poor idea to cut corners.  You are putting a permanent piece of art on your body.